Chryssalid_Victim

Great, I find this thread just in time for Chryssalids in their thousands to show up Oh the plus side reminded me of how much I love this game and I booted up a Superhuman campaign....and got invaded in Late Jan....THAT'S NOT FAIR!! And what's the deal with 27 aliens...ITEM LIMIT PEOPLE!!! On the plus side, Psi Capable Sectoid captured, 7 rookies and a tank down. Result!! (Even if 3 of the deaths were self inflicted thanks to rather ambitiously priming grenades early )

I'd say give them a chance. A lot of the 2k guys are self confessed X-Com fans and obviously they believe they can pull something off. They know they're going to cause a stir by turing it into an FPS and re-booting the franchise but I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt until we actually see anything. I have no doubt it'll be a great FPS with a highly immersive storyline, because that's what those guys do, but whether it's a X-Com game remains to be seen. Still, not writing them off yet. I can think of plenty of really cool things to see from an FPS perspective....like a Chyrssalid dragging a squad member off and promptly shivving him in true Chryssalid fashion...although I doubt they'll be in the game it's something I could dream of....and then have nightmares about. At least I've got the Steam Pack to fall back on if it is a big dark gothy failure...man that first game just NEVER gets old.

If I'm correct though even if a Chryssalid is armed it can only shoot via reaction fire but that was certainly something not expected when I first saw it. "OI!! That's not fair!!" As if anything about the way the aliens fight in that game can be considered "Fair"

On this note in the TFTD LP going on on Something Awful atm the guy doing it claims to have overcome the Tentaculat's lack of attack (since he's playing as the aliens) My guess is some kind of Util Hack so long story short no In Apocalypse you can get Alien Weapons through hacks though...the Popper is especailly funny.

When the universe (or at least UFO) was new my most famous oops was the obvious first contact with Snakeman and Chryssalids on a Terror Mission including a fun moment where i turned to the guy with me and noted: "That black thing is STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF A FIRE!!" (Rocket Launcher) Doom followed but I got out of there....and have been terrified ever since

4 Since you can see it's a gif I turned on the DOSBox recorder to get this image because I couldn't remember the screenshot key Left it recording and the rest of this mission was just one of those standard free-for-all's you got when you first get the game Also I made a Rookier error by Priming a Grenade, forgetting about it and getting the holder of the Grenade killed by reaction fire.....whoops Later on after clearing the hangar here (costly) sent 2 guys with mighty Laser Pistols in, they spot a Disk... 1) Errr...you got anything? 2) Yeah this HE...... Boom....Second Disk comes wandering in to see what happened 2) Err I'm out 1) I've got an HE too...our commander's Boom happy Boom.... Third disk comes through the SAME DOOR!! 1) Ummm.... 2) DAMN!!! *Sound of 20-odd Laser Pistol shots bouncing off just about everything* And obviously the final Sectoid alive is a LEader/Commander and nooooooo he doesn't mind rape one of my guys with no weapons...it's the guy with the Laser Rifle...in the middle of the backup squad....*insert cheating scum rant* Net Result: 25 Aliens dead in one form or another...mostly atomised thanks to Disks 7 Xcommies Dead 3 Stunned and Dizzy Ruined Hanger Tank Dead Overworked Engineering Team building MOAR Weapons!! This is the awesomness I remember Edit: And I just got Extender loaded and working....UFO Cydonia's Fall as the music...BEEFED up Heavy Laser....oh this is gonna be sweeeeeeet 2 versions....that's ho wmuch I love this game...and I still suck

Nah no Elerium Trigger that I known off Just started my first attempt at Superhuman (with a few changes like no Psi for me etc) and I got a base attack before I'd got any Elerium which resulted in something I haven't seen before without using an editor.... http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t24/Boomer2k6/Whoops-1.gif Then I remembered I was on Superhuman and this is probably to be expected. What a nightmare, half my guys didn't even have guns becasue I accidentally double recruited...it was almost like being in the British Army

