Pete

Hi there, is it any better now? It seems to be a bit of a bot magnet which can cause it to slow down but we have Cloudflare in front of the server trying to mitigate bot traffic.

Wouldn't need discounts if some titles weren't so ridiculously over-priced to begin with.

All sorted - not sure how that happened but should be visible now ??‍♂️ It was literally the only forum with visbility hidden for the Rookie member group but works now I've ticked the right box ?

All sorted - not sure how that happened but should be visible now ??‍♂️ It was literally the only forum with visbility hidden for the Rookie member group but works now I've ticked the right box ?

@Pete Thanks for the bargain post; always great to have someone else do part of the lifting over here. ?
As for Phoenix Point - and I realize this is rather sacrilegious - I'd wait for at least 75% off. Otherwise I very much doubt you'll ever get your money's worth, particularly given your scarcity of free time. From what I understand, not having played it myself, the game is a veritable time sink and it will take quite a while past the initial learning curve for you to feel like you're getting anywhere.
Look at it this way, if you wait it's possible you'll at least get your kids to have grown enough to play it for cheap, even if you don't much get to by then. ?

You may have noticed a bewildering array of changes in the forum software - some you'll like, others will take some getting used to.
The forums finally received a software update after many years of me wanting to but never finding the time. It's a necessary upgrade as running such an old version is not sustainable in the long term. 
There is still work to be done on the forum theme in several places but the aim is to keep it simpler to update in future to keep on top of the updates.
The main site software has also been updated @Zombie and anyone else who edits pages, give me a nudge before doing so as I'd like to do some tests on some non-live pages with you to make sure there are no shenanigans with the editor.

I'm happy for any subscriptions (they can be one-off, so like a donation - just set the subscription to 1 month and name your amount) and thanks to anyone in advance who throws some money into the pot but at the moment the system for that is for SC as the UFOPaedia side of things seems covered (for now) and I'd also have to work out with the host for UFOPaedia how we'd transfer that money properly between us if it was more of a joint subscription thing in future.
 
Donations - you would really have to be set up as a charity or a not-for-profit organisation to be doing it legally and I prefer legal. There's paperwork and bank accounts to set up a not-for-profit organisation even if we wanted to take donations with no tax so it's almost as much effort as setting up another company, but if we do it as subscriptions and the tax element is included during payment then it actually counters some of the tax I get charged by Amazon for the hosting (In the UK we get billed from Amazon in Ireland so tax applies) so it all works out in the end. I think actually since you're in the USA you wouldn't see tax when subscribing - the system I'm looking at says "hey, you're paying the UK and you're in [insert country here], here's the applicable tax we'll add to that" which is zero in your case (or should be).
 
I'm not in any hurry to set that up as we need to do some software upgrades here behind the scenes that take priority in June - when I have the spare time to do it.
 
SC's not going anywhere so don't worry about that. Compared to UFOPaedia it's relatively low system requirements

Oh wow that's good to hear!
 
I'm setting up another Amazon AWS (hosting) instance for StrategyCore and a few older sites - SC does still get quite a lot of traffic even now so if this situation comes up again in a couple of years I'll have a home set up for it that's scalable - my concern was I needed to keep this stuff separate from business websites as a busy day on the wiki has been known to make servers wobble a bit
 
But yes - great that it's sorted for now - thanks for letting me know.

Oh wow that's good to hear!
 
I'm setting up another Amazon AWS (hosting) instance for StrategyCore and a few older sites - SC does still get quite a lot of traffic even now so if this situation comes up again in a couple of years I'll have a home set up for it that's scalable - my concern was I needed to keep this stuff separate from business websites as a busy day on the wiki has been known to make servers wobble a bit
 
But yes - great that it's sorted for now - thanks for letting me know.

Good news!
 
I talked back to NineX yesterday about this conversation and he informed me that he meanwhile got a sponsor willing to cover the costs for the next two years. So this issue seems to be solved.
 
 
I'm not familiar with the Leo reference.
 
Above all, what I wanted to avoid was the situation before NineX, where the guy that was hosting the site offered his help out of the blue, and then there were constant wiki break downs and all sorts of things happening because he was trying to make money of the traffic. That's why I decided to get back to the place where the wiki was born and ask rather than accepting the first person who stepped in.

Dunno if there is a way to stop a country from "defecting" once the wheels start turning, I seem to recall you can delay it at the recon stage. Cleaning out a UFO doesn't really do anything to the mission the aliens are performing except to give you points and loot.
 
 
Nope, can't be done - the transport needs to go back to base to refuel before it can go to another site. Can be done in Xenonauts though which is really nice.
 
