Bugs, crashes, typos & bad taste

[Solarius Scorch]

So apparently the 92fs has the same accuracy for aimed and snap...

Yes, but other parameters are different - most notably maxRange.

[tkzv]

What, aren't they worth it?

Unability to manufacture enough darts forces to use other weapons, making dart guns redundant.

The price I can understand — it has some complex chemicals, that put anything living to sleep without consequences. But the rest is just a metal(?) dart with propellant. Even if it requires manual machining, even if it has to be cut with a rasp, it shouldn't take that long.

I've got a question unrelated to balance. Red Dawn and EXALT are called "cults", but there is nothing religious in them. Why? Was it different in earlier versions?

Do you think it would be better to change "cults" to more general "secret societies" in game texts?

[Solarius Scorch]

Pretty much everything in this game is a secret society... You are  right, though. Maybe a different word should be used. But I would prefer something which sounds more sinister than a secret society, which is very neutral.

[yizow]

The ufopedia entry for alloy sword simply states "adds dmg from strength"
The ruleset lists the bonus as "STR*0.6+MEL*0.2"

[Solarius Scorch]

The ufopedia entry for alloy sword simply states "adds dmg from strength"
The ruleset lists the bonus as "STR*0.6+MEL*0.2"

Thanks. I'll fix it... But there's sure to be more such mistakes between hundreds of items.
A more systemic solution will come in time.

[Kammerer]

A new list of bugs. At least one of them is critical:

Missing strings:

STR_MASS_DRIVER_WEAPONS_PREREQUISITE
STR_HEAVY_GAUSSGUN [m]
STR_ELECTRIC

Corpses with missing strings still appear in the game, see the screenshot. If I'm not mistaken, this bug was also noticed by Starving Poet during his stream.

The picture of the storm rose in Ufopedia is out of position, as you can see on the second screenshot.

The game crashes when trying to open the Gauss Hovertank Ufopedia article with the error message 'OpenXcom has crashed: Unit STR_HOVERTANK_GAUSS not found'.

[Solarius Scorch]

Thanks. I fixed everything, except for the corpses, as it's an engine issue. (And is probably fixed already.)

[Kammerer]

Great, thanks!

One more observation. Not really a bug, but anyway. Since Meridian published the language files needed for playing with OXCE+, maybe you should remove the interface strings from XCF. Maybe I'm wrong, but I think it would simplify things a little bit.

[NewMars]

That's a pretty critical bug re:gauss. Can we get a hotfix, or is the general bugfix release too close to be worth bothering?

[Solarius Scorch]

That's a pretty critical bug re:gauss. Can we get a hotfix, or is the general bugfix release too close to be worth bothering?

It's a late game weapon, so probably not too critical.
But if you want to fix it yourself, please change STR_HEAVY_GAUSSGUN to STR_HEAVY_GAUSS in ufopedia_XCOMFILES.rul.

[NewMars]

It's a late game weapon, so probably not too critical.
But if you want to fix it yourself, please change STR_HEAVY_GAUSSGUN to STR_HEAVY_GAUSS in ufopedia_XCOMFILES.rul.

Thanks!

[HT]

There is something which I believe is a bug while I was messing around with the skirmish battle mode: The Boomeroid, the weird-shaped explosive taken from UFO: Apocalypse, doesn't work as intended: The description mentions the user uses pathways similar to guided missiles, but in-game it works like a Molotov from Piratez: It's a ranged attack without timer. Also, the same description has a typo: two lines without a dot to separate them IIRC.

[Solarius Scorch]

There is something which I believe is a bug while I was messing around with the skirmish battle mode: The Boomeroid, the weird-shaped explosive taken from UFO: Apocalypse, doesn't work as intended: The description mentions the user uses pathways similar to guided missiles, but in-game it works like a Molotov from Piratez: It's a ranged attack without timer. Also, the same description has a typo: two lines without a dot to separate them IIRC.

Yeah, indeed the Boomeroid was bugged (old code, no longer functioning). Thanks.
As for your second point, what do you mean? What dot? What lines? What needs to be separated??

[Lohland]

Blaster hovertank is, but missiles are not in production. What's wrong?

[Solarius Scorch]

Yeah, found the problem in manufacture_XCOMFILES.rul. Producing STR_HWP_FUSION_BOMB had an unexisting requirement: STR_FUSION_MISSILE. The entry should be:

Code: [Select]

  - name: STR_HWP_FUSION_BOMB
    category: STR_HWP_CANNON_SHELLS
    requires:
      - STR_HOVERTANK_LAUNCHER
    space: 25
    time: 400
    cost: 500000
    requiredItems:
      STR_ALIEN_ALLOYS: 8
      STR_ELERIUM_115: 5
    listOrder: 1178

Similarly, in research_XCOMFILES.rul, STR_FUSION_DEFENSE also has a research prerequisite of STR_FUSION_MISSILE, which it should be STR_FUSION_BOMB.