Bugs, crashes, typos & bad taste

[ohartenstein23]

Here's the commit on my branch, based directly on top of Meridian's main branch.

[Kammerer]

A very small bug report: the STR_SEEKER_DRONE string is missing in the latest version of the mod.

[Solarius Scorch]

A very small bug report: the STR_SEEKER_DRONE string is missing in the latest version of the mod.

Thanks! This never ends...

[mumble]

Article for ghouls text is too long for the page, cuts off. Vampire knights appear WAAAY earlier than tomb gaurdians, yet reference them (through to be honest, it seemed like hunting rifles / mp5s did squat against them..).

I know theres the need to know basis thing, but referencing something in the zombie arc way before you get that deep seems a little strange.

[LuigiWhatif]

I ran into an inconsistency with plot progression.  In my game I progressed with the Syndicate faster than with zombies, so I did the research that discovered the origin of the implant virus before the research that told me there was a virus to investigate.

[Solarius Scorch]

Article for ghouls text is too long for the page, cuts off. Vampire knights appear WAAAY earlier than tomb gaurdians, yet reference them (through to be honest, it seemed like hunting rifles / mp5s did squat against them..).

I know theres the need to know basis thing, but referencing something in the zombie arc way before you get that deep seems a little strange.

Good point. This was an unforeseen side effect of adding Zombies to special monster attacks. These attacks contain a Leader, which some monster races have (like spiders). For Zombies, this position is occupied by the Vampire Knight, meaning he snuck into the campaign earlier than expected.

Having said that, I don't think it's a bad thing. I just need to keep a tighter control over descriptions. This detail has escaped me.

I ran into an inconsistency with plot progression.  In my game I progressed with the Syndicate faster than with zombies, so I did the research that discovered the origin of the implant virus before the research that told me there was a virus to investigate.

Okay, this was a serious blunder.  I'll have a look ASAP.

[Nord]

A sabre have electric hit animation.
Also, this mod becomes greater and greater..

[LuigiWhatif]

I found some rooms in the Syndicate regional office that have no entrances.  The selected unit should be in one I broke into, with a second one next door.  There was also a second set I later encountered further up.

edit:  Are the chainsawbots supposed to take Alien Containment space and be unresearchable?

[Solarius Scorch]

I found some rooms in the Syndicate regional office that have no entrances.  The selected unit should be in one I broke into, with a second one next door.  There was also a second set I later encountered further up.

Haha, indeed! It looked fine in the editor at a glance, but in fact it was not. Fixed!

edit:  Are the chainsawbots supposed to take Alien Containment space and be unresearchable?

No, they shouldn't take up containment space. Neither should other M.A.G.M.A. robots. Fixed.

However, they are indeed unresearchable. There is no need to research them, since they essentially belong to your allies, but there's just no way to ensure that they won't be recovered. Maybe I'll add a little research after all...

[tkzv]

Just noticed. At the very beginning interrogating followers of EXALT, Black Lotus, Red Dawn and Church of Dagon gives the Ufopaedia article about the corresponding organization, but it does not appear.

Update: To reproduce, load the savegame and wait — you will see an article about Red Dawn ganger and a random piece of information, but no article about Red Dawn itself.

[LuigiWhatif]

What do you mean it doesn't appear?  If you mean it didn't pop up automatically after research finished, then that is normal.  The article should still have appeared in your Earth Lore section.  If it isn't there then that sounds like a bug.  You should post a save file.

[mumble]

Something seems wrong with the black lotus warrior : they just stand around, and don't charge. I was able to walk up on 1 with two tazers with no issue at all, until I triggered throwing knife overwatch range. Did you possibly give them an energy of zero??

Also, warriors really could use a samarai armor instead of a black full body suit : it would distinguish them from ninjas, and would excuse giving them much needed armor / health (warriors are kinda weak considering they have melee only, and I've never viewed them as a serious threat like I have chosen of dagon with magnums, or exalt goons with mac10s.)

[LuigiWhatif]

I remember reading somewhere the AI has issues with limited range weapons.  It sees that throwing knives are ranged so it tries to snipe with them, but since they can't they just waste their turn.

[tkzv]

What do you mean it doesn't appear?  If you mean it didn't pop up automatically after research finished, then that is normal.  The article should still have appeared in your Earth Lore section.  If it isn't there then that sounds like a bug.  You should post a save file.

It only appears in Ufopaedia. A similar problem with zrbite earlier was deemed a bug and fixed.

[tkzv]

Something seems wrong with the black lotus warrior : they just stand around, and don't charge. I was able to walk up on 1 with two tazers with no issue at all, until I triggered throwing knife overwatch range. Did you possibly give them an energy of zero??

Also, warriors really could use a samarai armor instead of a black full body suit : it would distinguish them from ninjas, and would excuse giving them much needed armor / health (warriors are kinda weak considering they have melee only, and I've never viewed them as a serious threat like I have chosen of dagon with magnums, or exalt goons with mac10s.)

I got the impression warriors and assassins are ambushing you this way, with lots of TUs to out-react you and throw many knives It works fine for assassins, but warriors aren't good enough at hiding and don't realize it.