Squaddie

Thanks guys! Hmm so it should be 3 game weeks before my first terror site mission? I don't think it was that long. I had only had one scout mission before the terror site. As I said this happened all in the first 10 mins of play! I hadn't even researched any laser weapons yet. Could be that I was spending time building some facilities and buying new items. And maybe there was some time before my spotted and shot down the first scout ship. My base is in USA so I thought it should spot UFOs pretty easily. Maybe I'll start again just to be sure.

I've just started playing this again after many years. I was never good at it and always found it too hard. Currently playing DOS edition - v1.2 with Xcomutil. Now I've just started playing at Beginner level and within about 10 mins of playing I've already got my first Terror Mission. I don't remember Terror Missions coming so early in the game. Does that sound right? Could they pop up at any time? Also I remember I used to see lots of "Very Small" UFO before larger ones come about. But my first one was "Small" UFO. Again is this normal? Just wondering if my game is broken somehow by the patches and Xcomutil.