XenoNUT Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 So I'm just jumping back in here after being AWOL for a long while, and had a question I was hoping someone could answer. Basically what I'm seeing is: I send my interceptors after a UFO. I hit one of the buttons to speed up time on the geoscape, so I don't have to wait for them to get to the intercept point. Next thing I know, I get a message that my intercept squadron is low on fuel and returning to base. If I click OK to dismiss that dialog, time continues at the accelerated rate, interceptors back to base, and UFO takes off and flies away. I wonder, is there a way to have Xenonauts alert you when a UFO landing event has occurred, so I can send my dropship (while keeping my interceptors in the area in case it decides to take off again). Otherwise I don't know it's landed until my interceptors are already out of fuel, which is kind of silly and rather annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishguy117 Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Personally I'd like to be able to airstrike landed UFOs just like crash sites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bansheedragon Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Correct me if I'm wrong here, but I seem to remember that in the Original X-com game you did get a message about a laded UFO. I agree it would be nice to get a message so I can send in my dropship, or as Irishguy117 said to send in an Airstrike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verdas Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Yeah it's a pain to have to try to time your interceptors with the landed ship taking off, or sending a drop ship and praying it gets there in time (and thanks to murphey's law of xcom, it will be just seconds late and get shot down, every time, without fail.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fucille Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 A simple option to select "center on aircraft and set time to 5/sec" like when you get UFO alerts would be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saskali Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 A simple option to select "center on aircraft and set time to 5/sec" like when you get UFO alerts would be nice. Maybe you already know it but pressing the space key (on your keyboard) makes you go directly to 5/sec time in geoscope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fucille Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Unfortunately if you're cranked up to max speed then by the time you press space you've already lost a good chunk of precious time. I'm always primed on the spacebar like a gunslinger whenever this happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzuBuzu Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Doesn't the UFO icon change when a UFO lands? I agree that it'd be nice for a message pop-up as soon as a UFO lands but I've had no problems reducing time manually when tracking a UFO and then scrambling the dropship to go after the landed UFO. What I generally do in such situations is send my interceptors to patrol the area while the dropship is en route. Maybe I've been lucky but I haven't had a UFO take off before my dropship could get there yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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