Sorrow Posted August 12, 2007 Report Share Posted August 12, 2007 Basically, the idea is to use the savegame editor to remove buildings from organisations that are raided when their budget is less than 0.When they have no money and get raided with financial losses, the raided building is taken by Government. What, you, people think about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiki-Knight Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 Basically, the idea is to use the savegame editor to remove buildings from organisations that are raided when their budget is less than 0.When they have no money and get raided with financial losses, the raided building is taken by Government. What, you, people think about it? Cool idea, but would it crash the game when they have no buildings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorrow Posted August 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 No . I just "destroyed" Psyke and CoS and game still works . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[NKF] Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 (edited) I take it their vehicles will still operate in the city? I mean the odd rider and vehicle that pops up every so often. COS vehicles like to pop up a lot after an air skirmish and there are UFOs to recover. Then there are the gang's suicide flyers. What would happen if almost the entire city is government owned? I wonder what'll happen when someone tries to raid another organisation? Where will the vehicles come from when purchased? Some rather interesting questions raised. - NKF Edited August 13, 2007 by NKF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j'ordos Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 (edited) I know that if you try to purchase goods from an org that doesn't have any buildngs the airtrans spawns in the top left corner of the city and won't budge. You can still force it to arrive at your base by using the fastest speed setting. (edit: same with purchased air vehicles, don't know about the ground ones)How about making the building available for purchase by the player instead? Nothing like setting up your base in a former CoS temple. Edited August 13, 2007 by j'ordos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiki-Knight Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 I know that if you try to purchase goods from an org that doesn't have any buildngs the airtrans spawns in the top left corner of the city and won't budge. You can still force it to arrive at your base by using the fastest speed setting. (edit: same with purchased air vehicles, don't know about the ground ones)How about making the building available for purchase by the player instead? Nothing like setting up your base in a former CoS temple. Wow. I like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorrow Posted August 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 (edited) I take it their vehicles will still operate in the city? I mean the odd rider and vehicle that pops up every so often.I observed the city for about 5 minutes and no enemy vehicles appeared - I observed it for 2 minutes with buildings present and 2 enemy vehicles appeared. How about making the building available for purchase by the player instead? Nothing like setting up your base in a former CoS temple. Heh .It's a good idea . Edited August 13, 2007 by Sorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorrow Posted August 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2007 Damn, they still do raids even if they lose a building :/ .It seems that I have to set the hostility to neutral in ME after defeating an organisation... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRN_R_Sumo1 Posted August 24, 2007 Report Share Posted August 24, 2007 Well the makers of the game never expected us to be doing these things I bet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorrow Posted September 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2007 It seems that orgs need to be set to neutral to avoid attacks and set to neutral with all other orgs to avoid later trouble. I made some experiments to see how the game treats X-Com bases being attacked, both from air and from the ground.I discovered that one succesfull raid is enough to destroy the X-Com base (which is given to the Government) and razing the building to the ground has the same effect.It doesn't matter how much money X-Com has. So, winning a raid should be equal to eliminating a building and razing a building to the ground should have the same effect on corporations (it makes some sense, taking in account that there aren't infinite amounts of soldiers and wealth in the Megacity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRN_R_Sumo1 Posted September 5, 2007 Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 wouldnt levelling a building andgiving it to government just cause bankrupcy of the government and funding going bye bye? xD!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorrow Posted September 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 (edited) That's the problem of government - I think that it would be hard to bankrupt the government . EDIT:Heh...I've destroyed the CoS in two missions XD .I think this mode will bankrupt me XDDDDDDDDD . Edited September 6, 2007 by Sorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRN_R_Sumo1 Posted September 6, 2007 Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 ..how is that even possible? ...o_oyou must have spent a crapload on tunneling weapons and explosives ..o.o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorrow Posted September 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 ..how is that even possible? ...o_oyou must have spent a crapload on tunneling weapons and explosives ..o.oNo, I just won attacks on their bases . All their bases are belong to Government ! I killed off Psyke and Diablo on the same day (I ran out of money and I had to start a war.) .I ran out of the resources, so now I'm fighting against Osiron - I eliminated 1 warehouse and 1 slum with minor losses - It was pretty profitable .Now I have to eliminate only two more . