Bugs, crashes, typos & bad taste

[tkzv]

An agent is drawn over some walls, not under. To reproduce, load the attached quicksave, enable night vision and move view one level up.

And another similar problem — walls are always over the enemy

[mumble]

Aliens which die due to lack of containment facility do not generate corpses as loot.

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Sorry for double post : I found a bug where, despite making 2 radar systems for my main base in europe, on the geoscape I have no radar in the base. Still, I have radar on my base in central america. This originally occurred when I built both radar systems starting at the same time, and building / rebuilding does not seem to fix it.

no idea why this is, unsure if its a graphics error (no ring around the euro base, while one on central america base) or if something is preventing the radar from activating

Damn ANNOYING bug, considering the only think keeping me from promotion 3 is capturing an alien 

[ohartenstein23]

If the option to show radar circles is turned on, then the issue is likely that only the largest circle is drawn, and in the case of XCF, that is the X-Com HQ or Intelligence Center global coverage, which are large-radius, low-detection-chance radars.  Check on the opposite side of the globe for a small circle where that radius goes just beyond what's necessary to cover the globe. This is not a bug.

[mumble]

hmmn, I see.

Still, I wonder if this can be changes so intel centers / hq can have this effect removed then, or perhaps even have a multi stage radar display.

[Lohland]

Not enough of a map

[Solarius Scorch]

Not enough of a map

Oops. Fix attached.

[mumble]

Landmine being """unlocked""" in promotion 3 research complete screen is redundant, since its purchasable at promotion 2 with explosives license.

Mikor MGL acquisition at promotion 3 is redundant, or else it unlocks too early once you research it after picking it up off a dead cultist

Is there some reason I cannot use alien containment as a prison cell? I figure it would just be a prison cell with more bits and bobs to contain an alien, and I dont see why I cant put a cultist inside one.

Chasing a UFO causes an IMMENSE lag fluctuation for the entirety of its pursuit, to the point the game is unresponsive.

[ohartenstein23]

Chasing a UFO causes an IMMENSE lag fluctuation for the entirety of its pursuit, to the point the game is unresponsive.

There's an option in the menu to predict UFO trajectories when intercepting, but it doesn't work well and it slows the game down, make sure it's turned off.

[Meridian]

OK, that's enough... I'm removing that stupid option from the game completely.

[Solarius Scorch]

Landmine being """unlocked""" in promotion 3 research complete screen is redundant, since its purchasable at promotion 2 with explosives license.

Good point, it was an outdated text.

Mikor MGL acquisition at promotion 3 is redundant, or else it unlocks too early once you research it after picking it up off a dead cultist

Also a bug. Thanks.

Is there some reason I cannot use alien containment as a prison cell? I figure it would just be a prison cell with more bits and bobs to contain an alien, and I dont see why I cant put a cultist inside one.

It should work, but I'm not sure it can be done... I don't think it's such a huge stretch as to agonize over it.

OK, that's enough... I'm removing that stupid option from the game completely.

[mumble]

You know, I remember before the function operated WITHOUT lag, but would predict just fine.

Still, if its being removed...oh well.

[tkzv]

According to the tech tree viewer a psionic laboratory is required to manufacture psiclones and X-Com psiclones. But the descriptions do not say it, and the plan to destroy EXALT involves manufacturing psiclones (not by the player, but still) — long before inventing psionic laboratory.

Which part is wrong? Do you plan to give access to psionics earlier? Make EXALT last longer? Or is it a leftover from an earlier version?

[SteamXCOM]

OK, that's enough... I'm removing that stupid option from the game completely.

Its probably the best, some people start blaming the game itself if a feature like this, even optional is included.

[Solarius Scorch]

According to the tech tree viewer a psionic laboratory is required to manufacture psiclones and X-Com psiclones. But the descriptions do not say it, and the plan to destroy EXALT involves manufacturing psiclones (not by the player, but still) — long before inventing psionic laboratory.

Which part is wrong? Do you plan to give access to psionics earlier? Make EXALT last longer? Or is it a leftover from an earlier version?

You need to research Psiclone before you get offensive towards EXALT. You don't have to manufacture it.

But yeah, the Psi Lab requirement for just tuning an existing device is a bit much. I'll remove it.

[tkzv]

You need to research Psiclone before you get offensive towards EXALT. You don't have to manufacture it.

But yeah, the Psi Lab requirement for just tuning an existing device is a bit much. I'll remove it.

So, adapting captured psiclones would be possible, but manufacturing them would still require capturing a psionic sectoid? Makes sense now.

What about the requirements to use psiclones and flame glove? Would they require psi-lab training?
A couple more bugs:
1. Middle-clicking "Fat Zombie" and "Mongorn Savage" in the "Sell/Sack" screen doesn't display their UFOpaedia pages. I've researched both. Works correctly for other items and prisoners. Base #1 in the attached savegame.

2. Some agents carrying a Xeno shield appear without it in the inventory screen. Most others look correctly. 2 agents in the van 3 at base #2 in the attached savegame. (Sorry I mixed "absent" and "present" in the screenshot names.)
3. I found and researched a sledgehammer (on a tomb guardian), got a message that I can now buy it, but it still doesn't appear on the purchase/hire screen. Bug?
4. Ctrl-J in debug mode does not put zombies and robots to sleep. Is this a bug or by design behaviour?