X-COM OpenXcom Thread

[Darth Canoli]

Alienman
I salute the effort but I can't help to think it's just a matter of personal taste.
A lot of options to make the game more difficult along with more weapons and ammo to make the game ... easier.
Seems quite autistic to me.
Also, a lot of fixes for player exploits I've never used, self discipline beats balance mods every day.

Psi-capture and auto end turn are nice QoL mods though.

 

[octavius]

One of the coolest features of OpenXcom is getting a FPS screenshot when pressing F10. I remember when first playing OpenXcom how nice such a feature would be, and I was right.

Explosion Height [3] (explosions explode in 3D, instead of a flat surface)

Hmm...I thought the concensus was that 2 resulted in the most "realistic" explosion. It definitely feels right to me, but I haven't tried 3 to compare.

 

[Alienman]

Alienman
I salute the effort but I can't help to think it's just a matter of personal taste.
A lot of options to make the game more difficult along with more weapons and ammo to make the game ... easier.
Seems quite autistic to me.
Also, a lot of fixes for player exploits I've never used, self discipline beats balance mods every day.

Psi-capture and auto end turn are nice QoL mods though.

Yeah, of course, it's highly subjective, I just find this setup the most enjoyable experience personally. I have tried the other popular mods, but I do find them a bit too bloated for my taste, so I stick with FMP.

I'm not sure the weapons makes the game easier, or harder, I just prefer more options. Mind, the aliens also get new weapons too. Plasma shotguns, heavy plasma, repeaters etc. Also, the mod makes human weapons last a lot longer, it's the reason why you have to research new ammo. In vanilla X-com you can have laser-rifles in the same month, here it takes time. I really like this aspect myself, autism or not. I find it fairly balanced with the new aliens and such, some can really take a beating, so the new weapons like incendiary grenades will play a crucial role.

I don't find the weapon categories overwhelming otherwise, really. There are pistols, standard rifles, shotguns, sniper rifles and smgs. All with their own niche to fill. I will always prefer more options, than just having everyone equipping the same weapons.

Hmm...I thought the concensus was that 2 resulted in the most "realistic" explosion. It definitely feels right to me, but I haven't tried 3 to compare.

I think 3 is supposed to be "round shaped", with equal vertical and horizontal spread. But apparently, the titles are longer vertical, so people don't like 3 that much since it makes the explosion to be more cylinder shaped. I'm not 100% sure, though. I just want most potential destruction myself

 

[Darth Canoli]

I don't find the weapon categories overwhelming otherwise, really. There are pistols, standard rifles, shotguns, sniper rifles and smgs. All with their own niche to fill. I will always prefer more options, than just having everyone equipping the same weapons.

You're preaching to the choir, I always try to use different weapons, even using some heavy laser when it wasn't the best option for variety sake.
That's one good point for Xenonauts, by the way, turning some weapons alternatives into useful ones.

But keeping standard weapons longer... Hell no!
I'm not playing a "sci-fi" tacticool game with aliens to use basic rifles, I want laser and plasma rifles.

 

[Alienman]

But keeping standard weapons longer... Hell no!
I'm not playing a "sci-fi" tacticool game with aliens to use basic rifles, I want laser and plasma rifles.

Hehe, I guess we are different here. I mean, I enjoy the laser rifles and stuff, but it has to come from a struggle. It just feels like a natural evolution to me that humanity would enhance their normal weapons with improved ammunition and such, same with armor - before we get to unlock the secrets of the alien tech. FMP being long you will be using sci-fi weapons for a long time still.

 

[octavius]

If a large ship lands in the same spot as a city, does that mean the aliens are negotiating with the locals?
If so, will a successful assault on the ship affect it?

 

[Average Manatee]

Every time I've used a shotgun in any X-Com mod its always been a disaster. Inherent inaccuracy regardless of the shooter means a lot of missed shots and armor makes multiple small hits a bad idea.

 

[Alienman]

Every time I've used a shotgun in any X-Com mod its always been a disaster. Inherent inaccuracy regardless of the shooter means a lot of missed shots and armor makes multiple small hits a bad idea.

Tried slugs? They are really good against armored aliens at the beginning. Pretty accurate too.

 

[Endemic]

If a large ship lands in the same spot as a city, does that mean the aliens are negotiating with the locals?
If so, will a successful assault on the ship affect it?

Infiltration missions involve two battleships at the same time. Once they land that's it, as far as I know.

