postm00v

I've just had an Andron terror mission where I lost 4 Xenos from my best team. (actually 6 'died', but when I completed the mission they were just gravely wounded; Thank god) Those medium saucer thingies absolutely wrecked me. I'm guessing I'm like mid-game now?

That's all I need to know. Thanks.

I was wondering if Xenonauts also used the same system as XCOM where you complete certain 'main objectives' and the game gets harder after each one you complete. I've been playing quite a bit now, but it seems aliens get stronger regardless of any goals I achieve.

Sorry to hijack your thread here, but I had a similar question; I have completed the Officer interogation, and now

Yeah that sounds like a pretty good strategy

I haven't got Electroshock grenades yet, but I assumed they would shut down everything electronic, not actually damage it.

Aren't Androns machines? So to me it makes sense that they're not being stunned by a baton. Electroshock grenades should stun them though, so that's kinda weird that those do regular damage.

Warning; Even though I assume everyone has done one of these already, I'm not taking any chances. Spoilers!

Damn you Xenonauts! Everything is going great in my current (and first) game, but I'm genuinely scared to progress through the game. I feel as if every mission is a potential disaster. Awesome game, and a worthy successor to XCOM.

IIRC leaders wear helmets, so they're immune to stungas.

Ccsssshhh!

How many guys do you equip with shield if you don't mind me asking? I've also never used shields, but the more I read on them the more appealing they get. And what role do you give the soldiers with shields? Assault I assume?

Can't you just edit their name and add a nickname yourself? Like Dude 'Alienkiller' Whatever.

Thanks Max, that was just what I needed!

Is there a way to identify aliens in the field, like with the Mind Probe in the original XCOM? I need to capture a leader, but how do I tell whether I should stun an alien or blow his brains out? I read on the wiki that officers and leaders both wear helmets, so that kinda rules out visual identification.

Oh my, I can't believe I didn't think about that myself. Thanks, that might actually work. EDIT: Yes, it worked! Thanks!

Yeah I know how to rename the ranks, that's not my problem. I'm onto rank images now. I'm trying to let all ranks use one image, if that's even possible. All help is appreciated.

What I'm trying now is renaming all ranks to X0-X7, because what you said made a lot of sense. Then I'm going to give my soldiers ranks by editing their names when I feel they deserve it. I know this sounds really OCD, but you'll just have to forgive me for it. EDIT: Okay, I found another thing that irritates me. I deleted the ranks (X0 just didn't look right), but the images remain. I want to try and make all the ranks use one image. Is that possible?

Yeah I thought about that, but I don't think it'll solve my little gripe. When soldiers reach a certain amount of XP, they get promoted, resulting in a squad composed of corporals/sergeants etc. Also, and this might be a shock, my actual name isn't postm00v. So you don't have to call me Mr. Also, it makes me feel old, so stop doing that EDIT : Manual promotions seem like a good idea. Going to try that now! EDIT 2 : When I tried putting on the relaxing music, Youtube gave me a commercial. Goddamn commercials.

Is there a way to prevent my soldiers from promoting en masse? I found a way past the starting squad (which starts with an all corporal squad, which drives me insane. I modded the game to give me an extra 100k so I could dismiss everybody except one Sarge, and then hire 10 rookies. First mission, gameplay is fine, I actually enjoy it. I defeat the aliens and the debrief comes on my screen. EVERYBODY gets a promotion. Literally every rookie gets promoted to corporal. WTF! I know the original had a requirement for promotions. IIRC it had something to do with the total amount of soldiers f.e. if you had 20 soldiers, someone could be promoted to Captain. This is a good way to prevent an all corporal squad imo. I know this sounds a bit like a rant, but I can assure you, it's not. I love XCOM games, and XCOM remakes. I highly appreciate the time and effort put into Xenonauts. It's just positive criticism.

Oh my, that is so freakin' awesome. Thanks man.

Can you actually mod rank names? Is there an easy way to do it?

But they're new to Xenonauts. So they should start out as privates imo.

Immersion. If I sign up for the military today, I don't get insta-promoted to corporal neither.

Chris said I should put this here, so here goes. I think all new recruits should start out as privates. I recently had a batch of soldiers that all started as corporals, and it just ruined my immersion. I actually deleted that game, I was so annoyed. Thought?