[V23.7 Ground Combat] Civi runs into the UFO an dies (minor bug?)

[thixotrop]

Yeah, we had that in Xeno1 also, which started the crazy "Buddhist Civillian Thread"...

Crash Site, desert.
All enemies dead but the two remaining ones in the UFO.
Civie runs directly to the UFO opens the dorr and gets killed...Why?

Edited May 25, 2022 by thixotrop

[Ruggerman]

I would like to know why, and even in a panic, the civvies's would run into danger, and not away, Yes one or 2 might, but most would flee away or to safety, like behind our troops or to our aircraft. You would not think that, unless armed, would go any way near the alien space craft, and certainly not into the jaws of death???

[thixotrop]

Maybe the aliens force them to do this, could be a Psy-Power called...
... "Remote-Stockholm"
... "Come to us Sheeps, we got free food."
... "Now you are cats: Psss psss psss psss"
... "JOIN US!"
... "Get away from da Choppa..."

[Ruggerman]

In some of the games I have played, Yes one or two Civi's, get mind controlled, but that is limited to how many Physic-Amps the aliens have, which would and could not be all of them at once, and for shear panic you would get a couple more, but you would think that they would make there way to the path of lest resistance, and not into the Danger Zone! Some times you could get the John Wayne type, that would, if armed take on the aliens, but how many are there in the general population, a hand full at best.

As a distraction to the game, they do get in the way, which is all part of the confusion of battle, and get in the line of fire, and it could be interesting if when they get wounded you could render assistance, and save lives, but with that you would expect them to make their way out of danger, for the majority, some as we have noted will be confused, and run in all directions.

It is a balancing act, trying to simulate battle and making that within the confines of a computer game.

All the very Best, in the endeavor!!!

[Alienkiller]

That I call "Panic-Reaction". There Humans (esp. Civilians) do things, they wouldn´t do normaly. I personaly call it an Natural Feature in such Situations. There is an 50 / 50 Chance what the Civs are doing.