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dbt1949 wrote: Thu Apr 14, 2022 12:11 pm You can still scum save on Ironman. You just have to restart the game.
Heh, yep. I've got an ironman victory under my belt, but you wouldn't believe the number of times my computer "crashed" or "the power went out".
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NickAragua wrote: Thu Apr 14, 2022 12:13 pm
dbt1949 wrote: Thu Apr 14, 2022 12:11 pm You can still scum save on Ironman. You just have to restart the game.
Heh, yep. I've got an ironman victory under my belt, but you wouldn't believe the number of times my computer "crashed" or "the power went out".
In case you were actually cutting power to your PC, Alt-F4 is just as effective and has fewer negative consequences for your PC's health.
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No, I just hit escape and back out of the game.
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dbt1949 wrote: Thu Apr 14, 2022 12:11 pm You can still scum save on Ironman. You just have to restart the game. I've beat it on Impossible Ironman without too much trouble this way.

I'm starting another X-com 2 game. This time I plan on using all Sparks as soon as I can get them. Some missions will be requiring humans tho.
I've never tried all Sparks. I may have to look into that next time.

Meanwhile, back in EW. I just lost my Colonel sniper after leaving her in the open. I'd seen lots of chrysalids, and for whatever reason, I assumed that would be all. Then a big flying disk came out of a broken down building and gooified her. I've had to level up a new one from squaddie level. Actually have a Major and Captain sniper now. Almost ready to attack the alien base.
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On a mission with all Sparks I actually had a chryssalid panic. It just laid down and shivered.
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dbt1949 wrote: Sun Apr 17, 2022 3:25 pm On a mission with all Sparks I actually had a chryssalid panic. It just laid down and shivered.
I've never seen that! Sounds great.
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I actually felt kind of sorry for it.
And then I blew it's brains out.
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Isgrimnur wrote: Wed Mar 23, 2022 11:26 am
Apollo wrote: Tue Mar 22, 2022 8:55 pm I downloaded some version of this game years ago that was similar to OpenXcom, but all my soldiers were female and there was a lot of, errr, "fan service" in the game. Definitely a game for pervs, so of course I really enjoyed it. Can't remember the name or where I downloaded it but I imagine it's still out there if you want an "ecchi" version of Xcom. :P
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Did a little searching and it is still out there. It's called "X-Piratez" (or just "Piratez") and it's a total conversion of Open X-Com. Wiki Link:https://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php/Piratez

It's not explicit, but I wouldn't try playing it at work either... :P
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I just finished Xcom 2 for the second time in a month. Before then I hadn't played it in years. During the recent playthru I kept seeing aspects that I didn't remember and then I saw where there had been a patch a few years ago. Man but they changed and added a lot of things with that latest patch. Made the game a lot harder. Altho with an all Sparks roster it help me a lot.
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Reached this milestone today!

I'm not sure if I should be proud of this or check myself into rehab. :?

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Damn, thought I played a lot. I'm well over 1000 hours

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Not done yet. I see 11 more achievements that need to be done.... :D

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TheMix wrote: Sun May 14, 2023 9:16 pm Not done yet. I see 11 more achievements that need to be done.... :D
Most of those are multiplayer, which I don't play.
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Fardaza wrote: Sun May 14, 2023 10:35 pm
TheMix wrote: Sun May 14, 2023 9:16 pm Not done yet. I see 11 more achievements that need to be done.... :D
Most of those are multiplayer, which I don't play.
Wait... what? XCOM has multiplayer? :wink:

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Dang, I'm only at 137 hours and 215 hours for X:COM Enemy Unknown and X:com 2 respectively.

