Bobethy Posted May 10, 2004 Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 Well? When is it? mines in january 2001. You don't have to finish the game then, just how long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j'ordos Posted May 10, 2004 Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 I remember heading into 2001 too one time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupSuper Posted May 10, 2004 Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 i don't hang around x-com too long after i get cydonia. probably 2000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnknownWarrior Posted May 10, 2004 Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 I never end my game, I just have fun bonking aliens on the head currently:Year: 2050 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[stewart] Posted May 10, 2004 Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 Could have won it at any time but I was watching the dates to see if they'd remain wrong; Feb 31, come on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[[Micah]] Posted May 10, 2004 Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 I never end my game, I just have fun bonking aliens on the head currently:Year: 2050Yeah right! Attach a copy of that saved game, please I've played until mid-2001 I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobethy Posted May 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 2050 seems a wee bit too long... even for Terror From the Deep. I think someones lying... not saying who though... :Blush: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puasonen Posted May 10, 2004 Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 I think someones lying... not saying who though... :Blush:Does that comment leave much options? Well she's young (unknown warrior I mean) and inexperienced on forum behaving rules so you have to forgive her Yeaaah, of course I won't say it wouldn't be possible, I'm just saying like micah, zip and attach the saved game and I'll believe you. Proove us wrong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[[Micah]] Posted May 10, 2004 Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 What year does Apoc take place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extralucas Posted May 10, 2004 Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 2074 I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunsmountain Posted May 10, 2004 Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 Yep, an exceptionally smart poll, considering the broad range of answers that you can give...bad boy Bobethy21: :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobethy Posted May 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2004 (edited) I meant in Ufo, I keep forgetting that this website has more than just UFO Defense.I've only played ufo and terror, and my tftd isn't working, so i can only play ufo Edited May 11, 2004 by Bobethy21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnknownWarrior Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 I never end my game, I just have fun bonking aliens on the head currently:Year: 2050Yeah right! Attach a copy of that saved game, please I've played until mid-2001 I think. oh crap I meant 2005 :Blush: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Blehm 98] Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 :o O_o How can you play that far? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnknownWarrior Posted July 6, 2004 Report Share Posted July 6, 2004 Mstang is about to finish 2003. Two years of waiting to go to Cydonia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puasonen Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 2005 sounds possible -_- 2050 is like playing years and years for the same game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 I voted >2002. But come on, I am waaay past that right now. The most current screenie I have is Aug 2006: Still going strong though... right now, the date is Jan 2007! I'm itching to get to 2008 to see if the next leap-year is also flawed! - Zombie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Blehm 98] Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 hmmm, i thought someone went to 2040 at one pointoh yeah, what happens when the game year enters the 5 digit zone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kratos Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 I don't remember when I did...all I remember is destroying Cydonia too many times Frankly, it never mattered to me...so I never looked. Now I don't play xcom 1 practically at all anymore...I play ufo2000 instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exo2000 Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 I voted >2002. But come on, I am waaay past that right now. The most current screenie I have is Aug 2006: Still going strong though... right now, the date is Jan 2007! I'm itching to get to 2008 to see if the next leap-year is also flawed! - Zombie Got enough alien bases there, Zombie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Azrael Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 I voted >2002. But come on, I am waaay past that right now. The most current screenie I have is Aug 2006: Still going strong though... right now, the date is Jan 2007! I'm itching to get to 2008 to see if the next leap-year is also flawed! - Zombie<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Nice necromancy, Zombie Wow, the Aliens are no longer trying to invade, I think now you are the invader there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Posted July 10, 2005 Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 Got enough alien bases there, Zombie? Nope, I was aiming for 30 alien bases, but so far I can only see 27 after intense partolling with my Skyrangers. Still, I needed those alien bases so that I could nab the Supply Ships and get some serious points to impress Russia. Right now, I'm up to June 2007. Pity that I can't find a screenie anywhere in my directory. Must remember to press F12 more often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snakeman Posted July 11, 2005 Report Share Posted July 11, 2005 I haven't found more than 29 alien bases so far in my current game, even though I'm sure I'd seen Mutons and Ethereals trying to set up shop in South America. Patrols didn't turn up squat. I'm thinking one will pop into existance the moment I take out one of their bases, like they're just in a que waiting to be placed. Current game so far is in year 2001, though I think I've played beyond that before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[Blehm 98] Posted July 11, 2005 Report Share Posted July 11, 2005 hmmm, on Strategycore NKF i think said that there can be a maximum of like 50 objects on the geoscape screen. Zombie has been trying to reach that for a while to see what happens when he reaches it. Maybe you've reached teh 50 objects threshold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exo2000 Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 Well, with a maximum of 8 bases... 