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Magic9mushroom: various updates

2024-09-15T18:29:10Z

various updates

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	contains counters and race info on the ongoing acts. ~~At the start~~ of the game (beginner level) research in your home zone and terror in a random zone is initiated. After that each new month you will get two new missions, one of which is a terror mission (beginner level).		contains counters and race info on the ongoing acts. See [[Alien Missions]] for description of how acts are generated.

	==Structure of a mission entry==		==Structure of a mission entry==
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	6 alien race of mission		6 alien race of mission

	The race number ~~can be looked up in [[ENGLISH.DAT]] / [[ENGLISH.DAT (TFTD)\|(TFTD)]], entries 466-476~~:		The race number is translated as follows:
	EU TFTD		EU TFTD
	0 Sectoid Aquatoid		0 Sectoid Aquatoid
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	3 Muton Tasoth		3 Muton Tasoth
	4 Floater Calcinite		4 Floater Calcinite
	5 ~~Celatid Deep One~~		5 Cydonia crew T'leth crew
	~~6 Silacoid Bio-Drone~~
	~~7 Chryssalid Tentaculat~~
	~~8 Reaper Triscene~~
	~~9 Sectopod Hallucinoid~~
	~~10 Cyberdisc Xarquid~~

	==Timetable of a mission==		==Timetable of a mission==
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	ufo-c time-c ufo-type		ufo-c time-c ufo-type
	0/0 ?h s.Scout <i>(start of game Research mission is 2.5h*. This is for later ones)</i>		0/0 150h s.Scout <i>(start of game Research mission is 2.5h*. This is for later ones)</i>
	1/0 150h m.Scout		1/0 150h m.Scout
	2/0 130h l.Scout		2/0 130h l.Scout
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	===Harvest===		===Harvest===
	ufo-c time-c ufo-type		ufo-c time-c ufo-type
	0/0 ?h s.Scout		0/0 130h s.Scout
	1/0 130h s.Scout		1/0 130h s.Scout
	2/0 130h m.Scout		2/0 130h m.Scout
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	===Abduction===		===Abduction===
	ufo-c time-c ufo-type		ufo-c time-c ufo-type
	0/0 ?h s.Scout		0/0 250h s.Scout
	1/0 250h m.Scout		1/0 250h m.Scout
	2/0 300h l.Scout		2/0 300h l.Scout
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	===Infiltration===		===Infiltration===
	ufo-c time-c ufo-type		ufo-c time-c ufo-type
	0/0 ?h s.Scout		0/0 275h s.Scout
	1/0 275h m.Scout		1/0 275h m.Scout
	2/0 250h m.Scout		2/0 250h m.Scout
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	===Base===		===Base===
	ufo-c time-c ufo-type		ufo-c time-c ufo-type
	0/0 ?h s.Scout		0/0 225h s.Scout
	1/0 225h m.Scout		1/0 225h m.Scout
	2/0 250h l.Scout		2/0 250h l.Scout
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	===Retaliation===		===Retaliation===
	ufo-c time-c ufo-type		ufo-c time-c ufo-type
	0/0 50h s.Scout		0/0 50h s.Scout (<i>for triggered Retaliation; 2.5h* for scheduled Retaliation in the lategame</i>)
	1/0 50h m.Scout		1/0 50h m.Scout
	1/1 50h* m.Scout (<i>add 146.5h* if 1/0 shot down at first turning point</i>)		1/1 50h* m.Scout (<i>add 146.5h* if 1/0 shot down at first turning point</i>)

Magic9mushroom: /* Timetable of a mission */ off-by-one fixed

2019-08-31T06:52:19Z

Timetable of a mission: off-by-one fixed

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	ufo-c time-c ufo-type		ufo-c time-c ufo-type
	0/0 ~~150h~~ s.Scout <i>(start of game Research mission is 2.5h*. This is for later ones)</i>		0/0 ?h s.Scout <i>(start of game Research mission is 2.5h*. This is for later ones)</i>
	1/0 ~~130h~~ m.Scout		1/0 150h m.Scout
	2/0 ~~150h~~ l.Scout		2/0 130h l.Scout
	2/1 150h l.Scout		2/1 150h l.Scout

	===Harvest===		===Harvest===
	ufo-c time-c ufo-type		ufo-c time-c ufo-type
	0/0 ~~130h~~ s.Scout		0/0 ?h s.Scout
	1/0 130h s.Scout		1/0 130h s.Scout
	2/0 ~~100h~~ m.Scout		2/0 130h m.Scout
	3/0 ~~130h~~ l.Scout		3/0 100h l.Scout
	4/0 ~~150h~~ l.Scout		4/0 130h l.Scout
	5/0 ~~50h~~ Harvester		5/0 150h Harvester
	6/0 ~~12.5h~~ Harvester		6/0 50h Harvester
	7/0 ~~25h~~ Battleship		7/0 12.5h Battleship

