Interesting Bug

[Gryx]

I was using the map editor the other day finishing off a new terror ship map. I started the game, shot a terror ship down and landed a squad to have a look at how the map would work in the game.

 

The strange thing was that next to each UFO power unit was, what looked to be, a stun bomb. When I stood over it and opened the inventory screen I found that is was actually a piece of elerium.

 

 

Is this some strange bug I haven't heard about?

[centurion]

No, this is a planned feature of the game; those pieces of Elerium are the ones you get at the end of the mission, so try not to destroy them with explosives.

 

edit: only in the original those pieces are on exactly the same places as the power units, so they don't stand out (too much).

Edited September 6, 2004 by centurion

[BladeFireLight]

this is one of the limitations of the map generator in geoscape. it places the elierium/zrbit based on an internal table of engine locations.

 

-Blade FireLght

[Gryx]

Is there a way to change the location where the elerium is placed by altering the table? (ie a config file which can changed by using notepad)

[BladeFireLight]

Is there a way to change the location where the elerium is placed by altering the table? (ie a config file which can changed by using notepad)

 

Unfortunetly this info is coded into Geoscape. I'm working on a way to fix the elirium/zrbit locations but dont hold your breath. I have not clue when I will finish.

 

-Blade FireLight