8+27 = 35... still leaves space for 15 more objects. Must be a lot of shot down UFOs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsereve Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 Once I get Cydonia, I save in a special slot and then ignore everything but Retaliation Battleships. Wait until I have one country left, then go on Cydonia. It adds to the mood on Cydonia, more of a desperate last stand mission. As it is, it's kind of pointless how if you bring one of your 4 Avengers armed with 1 soldier without armor or weapons and he dies, the whole game goes down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snakeman Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 I hadn't thought of the object limit, but it sounds right. Despite the apparent fixed base counts, there's invariably a crash site not visited or a ship object or three in the air. I'm going through my game now, systematically taking out their bases one by one. Its also the start of a new month and I've not seen a new base building mission, so I'm going to see if the previous no-base is a base now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[NKF] Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 Just a bit of food for thought: Your ships (even if they're docked) and current waypoints also count towards the Geoscape item limit. - NKF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Posted August 20, 2005 Report Share Posted August 20, 2005 Still going strong though... right now, the date is Jan 2007! I'm itching to get to 2008 to see if the next leap year is also flawed! Indeed, I have now reached Feb 2008 and that month is flawed just like Feb 2004 is. Both have 31 days! Take a look at my screenie for February: The programmers must have figured nobody would go beyond the year 2003 and got lax on the calendar a bit. Clearly they never met someone like me before. I would have told them to program those dates in because I will exceed the January 2004 limitation they imposed. Tsk, tsk! - Zombie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainKnight Posted August 20, 2005 Report Share Posted August 20, 2005 (edited) It's likely that the game would give you slots for 8 bases and leave 27 for alian bases. Then the other 15 can be held in reserve for any possible alian or human craft. So not that there are 15 ships on screen at all times, but that they have been saved so the game doesn't have to delete a base if you send out a ship or some such. Or perhaps you have 15 ships in dock, so the game is set to stop you from sending all you ships out and overloading the geoscape. To test that you can build another ship then try and scramble them all at once. Edited August 20, 2005 by CaptainKnight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Posted August 22, 2005 Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 Well, thanks in part to NKF's help, I am looking into this right now. Hmm, I only know of 5 Geoscape tokens so far. Being: UFOX-Com CraftAlien BaseX-Com BaseCraft Waypoint X-Com ships and UFOs are still counted even if they are not visible. - NKFThat should help a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snakeman Posted August 22, 2005 Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 So, now that I've been thinning the herd so to speak, by taking down some alien bases, the aliens don't send any more base building UFOs? Even if they don't, can bases still appear? I've just had several infiltration mission battleships come into Europe and I let themland in Madrid - just wondering if I can expect an alien base to show up next month or if its just meant to be an activity point thing. My game so far is in mid to late 2002 or so and I've only seen 30 alien bases in total (the last wouldn't appear until I took one out). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Angel Posted August 22, 2005 Report Share Posted August 22, 2005 I managed to get to something close to 2002. I saw someone get up to 2045, which is strange, because TFTD starts in 2040. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 So, now that I've been thinning the herd so to speak, by taking down some alien bases, the aliens don't send any more base building UFOs? Even if they don't, can bases still appear?That brings up an interesting point. From my research into this, I found that once the aliens fill their "queue" of bases, they would build no more. On top of this, if you take out an alien base after the limit was met, the aliens will not build any more bases to fill it up again. Maybe the game figures that once you have been able to survive with that many bases present (read: constant huge drain from your points), you are entitled to live happily once you take them all out. This still needs some more testing to verify, but it is interesting. - Zombie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snakeman Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 (edited) I think your right about the point on more testing. I just saw base #31 appear in Europe after that infiltration by those two or three battleships. At the turn of the month I got the 'your agents have discovered a base' thing. So, I'm thinking that, even if you do not see explicitly - "Alien Base" missions being carried out, infiltration missions can generate them as well. I'm now into mid February of 2003 and no other bases have turned up yet however. Probably because I stopped the last two battleship infiltration missions because I needed some elerium & reaction training I think I'll go the rest of 2003 in my game of leaving the infiltration ships alone and see what happens. I'll also not be doing any patrols. I want to see how many more of those 'agent' messages I get at the turn of the month for bases being detected. Although with this last type of test, I should probably start another game from scratch and avoid patrolling. Edited August 25, 2005 by Snakeman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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