	===Abduction===		===Abduction===
	ufo-c time-c ufo-type		ufo-c time-c ufo-type
	0/0 ~~250h~~ s.Scout		0/0 ?h s.Scout
	1/0 ~~300h~~ m.Scout		1/0 250h m.Scout
	2/0 ~~150h~~ l.Scout		2/0 300h l.Scout
	3/0 150h Abductor		3/0 150h Abductor
	4/0 1h Abductor		4/0 150h Abductor
	4/1 1h Abductor		4/1 1h Abductor

	===Infiltration===		===Infiltration===
	ufo-c time-c ufo-type		ufo-c time-c ufo-type
	0/0 ~~275h~~ s.Scout		0/0 ?h s.Scout
	1/0 ~~250h~~ m.Scout		1/0 275h m.Scout
	2/0 ~~230h~~ m.Scout		2/0 250h m.Scout
	3/0 ~~150h~~ l.Scout		3/0 230h l.Scout
	4/0 1h l.Scout		4/0 150h l.Scout
	5/0 1h Terrorship		5/0 1h Terrorship
	6/0 1h Supply		6/0 1h Supply
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	===Base===		===Base===
	ufo-c time-c ufo-type		ufo-c time-c ufo-type
	0/0 ~~225h~~ s.Scout		0/0 ?h s.Scout
	1/0 ~~250h~~ m.Scout		1/0 225h m.Scout
	2/0 1h l.Scout		2/0 250h l.Scout
	3/0 1h Supply		3/0 1h Supply
	3/1 1h Supply		3/1 1h Supply
	4/0 1h Battleship		4/0 1h Battleship

	===Terror===		===Terror===
	ufo-c time-c ufo-type		ufo-c time-c ufo-type
	0 ~~250h~~ m.Scout		0 2.5h* m.Scout
	1 ~~160h~~ l.Scout		1 250h l.Scout
	2 ~~200h~~ Terrorship		2 160h Terrorship
	3 ~~150h~~ Terrorship		3 200h Terrorship

	Landing sites of Terrorships are terror missions, not ground assault missions. Your radars don't want to track a Terrorship after it drops off its cargo.		Landing sites of Terrorships are terror missions, not ground assault missions. Your radars don't want to track a Terrorship after it drops off its cargo.

Zombie: /* Retaliation */ From what I can gather, all the ufo times are 100x30min=3000min=50hr. Need to double check against executable yet.

2018-07-31T03:27:19Z

Retaliation: From what I can gather, all the ufo times are 100x30min=3000min=50hr. Need to double check against executable yet.

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	===Retaliation===		===Retaliation===
	ufo-c time-c ufo-type		ufo-c time-c ufo-type
	0/0 50h* s.Scout		0/0 50h s.Scout
	1/0 ? m.Scout		1/0 50h m.Scout
	1/1 ~~32h~~* m.Scout (<i>add 146.5h* if 1/0 shot down at first turning point</i>)		1/1 50h* m.Scout (<i>add 146.5h* if 1/0 shot down at first turning point</i>)
	2/0 ~~52h~~* l.Scout (<i>add 3d if 1/1 shot down at first turning point</i>)		2/0 50h* l.Scout (<i>add 3d if 1/1 shot down at first turning point</i>)
	2/1 ? l.Scout		2/1 50h l.Scout
	2/2 3d l.Scout (<i>Not always...finally confirmed it could happen, no idea what factors control this one's existence.</i>)		2/2 50h l.Scout (<i>Not always...finally confirmed it could happen, no idea what factors control this one's existence.</i>)
	3/0 2d Battleship		3/0 50h Battleship
	3/1 2d Battleship		3/1 50h Battleship

	This mission only relates to the aliens attempting to find an unknown XCOM base in a zone. Once the location of a base is known to the aliens, a special routine in the daily activities section generates the battleship that will attack the base.		This mission only relates to the aliens attempting to find an unknown XCOM base in a zone. Once the location of a base is known to the aliens, a special routine in the daily activities section generates the battleship that will attack the base.

Zombie: /* Base */ Some changes to times. Need to check against executable yet.

2018-07-31T03:15:34Z

Base: Some changes to times. Need to check against executable yet.

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	===Base===		===Base===
	ufo-c time-c ufo-type		ufo-c time-c ufo-type
	0/0 1w s.Scout		0/0 225h s.Scout
	1/0 1w m.Scout		1/0 250h m.Scout
	2/0 1w l.Scout		2/0 1h l.Scout
	3/0 1.5h* Supply		3/0 1h Supply
	3/1 1.5h* Supply		3/1 1h Supply
	4/0 0.5h* Battleship		4/0 1h Battleship

	===Terror===		===Terror===

Zombie: /* Terror */ Added more exact times. Hope these are correct, need to double check against executable yet.

2018-07-31T02:50:02Z

Terror: Added more exact times. Hope these are correct, need to double check against executable yet.

