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OXCE Suggestions DONE / Re: [SUGGESTION] Additional item trigger for mission scripts

« on: April 08, 2019, 01:16:57 pm »

This carries the risk that important items are sold, lost or destroyed and might not be recoverable. It's already possible to tie missions to research triggers and unlock research topics via completed missions. While i can see this having a niche use, somebody who actually knows the ins and outs of mission design should have look at this.

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The X-Com Files / Re: The X-Com Files - 0.9.8: X-Cool

« on: April 05, 2019, 09:00:09 pm »

Attached are the ufopedia images for the different giant spiders. Colors don't quite match the inventory images due to different palettes. Let me know if these are ok.

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The X-Com Files / Re: Bugs, crashes, typos & bad taste

« on: April 05, 2019, 08:10:29 pm »

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  STR_GIANT_SPIDER_GREEN_ARMOR: "Armored Spider Combat Analysis"
  STR_GIANT_SPIDER_PURPLE_ARMOR: "Death Spider Combat Analysis"
  STR_GIANT_SPIDER_ALLOY_ARMOR: "Stealth Spider Combat Analysis"

Is this intended? ~~I was quite fond of how the colors kind of intuitively matched the spiders. Especially with the armored spider using the alloy spider sprite.~~
Nevermind, i must have misremembered this. Somehow i associated green=death, purple=stealth and alloy=armored. Still weird that the armored spider doesn't use the alloy sprite though

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OXCE Suggestions DONE / Re: Alien base building as part of infiltration

« on: April 02, 2019, 12:22:25 pm »

IIRC we already have the option to "undo" alien infiltrations by destroying the base that caused the infiltration event. I think having the base pop up in the country that was infiltrated would be in line with that.

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OXCE Suggestions DONE / Re: [Suggestion] Random items in Alien Deployement.

« on: April 02, 2019, 12:18:11 pm »

Isn't this already covered by alien tech levels and item levels?

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The X-Com Files / Re: The X-Com Files - 0.9.8: X-Cool

« on: March 06, 2019, 11:04:58 pm »

It's just that i was under the impression that the fusion torch was the tool of choice to breach UFO hulls.

Any reason i should use it over the pickaxe, which is cheaper, lighter, smaller, available earlier and without specialized research and doesn't require any ammunition? Sure, it might not be quite as reliable, but once you train up your agents it's more than capable of doing the job.

Kind of odd that you need a blaster bomb or a pick axe to breach otherwise indestructible UFO hulls.

I guess it's not a problem if you don't actively use it to breach UFOs, but knowing that you can is kind of immersion breaking (at least for me, as always ymmv).

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The X-Com Files / Re: The X-Com Files - 0.9.8: X-Cool

« on: March 06, 2019, 10:33:27 pm »

Quote from: Solarius Scorch on March 06, 2019, 10:10:06 pm

I... guess it's possible, if your agent is stupidly strong.

They don't need to be though. The guy with 47 strength can reliably break interior walls in 3-4 swings, and the one with 60 strength breaks outer walls in 5-10.

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The X-Com Files / Re: The X-Com Files - 0.9.8: X-Cool

« on: March 06, 2019, 05:45:29 pm »

I assumed Solarius would have a look, seeing how he also replied to the original post, which mine was a direct reply to. Apparently common pick axes are able to dig through UFO hulls.

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The X-Com Files / Re: The X-Com Files - 0.9.8: X-Cool

« on: March 06, 2019, 04:19:29 pm »

Quote from: krautbernd on February 24, 2019, 06:07:59 pm

Also presented without comment (though Solarius might want to have a look at this).

Hate to bump the thread for this, but is this intended?

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The X-Com Files / Re: Bugs, crashes, typos & bad taste

« on: March 03, 2019, 04:09:59 pm »

Quote from: Vangrimar1 on March 03, 2019, 01:01:05 pm

I do not think this is a cheat, but rather an unfounded advantage to the aliens. However, it is easy to change, this is not a problem. I am interested in another question, is it possible to make some X-com ships invulnerable to interception, for example, ordinary cars. Just a little weird that some kind of van might be the target of an alien battleship attack.

The UFO isn't attacking the Van - it's most likely attacking the plane that carries your agent to the target airport. Then again, why shouldn't it attack a van?

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