 

[Darth Canoli]

Hehe, I guess we are different here. I mean, I enjoy the laser rifles and stuff, but it has to come from a struggle. It just feels like a natural evolution to me that humanity would enhance their normal weapons with improved ammunition and such, same with armor - before we get to unlock the secrets of the alien tech. FMP being long you will be using sci-fi weapons for a long time still.

You never experienced the glory that is fighting a Terror Mission full of Chrysalids using Firearms firing Alloy Bullets.
Feels like an horror movie, and its glorious.

Not to mention, having more guns is super neat. Sniper Rifles fit very well within the X-COM arsenal, and Shotguns are fantastic close-combat weapons.

FMF also gives other awesome weapons and tools, I remember getting an Anti-Materiel Rifle capable of firing HE rounds, beautiful. And stripping the anti-grav units out of floaters to use them as a rudimentary armor-less flying armor.

I get your points but laser guns are just great and plasma sound effects are really good as well, nothing beats this.
Also, I'm not sure which mod adds a gatling laser but that's the most beautiful thing I've seen in the UFO scene.

As for taking on crysallids with regular weapons, I did it with laser guns once, reaction training, only the strong shall survive...

 

[octavius]

If a large ship lands in the same spot as a city, does that mean the aliens are negotiating with the locals?
If so, will a successful assault on the ship affect it?

Infiltration missions involve two battleships at the same time. Once they land that's it, as far as I know.

Damned, that sucks. I've been as vigilant as possible (well, almost: I don't use the Sky Ranger for patroling), and then this happens in my own backyard. Wonder what drew the aliens to Bangkok of all places?

 

[baturinsky]

Nothing like Rocket Launchers with 85% chance to hit hitting corridor walls instead.

Kneeling gives +15% to hit, by the way

It varies per gun, actually.

 

[baturinsky]

Every time I've used a shotgun in any X-Com mod its always been a disaster. Inherent inaccuracy regardless of the shooter means a lot of missed shots and armor makes multiple small hits a bad idea.

In XPiratez shotguns are actually pretty accurate short range, which makes them a good "training wheels" gun for newbies. Dunno about other mods.

 

[somewhatgiggly]

I know there's an option in one of the OpenXcoms or OXCE? That affects accuracy over range....

 

[Efe]

dont all xcoms have accuracy effected by range?

 

[octavius]

March was an eventful month in my current game, experiencing Paris at night and clearing out a large alien ship (with Snakes and Chrysalids) that landed outside Bangkok. No report on any deals with the aliens, though. Maybe because Bangkok is not located in a funding country?
I was down to only seven soldiers and no tanks at one point, but now things are looking healthy.

 

[Darth Canoli]

Wonder what drew the aliens to Bangkok of all places?

No you don't, you know exactly why they're here...

 

[Average Manatee]

dont all xcoms have accuracy effected by range?

To a small extent. The way it works is that if the game says you have a 75% chance to hit, then you have a 75% chance to bullseye the enemy and a 25% chance to have some level of dispersion (the bigger the chance the bigger the possible range of variance) which may still hit the enemy. In practice this means the penalty from range is very small. There's a mod option within openxcom to have additional range penalties that start taking effect depending on your shooting style and distance.

 

[Endemic]

Damned, that sucks. I've been as vigilant as possible (well, almost: I don't use the Sky Ranger for patroling), and then this happens in my own backyard. Wonder what drew the aliens to Bangkok of all places?

Eventually those missions will happen depending on the difficulty, and are almost impossible to stop. Basically a soft time limit.

 

[Luka-boy]

Wonder what drew the aliens to Bangkok of all places?

Buckets of booze and trannies, obviously.

 

[octavius]

So, OpenXcom scales to level?
My tanks are getting progressively weaker, from virtually indestructable to not surviving being shot by a Septoid with a Plasma Pistol. Didn't lose one in my 20 or so first missions, but now I lose one on every mission. The last one took one step and was shot from an inhuman angle.

 

[Alienman]

Painted this in GIMP. Wanted to make some aquanauts too, but was too difficult for me.

 

[Cael]

So, OpenXcom scales to level?
My tanks are getting progressively weaker, from virtually indestructable to not surviving being shot by a Septoid with a Plasma Pistol. Didn't lose one in my 20 or so first missions, but now I lose one on every mission. The last one took one step and was shot from an inhuman angle.

It doesn't but after 20-30 missions, those Sectoids would be using heavy plasma.

 

[octavius]

It doesn't but after 20-30 missions, those Sectoids would be using heavy plasma.

Looked like a pistol to me.

 

[Alienman]

He probably lucked out and got 200% damage.