Randemonium Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 HI! I can't find the Alien Power Source for research. After the Ground-Combat their is no Power Source listed in the Debriefing-Screen. And it is missing on every Mission, even if I could see it in the UFO itself.. This is a major-problem for the research development...or am I wrong? Does anyone know this problem and is their any solution for it yet? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max_Caine Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Alien Power Source and Alenium have been rolled into one research project. The first time you take a Scout or Corvette with an intact Alien Power Source (i.e. minor damage when shot down or landed), you get the Alenium project which you can then research. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randemonium Posted April 8, 2013 Author Share Posted April 8, 2013 Ohh... Didn't know that.. Thanks a lot!.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoose08 Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 I have found this impossible to come by so far, I am running with hotfix 2 V18. So far I have restarted 4 times in 4 different countrys I have tried taking alien crafts down with just cannons, just 1 missile and 2 missiles, I also havent managed to land at an alien landing site as it always takes off before I get there. Am I just unlucky lol or does this/can it be changed ot tweaked to have a better chance of the power source staying in tact. So far I have really enjoyed the game I played excom enemy unknow when it first came out on the amiga and still love the games today even if I am far from being any good at it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sathra Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Light Scouts don't have a power core. Only Scouts (the green ones) and Corvettes have them. Can take a few weeks to a month for them to start showing up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thothkins Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 I did have to wait a little while in two plays of 18.1. Not so long in 18.2 although there have been quite a few Light Scouts too. I take down the scouts with as few missiles as possible and I'll take one out that has suffered minor damage and ta da. Alenium research. If you're desperate is the issues that allows you to load a battlescape with different criteria still in this build? If it is still there, simply shoot down your scout. Save game. Go to mission. If it isn't minor damage, then reload. someone will be along in a few moments to say if it's something you can do, as I've noticed changes on a few saved combats over the builds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sathra Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Worked in 18.1, and reloaded a Terror mission and got Sebs instead of Androns so most likely. How long it takes for the next phase of alien ship to arrive does depend on how well you do. Nearly a month and a half in my current game before Scouts. Shot down, as far as I can tell, every Light Scout that spawned (and there were alot). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoose08 Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Thanks, you wouldnt believe it I start a fifth game after posting on here abd ny fifth ship was a scout that I got aleneium off. The other games I had actually gone 3 months into, maybe I am just unlucky. Thanks again for the quick replys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thothkins Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 the save/reload till you get your favourite is probably something to put a stop to before release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamhirh Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 3 months in game - no power source for me ( got about 4-5 scouts) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raziel1981 Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 3 monthes in game, no power source for me, huge problem since corvettes started to appear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kigurai Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 Two games, and I think I got a power source in November and December/January respectively. Way too late since the Aliens start to get really hard by then. One game was with hotfix 1, the other with hotfix 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sathra Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Yeah its really based on luck with getting an intact power source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusherven Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 IMO the chance for those UFOs to land needs to increase (maybe just more missions in which they land). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GizmoGomez Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 I shot down a corvette with machine guns, the weakest of the weak, and it still showed up as badly damaged. How do we get minor damage then? I literally only hit it with four alenium missiles (not torps), and one laser equipped Condor and one gatling gun equipped Condor flying around and strafing the poor alien, eh, fella, until he inexplicably sustained major damage from mere bullets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max_Caine Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Minor and Major damage are randomly determined. If you want one or the other you don't have a choice other than to reload. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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