Bigger Bases?

[Wolf_22]

I've tried to research this on here and I'm not sure I understand where this stands... Is it possible to have bigger bases in the latest nightly of Open X-COM? I saw someone on here say that you could upgrade various buildings, like the hangers, to support more aircraft or living spaces to house more people. In my mind, it'd be great to have a base that's larger than the current 36x36 constraint, but if we can get around that by upgrading facilities, that'd be cool, too. Just not sure where things stand yet as I haven't played the game in a long while and just tonight managed to get the latest nightly of Open X-COM installed (haven't had the chance to play yet, so I'm not sure if bases can be bigger or if facilities can just be upgraded). Either way, I'm hoping someone can shine some light on this. Thanks in advance.

[Solarius Scorch]

The engine does not support non-standard base sizes.

Such experimental builds were made years ago, but they were rejected (and IMO for a good reason).

[Meridian]

...but if we can get around that by upgrading facilities, that'd be cool, too.

OpenXcom nightly does not have this feature.

You'd need OXCE.
Download here: https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=5258.0

Original documentation here: https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=5960.0
See also: https://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php/Ruleset_Reference_Nightly_(OpenXcom)#Base_Facilities

[Wolf_22]

Thanks for the links, Meridian.

However, after installing OXCE and running a quick game to test this all out, I couldn't seem to locate any options anywhere in the basescape that allowed me to perform an actual upgrade of, say, a hanger or one of the general stores, living quarters... I'm obviously missing something but the documents you linked to didn't seem to have instructions for idiots like myself who are playing the game expecting a button or something that says, "Click here to upgrade your hanger."

I know I'm just missing something, so any insights into this would be appreciated.

[Meridian]

We support the feature.
Implementation (modding) is on you... we don't know if you want to double or triple the store capacity on upgrade, how long should the upgrade take, how much it should cost, etc.