DaWu
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random map was possible in 1994 with less than 20megs of installation files, what makes Xenonauts of today cannot with gigs of files? we are talking of 4.7gigs of files!!!
this project is sooooooo testing the costomer's pennies and patience, first got open-ended project dateline, now dumb down with hardcoded maps. brilliant.
thats just plain bullshit and shows that you do not have a clue about software architecture.
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Oh god...To the OP...
One thing...The game is Early Beta=Not finished...
Note the ''Early''...It's Kinda an advanced Alpha...There are still plenty of features to add into the game and fix bugs as development goes...
It's not nearly a finished game...But it's playable and the devs want all the feedback they can get from people who test the game.
My friend what you describe here is an ALPHA. There is no BETA whithout all features on board.
I did not moan about the plenty CTD I had. I did not moan about the not working saving of arrow key assigments for scrolling.
But I wondered about the missing texts and the poor amount of maps.
I read here that random maps are not working. Who says so? Did we ever see a random map? Random maps may be chaotic. May be empty or scattered with stuff all over the place. thats the effect of randomness and part of the enjoy - you dont know what you will expect.
Every Remake of an oldschool RTB classic game Fails because they Change the core elements which are the most fun of those games.
Either they make it real time or they cut off Features, random maps and so on.
I can not understand this. Just do a 1:1 XCOM Remake with modern graphics god damn it
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Dont blame the Devs, blame the industry.
There is Pre-Alpha, Alpha, Beta, Release.
Pre-Alpha = 50% Done, We have a very basic framework, the game is semi-functional and missing many things from art to mechanics.
Alpha = 70% Done,The framework is mostly in place, the game is playable, but lacking depth, balance, still missing many features.
Beta = 80% Done, The game is playable, but still is far from finished, missing art, text, balance, some features.
Release = 90%-95% Done, Game is basically done, everything is in, just need to work on fine tuning the balance and fix the remaining bugs.
However the industry decided to call their Beta "Released", so they can make money quicker, have players playtest the game sooner, and give feedback.
This game is a Beta by original definition, so something like having the Maps 90% done isnt something to expect.
There are player made Map Packs you can download to help tide you over.
But again this is clearly stated as "Early Access Beta" so it should clarify this isnt a 90% done beta (Also Know as Released), it's more a 70-75% done beta (Also Known as Beta)
A Beta ist Feature complete! A Beta is there to fix bugs and not add further stuff. Another Thing that mislead me! Sorry but my trust in the devs is completely gone. I will look it up again whent its finished but right now I enjoy the good weather here in germany
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I mean no specific sentence. its just the talking about tilesets, submaps and so on that hindered me doubting they would do anything but random maps....
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I cant tell you where I read it. Maybe my Interpretation was just wrong. I didnt follow the Forums closely. I read the devs update on the News section of the Webpage regularely. I didnt even notice the game was released until last week. it was a spontaneous buy as I usually do not like to Play betas. so yes maybe its my mistake as I didnt inform myself well enough. doesnt Change the fact that this is a game breaker for me and I will rest the game now until final release.
to be honest: in my first tactical Ufo Mission I was thinking: These maps look not that good (mostly because of way too much space between covers) but then I told myself: hey they are randomly generated so its ok. but Hearing now that this is the result of handcrafting? well....
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Clearly, you didn't listen. If I'm correct they said they MIGHT add random maps AFTER the game is finished. Notice might and after the game is finished. personally, I don't understand how its a big deal. there are many different tile sets per geographic area, and different aliens and UFO's. Also many other things that make this a very fun gamethat if played you will have a great time. randomization, while mostly(sometimes) good, doesn't make a good game
like I wrote before. I played 5 Ufo tactical missions and ended up 3 times in the same map with same start Location, same Ufo Location and same Alien Position. sorry thats crap. maybe I didnt read carefully enough. I was sure they were on the same track but I should have knew it. for some reasons every attempt of doing a proper Remake must be ruined by someone doing stupid decisions.
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Another Company failing big time doing a real xcom Remake. I played my 5th Ufo Mission and had to play the same map the 3rd time in a row. same landing position, same Ufo position, and even the same location for the aliens.
I was like WTF and registered here and learned they did not implement random maps! WTF? Last time I visited here half a year ago they stated that they will have random maps! And now AFTER I bought the game I find out that I got cheated! They bullshited me! I am so pissed now! I want my money back!
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Wait there are no random maps? I was wondering already why I see the same map twice after 3 Ufos! This pisses me really off now. I would have never bought the game if I knew that before.....big time fail
Bought yesterday - Uninstalled today
in Xenonauts General Discussion
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So after not caring for Xenonauts for exactly one year I may ask where are we at? How did the map situation evolve? Is there now a random system in place? If not did they add thousands of maps to counter repeatetness?