Wow it's been a while Just wondering if anyone, like me, uses DOSBox to fire up the original DOS version of the games and thus has the ability to record the carnage (nice little feature built into DOSBox). Was thinking it would be possible to edit the recordings (Windows Movie Maker will probably do it) and have a bit of a "That didn't go as planned" gallery I may have one later as, in my current round of the game it's Snakeman/Chrysslid Terror in dark w/ no flying suits mission time.... this can only go well... EDIT: ...it didn't and comedy resulted...I may have to post a section

I managed to record the whole FMV sequences from Freespace. I think the older versions may have allowed longer recording

I've recorded a lot of Freespace and Freespace 2 using using FRAPS so can vouch for the software. Should work on UFo EU as well since the res is about 640*480 (Shareware Version of FRAPS here ) Would love to see some gameplay vids too

I've had UFO:Aftershock now for a while and, despite being under the system requirements, my system has always run it perfectly, no real slowdown and the only bummer being the lack of extra view modes (Psionic, Infra etc.). Hell it didn't even crash whent eh Wargots arrived Yesterday i update my nVidia Drivers (Got a Ti4600) to the latest version (81.93 or somthing) from the 2003 Windows Versions (45.23 if I'm right), which seem to me to be a tad out of date, and lo and behold I now get fatal errors when trying to start the game This has got me more than annoyed as I love this game and I'm just reaching a critical stage but now somehow upgrading my software has caused it to go backwards in performance (i.e from performing to not at all) Anyone got any suggestions apart from upgrading my whole PC? Really don't want to have to downgrade to 2 year old drivers.

Oh yeah, I've given him 2 MP5's for extra "I fire before you see me" happiness...and a katana for the bloodthirtsy parts of me Glad to have them back as I was a bit afraid of having to rifle everyone up

Thanks Slaughter, that's fixed it. Back to the ol' Super Heroic +2 speed.

Maybe, like all things Aftershock at the beginning, they simply didn't know they were there, heck they didn't even know that Reticulans and Transgenants existed so what hope for a long lost Martian Colony? As you said even by the time they would have done things would have gone...well...a bit skewy back at home (Wargots and Starghosts and all manner of Cultists) so contact from a lone faction you probably can't help from Mars would really be the least of your troubles. Sounds like a good idea though and I'm really interested in what they come up with.

Just a qucik question now that patch 1.2 is out and comes with it's own bugfix for this problem Will the two conflict and reverse it back to v1.1 stats?

Aw that cracks me up Personally the resolution doesn't bother me that much. However that may be due to the fact that my PC should NOT be able to run this game in the first place according to the min specs. GeForce Ti4600 = Don't even think I've got the latest detonators as whenever I download the latest versions they kinda make games unhappy (not that I've played many since I finished Aftermath...stupid real life) Maybe I need a better PC or something but..... Side Note: However....it appears as though my puny PC is holding it's own versus this so-called vile bug-filled game. I heard about the "Wargot" problem, due to someone saying that the game screwed up when the countdown ended, and just left it be for a while (about 2 days before the clock ran down) until it was patched and net result is a total of 2 crashes in the squad both my fault for running about 6 programmes including iTunes and Downloading at the same time. /Side Note Oh yeah quick question. I realise 1024-768 is the only resolution but what are the @ numbers by the side you can choose? Refresh rates? Meh either way I'll get back to my one res version safe in the knowledge that I love the game and it's working....c u in about 3 days when I get off the bleeding thing....can't...stop...killing...cultists....OOOOOOH Big pile of them !!!