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	===Terror===		===Terror===
	ufo-c time-c ufo-type		ufo-c time-c ufo-type
	0 2.5h* m.Scout		0 250h m.Scout
	1 1w l.Scout		1 160h l.Scout
	2 1w Terrorship		2 200h Terrorship
	3 1w Terrorship		3 150h Terrorship

	Landing sites of Terrorships are terror missions, not ground assault missions. Your radars don't want to track a Terrorship after it drops off its cargo.		Landing sites of Terrorships are terror missions, not ground assault missions. Your radars don't want to track a Terrorship after it drops off its cargo.

Magic9mushroom: Signatures in Main namespace are IIRC discouraged, and the explanation of what * means was apparently removed by mistake.

2016-03-24T08:14:39Z

Signatures in Main namespace are IIRC discouraged, and the explanation of what * means was apparently removed by mistake.

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	UFO appearances are established with a base time period to which a random amount of time derived from the base time is added. The effect is that a UFO arrival will be scheduled 50-150% of the base time. When the mission is created, the first UFO in the mission is spawned when the timer reaches zero. Then the mission entry details are set for the next the next UFO in line and the timer begins counting down again.		UFO appearances are established with a base time period to which a random amount of time derived from the base time is added. The effect is that a UFO arrival will be scheduled 50-150% of the base time. When the mission is created, the first UFO in the mission is spawned when the timer reaches zero. Then the mission entry details are set for the next the next UFO in line and the timer begins counting down again.

	Shooting down a UFO will immediately add 24~224 hours (1~9 days) to the timer for the next UFO in that mission. ~~[[User:Morgan525\|Tycho]] ([[User talk:Morgan525\|talk]])~~		Shooting down a UFO will immediately add 24~224 hours (1~9 days) to the timer for the next UFO in that mission.

			A time followed by * denotes an exact non-randomized time of arrival.

	===Research===		===Research===

N21: /* Structure of a mission entry */ added race numbers for TFTD

2015-05-27T16:04:02Z

Structure of a mission entry: added race numbers for TFTD

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	6 alien race of mission		6 alien race of mission

	The race number can be looked up in [[ENGLISH.DAT]], entries 466-476:		The race number can be looked up in [[ENGLISH.DAT]] / [[ENGLISH.DAT (TFTD)\|(TFTD)]], entries 466-476:
	0 Sectoid		EU TFTD
	1 Snakeman		0 Sectoid Aquatoid
	2 Ethereal		1 Snakeman Gill Man
	3 Muton		2 Ethereal Lobster Man
	4 Floater		3 Muton Tasoth
	5 Celatid		4 Floater Calcinite
	6 Silacoid		5 Celatid Deep One
	7 Chryssalid		6 Silacoid Bio-Drone
	8 Reaper		7 Chryssalid Tentaculat
	9 Sectopod		8 Reaper Triscene
	10 Cyberdisc		9 Sectopod Hallucinoid
			10 Cyberdisc Xarquid

	==Timetable of a mission==		==Timetable of a mission==

Morgan525: /* Retaliation */

2014-12-10T00:28:51Z

Retaliation

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	3/1 2d Battleship		3/1 2d Battleship

	This mission only relates to the aliens attempting to find an unknown XCOM base in a zone. Once the location of a base is known to the aliens, ~~another~~ routine in the daily activities section generates the battleship that will attack the base.		This mission only relates to the aliens attempting to find an unknown XCOM base in a zone. Once the location of a base is known to the aliens, a special routine in the daily activities section generates the battleship that will attack the base.

	A retaliation mission is possibly generated after a successful interception. The zone the mission is set will be either the location of the interception or the zone of the base from which the interceptor was launched. The random chance of a mission being generated and the chance of which zone is selected is affected by the difficulty level of the game.		A retaliation mission is possibly generated after a successful interception. The zone the mission is set will be either the location of the interception or the zone of the base from which the interceptor was launched. The random chance of a mission being generated and the chance of which zone is selected is affected by the difficulty level of the game.

Morgan525: /* Terror */

2014-12-10T00:27:24Z

Terror

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	3 1w Terrorship		3 1w Terrorship

	Landing sites of Terrorships are terror missions, not ground assault missions. Your radars don't want to track a Terrorship after it drops off its cargo. ~~Shooting down Terrorships is highly recommended.~~		Landing sites of Terrorships are terror missions, not ground assault missions. Your radars don't want to track a Terrorship after it drops off its cargo.

	sub-ufo-c is empirically always 0 for Terror acts.		sub-ufo-c is empirically always 0 for Terror acts.

Morgan525: /* Base */

2014-12-10T00:26:49Z

Base

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	1/0 1w m.Scout		1/0 1w m.Scout
	2/0 1w l.Scout		2/0 1w l.Scout
	3/0 1.5h* Supply ~~<i>(but shooting it down is worth ~1w of delay anyway)</i>~~		3/0 1.5h* Supply
	3/1 1.5h* Supply ~~<i>(untested: is shooting this down worth ~1w of delay anyway?)</i>~~		3/1 1.5h* Supply
	4/0 0.5h* Battleship		4/0 0.5h* Battleship