DarkCm

My worst one is the one with the lisp. yess shir, i she a gray....

sorry to be contradictory, but surely i high oxygen atmosphere would mean that the reticulans metabolism would burn off foods faster and there lives would be shorter and faster. (it would also mean that fires where quite common! maybe giving them a 60% damage reduction on burns?)

Oh, and don't forget the aliens are only slightly smarter on average then the humans... Why dont they use CPU controlled planes? for the same reason we dont do it now. We have the tech for it. but things like EMP, Nukes, Radio burst will all interupt the processes. a live brain is faster, more intuative then a cpu. Biology in the long run is cheaper then Technology. biology is self replicating, self modifying, and self repairing. Also, it fits in with the aliens Technology (maybe on their planet the didnt have huge amounts of iron) lets make an earth analogue of the biomass. I know little of plants - but lets use basic vines as our base plant. its within 50 years of technology to make a gm vine, that grows faster, bigger and dies after a set time (you wouldnt want to live in it after).

After i died a few times, i discovered how to do it. basically, open spaces are your enemy. I did this with; 2 x mp7 users 2 x steyer aug 1 x neastead (or whatever) shotgun (does 800 or so damage) ok. the Mp7 have better range in burst mode!!!! almost 35meters. so - but those in burts. This is a two stage mission and you start in the open. have your all your mean kneel and get the neosted guy to run (he has to be your fastest troop) as soon as he spots a reticulan, get your men to shoot at him, while your neasted runs away from the missle. If the R has a laser get in close and take off his face with the shotgun! There should be around 3 - 5 wondering outside the base (ie in the forest before) once they are departed get all your men to the entrance. and wait by the left side of the door. kneel, reload. get mr neosted to run in (a couple of tiles) to the compound and make sure the aliens see you. now go back to your group and wait. They'll come and die. (they cant get off a rocket faster then you fire an mp7) Inside, find a nice place to hide - behind a wall. (its vital you meet the aliens as close as possible) then get neosted to run out and lure them to your trap. make sure there arent two ways to your hiding place. I killed 18+ reticulans on this mission. i had 14 launchers. Good luck. Oh, and save often!!!! Darks ARMY!

Dude. I can feel your pain. i have restarted and so far my game is fine. BUT i am not enjoying it anywhere near as much as i should, as I think that this will happen again. I wonder what causes it? have you contacted cenega?

I can explain the fighter Vs UFO thing. Almost all earth planes NOW can exceed human endurance with their specifications. (for example, just because a plane can turn on a sixpence doesnt mean the pilot would survive - all the soft parts of the pilot would be turned to mush!!!!!) Now, the aliens come from a world with lower gravity then us, meaning their cardio-vasuclar system wont be as strong, hence they can take less "g's" then our pilots before the loose consciousness... With the Armour to missles. Aircraft need to be light, armour is heavy. The denser the armour the heavier it is, the more energy it takes to move. All well and good in space, but on earth that would be a problem. Why you biological growths to wipe out mankind? simple - its cheaper then robots/nukes/troops and afterward there will be something useable left over...you just engineer the plant to die after a set period...

yeah. It happens when you are spinning the globe (i use the cursor keys) and you get a message. remedy by clearing the message and pressing the direction the globe is spinning in. :angel:

Drunk - this happened to me to. i must admit its really annoying. i mean you dont want to be using plasma guns and rifles and then go back to using uzis, its silly. Regardless of what the poster said. its not your computer. i have run adaware, spybot, and norton. no virus' yet the game still crashes exactly where you say. its really annoying and, really dissapointing. My theory is; you only loose saved games that are in the tactical mission - the map saves seem to work. solution? save regularly on the map... (if it happens once more i wont play it again)