[v27.6 ground combat] Victory condition: hold UFO, 3 or 4 or 5 turns?

[SoftwareSimian]

Mission briefing says

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Eliminate all hostile units within the UFO and hold it for 3 turns

If I kill all the aliens in the UFO, let the aliens have their turn, at the end of the alien turn it pops up:

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Area claimed by xenonauts
4 turns remaining for victory

Depending if you count the alien turn that just passed or not, it means that the victory countdown is at least 4 (probably 5) turns, not 3 as it says in the mission briefing.

Edited June 15, 2023 by SoftwareSimian

[Chris]

3 hours ago, SoftwareSimian said:

Mission briefing says

If I kill all the aliens in the UFO, let the aliens have their turn, at the end of the alien turn it pops up:

Depending if you count the alien turn that just passed or not, it means that the victory countdown is at least 4 (probably 5) turns, not 3 as it says in the mission briefing.

Good point. Thanks, we'll get that fixed.

[Ruggerman]

It used to be that if you were in control of the craft, and you had not eliminated all the aliens, you would win the mission after a number of turns.

[SoftwareSimian]

1 hour ago, Ruggerman said:

It used to be that if you were in control of the craft, and you had not eliminated all the aliens, you would win the mission after a number of turns.

It still is that way, I'm just pointing out the inconsistency of many turns that takes between the mission briefing (3) and reality (5).