Ugh this tank this is just making me livid! The got-damn HWP ammo will not show up in my equip screen for the skyranger. Other than that things are going well. I got plasma weapons and personal armor. I'm sluggin away at those aliens!
How do you play this on a fast computer? Every time my mouse hits the edge of a screen it goes super fast to the edge of the map. I can't shoot anything!
I guess we know who doesn't read the readme files now. Good show.
Something I forgot, if you are having trouble with money early in the game, research laser rifles and the manufacture and sell them for a huge profit.
Don't you mean laser CANNONS? Those are where the big money lies, as I recall.
And was Terror From the Deep really that hard? I just remember it as being a lamer version of the first game.
It is possible those make more money. I always use the rifles myself.
Tftd is harder for people because the Aliens use grenades much more often and your starting weapons seem poorer than x-com. I still need to finish tftd myself. I just kept getting feed up with the huge terror missions that take hours to complete.
WIP: If I recall correctly (and I will confirm this sometime tonight), the HWP ammunition is automatically loaded onto the HWP seperate from the other ammunition on the Skyranger. Just make sure you have enough back at base to resupply it, and it'll be fine.
Dave: I use tanks as disposable scouts and as target magnets. I've observed that the alien AI tends to target tanks before soldiers, especially if the tank is ahead of the squad. When an alien fires at the tank, I then know where to send an HE or Phosphorous rocket. Though their stats don't improve they are expendable, have lots of TU's, and don't draw a salary.
Steve: Did you set the scroll speed to a lower speed, such as 1 or 2? The fix is also supposed to take care of the speed issue as well as the graphical problems.
There's actually a pretty sweet remake of X-Com: UFO Defense available, being a big fan of the original one, i picked this up awhile ago and its pretty good. If anybody is interested the website is http://www.ufo-extraterrestrials.com/
Comments
And was Terror From the Deep really that hard? I just remember it as being a lamer version of the first game.
Tftd is harder for people because the Aliens use grenades much more often and your starting weapons seem poorer than x-com. I still need to finish tftd myself. I just kept getting feed up with the huge terror missions that take hours to complete.
If I recall correctly (and I will confirm this sometime tonight), the HWP ammunition is automatically loaded onto the HWP seperate from the other ammunition on the Skyranger. Just make sure you have enough back at base to resupply it, and it'll be fine.
Dave:
I use tanks as disposable scouts and as target magnets. I've observed that the alien AI tends to target tanks before soldiers, especially if the tank is ahead of the squad. When an alien fires at the tank, I then know where to send an HE or Phosphorous rocket. Though their stats don't improve they are expendable, have lots of TU's, and don't draw a salary.
Steve:
Did you set the scroll speed to a lower speed, such as 1 or 2? The fix is also supposed to take care of the speed issue as well as the graphical problems.
We should get a Online Ur-quan Masters Hyper Melee Tournament going!