How to build a lab?

[fire_lizard]

First of all, thank you for making such an excellent mod!
I have just started to play it and my question is: how do I build a lab?
As far as I remember, labs were available for the start in Ufo Defense and Terror from the deep.

[JustTheDude/CABSHEP]

You will get that eventually due to research.

However you seem pretty "green" about how mods like X-Com Files work. I suggest you first to start playing MegaMod, which is way closer to the original and will let you grasp all of the concepts.

https://openxcom.mod.io/reavers-faithful-megamod for example.

[Corento]

hi fire_lizard,  I would suggest you to look on gameplay video from Starving_poet on youtube (just type openxcom x files there).
It is older version but you get the idea what this mod is about.

It is completely different from original games, so you have two ways  - play it without spoilers and just enjoy to discover  everything (you may need probably more fresh starts but it is worhty), or watch gameplay videos and/or search topics here.