Thank you Commander Yankes
In the future if i find any more bugs ill try and be more clear and accurate about how i encounter them.
Over all i gota say, i just SUCK at X-Com.
⋆i started on beginner
⋆gave myself 300 m starting funds.
⋆and built up a pile of bases right from first day, i even edited the save file so almost every structure in that safe was built in 1 day. just to, get going.
⋆Every ground mission i have completed with save-scumming (not the oxcE feature, the normal meaning of save scumming, using those set-numbers against the system on each reload of battlescape.)
⋆I flood every country with tons of patrolls, all the time, so nations like me..
⋆and i took on an alien base! or 2 perhaps..?
-The USA still went turn coat with the aliens even when i painted the whole continent with constant patrols and shot down alien ships over their waters, and did some Large battleship missions on their lands.
⋆I don't know how you people play this game so well. all results say, EXCELLENT! and i can even take down battleships with 4-on-1-interceptor runs using avalanche missiles.
Yet im apparently as good as the US Military at keeping maintenance costs down.. +_+
The only way i ever beat the game on my own was when i played some ones playstation cydonia save, some 25 years+ ago. I know its not related to the bug.. just for as well as im doing -with cheating too!- i apparently am just awful at this game. REALLY happy the 255 item glitches are gone though. Thanks for a loving dedicated fanbase over the years!
Im playing this on my steam deck and my home pc lately, putting me back into that EarthSiege/Syndicate/DukeNukem/PizzaResturant/Cyberstorm/Metaltech Battledrome/Blackthorn/DoomII/Descent/Command&Conquer/Worms/Tie-Fighter/SystemShock/ThemePark/LostVikings/WingCommander3 nostalgia... wow i played alota games back then come to think of it... X-Com was one of my faves by light years (that's a measure of distance
because it just seemed so fantastically complex and deep! its got more going on in it then pretty much anything made today even! they don't make them like X-Com 1994 any more!
My love to you guys, for carrying this torch since i was in highschool! and making the patched up game, not only wonderful to play, but accessible to well.. pretty much EVERYTHING!
Thank you to all the dedicated teams that keep this game fun some 30 years later!