Wrath

Wow thank god I saw this post. I played UFO Aftermath before and uninstalled it, but of course that only lasted a few months before the urge to play it again set in. So I reinstalled, patched up, and got the exact same error down to the letter that Reilley got. Before seeing this post, I was trying everything. Reinstall, rollback drivers, disable openGL settings, disable hardware acceleration altogether, rollback patches, etc. But thanks to this post, I have seen the light again! The thing is, the error was also happening in the launcher, so I couldn't change any settings in there besides monitor size. Luckily I saw it generated a config file, so I opened that up and changed the: KEY "force_old_va_mode" BOOL FALSE to TRUE instead. Loaded up the launcher again and it worked fine, I could change all the settings now. Now to get back to business.

The only thing I'd really like to see is a save-loadout option! You have different equipment settings for different types of missions, yet you still have to unload and load every single time, taking up a lot of time. It's really annoying! Really though, that's my only quarrel with the game right now besides bug fixings.

Ok, I just checked my game. The ones it lists you NEED are: - Slimethrower - Morelman - Chomper - Danglefly - Cudgel - Plecton All others are optional. Morelmen, Dangleflys, and Cudgels can be found anywhere. Slimethrowers, Plectons, and Chompers are only outdoors.

I am also missing muckstar and jammer research, since I've only had the opportunity to do one mission on the biomass, and they didnt appear. Maybe I need everything 100% researched? @BlackAlmaz: Did you install the patches in the middle of your game? I did, and it screwed up my biomass research, so I had to start over again. (imported my characters though :angel: )

They probably meant that it is the best weapon they can equip. Anyways, I found them quite useless, what with the not being able to equip my favorite weapons and armor. They started level 9 for me, so I just sold him, since all the other troops I wasnt using were already at level 12.

I use 3 snipers, 3 grenadiers, and 1 medic. Loadouts are: Snipers: One rifle, depends on my ammo situation. Remington and up usually. I try to take 2 extra clips 2 Smoke Grenades 2 Acid Grenades Microslug Accelerator + 2 ammo clips Grenadiers: Super Striker (hopefully) + 5 ammo clips 2 Smoke Grenades 2 Acid Grenades Microslug Accelerator + 2 ammo clips Medic: 4 warp medic packs 10 Smoke Grenades Rest Acid Grenades All use bio armor. For base defense I just slap on some enhanced heavy armor and gatling guns for everybody, and sit in front of the airlock doors All my guys carry microslugs for the 2nd part of most missions, eg. inside alien base, inside military base, inside alien ship. Since you'll be fighing very close quarters anyway. Oh yes, my guys are level 20-17, so they switch fighing styles very easily, having most stats Excellent to Super-Heroic. The medic always carries a smoke grenade in-hand, for those missions where Deathbellows spawn ONE SQUARE from your starting point

I also have all 60 bases, but I cant seem to get rid of the biomass! There is one spot in Asia that is surrounded by 6 fairly close bass, and it's stayed there the entire game, just a small biomass circle mocking me! I even tried turning the 25 nearest bases to anti-biomass but that still doesnt make a dent. I also still cant clear out a few pixels worth of biomass in africa. Africa is where the biomass originated for me, and later that one tiny spot in Asia that got contained right off the bat. I did a "Kill Bionode" mission for the big Africa infestation, and that helped a ton, but I still cant finish it off completly because there arnt nearly as many bases in that area. Just so you know, I've patch to 1.3, and I started the game in 1.3. I can go to the moon anytime I want, but I've already done that, as well as accepting the alien offer once, so I was hoping to get another ending. New missions still pop up, but at least the aliens have no bases to launch strikes at me and plant more nodes.