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRN_R_Sumo1 Posted September 8, 2007 Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 Wait, so after one mission you've won their building? Wth is that.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorrow Posted September 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 No, after one mission they lost their building . Just as with attacks on X-Com base . BTW.I'm out of Osiron XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRN_R_Sumo1 Posted September 8, 2007 Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 ...well that just makes it stupid.. o.oit doesnt cost the government money to run all those buildings does it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorrow Posted September 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 ...well that just makes it stupid.. o.oit doesnt cost the government money to run all those buildings does it?That's what government is for. Also, X-Com's buildings return to government too.Multiple raids on the same building are an exploit - simply, the game acts like the owner automagically rented new cops with expensive equipment - it's absurdal that I can make a many raids on a building each time gaining tons of items like Launchers, Plasma Guns, Mini Launchers, Psiclones and Elerium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRN_R_Sumo1 Posted September 10, 2007 Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 Well if we can buy more, why cant They? the backrupt makes alot more sense to me than raising buildings on the relatively small map. x; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorrow Posted September 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2007 Well if we can buy more, why cant They? It depends - the player has to deal with hiring soldiers, buying equipment, etc.It all costs time and money. Especially, in my mod, where some weapons have a high cost - for example Laser Rifles cost 6000$ and Heavy Launchers 12000$.In game, organisations get them for free in unlimited numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRN_R_Sumo1 Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 Why do the weapons cost so much??!? O.OThose Rocket launchers are pretty...uhm.. useless xDeven in recent times they wouldnt cost Near that ammount to make O.o..Even a high tech thing like a Laser Rifle.. the materials wouldnt cost more than 400 dollars, and the processing would cost around 300 or less.. so the gun would probably sell for about 1200.. O.o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoni Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 Inflation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRN_R_Sumo1 Posted September 21, 2007 Report Share Posted September 21, 2007 Yoni, in order to deal with Inflation the government would need to print more money, thus lowering the value of the money. Are you familiar with the great depression? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Azrael Strife Posted September 21, 2007 Report Share Posted September 21, 2007 Yoni, in order to deal with Inflation the government would need to print more money, thus lowering the value of the money. Are you familiar with the great depression?Not nearly as simple as that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRN_R_Sumo1 Posted September 21, 2007 Report Share Posted September 21, 2007 Well of course its not as simple as that Az, you know I have a habit of oversimplifying things xP but either way, there is no understandable or logical reason that those weapons would cost so much-- they dont even appear to have an interface on most of them.Mabye the missles for the rocket launcher might cost a bit, around 150 or so dollars, but the marsec machine gun for example is a fairly primitive weapon compared to most of these! xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[NKF] Posted September 22, 2007 Report Share Posted September 22, 2007 The prices look odd to me too, but you do have to ask: What real-world currency are you basing the Apocalypse prices on? US dollars? Pounds? Dinars? Rupees? Sometimes its best to not make any sense of it and just go along with it. - NKF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorrow Posted September 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 Isn't X-Com 3 the game where a vehicle-mounted 40mm autocannon is cheaper than an infantry machinegun? Anyway, I took prices from UFO and divided them by 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoni Posted September 23, 2007 Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 Yoni, in order to deal with Inflation the government would need to print more money, thus lowering the value of the money. Are you familiar with the great depression?Here in Belgium economics work so that every year the value of money drops with about 2 %. (Something of that magnitude). It's an artificially created inflation, so that money keeps slightly dropping in value and people are more stimulated to spend their money rather than hoard it for interest. Thus stimulating the economy. (I think it's robbery)I