[[v22.9 Crashing save]]

Blowing up the cruisers power units on this save crashes the game every time.

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[V22.9 Transition CTD returns]

in Geoscape hit soldier equipment screen - both highlight for a moment then lockup.

[V22.9 Scimitar Tanks graphics bug]

No CTD's so far this build --- well for me at least (;

[V22.9 Scimitar Tanks graphics bug]

Scimitar when destroyed displayed live rather than destroyed tank graphic when destroyed. Destruction animation ok and tank removed from play when destroyed - just wrong graphic.

[Strat playbalance and tactical game play problems persist]

I've been playing the experimentals for a while. My comments are based on the general experience in them, although I know that they have been tweeked through the various builds not doubt.

[Strat playbalance and tactical game play problems persist]

I've played this game mostly on "normal" - I perish to think what it must be required to win on "hard". The way upkeep cost, weapons and vehicle pricing and such work together puts players into one of two death spiral. Build one base up to adequate man Science and engineering to keep pace with alien rapid escalation and you lose the rest of the world. Building multiple bases puts you into an upkeep death spiral where it becomes impossible to progress fast enough. And even with two bases - almost impossible to finance adequately - you still lose too much financing to continue. Sorry but while i like a challenging game, I don't see this as a very balanced game. heavily escorted alien ships show up very early and in bunches even in normal mode - making it virtually impossible to shoot down enough of them to keep funding up. Now "virtually impossible" gameplay has it's place in "very hard" and "insane" modes but on normal? As I recall I played the original Xcom on a variety of levels and did actually win - it was tough on the high levels to be sure - but never "Hunt for Red October" hard (game famous for basically making it impossible to get through the first 10 minutes of gameplay.) I've rarely progressed far enough into the game before a beta fix breaks my save games, so pacing is hard to gauge. It seemed a bit "sloggy" - I did get to about 50 missions once and was barely into plasma weapons. Personally I think the whole campaign should be calibrated for about 50 missions - with the option to play longer campaigns for the real Grognards.

I've really tried to like this game because I loved and original and TTBG's in general but a game supposedly in late beta shouldn't issue me a CTD virtually every session I play it. First it was crashing in tactical game play - particularly in terror missions, and now it's crashing quite frequently in transition screens. The tactical gameplay can be interesting, AI has gotten better, and the aliens can be tough, but it has these persistent problems with fixing one thing breaking another. Sighting problems, bullet spread problems (tanks blowing themselves up with no one within 2 tiles is my all time favorite) and other issues detract from the gameplay. The mouse interface is clunky, but well so was the original Xcom so there is that. The game could really use a game controller option for the interface by the way.

I may give the beta versions a rest, as progress, usually slow in software dev, is painfully slow in this game. Maybe I'll check back in a few months - hopefully I'll be able to get mid-game if I win all the ground missions and shoot down every a alien every time my fighters go up by then....

[[V22.8] unable to switch Hunter back on .30cal machinegun]

Trying to move the Hunter on an Arctic map caused a CTD for me. It had moved several times but one move it CTD

[Transition screen CTD]

Sorry didn't read, just clicked ok. early game so likely laser weapon.

[Transition screen CTD]

Weapon available go to base screen caused CTD when Ok clicked.

[v 22.6 %0 to hit bug]

Entering Scout all units had %0 to hit even at point-blank range repeatedly.

[[V22.5] dropship shut down on terror site]

I should mention that the guy berserking FF was a Maj with a Col present commanding. We are not talking rookie team. (The guy had gained about 2 bravery points from all those promotions- what can I say that's not too plausible either) No enemies visible - thats not just implausible its should be impossible.

[[V22.5] dropship shut down on terror site]

V22.5's CTD's: CTD's when laying waste to the internals of a scout with scimitar pulse cannon. everything goes boom then CTD. CTD seem to happen with rapid mouse kicks that start a screen transition from the base screen. Some play balance comments: troops with 40'ish bravery were going berserk and shooting teammates with no enemies anywhere near them and with friendly troops nearby (obviously since they were filling them full of holes) This was normal difficulty. Not friendly fire. Seriously? That should be much rarer. As far as FF goes - Weapon scatter seems to scatter rather fast and you get no shot blocked or other warning. Scimitars with a clear field of fire past a troop two squares away managed to blow itself up but not kill the trooper it shot past. Thats not plausible.

[[v22.5 Tactical Map] Terror Mission Map Tiles All Black]

experiences the same thing. Is this a save game issue? I played several other missions after the release of 5 and they worked fine.

[I mean totally dark Terror missions]

First terror mission in new build was dark except for soldiers tanks enemies drop ship and friendlies. No terrain visible. No flares so hard to say if that would helped.

[v22b4 Grenade throwing bug]

Yup major grenade bug. After throwing grenade the grenade disappears and then aliens cannot be targeted regardless of TU's

[[V22 Experimental 3 - Ground Combat] Suppression Not Preventing Reaction Fire]

This build by the way is extremely unstable in the terror missions - numerous CTD, and I have to revert to to a earlier save to just get through the mission.

[Ground Combat Balance - V22 Experimental 3]

There was a bug in the previous version that is not listed in the current fixes. The game hung in the end of mission transition screen. This only happened one time. It was the only crash I experienced in that build.