Mantaray Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 every single build i wait for this thread to update. i LOVE the flavour of checking out my initial guys backgrounds and then trying to squad them up... 'so an Englishman a Frenchman and a German walk into an alien ship and find an alien. the Frenchman forgot to reload so he runs away. the Englishman misses with his shotgun and the German shoots the alien through the Englishman with a G3a3 and it dies. Englishman survives with a fist-size exit wound in his belly (that doesn't bleed surprisingly) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gauddlike Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Got to keep a stiff upper lip, what what. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thothkins Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 every single build i wait for this thread to update. i LOVE the flavour of checking out my initial guys backgrounds and then trying to squad them up... 'so an Englishman a Frenchman and a German walk into an alien ship and find an alien. the Frenchman forgot to reload so he runs away. the Englishman misses with his shotgun and the German shoots the alien through the Englishman with a G3a3 and it dies. Englishman survives with a fist-size exit wound in his belly (that doesn't bleed surprisingly) Glad to see we avoided the cultural stereotypes, or it could have read: so an Englishman a Frenchman and a German walk into an alien ship and find an alien. the Frenchman surrenders immediately the German improves the efficiency of the alien's engine while berating it on the sloppiness of it's experimentation the Englishman thinks aliens are of a lower class, and saves everyone through a number of mad cap, comedy blunders. good escape form that sort of thing, that has no place on forums Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinetree Posted October 8, 2012 Author Share Posted October 8, 2012 every single build i wait for this thread to update. i LOVE the flavour of checking out my initial guys backgrounds and then trying to squad them up... 'so an Englishman a Frenchman and a German walk into an alien ship and find an alien. the Frenchman forgot to reload so he runs away. the Englishman misses with his shotgun and the German shoots the alien through the Englishman with a G3a3 and it dies. Englishman survives with a fist-size exit wound in his belly (that doesn't bleed surprisingly) Thanks for your comment Flavour is what it's all about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangelnot Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 some facts, participated in armed conflicts limited contingent troops or military experts USSR North Korea in June 1950 - July 1953 Laos, 1960-1963, August 1964-November 1968, November 1969-December 1970 Algeria 1962-1964 2.5 Egypt 18 October 1962-1 April 1963, 1 October 1969-16 June 1972, October 5, 1973 - April 1, 1974 Yemen 18 October 1962-1 April 1963 Vietnam 1 July 1965-31 December 1974 Syria, 5-13 June 1967, 6-24 October 1973 Cambodia in April-December 1970 Bangladesh 1972-1973 Angola in November 1975-1979 Mozambique 1967-1969, November 1975-November 1979 Ethiopia 9 December 1977-30 November 1979 You can add it.This Acknowledgment data from the Ministry of Defense of Russia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangelnot Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 (edited) At this time in the military conflicts were: USSR Units: Spetsnaz GRU - Special forces Group Delfin (Dolphin) - a subversive group swimmer Group A "Alfa" - Anti-terrorist unit Group Kaskad (Cascade) - KGB special forces assault group Group Zenith - KGB special forces assault group Airborne VDV - Paratroopers This is not confirmed by the data, but there are rumors ... (about Delfin, Kaskad, Zenith) Edited October 19, 2012 by Bangelnot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinetree Posted October 20, 2012 Author Share Posted October 20, 2012 (edited) Thanks Bangelnot, I've managed to get a good selection of Soviet units and combat experience but thanks for confirming some of them. A new version for 16.1 is up, I've changed the way the Vietnamese names are arranged in the xml to reflect their proper usage. It doesn't look any different on screen but the middle names are now attached to the family names( which in vietnamese is actually their first name). [old link removed] Edited January 21, 2013 by Pinetree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smith350 Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 This. is. awesome. Seriously, way to make the troops all bad-ass, and cool. I always found it kind of weird, but personalization like this always made the troops much more likable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaster Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Excellent work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangelnot Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 I think it's a great job. And how to implement random generator of biography? Like as date and palce of birth, and some another information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinetree Posted October 21, 2012 Author Share Posted October 21, 2012 Thanks Guys! More praise is always good for the soul and the size of my head! I always found it kind of weird, but personalization like this always made the troops much more likable. It's funny, In X-Com I nearly always renamed my soldiers because they were just names but in Xenonauts, since they have backgrounds, I don't touch them at all. Which is the main reason I did this mod as I love how the game gives the troops some history and I wanted to give it more variety. And how to implement random generator of biography? Like as date and palce of birth, and some another information. Unfortunately, the only biographical details a soldier has is name, age, nationality, regiment, and combat experience. It would be cool to have more but it would be pretty far down the list of programming priorities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mordenkien Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 just found thread....nice work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AusWillis Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Outstanding stuff, thanks for a great job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinetree Posted January 21, 2013 Author Share Posted January 21, 2013 (edited) Hey all, it's been a while but here's a new version for 17.52: [old link removed] Edited February 15, 2013 by Pinetree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GizmoGomez Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Has our Beloved Leader said anything about permanently incorporating this into the game? I don't think it would be overly difficult, based on what I've read in this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinetree Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 Chris has mentioned here that some mods will be bundled with the game so it's a good chance it will happen then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The New Romance Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 I'd be very happy about the incorporation of this mod into the official game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinetree Posted February 15, 2013 Author Share Posted February 15, 2013 (edited) Updated for 17.6: [old link removed] Edited March 16, 2013 by Pinetree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinetree Posted February 20, 2013 Author Share Posted February 20, 2013 Hmm, just realised it was the one year anniversary of this mod yesterday and I didn't even notice. Thanks to everyone for your comments and suggestions to make this mod better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gauddlike Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 We should have had cake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giovanni Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 The cake is a lie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinetree Posted February 22, 2013 Author Share Posted February 22, 2013 It's because I'm a potato. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gauddlike Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Mmm potato cakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinetree Posted March 16, 2013 Author Share Posted March 16, 2013 (edited) Updated for 17.9 [old link deleted] Edited April 11, 2013 by Pinetree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinetree Posted March 21, 2013 Author Share Posted March 21, 2013 (edited) Okay, lets have some fun. Post the nation you want in the next version of the mod and whoever gets the first post on page 5 will win. If it appears to you that the winner is not the first post then please be aware that my forum settings may be different to yours so it is solely from my POV. edit: Oh yeah, the nation has to be one that existed in 1979. Edited March 21, 2013 by Pinetree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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