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[Psyclone]

I played X-com Apocalypse first and am now playing Ufo, i have to say i like the Apocalypse better, but that's probably just because i played it first. Btw, is X-com Apocalypse abandonware yet? If it is i'd happily upload it..

I absolutely love this game and ufo defence. k:
UFO defence has better graphics but I think that tftd has the same feeling to the game as ufo defence.

I'm having a bit of a problem though. It seems my scientists absolutely refuse to research Aqua Plastics! :crazy: So I can't get any armor which is sort of a drawback and makes things abit complicated.
Anyone know how to fix this? It happens in every game.

[Eagle of Fire]

To research the alien alloys you must have a live Night One available in research. If I remember well you don't have to research it, just have it available in your research tree. This will open up the alien alloys.

The alien I am talking about is the melee alien, the one who "spits" acid at his victims.

Think they're called dark ones ... :whistle:

Anyway, thanks a lot! :-)

[Eagle of Fire]

I've found a site which can be really usefull for anyone playing TFTD. It seems that the research tree is meant to be researched in the right order or you might not be able to research some important aspects of the game and not even be able to finish the game whatsoever.

This site will help you win the game if you encouter this bug. Be warned tough that using this site to get access to all technology is considered cheating.

A great game. I prefer UFO slightly because of the terrain which is more varied.

[Havell]

I don't like TFTD as much as UFO because the aliens in TFTD seem to be hugely more powerful, they can shoot you from the other side of the map when you can't even see 10 feet in front of you.

[Eagle of Fire]

We did not been playing the same game R Havell... Really not...

I love this game. I prefer it to the original by quite a lot, even though it has seemingly random difficulty. In one game, I barely defended the area around Japan (where I always put my base) and I got up to September (1st year). On the other, I blew up/killed/captured every...single.... alien and their UFOs. But no, that wasn't good enough for you, was it, YOU STUPID FUNDERS. Anyways, here's a tip - load yourself up on scientists and research that magnetism thingy so that you can tell who is in the ship. Saved me may a time from the goddamned lobster-man.

They are seemingly incapable of dying easily, too, which is annoying. But oh well.

[Eagle of Fire]

Well, you should build your first base around USA since they are the major funder. If you neglige them you will find that you lack funds quite fast, since they start financing you with 800,000$ on the first month..!