[The Fifth Horseman]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(styer27 @ Feb 1 2007, 07:00 AM) [snapback]277410[/snapback]</div>

Here are some questions for the vets of the game ..

1. Does any attribute help to aviod reactive fire from enemy aliens, i notice my commanders and colnols seem to get shot at less than the rookies, could this be from a higher TU attribute or maybe a higher reaction rating?

2. When viewing the stats for the fusion ball launcher for the craft, i notice the accuracy rating is more than 100% yet they still miss, what range is this rating based on?

3. Does blasting alien crafts down with smaller weapons (cannon, stingray missiles) increase the chances for the craft to be intact on arrival, therfore providing greater chance for elerium, or is the status of the craft detirmined randomly on crashlanding, regardless of weapon used?

4. I notice that smaller craft shot down by the Avenger seem to be destroyed more often than craft shot down by firestorm or interceptors even when using the same 2 plasma cannons, does the avenger have a higher kill rating than other craft even when using same weaponry?

5. During a base attack by aliens, i find sometimes the only weapons i can use are laser pistols and rifles, but when i go to the stores, all my plasma weapons are there on the ground, does laser weapons prioritise over plasma weapons, and if so, is there any other way to aviod this apart from getting rid of all my laser weapons?

6. Is there any way to raise the reactions attribute? i never seem to get this upgraded.

7. Does building a base in snow or mountainous areas decrease the aliens chances of finding your base?

8. Does shooting down craft into water incur the same penalty as leaving an alien craft crashed on the ground, or is it treated as a destroyed craft?

9. Is it possible to tell exactly WHEN the aliens find the location of your base? what range must the craft be in to actually see the base with or without a mindsheild? and, if the alien craft on a retaliation mission is shot down before returning to base, are the aliens still informed?

10. I noticed that aliens can mind control a soldier multiple turns in a row, even when it seems they dont have a visual sighting, yet i can mind control an alien for only one turn, then i have to sight him again to control him again, any way to work around this apart from placing scouts everywhere?

11. Do mutants have a weakness against armour peircing shells?[/b]

1. Think so.
2. It is possible that there are some modifiers the game applies to the accuracy ratings when calculating hits. So it may miss but it doesn't do it as often as a weapon with lower acc.
3. From what I remember, there appears to be some difference, but it's more or less negligible.
4. Peculiar, but not impossible.
5. That's the infamous "80 item cap" in action. No way around it that I know of.
7. Does sticking your head in a sand make you any less of a target?
8. Given the way this game works, I'm pretty sure it's treated as destroyed.
9.a) When they start attacking it.
9.b) I don't think it's based on actual exact range.
9.c) Definitely.
10. They have to have a visual sighting, otherwise you'd be totally screwed in every mission against Ethereals.
11. Zombies, you mean? They wear no armor. If you mean Mutons, that seems to be what the UFOpedia implies.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(styer27 @ Feb 1 2007, 07:00 AM) [snapback]277410[/snapback]</div>

Im also interested to know who has been the quickest to complete the game on the hardest difficulty level, ive done it in 6 months with only one base, maybe we should start up a compitition and get the winner to provide his savegame as proof.[/b]

There's a bunch of UFO maniacs around - feel free to post about it and start a ccorresponding thread in "Forum Games". k:

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(permeant @ Feb 1 2007, 08:47 AM) [snapback]277415[/snapback]</div>

I am running DosBox 0.65 on my powerbook G4 (mac). I've downloaded the DOS version of xcom from this site, but I can't get it running. I'm having the same sort of geoscape/tactical flipping problem, at best.

Can anyone please post line-by line instructions on how to run this game? :wallbash:

I have been craving some xcom for so long, and it's excruciating to be hung up here!

thanks! permeant
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