UFO: Aftermath

[Raion]

Well, what is it? Civ3Conquests.

I started a game on Hard in the U.S.
Number of guns (rifles) and poorer stats (well maybe not) and number of aliens.
Shotguns don't work too well with SpBlowers.

Anyway with modding, I sure the aliens can be tougher a little.
I lost all my team of 4 due to me, but started over, and only got one mission done.
The squaddies are not that good with handguns, can not move at first, and even till the end, probably due to me, Brian was not trainable yet. The other are, but don't have time to actually train, in the beginning since everything was lit up in the U.S. and time is a factor also.
So, I handled one mission with only 2 squaddies, Malcolm and Brian blowing up an installation, and that went well, but a shotgun only works sometimes. In one mission the shotgun worked with a Plecton, and then in the mission I lost them (due to one being really slow), and using a shotgun, just did not work. I had 3 squaddies left out of 5 by then, but Malcolm bought the farm in that one. 2 of the other 3 where injured also, and only one hit was needed. Yes, I could have won, that one, with a grenade, which is what I did, after that, but since the shotgun had worked so well with a close Plecton, it did not work so well with a farther away Plecton.

Just a few more Plectons in the game, would make it more difficult.
Well, not that far yet, since I start over just to see how it plays.
But actually did not make it further into the game, so it was not all that different.

More squaddies, it seems that more aliens show up.
So far, but then nothing is concrete yet, except my moves that get the squaddies killed.

[Raion]

I'm gonna start a game, and continue on despite myself, soon!

[sabrewolf]

raion,

i see you're quite active on the official ufo:am forum and there's even a mod from you

[Skanky Burns]

Starting a game on hard now - tactics used on easy just don't work on hard. Fortunately there are quite a few tactics that still do work.

[Raion]

There is not a mod from me, unless someone else is using the same name.

I have not even finished the game yet, due to other things I have to do.
??

[sabrewolf]

raion:

http://www.thefall.no/Aftermath/

i havn't had a look, but i imagined that that 5 MB raion.zip may be some kind of mod

[Raion]

Probably, the desktop pictures I sent in to the UK forum, but they were just pictures of the game. Had a contest for a T-shirt, but I got scolded for just sending in pictures one can take in the game with the game with Crtl-Alt-T (or J) for I think Targa (maybe *.tiff) or *.jpg images.

http://www.geocities.com/dimensionalcitize...mathLoadUp.html

the last one like the other links I had before on this thread (some of them) with the loadup screen of the game for a desktop.
I guess more effort was needed, but then I did not have the time.

Remember all those links here in this thread:
Well, I sent in bitmap Windows pictures for the regular classic desktop of Windows of those pictures.

http://www.geocities.com/dimensionalcitizen/UFOAftermath1.html

http://www.geocities.com/dimensionalcitizen/UFOAftermath2.html

http://www.geocities.com/dimensionalcitizen/UFOAftermath3.html

http://www.geocities.com/dimensionalcitizen/UFOAftermath4.html

http://www.geocities.com/dimensionalcitizen/UFOAftermath5.html

http://www.geocities.com/dimensionalcitizen/UFOAftermath6.html

I guess they wanted more, but then I have some other things to do, and have not had all that much time to even play the game through yet.

[Raion]

First link was wrong:

http://www.geocities.com/dimensionalcitizen/UFOAftermathLoadUp.html

Takes a while to load since it is a bitmap image and not a *.jpg image like the others, but the Raion.zip file contains all the pictures in bitmap form (*.bmp) .

Unless it is someone else.
That seems to be about the right file size for those 5 to 6 pictures.
I guess I did not compressed them either, and must of just stored the files. But, being busy, it was an oversight on my part, since I last used my zip program just to store some small files for MOO3, and well, that was a while back.

[Raion]

Oh, I exceeded my daily allowance transfer of the freebie site, should put them up on Tripod's site, but then, I probably will take them down sometime soon. Well, try again later, maybe the *.zip is better to download, but the one I use now is the first one link of the loadup screen now!

[Raion]

I also found out that downing my Refresh Rate from my normal 85 Hz with my GeForce card (which only used Compatibility VA mode with the game) to 75Hz, now makes all the Vertex Shading also work. Now I have wavy water and the UFO logo spinning, whereas before I did not.
It made the game look richer, and a little darker, so it was late, and I was going to go to a tactical mission, so I flew there to try it, and landed, but alas it will have to wait till tonight to try it or now, since I will have to see if I am using more memory with my Windows 2k Prof, and the game starts crashing or something due to lack of main memory or something.

But after a month now, I have a brand new game again!
Better late then never, I guess.
Have to try it, as I did not know that Refresh Rate would do that on my graphics GeForce Type 2 card.
Gees!

[Raion]

I guess everyone died here due to aliens or some other war, perhaps!

Goodbye and farewell!

In these troubled times, there may be troubled water, and more.

Don't forget the mods over at the other forum, listed somewhere here!

And yes, I am tired of Civ whatever, still, although I may play it, if there is sometime without something else coming up, whatever. I could go on and on, but I may as well get my squaddies all shot up!

[sabrewolf]

obviously for most it's a play-once game. but then, otoh, c3c is out now and i guess i'll leave ufo for a while as soon as the worst civ3-bugs have been eliminated (gpt, corruption, etc)

but raion, keep posting ... i'd love to reach 400 posts in this thread

[Snotty]

Yes, conquests will have drawn a lot of players away from ufo, on this site anyway. I imagine Ill come back to it later though.

[sabrewolf]

i don't think they'll come back too soon. with all these conquests, scenarios and not at least the epic game, it's sure to keep 'em busy.

however, if altar brings out a few new mission types, maybe even a different storyline or at least a good editor for the community, UFO:AM will stay a good alternative to civving

[Raion]

Well, I still have MOO3, and that I spent more time doing graphics than playing.

Someone said play Aftermath on Hard, so that will take a while for me. Mods are being done on the other forum, although I have not looked at any.

Civ is Civ, and I still have some scenarios still from Civ2 I never got to. I did try the XCOM one though, but that was different.

I am not sure what Altar is doing, or what will be done.

I am on medium level in the game although, I have started it more times, than anything.

I guess the newness has not worn off for me yet with Aftermath, so checking out some other games, and to me not much out there.

I will have to check around, and find out more about what can be done with Aftermath if anything else, or whatever is going on.