The Veteran Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 Aww you're kidding I did think there should've been more aliens than that but meh... I'm running straight off the CD so I probably need to patch my game in that case. And I don't know how to use the forum upload either so feel free to tell me how BB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NKF Posted March 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 That patch I put up should be fine as I was literally getting slaughtered in the practice runs with that save at the floater terror site. It's not the weapons, the aliens are just aggressive. Even the reapers were not the jokes many make them out to be. Despite the TFTD experience I almost feel like I'm out of practice! - NKF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 And I don't know how to use the forum upload either so feel free to tell me how BB Enter full-edit mode using the "add reply" button (as opposed to "fast reply"). If you've started typing into fast reply by accident, hit "more options" to switch. Underneath the posting box is the attachments panel. Use the browse button to select a file, then hit upload. Once this is done you can embed the result into your post using the "manage current attachments" dropdown box above said button. Let it load the icons once you've opened it, you'll see a bit of paper with a red button on it (which deletes the attachment), and one with a green button on it (which sticks BBcode linking to that item straight into your post). Any items which you do not manually embed will be automatically appended to the end of your post when you submit it. Images are automatically thumbnailed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NKF Posted March 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 Deliberately blew up the first UFO (more points) but the second one was a bit too far off the coast for me to notice it was over the sea. Not too much of a problem since the third one was the same type of ship. There's a rash of tiny ships at the moment. Overall the mission felt a bit easy. But it was a medium scout with most of its crew dead from the crash, and the two sectoids the team met outside were in rather awkward positions to begin with. Just noticed a blunder I made after I saved the game for the next commander. The new chokepoint I installed that's going to be ready soon is attached directly to the large radar. Memory tells me there's a central block in the middle of that facility that'll break the clear corridor into the hangar. Various fixes for this, but nothing that'll be ready quickly. - NKF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 I suspect my attempt to tweak the game difficulty back to Superhuman was a failure, as you only raked in four corpses - I'm fairly sure the medium scout should provide more? In any case, it appears the save game you posted is also set to Beginner, assuming my understanding of how that gets saved is correct... Did you end up playing the save Vet posted to rapidshare, or the one I embedded into his post? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NKF Posted March 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 I got the one you embedded. Note that the recovered corpses were four - at least two of the three I encountered were completely vapourised by grenades. So about 6 aliens from that ship. - NKF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 Even so, the relevant looking offset is set to 0 again. I decided to test the save games in XCU to make sure I'm not way off base, and indeed, it reports the save game I put in Vet's post to be Superhuman, and the one you just posted to be Beginner. Something's up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 Quick'n'dirty fix for now: Everyone download this, stick it in your game folder and run it before taking your turns. It'll tell you the difficulty the save file is currently set to and allow you to change it if need be. No cheating, now... DIFFCHNG.rar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NKF Posted March 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 Strange - I know I overwrote the old game with the files from the .rar since it involved using 7zip to unpack them. Only explanation is that I might've unpacked it to a different copy of the game, but a quick look doesn't bring anything up. Maybe it was in TFTD? Either way I think I'll go do a very quick check to see if my copy is still got the difficulty bug - but if it did revert to beginner it would've happened after the mission, not before. And the iglob.dat file is still 64 bytes, not 60. - NKF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NKF Posted March 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 Whoa, redid that entire mission in a minute or 2 with 2 losses and Adam taking 3 of the 5 kills with just laser pistol and a proximity mine. Would've made a terribly boring story... 6 bodies recovered from that one too so nearly the same numbers. However the save I made after that had the iglob difficulty level entry saved as 4. The original save I posted still had it set to 0. edit: Tried to see if it was a result of a battlescape save, and that's not it. Also more searching for where I unpacked the files and I'm still left baffled. - NKF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lysear Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 downloaded the tweaker so you want me to set it to lvl 4 before i start (or is NKF uploading the mission again?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 Just set it to 4, that's the point of it - to safe time and trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NKF Posted March 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 Have updated it with a fixed copy in either case. - NKF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lysear Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 Used the diffchng to set it to 4 before i started, got a small ufo crash site, quick and simple. vaporised at least 2 corpses i know of. Checked again after saving and it was still on lvl 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Veteran Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 Wow nice work guys we're flying through this round of missions :o Shame about this ruddy persistent bug though Will download tweaker before I do next one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silencer_pl Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 My turn already ? If I hadn't finished my first run in Dragon Age 2 I would probably miss it I've looked at the diffchange I guess it is my fault. The steam version isn't 1.4, I searched readmes and I guess it is 1.2. I think I'll need to use XComutil to fix this. Although steam version has windows version of Xcom, I seem to can't run it. I get intro music but no video and then the game hangs. Edit: I updated the xcoumutill patch and nothing more though I was thinking of including the trio patch (the one that BB took part in about zombies and other stuff). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NKF Posted March 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 That's unusual because the Steam version should contain 1.4 executables for both editions, since the Windows portion that's included along side it is 1.4. I mean, the sound files for 1.2 aren't compatible with 1.4, so it would be difficult to do a hybrid 1.2dos/1.4CE copy. Either way, you can just install the update patches over your copy to update the dos executables to 1.4, and then grab the patched geoscape.exe I posted in the first post to fix the difficulty bug. If you're still uncertain, use the fix that Bomb Bloke's supplied in tandem with it. edit: Also good luck on the terror site. It's amazing how much difficulty the darkness adds to a terror mission. - NKF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silencer_pl Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 It says that 1.2->1.4 patch damages sound effects. Right now im playing with xcomutill difficulty bug fix. By the way. I hate night terror hope it isn't sectoids or I am flying away instant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 Steam's DOS install is 1.4, but contains readmes with old patch logs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silencer_pl Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 Then explain the difficulty bug on steam dos ? 1.4 fixes it dosent it ? By the way - It IS SECTOID night terror and the start isnt good. I think I will abort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 No official patches for the DOS version fix the difficulty bug, hence the specially patched executable NKF posted the start of the thread. No shame in bailing if things are too hot to handle; those Cyberdiscs would be tough enough without worrying about psi. We'll make up the score later anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silencer_pl Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 Oh must have not noticed that part. Well the mission was a 'Terrible' success. Though I wonder if the game isn't screwed even with the difficult change. Got only 1 cyberdisc. And I checked after mission and it is Superhuman Oh and the alien granade was reaserched so I started motion scanner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 It's a better score then I'd've expected if you'd outright aborted from the word go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NKF Posted March 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 We've been doing well with the little easy missions so far. A small setback in points isn't much to worry about. Looks like you got us a nice amount of loot as well so it was a good effort overall. That was actually quite a quick cycle. The Veteran next and back to me. Guess it was the weekend, but could almost do with a couple more players. - NKF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Veteran Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 I'm at a funeral today so will be this evening at the earliest or maybe tomorrow. Either way I don't think anyone will mind a short break as it has come round incredibly fast!!! Seeing as I have some time between now and then, will the .exe you linked at the start of this thread fix my big-box cd version of UFO on the 98 lappy? Would save me forgetting or doing it wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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