Re: The X-Com Files - 3.5: Whispers In The Dark

[Niewiem]

Build hyper-wave decoder and check what missions are they on. I will not make it easy with list of missions that always land but you can have it after few tries. Also if they are on low attitude most times they either have already landed just a second ago or will soon land

[legionof1]

Re point A, yeah that happens eventually if your playing decently well and not losing council members in large numbers the income raises just keep accumulating and you run out of stuff to build. The effect was in vanilla to but there the game was often over before it really got to silly. XCF runs about 5-6 times the length of vanilla so the effect is amplified.

Re point C, iirc you lose some score, but not really much else of note is involved.

Re point D, Alot of the later tech craft weapons, particularly missiles, will overkill smaller craft that might have otherwise yielded loot. Setup some of your interceptors with lower tech weapons and set them aside specifically to engage lighter ufos.

[Barth Gimble]

Thanks for the tips and info.

The alien invasion part of the game seems to be going slowly, as the ETs are still sending mostly smaller vessels. I kept the CF-105 around in case it's involved in anything special later, but it's got cobwebs because I never send it out, so I'll start using it more against small UFOs. I was also currently upgrading my airbases to all Tormentor planes, so I'll put that down to lower priority for now.

I think I remember reading somewhere that Hyperwave Decoder works differently here than in the original game. I'm thinking in vanilla XCom you could get rid of all the other radars after building it, but in XCom Files one shouldn't do that. Is this correct? Freeing up some space in the bases would be nice if I don't need each radar in each one (small, large, hyperwave), but I don't want to lose tracking capacity if they're all needed.

That reminds me of another question I had which may be general rather than XCom Files related. All my bases have the same radars installed, but on the base info screen one base has Long Range Detection of 4, two bases have ratings of 3, and the rest only have ratings of 2. Why the different ratings?

[Niewiem]

I do not know answer to your question but from what I know
- Xcom HQ has global detection but very low rate

Pile of blablabla that I was wrong about

Someone could correct me if I just wrote some stupidity (Thanks ohartenstein )

[ohartenstein23]

You are correct about the HQ, its best quality is making sure any contact you make never goes out-of-range until it exits the atmosphere. What you wrote about the normal radars is almost completely wrong though - small radar is mediocre at detection, but still much better than the HQ. The large radar is a straight upgrade in both range and detection chance, and the hyperwave decoder has 100% detection rate.

[niculinux]

Please, don't forget to update changelog thread it stands still at 0.9.5

[Solarius Scorch]

Please, don't forget to update changelog thread it stands still at 0.9.5

Oh damn, you're right. Fixed.

[Barth Gimble]

the hyperwave decoder has 100% detection rate.

So other radars aren't needed after building the hyperwave decoder. Is the hyperwave coverage global? In other words, is it wasteful to have a hyperwave decoder at each base instead of just having one?

[Solarius Scorch]

It is not global, so each base needs one.

[gix]

Hi, Solarius

My apologies if those questions were asked before. Just switched off from OXC to OXCE, so the questions may be dumb ones...
I have my own OXCE build(synced on latest commits) that I wanna use to play the mod (added basically a large change that allows free 3d movement for flying units).
Is there somewhere a distribution of this mod alone (i.e. without OXCE, included)?
And if so, is it more difficult to install than a regular OXC mod on top of OXC?
Thanks.

[Meridian]

Within the distribution there is a folder: /OpenXcom_XFiles/user/mods/XComFiles

That's the mod itself... and it can be installed on top of your build same as any other OXC mod.

[Alex_D]

This is a silly question: So the only way to turn off the flashlight is to put it away in the inventory? Flashlights left on the ground will be always powered on, illuminating the area like a flare but much more potent?

[Solarius Scorch]

This is a silly question: So the only way to turn off the flashlight is to put it away in the inventory? Flashlights left on the ground will be always powered on, illuminating the area like a flare but much more potent?

Yes, at the moment it's the only way.

[Nord]

Anything instead of working on my own mod...
Here is a slightly changed (improved i hope) skymarshall map and some pics.

[Solarius Scorch]

This Aquatoid indeed looks better, thanks!
The Muckstar of course also looks better, but it isn't very similar to the sprite... And especially the autopsy.