Hey.
I realise this forum is probably dead and the editor almost certainly no longe rbeing updated, but:
I notice there's no way to edit the cost of weapons/tanks/magazines/etc in the editor. Any chance of this changing in the future? Failing that, is it known where in the game's files this information is stored?
I ask because I'm interested in going back and re-balancing the game's weapons so that each of them are actually useful. The easiest way to do that that I know of is to balance them as raw effectiveness per dollar cost. I can change the raw effectiveness, but so far not the cost.
Item Costs
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SoulSkorpion
, Jun 29 2008 03:13 AM
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Zombie
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Posted 29 June 2008 - 09:33 AM
Yes, those values can be found in in the game file called PURCHASE.DAT. And while you are at the X-COM wiki, do take a browse around the Game Files page - you are bound to find some of that helpful.I notice there's no way to edit the cost of weapons/tanks/magazines/etc in the editor. Any chance of this changing in the future? Failing that, is it known where in the game's files this information is stored?
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The Mr. Grognard of X-COM
Zombie: Empirical data's your only man, when formulating a research plan.
A soldier's death is never in vain if it makes the formula more plain.
A few dozen make a better case for refining that third decimal place.
They call me Zombie because I don't sleep, as I slowly struggle to climb this heap,
of corpses, data points, and trials, but from the top - I'll see for miles!
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Posted 30 June 2008 - 03:27 AM
Hey, thanks.Yes, those values can be found in in the game file called PURCHASE.DAT. And while you are at the X-COM wiki, do take a browse around the Game Files page - you are bound to find some of that helpful.I notice there's no way to edit the cost of weapons/tanks/magazines/etc in the editor. Any chance of this changing in the future? Failing that, is it known where in the game's files this information is stored?
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So purchase costs are a per-savegame thing? That's intersting. I wonder where the defaults are stored...
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Colonel
Posted 30 June 2008 - 08:00 AM
The default copy is saved in the executable, and when a campaign is started those values are transferred over to your game file into purchase.dat. Basically it is a global file with a local copy. Let me get the offsets for the executable for you. 
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The Mr. Grognard of X-COM
Zombie: Empirical data's your only man, when formulating a research plan.
A soldier's death is never in vain if it makes the formula more plain.
A few dozen make a better case for refining that third decimal place.
They call me Zombie because I don't sleep, as I slowly struggle to climb this heap,
of corpses, data points, and trials, but from the top - I'll see for miles!
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Posted 01 July 2008 - 08:20 AM
How ironic: SoulSkorpion starts out with "I realise this forum is probably dead"
and he is answered by a Zombie.
and he is answered by a Zombie.
I'm starting to like the heavy cannon more and more.
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Posted 13 October 2010 - 12:11 PM
ROFLHow ironic: SoulSkorpion starts out with "I realise this forum is probably dead"
and he is answered by a Zombie.
