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Author Topic: [DONE][Suggestion] Add Option to Randomize Country Infiltration Order  (Read 1000 times)

Offline fatredbird2

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Basically what it says in the title. As it stands right now, when the aliens run an infiltration mission in a region, they always seem to take over the same country (e.g. an infiltration in Europe always targets UK first, US for North America, China for Southeast Asia). While I cannot state with certainty that the order is fixed, I tested this recently by setting the first alien mission in a campaign to an infiltration; the aliens invariably infiltrated the same country in each region tested, each save I tested on. Adding an option to randomize this makes it harder to predict the aliens' actions, increasing replayability and strategic difficulty. Thanks in advance for your time.

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Re: [Suggestion] Add Option to Randomize Country Infiltration Order
« Reply #1 on: July 05, 2024, 04:34:59 pm »
While I cannot state with certainty that the order is fixed...

yes and no.

it's the order from the ruleset file, you can change it but you need to make a mod to do that.

the suggestion sounds good, todolisted.

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Re: [Suggestion] Add Option to Randomize Country Infiltration Order
« Reply #2 on: July 05, 2024, 07:27:59 pm »
Thank you.

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Re: [Suggestion] Add Option to Randomize Country Infiltration Order
« Reply #3 on: August 09, 2024, 06:02:04 pm »
Done.

Global parameter called `infiltrateRandomCountryInTheRegion`

Example:

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infiltrateRandomCountryInTheRegion: true