Do we still get frightening pitch black night missions?

[Sapwolf]

Nothing like a pitch black, scary as hell, mission at night fumbling for flares.

Do we still have them?

Without them, this game will not go far.

[thothkins]

Without them, this game will not go far.

actually, it would be with them that the game wouldn't go far. Because you'd be stumbling over things in the dark... >ahem< sorry, to your question...

Yes, there are both night missions and flares.

[Sapwolf]

Great! Combine it with the eery spooky music and you just might pull off that same tension/terror of the original. Been waiting for years for this ...remake of the original for Windows XP/7, etc.

[thothkins]

and that's a yes, for spooky. creepy music too.

[Max_Caine]

The only problem is people don't like to play night-time missions unless they have to. However, that's an argument for another thread.

[thothkins]

Sure, my Xenonauts don't go on night missions. But I make them close their eyes on the daylight ones. It's the only way I can explain the friendly fire incidents.

[Gumballthechewy]

The only problem is people don't like to play night-time missions unless they have to. However, that's an argument for another thread.

Then they're playing the wrong game!

Woo for suicidal night missions!

[karthink]

How are night missions triggered? Is it as straightforward as shooting down a UFO in a part of the geoscape where it's night?

[zzz1010]

How are night missions triggered?

It's obvious.When you land at night - it will be night. There can't be any another way.

[DarkPonzu]

Sure, my Xenonauts don't go on night missions.

So does that mean your Xenonauts would willingly ignore a terror site if it was occurring at night time?

[thothkins]

At the moment, I don't get anywhere near a terror site, so it's a moot point

I'm thinking about painting a sunrise onto the back of the ferret to fool them...

[Sapwolf]

How are night missions triggered? Is it as straightforward as shooting down a UFO in a part of the geoscape where it's night?

1) Terror Missions that happen to be at night.

2) Shoot down UFO and go collect it at night rather than waiting till daylight.

3) What I did was send out interceptors and my Skyranger and hover out there and sure enough I'd arrive after they landed, even at night, and I'd surprise them at night before they took off. This is a great way to get Elirium in larger quantities.

[Commissar Pancakes]

So does that mean your Xenonauts would willingly ignore a terror site if it was occurring at night time?

This is when my guys would start playing [American] football with High Explosives instead of sports equipment.

[svidangel]

Great! Combine it with the eery spooky music and you just might pull off that same tension/terror of the original. Been waiting for years for this ...remake of the original for Windows XP/7, etc.

Haven't played in about a month, but last I checked there ARE night missions, minus the darkness. More like, "slightly less light than day" missions. I think there was another thread that talked about detection distances and visual range in the night missions somewhere, and why it didn't feel like a night mission.

Basically you get flares, but unlike the original it doesn't help you hugely to use them.

[Morgian]

In the original, I avoided night missions, whenever possible...but having to do them for several reasons (raising opinion, gaining elerium, chance of capturing tricky aliens, etc.) made them also so memorable.

So I am all for darkness and bright flares, if possible

[Name]

Teh night will become terrifying once the ai gets better

[Harmonica]

Standard practice: shoot down UFO, night falls, send out landing party, but hover near the crash site playing poker and drinking until morning. Get an hour or so's sleep. Touch down and go blast some aliens! Woohoo!

...write up that friendly fire incident report.