X-Com help

[child of Thor]

........just save the game in the battlescape mode, on the amiga it was in one of the options icons i think? I used to have to do this a lot - those 'creeping around hunting down that last snake man' missions could last a while!

[Kropotkin]

Once or twice I've found them hiding in my own craft. I hated it when they did that.

[DaveV]

*smacks forehead*
Oh yeah, there it is, under the question mark button. It *has* been a long time since I played this game!

[child of Thor]

Originally posted by Kropotkin
Once or twice I've found them hiding in my own craft. I hated it when they did that.

that first time through the game - all those little surprises, your right it could be uncomfortable at times - but so damn good.

@ DaveV - cool, now you can just get into it again

I'll take some small comfort knowing someone is having fun with this game. My PC version seems to have gone walkabout, and my amiga version suffers from a sick amiga.

Its funny that it never got the sequels it deserved.........very much a missed opportunity

[Tuberski]

Originally posted by child of Thor


that first time through the game - all those little surprises, your right it could be uncomfortable at times - but so damn good.

@ DaveV - cool, now you can just get into it again

I'll take some small comfort knowing someone is having fun with this game. My PC version seems to have gone walkabout, and my amiga version suffers from a sick amiga.

Its funny that it never got the sequels it deserved.........very much a missed opportunity

I told you in my first post where to get it.

ACK!

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Kropotkin
(actually, a friend of mine tried to win the game without using any developed weapon at all. But he failed as in the end when you go in to kill the aliens brain, you have to use something better. So he had to pick one up from a dead alien and fired a salvo to finish the game...)

Yeah right. I like to see him take down an alien battleship without advanced weapons.

[DrSpike]

It does sound a little fishy.

[Kropotkin]

Seriously, he used german 88s to take down the ships!!

[Tuberski]

Well, I have gone as far as cheating, so that I can learn how to play the game.

Let's just say I have plenty of money.

ACK!

[child of Thor]

Ah yes the cheats.......well watch out for the brain suckers, especially on night missions

[Tuberski]

Is Plasma defence a step up from Personal armor?

ACK!

[Kropotkin]

Well, if you could get one of your soldiers to carry it into combat, then yes, it would... I guess...

[Kassiopeia]

Plasma Defence is a base facility that fires at a UFO trying to bring in troops to assault your own base. When they come at you, they'll come in force, and IIRC you need two to three PD's to shrug off a battleship.

[Dis]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger


Yeah right. I like to see him take down an alien battleship without advanced weapons.

you don't actually have to shoot them down. just intercept them with the skyranger when it's on the ground. they will have a full compliment of soldiers, but they can be taken out.

[Kassiopeia]

How about capturing aliens? Smoke grenades and stun rods?