don't know how it's done in the rest of the world. I assumed it was common practice everywhere. And yes I'm familiar with the great depression. Either way, my answer wasn't intended as THE answer. Just as a possibility, slightly in jest. Personnaly, I believe, I KNOW that the makers of the game never ever considered any such things. None of the designers ever gave item prices that much thought. They just slapped on prices which were balanced compared to each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRN_R_Sumo1 Posted September 23, 2007 Report Share Posted September 23, 2007 although thats an interesting concept Yoni, I dont believe anyone of the working class would keep money for 1% interest or so a year xDeveryone does indeed need to eat.. x; but that is a rather clever little trick belgium uses I must say, but what does it do for imports?Causes all imports to cost more money.It all works out in the end as the government is printing more money to cause the inflation.. but either way xD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustang Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 (edited) Hey I'm bumping this thread. I started an Aliens 250 game on Superhuman today. I got a "Live Alien Spotted" in a Recylcotorium which was fun, but after the mission I noticed something OWNER: X-COM I didn't have a base there though. So it should be possible to set ownership to X-COM after a successful raid without having a base inside it.Also I think just 1 raid is stupid, unless the guards inside the build are numerous, like 20+ Edited October 16, 2007 by Mustang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[NKF] Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 Was this the Superhuman map? There's the large COS building known as the Temple of the Apocalypse (or something like that) a couple of blocks north of it. The Recyclotorium is just next door to one very common Superhuman level starting base location. The Recyclotorium always belongs to X-Com, and is treated like an X-Com building. You can't do anything with it though. It's just one of the fun peculiarities of the superhuman map. - NKF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustang Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 Was this the Superhuman map? There's the large COS building known as the Temple of the Apocalypse (or something like that) a couple of blocks north of it. The Recyclotorium is just next door to one very common Superhuman level starting base location. The Recyclotorium always belongs to X-Com, and is treated like an X-Com building. You can't do anything with it though. It's just one of the fun peculiarities of the superhuman map. - NKFYeah it wasAlso, on a tactical map, why is the Recyclotorium's tunnel system thingy filled with bodies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRN_R_Sumo1 Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 Well, they dont have much room for graves. Corpse Sandwich anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinthRank Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 Of course X-COM has a Recyclotorium. Whenever you click "Destroy Alien Specimens," you don't think the AC guys just dump 'em all in a CoS Temple, do you? ROFL The Recyclotorium always belongs to X-Com, and is treated like an X-Com building. You can't do anything with it though. It's just one of the fun peculiarities of the superhuman map.Actually, you can attack it. If you've been raiding like crazy (or abusing stun raids) and you don't feel like getting cloaked-&-shielded Aliens in the next drop, you can send a few bikes and cars with Bolters to cause some damage to the city. You won't retaliate against yourself, and I'm pretty sure that you don't have to pay for the damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustang Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 (edited) Of course X-COM has a Recyclotorium. Whenever you click "Destroy Alien Specimens," you don't think the AC guys just dump 'em all in a CoS Temple, do you? ROFL The Recyclotorium always belongs to X-Com, and is treated like an X-Com building. You can't do anything with it though. It's just one of the fun peculiarities of the superhuman map.Actually, you can attack it. If you've been raiding like crazy (or abusing stun raids) and you don't feel like getting cloaked-&-shielded Aliens in the next drop, you can send a few bikes and cars with Bolters to cause some damage to the city. You won't retaliate against yourself, and I'm pretty sure that you don't have to pay for the damage.Is it possible to actually raid the building? Also using Recyclotorium for disposing alien bodies is a great answer Edited October 18, 2007 by Mustang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRN_R_Sumo1 Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 If you look inside midnight editor, it would seem you can actually change relations with yourself.Perhaps constant raids on X-Com would cause base attacks and revolts by your scientists? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinthRank Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 Is it possible to actually raid the building?Unfortunately, you can't raid your own buildings. I imagine that X-COM guys would be way tougher than rent-a-cops, though. It would be weird to raid your own building only to fight clones of your agents! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRN_R_Sumo1 Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 Guess its nothing more than an easteregg xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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