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[Quintopotere]

Originally posted by the_fifth_horseman@Sep 16 2005, 03:45 PM
The roles are just basic descriptions of the function your character will perform in the squad. It's nothing in-game, but it will make it less troublesome to equip you bunch right.

Thanks for the explanation... anyway, you can give me the role that you want; you know: I'm just a stupid android, programmed to do something...

[a1s]

name: alpha 1 S
race: dal... android.
gender: error!
skills: extermination (accuracy that is)
weapon preferance: energy
quote: EXTERMINATE!

[punch999]

Is this ever gonna happen. If it does put meh in plz

[Lonely Vazdru]

If there's still room, add me in.
Name : Rico.
Race : Alien hybrid.
Stats and role : Pshychic/Phsycho.

[Aristharus]

Man, I was away for the weekend and there's two new of these games and.. well.. lots of other stuff I just can't keep track of...

Oh well, put me in. Although I've just been resurrected in the first UFO thread, maybe this'll ensure a good dosage of action every day or something.

Name: Aristharus
Sex: Any
Race: Any
Stats: Any
Role: Any

I'm not too picky. As long as I'm in.

[The Fifth Horseman]

OK...
First, don't expect mission screenshots - it looks like Apocalypse doesn't like my DosBox much, and it freezes when I try to save. DOS32A didn't help much about that either (core=normal, BTW), so I'll be running it via VDMSound. The big downside to that is that I won't be able to provide screenshots other then the in-between the missions, sorry. I will also have to keep the battle reports short and to the point, since (alien sabotage, no doubt!) my computer freezes when I switch from Apoc to Windoze more then once per session, sorry again. I'll see to rectify the screenshot problem as soon as I can, since I have a possible solution already in my mind.

First recruitment in. We'll have some trouble accommodating new recruits, so I'll use the "stun ally trick" to obtain a substantial amount of money to move us to a better location (actually, I have two in mind...). The old base will be changed into a vehicle repair station, executable immediately after the move.

Fruit Pie Jones, A1s, Vazdru, Aristharus: your requested characters could not be supplied at this time. They will be added as soon as more recruits become aivaible.
To all who said "anything as long as I'm in": don't whine about your characters, since the more specific requests have priority, and only then yours are supplied with any characters that are left.
The Chosen: There were no human recruits with good Psi, but I found a reasonably human-like Hybrid soldier with pretty nice accuracy AND good Psi skills.

Currently, the quarters are nearly full. We'll build a bigger base (two!) shortly, though, so expect the recruitment to fare better then (I think 8 living quarters will about do, eh?:[img]http://www.abandonia.com/forum/html/emoticons/laugh.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='laugh.gif' />)

On a second note... forget about the stat adjustments. Seeing everything as it is now, that would be to much hassle for me to survive.

I'll spend two to three hours per day on Apocalypse (four on weekends), the difficulty is beginner and most of the battles will be played in RTS mode.
Save/load will be used only in extreme cases (like, entire team eliminated and not enough troops to carry on), no "try until you hit that alien" actions.
I _will_ use the "stun-the-ally" trick to obtain more funds and gear, so that the game will go unobstructed by lack of these.

I've registered an account on Photobucket specially for this game, to not overload my existing one. Initial report coming in a few minutes as I get the pictures uploaded.

[a1s]

"stun the ally"?

[SupSuper]

Originally posted by X-Com Apocalypse Manual
Screen Grabs
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You can create a PCX format snapshot of the screen by pressing
Alt-P. The files are created in the directory which X-COM:
Apocalypse was installed to and are named from XCOM0.PCX to
XCOM9.PCX.

[The Fifth Horseman]

A1s: Ally with an organization and then raid them using only Stun Grapples. They won't fight back. That's some serious easy cash... :whistle:
SupSuper: Thanks, didn't know that. I have a slightly different solution I want to try before, though.

Vehicles
Same as with the bases, click thumbnail to see vehicle. Currently, the thumbnails for Phoenix Hovercars lead to the same image, since both are identically equipped.

Valkyrie

Phoenixes

[Quintopotere]

Originally posted by Quintopotere@Sep 16 2005, 03:27 PM
Antother X-com thread... well, ok: I'd like to be a stupid android! :crazy:
And about the stats... just balanced...

Erm... where am I?