ToastedDragon Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 1680 x 1050 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamkyon Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 Perhaps the night / day is set when the UFO is shot down, or when the dropship departs? I've been doing some testing, and it's probably safe to rule out the former as a possibility. Toasted Dragon - the weapon swap happens when your troops return from their first battle, I think. It's a bit strange. As a matter of fact, I just had this happen to my troops at the start of their first hostile engagement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Of Doom Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 WOO! I NO LONGER HAVE CTDs! *hugs chris and turns him into a chrysalid zombie* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctoxic Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Hi A couple of questions. Will we be able to buy/equip more flares than the 2 you start with? Will there be things like infra-red/night vision goggles at some point? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorac56 Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 oooohhhh night vision goggles would be cool you would just have to equip the before hand like other armor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straker Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 What is meant by "now authorised"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulphy Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 What is meant by "now authorised"? It means Desura has authorised build 8.6 for download... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNoyce Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 First, great job on getting out another update. "I'm currently trying to set up these render servers that I bought. I might post some pics up on the forum at some point, because it's quite amusing. I assumed that they'd be relatively inoffensive things but they're a square metre or so each and weigh 30kgs, and sound like a tornado when they're switched on. No idea where I'm going to put them!" It IS amazing how some systems can be so bulky, and make so much noise. The two servers we have at work fall into the same category as the ones you mention above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted January 7, 2012 Author Share Posted January 7, 2012 I imagine we'll try and roll out Build V8.61 on Monday or Tuesday, specifically targeting the UFO fighter crash bug, the 1280x1024 mission end hang and the flare/machinegun sprite issues. Those two crash bugs seem the most problematic at the moment. There'll be a pause before V9 after that (barring any urgent bug hotfixes) because we're gearing up to start work on the new AI model and that's going to involve rewriting some of the code architecture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yevgeniy Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherdevil Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 NV goggles may or may not be part of later armour sets, I think... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceVamp Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Tried loading a ground battle I started after I patched to 8.6. Everyone is called Jack Longname, and after winning I got CTD, no win screen. Though the Jack Longname thing was there in 8.5 as well (if I go to the inventory, they are listed by their correct name though). I gather it's common? Also, only about two guys could be set to snap reserve after the load. The rest didn't bother. I tried not spending all my AP, but none of them got a chance to use it so I don't know if they would have shot if they had the AP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherdevil Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 maybe write a bug report? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sathra Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Toasted Dragon - the weapon swap happens when your troops return from their first battle, I think. It's a bit strange. To my understanding, this is part of the 'weapon weight doubled' bug. At least, that's the only time I've seen it happen. Resetting the weapons after a mission (in the base screen) should stop it happening, at least until after the next mission. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akavit Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Just got a chance to try out this build. It's far enough along to be fun to play though a bit unstable. I mostly like tossing grenades and shooting rockets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windex Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 I tried tonight and it kept locking up on me in the ground combat right after hitting the turn button. I still have the cursor to move around but I can't do anything in the screen I had to ctr-alt-dte and once had to restart my computer. Also, since 8.5 I it takes forever to get a ufo to crash near my base they keep flying off into space or out of range, out over the sea and disappear. I wasted a night- hour and a half -because UFOs were sited and the gone. How do I keep them in my continent or lure them over? They seem to fly within the margin and then out into no where. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Szabtom Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 we're gearing up to start work on the new AI model and that's going to involve rewriting some of the code architecture. Ooh, can't wait to hear more about that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted January 9, 2012 Author Share Posted January 9, 2012 Windex - at the moment, it's best to start with your first base in the USSR or in another large landmass. We'll probably change the AI at some point so it will prefer to fly over landmass but right now it has no preference for sea vs land. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherdevil Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Windex - at the moment, it's best to start with your first base in the USSR or in another large landmass. We'll probably change the AI at some point so it will prefer to fly over landmass but right now it has no preference for sea vs land. I imagine the majority of the missions UFOs are tasked with will have most of their targets over or on land masses, no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted January 9, 2012 Author Share Posted January 9, 2012 Yeah but spawn locations are random and early on the only missions spawned are Research missions, which don't have a target - so the UFO just spawns and flies in a random direction gathering data, not necessarily towards land. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerzZz Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Chris, so should we look for a hotfix on Tuesday and a big update in a month or two? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorlom Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 (edited) At some point does not suggest a hotfix and doesnt neccisary mean it will come out as early as in one month. Edit. MY bad. apparantly im not referring to the right post Edited January 9, 2012 by Gorlom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerzZz Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Gorlom, sorry, but you are a great flooder Check post #34 of this thread. You had no idea why i was asking for an answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorlom Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 I do apologize. since i didnt see you quoting number 34 i thought you were referring to Chris post right above yours. Can you understand my confusion? (and yes im a flooder. do you see the shiny "spam" trophy i got? ^^) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted January 9, 2012 Author Share Posted January 9, 2012 Dunno when the big update is coming quite yet. Difficult to tell so I'm not committing to a date yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.