Xenonauts: Community Edition discussion

Haven't written a modding guide for the dynamic UFOs but I think you understand them.

Try and keep the mod modular! No need to make your own gameconfig.xml, you may just want one with the elements that you actually want to change.

That's the plan. I just wanted to make sure I've got a backup copy of stuff before I do anything just in case.

Incidentally, do you or llunak know whether it's likely that the new mod system will get rolled out as standard? While I don't think there's any reason *not* to use X:CE, no doubt some people won't for whatever reason and yet try to/want to use mods anyway (and I'm not especially interested in creating two mods every time I do something).

Yeah, there really isn't any reason not to use X:CE - we've been careful keeping the gameplay unaffected.

It is quite likely that the modular loading system will become standard in the future - after all, Goldhawk is interested in easy-to-use mods, and the modular system is far superior to the current one.

EDIT: BTW, if you're using Skype, it's much faster discussing certain things.

I'm not sure if there's an official thread to report bugs with the CE, but 0.25 seems to have added the Command Center at the top of the list as a buildable facility in my base screen.

Aha! I looked through the facility list 3 or 4 times to make sure it's right, and it didn't register that the command center being there is wrong.

Also... Almost every facility indicates that it extends radar range in the base management UI. I'm not certain if they actually do or not.

EDIT: I just tested it by building two hangars, and they don't actually extend radar range, even though they say they do. It's notable that the labs, workshops, medbay, etc... Don't list their real properties. It's been replaced by the radar range extension.

They do not, but the building descriptions as shown are now not quite correct, also needs fixing. There are a few things that should go into a minor release soonish.

God your doing such a fast work!

I need to say... Wao! This is the best build you ever build.

Thank you for take in consideration my recomendation about researches.

Long life for coders

I hope to further improve on researches in the future, I really liked that idea with researches that cost money or items.

I hope to further improve on researches in the future, I really liked that idea with researches that cost money or items.

In XNT I set a system of Dissembling UFOs that has part similar to that idea. The player unlock the protocol with the first "UFO Type", then the player need to recover other UFO of the same kind to Hangar to Dissembling. The first time you manage to Dissemble a UFO you unlock a branch of technologies.

Getting a CTD loading 0.24 saves, is this not save game compatible to 0.24?

It is compatible, but there's always a possibility I missed some file in the upload. Or that there's another conflict. Post the save game and I will look at it.

Thanks Solver, attached (I hope).

Running a few mods in case it's causing the problem:

Jsleezy's armour and portrait packs

Lore+

Skitso's Map pack

geoscape 2.sav

geoscape 2.sav

I am also getting CTD on loading a save from 1.07HF CE:0.24, Lore+, Skitzo's map pack

A load from 1.06 vanilla still works.

Also: started a new game, and the only buildings available to build were store room, living quarters and command centre.

0.25 reuploaded a few minutes ago due to a major issue, redownload if it's acting weird!

Okay, there with the save. It fails to load because of Lore+. But this is not a new problem, saves always fail to load when a research mod is incompatible. You'll have to wait for Max to make a version compatible with this I'm afraid, because reseaches.xml got changed in 0.25.

Alternatively, take the researches.xml from Lore+ and use it to replace the X:CE one. The save should load, though there will be other smaller issues.

Thanks for the info Solver, appreciated.

OK, I'll wait for that Lore+ update then.

BTW the base buildings thing was fixed by the latest 0.25 you uploaded.

What base building thing? Command center? That should not have been fixed.

Scratch that guys. Here's a research.xml that you can use with X:CE 0.25 if you had the latest Lore+. It loads the savegame posted above.

Max - if it's useful, also feel free to take this, though you'll probably also want to make use of the new mission-specific triggers anyway.

researches.zip

researches.zip

Thanks Solver, save game does indeed load.

It's not my night though, if I save a game from inside a tactical mission I now get a c++ runtime error when I load it.

Even better, post that one, too! That is more likely to be a genuine X:CE bug. I will look at it but not now, I am typing this from my bed.

Sorry, think 0.25 save / loads broken. Would load pre-patch games from 0.24 but any saves made in 0.25 (GC or geoscape) will not load again once saved.

New game saves seem ok in 0.25 they load, its the saves upgraded from 0.24 that once saved, dont load again. Maybe my end, I have a couple of mods, nothing significant though or that I thought would conflict with XCE.

Here you go Solver, but sleep comes first!

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Really appreciating the community editions by the way, these are some awesome features you're adding.

tactical mission 3.sav

tactical mission 3.sav

Sorry, think 0.25 save / loads broken. Would load pre-patch games from 0.24 but any saves made in 0.25 (GC or geoscape) will not load again once saved.

Post the save also! I have done plenty of saves and loads, so it cannot be completely broken.