Remember running into those suckers from the first game and it leading to one of the first true "Benny hill" moments I've had out of the two games. Went something like a-this... Me: "Ah, Transgenant eh? Meh, the rest of them weren't that bad" *Blast, Pow, Bzzzt* Me: "Ummm, whaddya mean no damage?!" *Warp Devastator Guy finally gets round to firing* Me: "Ok, that worked....umm the ammo thingies kinda low umm, no I lie...drained" Me: "YOU!! RETTY!!! Shoot this thing!" *Sound of Warp Pistol being completely drained and actually taking one of the buggers out* Me: "Whaddya mean OUT OF AMMO?" Me: "Errmmm, CHANGE OF PLAN!! LEG IIIIITTT!!!" *Benny HIll music starts* *Octo catches up with one of my guys, thanks to the fact he was stupid and tried to fight back, and despite several Plasma shots kill him stone dead. Bought the others some time I guess...what a hero* Me: "Iiit's Corpse raiding time" *All retty bodies are looted for anything with the word "Warp" on them. In the meantime one of the brave/stupid ones has snuck back into the Queen's Chamber grenades in hand. Benny Hill music continues, luckily the Octo's seems to have had a heavy breakfast this morning and are having trouble with the "leg it" factor* Me: "Just THROW the Damn things!! Ugh if this doesn't work I'm screwed, or I'll have looted every damn corpse on this level...Note to self: Next time bring about 25 Warp pistols in backpacks....Warp Rifles wouldn't hurt either...or just don't use the bleeding Warp Weapons on the Retty's use Psi" *It works and with my guys still being hunted by 8 legged floaty virtually indestructable dudes while having a distinct lack of warp weapons, the Rettys all decided Psi was a good thing , The mission comes to a swift end* Me: Phew!! LAter.... Aftershock Collectors edition drops through the doorstep. Pack of cards is opened. Me: "Errrm I seem to recognise the Aces" *Faint Sound of Benny hill music* Me: "Ah Sh*t" To Be Continued....

*Possible weapons spoiler ahead for those not 2 weeks into the game yet* Yup, Flattys are poor vs energy so I always take a couple of Laser weapons (haven't got Sonic or Plasma yet) usually one Laser Sniper and 1 Retty Rifle. Flattys aren't posing me a huge problem now but i did lose quite a few peeps to them in the beginning of the game when I initially ran out of Retty power Clips.

Don't worry, I knew about that. I've left the majority (3) of their bases intact. along with a couple of provinces, but I want to kick the crap outta them sooooo badly...especially after I lost a province to them (my first one) AFTER getting Anti-Cultist Propaganda

I'm beginning to have that probelm as at the moment I'm expanding rather raapidly trying to wipe the majority of the Cult off the map before the countdown ends, they're down to about 4 "Base" territories and 2 others, which I can't reach without taking their bases which, after the last "effort" on my behalf will need a little thought. When i was only 6 bases or so I had well over +50 of every resource and was going fine....but now I have about 12 and have started going outwards the upkeep costs are hurting and Alien are the worst for it (obviously being the rarest). The annoying fact is that I'm getting +450 p/h Cyborg resources, they are just EVERYWHERE!! Fortuately that keeps me trading well since I can easily afford to trade 10000 Cyborg for 5000 Alien every few days. (Alien is currently at -30-odd and Normal at +50 so overall I've got about 15000 of normal, 12000 alien and 50000 Cyborg) Found some Alien in far off Russia but I've got to take 3 Cultist Bases to get it *PRIMES M60's and Barrets* I'm gonna go hunt....

*SPOILER* Having read through the manual the Wargot Mothership mission is only described as a "sub-campaign". Several people have displayed this worry on the main Aftershock board, even after destroying the mothership, but as yet the only response got is basically an "Oh yes, there's more to come" in a kind of "You have no idea what you're getting into" phrasing. Just wish we knew how to get there. EDIT: Exact response below Can I look forward to the story evolving further (...)" I won't go into details, but, be sure - you can. :: So many questions, so little answers: think, for a minute, about all which you don't have an answer for and you shall have an inkling of what is yet to come...

Well funnily enough the demo worked on my Gefore Ti4600 so i though sod it it's £17.99, I'm due for an upgrade in a while anyway, mise well get it It didn't work. Then I realised I'd been playing UFO:EU the day before and had all my hardware acceleration turned off Now it works. First few missions gone by, no crash, virtually no slowdown, fine and dandy Oh awesome looking game too

Play.com say mine has been posted Soon, be still my pretty the hour is nigh

Those picutres are great, they're going straight in my "Ah Sh*t" pics collection from UFO

Anyone know the losing quotes for UFO:EU? Too lazy to boot it up and be rubbish at the moment [unconscious Mind] Can't play..Chyssalids will eat me Can't play..Chyssalids will eat me Can't play..Chyssalids will eat me [/unconcsious Mind]