 
Not sure offhand anymore, but it sounds correct. Pretty sure stunned aliens are placed in AC immediately after a mission so the same should be true for loot.
 
- Zombie

So I revisited this last night after many years of neglect due to real life stuff, and even using Ironman mode in OpenXcom I'm in mid-March, year 1, and I have laser rifles and 4 lots of Flying Armour and 6 lots of Power Suits.
 
Don't get me wrong, I've had a few close calls, and a mission where only two soldiers survived. I even had a few missions where I only took 5 soldiers as I forgot 3 were wounded and I hadn't hired anymore. But I've managed to survive two terror missions (Floaters - easy - and Sectoids, slightly harder because of Cyberdiscs). I must say I'm using some weapons I've never used before (AC, HC) and incendiary on those reapers really does work a treat, so maybe finally straying from my "only rifles and grenades" game I've played since way back in 1994 is helping
 
I think my comeuppance will be in the USA though - I'd built a radar station there and it detected two large UFO's, one small and an extra large. I couldn't shoot any of them down, but I've landed the Skyranger at the XL and so far have only had one solder mind controlled (laser weapons and power armour meaning that poor guy isn't doing much damage so far ).
 
Can someone remind me - if I survive - is there a way for me to stop the USA going over to the aliens once this activity has begun? I vaguely recall you can if you shoot down all the UFOs, though I may have imagined that. Is it possible by sweeping the XL UFO clean or is all lost? I guess they could be building a base, but the landing sites are really spread out so I'm thinking infiltration instead.
 
Also can someone remind me if I can redirect the Skyranger to the two large UFOs on the way back and clear those out too?
 
It's been so long since I've played that I've forgotten some of the game mechanics. I even forgot to assign research for two weeks
 
One thing I don't like in the game is that the goodies you get from clearing a mission seem to arrive straight back in the stores before the Skyranger - is that right or am I imagining it?

Bah, I should be on more Maybe I should go into the ACP and fiddle with the post counts?

Bah, I should be on more Maybe I should go into the ACP and fiddle with the post counts?

Bah, I should be on more Maybe I should go into the ACP and fiddle with the post counts?

Chaos Concept have informed us that UFO Extraterrestrials 2: Shadows Over Earth has been delayed until March 2012, but is still alive and well!
 

To learn more about the game, visit https://www.ufo2extraterrestrials.com/

I've been making a fair bit of progress in adding and updating some of the site's pages. I'll outline the current changes below:
 
Staff Page
 
The staff members have almost all been added - we're just awaiting a few more details from the remaining few members before it's complete. (Note to staff - they're in to particular order after myself and Slaughter, so don't get offended if you're at the bottom).
 
You can get there by clicking here or on the link at the top of the page.
 
Newsletters
 
All past newsletters as well as another signup form are available here.
 
I'm aware that the formatting is possibly a little screwed up on some, and varies between them, but that's because it's changed format slightly and some things are slightly broken. They're still perfectly legible though for those of you that haven't had a chance to read them, or who want to see the general content of them before signing up.
 
I still need to find a menu to put them all on, but that should be a simple enough task.
 
Future Happenings
 
Although newsletters have been few and far between recently, with the addition of more pages over this weekend (yep, I'm adding yet more!) and the upcoming release of UFO Aftershock on the 8th of October, we'll be sending out more informative newsletters packed with info on the new game and anything else we think you'd be interested in!
 
We need your feedback!
 
Head on over to this topic on our forums to read suggestions and give us feedback on the site so far, as well as having your say on how the site will evolve in the future.
 
Your opinion does count and can make a difference to how this site looks and works!

So come on then chaps? Which is the best?
 
If you think another game deserves the title and is in the same genre please let us know

Nice
 
I'll likely ask the PR chaps if we can get our hands on things like that and more on the run up to the game's launch. I'd suggest we run a competition to give out copies of the game, but since everyone here will have it on pre-order the instant it's available I'm not sure that's worthwhile
 
 
You'll never get past the Fusion Ball defences

Bah, I should be on more Maybe I should go into the ACP and fiddle with the post counts?

So come on then chaps? Which is the best?
 
If you think another game deserves the title and is in the same genre please let us know

Guessing that Predator one is in between takes on the Predator ship set in the film Predator 2?

Soppy as it sounds, what ever happens, I suppose now's a good time to point out - Hobbes, you've always done a really good job.
 
Heck, personally I failed to maintain motivation after the first Firaxis release, and that went relatively smoothly. I don't deal well with change.