I am, however, at 6,153 hours on Civ VI. :oops:
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TheMix wrote: Sun May 14, 2023 10:40 pm
Fardaza wrote: Sun May 14, 2023 10:35 pm
TheMix wrote: Sun May 14, 2023 9:16 pm Not done yet. I see 11 more achievements that need to be done.... :D
Most of those are multiplayer, which I don't play.
Wait... what? XCOM has multiplayer? :wink:
Slight correction, one of those is multiplayer. XCOM has one multiplayer achievement. I'm at 84/88 but grinding the legacy operations for Gold wasn't a thing I was interested in, plus the multiplayer one.
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Lassr wrote: Sun May 14, 2023 9:11 pm Damn, thought I played a lot. I'm well over 1000 hours

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437 hours on xcom enemy unknown (75% achievements)
567 hours on xcom 2 (73% achievements)
29 hours on the bureau :lol: 1 playthrough (63% achievements)
244 hours in xcom: chimera squad (this was more fun than I had been lead to believe) (90% achievements)

No idea what my numbers on the originals are. Decent, but not this high.
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I'm very sad that Enemy Unknown doesn't work with ultrawide monitors. I haven't been able to play on my main gaming rig since I got the new screen.
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GreenGoo wrote: Mon May 15, 2023 11:07 am
Lassr wrote: Sun May 14, 2023 9:11 pm Damn, thought I played a lot. I'm well over 1000 hours

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437 hours on xcom enemy unknown (75% achievements)
567 hours on xcom 2 (73% achievements)
29 hours on the bureau :lol: 1 playthrough (63% achievements)
244 hours in xcom: chimera squad (this was more fun than I had been lead to believe) (90% achievements)

No idea what my numbers on the originals are. Decent, but not this high.
I never played the originals (at least not when they were new-ish). Yeah, I don't know what was wrong with me. It came out the year I graduated college, I guess I just wasn't exposed to it.
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gbasden wrote: Mon May 15, 2023 12:50 pm I'm very sad that Enemy Unknown doesn't work with ultrawide monitors. I haven't been able to play on my main gaming rig since I got the new screen.
That's the kind of problem that MUST have a solution. I suspect AB will post one any minute now. :D
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coopasonic wrote: Mon May 15, 2023 1:16 pm
gbasden wrote: Mon May 15, 2023 12:50 pm I'm very sad that Enemy Unknown doesn't work with ultrawide monitors. I haven't been able to play on my main gaming rig since I got the new screen.
That's the kind of problem that MUST have a solution. I suspect AB will post one any minute now. :D
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coopasonic wrote: Mon May 15, 2023 1:16 pm
gbasden wrote: Mon May 15, 2023 12:50 pm I'm very sad that Enemy Unknown doesn't work with ultrawide monitors. I haven't been able to play on my main gaming rig since I got the new screen.
That's the kind of problem that MUST have a solution. I suspect AB will post one any minute now. :D
I did a lot of searching, and if there is one it's pretty well hidden. Lots of people are still complaining about this on various forums.
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I'm surprised that Windows doesn't support virtual monitors natively. PCGamer recommended Flawless Widescreen to fix some games, but it doesn't list XCOM. Would something like Virtual Display Manager work? There appears to be an evaluation version to try it out.
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Hrothgar wrote: Tue May 16, 2023 8:33 am I'm surprised that Windows doesn't support virtual monitors natively. PCGamer recommended Flawless Widescreen to fix some games, but it doesn't list XCOM. Would something like Virtual Display Manager work? There appears to be an evaluation version to try it out.
That looks really useful! Thanks for pointing it out to me - I'm going to test it out.
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The last couple of days I've been alternating between XCOM2 and the original X-Com: UFO Defense. They are so very different yet similar. The original is slower paced. The tactical maps with 10-14 soldiers creeping around is a different itch than the newer game. I so like them both!
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Have you tried Openxcom? Improved and enhanced version of the original and it's free.
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Original XCOM was a total surprise hit and a lot of bugs were fixed by fans, IIRC.
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dbt1949 wrote: Fri Jun 16, 2023 4:23 pm Have you tried Openxcom? Improved and enhanced version of the original and it's free.
I haven't, but I played Xenonauts twice. Looking forward to Xenonauts 2.
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dbt1949 wrote: Fri Jun 16, 2023 4:23 pm Have you tried Openxcom? Improved and enhanced version of the original and it's free.
You bet. That's how I'm playing through UFO Defense right now. Should have mentioned that in my post from yesterday.
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