Research suddenly completed

[gandie]

Hi all,

Been following Xenonauts since way back. Finally took the plunge this week when the Steam beta went live. I love the game so far. Art has been greatly improved, music is fantastic. It's a real gem. The only thing I am worried about is that I might be ruining the experience for myself as the game is not finished yet. Thinking about waiting a bit more to get the most satisfaction out of it.

One question: I have noticed several times that I seem to get a Ufopedia screen for certain subjects when I haven't even started that research yet. An example is the first alien Ufo I encounter, I think it's the small scout. I don't see an option to research it and all my scientists are researching something else. Then suddenly I get a Ufopedia screen for it. Am I missing something? Is this intended behaviour or a bug?

[flashman]

The craft and aliens have been taken out of research because they are just fluff, no benefit and the idea is that you automatically get a dissection report or vehicle analysis

[GizmoGomez]

If you got the screen popped up the first time you encountered it, then I think it's intended.

It's to give you information on it, but not force you to research it yourself.

It could probably be handled a bit better, though, if it's causing confusion.

[gandie]

Thanks for the replies. I did get these only for ufo's and aliens. I do think they could be handled a bit better as it was really confusing me. I thought I was getting free research because of a bug.