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Offline Acid

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Grounded UFOs
« on: August 22, 2014, 02:58:00 pm »
Is there any way to control how long a ufo stays on the ground ounc landed ? Alot of times the skyranger is not able to reach the LZ in time before the few minutes the ufo goes airborn.

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Re: Grounded UFOs
« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2014, 03:43:12 pm »
Is there any way to control how long a ufo stays on the ground ounc landed ? Alot of times the skyranger is not able to reach the LZ in time before the few minutes the ufo goes airborn.

Yes, it requires modification of ufoTrajectories.

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Re: Grounded UFOs
« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2014, 04:26:07 pm »
Send an interceptor to the UFO while grounded, it will stay airborne above the UFO and try to shoot it down in case it takes off before the Skyranger arrives.

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Re: Grounded UFOs
« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2014, 07:18:59 pm »
Well, that will only work if the UFO is slower than the interceptor... :)

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Re: Grounded UFOs
« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2014, 07:26:38 pm »
Hilarity ensues when you have one of these "Interceptor carries 2 crew" mods :)

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Re: Grounded UFOs
« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2014, 09:55:41 pm »
...and they have old rifles and grenade between the two, cause thats what you put on them on Day1.

Oh yeah...been there.  Nothing like a two man crewing tackling a Sectoid Terror Ship.  Fortunately I had researched Alien Grenades.  It was a one man easter egg hunt:
1.  Find a grenade.
2.  Hide.
3.  Prime a grenade and toss it.
4.  Run and pray.
5.  Wash, rinse, repeat.

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Re: Grounded UFOs
« Reply #6 on: August 22, 2014, 11:21:42 pm »
...and they have old rifles and grenade between the two, cause thats what you put on them on Day1.

Oh yeah...been there.  Nothing like a two man crewing tackling a Sectoid Terror Ship.  Fortunately I had researched Alien Grenades.  It was a one man easter egg hunt:
1.  Find a grenade.
2.  Hide.
3.  Prime a grenade and toss it.
4.  Run and pray.
5.  Wash, rinse, repeat.

Pure X-Com awesomness.

Respect. :D

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Re: Grounded UFOs
« Reply #7 on: August 22, 2014, 11:36:06 pm »
Playing XCom like a boss!