Talk:Overviews of Aliens (TFTD) - Revision history

Volutar: /* Hallucinoid weapons */

2014-12-24T09:16:50Z

Hallucinoid weapons

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	: Speaking of Hallucinoids, colonies always have them on the top-side portion - generally wandering outside. So grab your favourite anti-Tasoth, Aquatoid and Tentaculat weapon and go have a ball. Some MC Disruptors will be helpful to set up a testing scenario. Also perhaps rooting a hallucinoid to the spot by editing its unitref.dat energy recharge stat to 0 may be of assistance too. -[[User:NKF\|NKF]] 04:16, 16 December 2008 (CST)		: Speaking of Hallucinoids, colonies always have them on the top-side portion - generally wandering outside. So grab your favourite anti-Tasoth, Aquatoid and Tentaculat weapon and go have a ball. Some MC Disruptors will be helpful to set up a testing scenario. Also perhaps rooting a hallucinoid to the spot by editing its unitref.dat energy recharge stat to 0 may be of assistance too. -[[User:NKF\|NKF]] 04:16, 16 December 2008 (CST)

	: Digging into tftd reversed code, found NO traces of any kind of firing weapon for them. For both, CE edition and DOS. So, anyone, who claims he saw them firing, either simply saw other unit firing from the direction where Hallucinoid was (and thought it's him), or it's hacked (xcom utils/tftdextender/etc) version. Ufopaedia article reflects only "wishes" of designers, I guess. It wasn't implemented in the code. --[[User:Volutar\|Volutar]] ([[User talk:Volutar\|talk]]) 04:16, 24 December 2014 (EST)		Digging into tftd reversed code, found NO traces of any kind of firing weapon for them. For both, CE edition and DOS. So, anyone, who claims he saw them firing, either simply saw other unit firing from the direction where Hallucinoid was (and thought it's him), or it's hacked (xcom utils/tftdextender/etc) version. Ufopaedia article reflects only "wishes" of designers, I guess. It wasn't implemented in the code. --[[User:Volutar\|Volutar]] ([[User talk:Volutar\|talk]]) 04:16, 24 December 2014 (EST)

	==Possible mistake in terror unit classification?==		==Possible mistake in terror unit classification?==

Volutar: /* Hallucinoid weapons */

2014-12-24T09:16:24Z

Hallucinoid weapons

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	: Speaking of Hallucinoids, colonies always have them on the top-side portion - generally wandering outside. So grab your favourite anti-Tasoth, Aquatoid and Tentaculat weapon and go have a ball. Some MC Disruptors will be helpful to set up a testing scenario. Also perhaps rooting a hallucinoid to the spot by editing its unitref.dat energy recharge stat to 0 may be of assistance too. -[[User:NKF\|NKF]] 04:16, 16 December 2008 (CST)		: Speaking of Hallucinoids, colonies always have them on the top-side portion - generally wandering outside. So grab your favourite anti-Tasoth, Aquatoid and Tentaculat weapon and go have a ball. Some MC Disruptors will be helpful to set up a testing scenario. Also perhaps rooting a hallucinoid to the spot by editing its unitref.dat energy recharge stat to 0 may be of assistance too. -[[User:NKF\|NKF]] 04:16, 16 December 2008 (CST)

			: Digging into tftd reversed code, found NO traces of any kind of firing weapon for them. For both, CE edition and DOS. So, anyone, who claims he saw them firing, either simply saw other unit firing from the direction where Hallucinoid was (and thought it's him), or it's hacked (xcom utils/tftdextender/etc) version. Ufopaedia article reflects only "wishes" of designers, I guess. It wasn't implemented in the code. --[[User:Volutar\|Volutar]] ([[User talk:Volutar\|talk]]) 04:16, 24 December 2014 (EST)

	==Possible mistake in terror unit classification?==		==Possible mistake in terror unit classification?==

Spike: /* Vibroblade references */

2009-09-02T14:48:58Z

Vibroblade references

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	:Not to mention that many of those aliens' attacks are not actually at Vibroblade power. [[User:Magic9mushroom\|Magic9mushroom]] 08:01, 1 September 2009 (EDT)		:Not to mention that many of those aliens' attacks are not actually at Vibroblade power. [[User:Magic9mushroom\|Magic9mushroom]] 08:01, 1 September 2009 (EDT)

	::Sounds reasonable NKF. I have been confused by these references myself.		::Sounds reasonable NKF. I have been confused by these references myself. [[User:Spike\|Spike]]

			::: Excellent update NKF, thank you. [[User:Spike\|Spike]] 10:48, 2 September 2009 (EDT)

Spike: /* Vibroblade references */

2009-09-01T15:01:56Z

Vibroblade references

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	:Not to mention that many of those aliens' attacks are not actually at Vibroblade power. [[User:Magic9mushroom\|Magic9mushroom]] 08:01, 1 September 2009 (EDT)		:Not to mention that many of those aliens' attacks are not actually at Vibroblade power. [[User:Magic9mushroom\|Magic9mushroom]] 08:01, 1 September 2009 (EDT)

			::Sounds reasonable NKF. I have been confused by these references myself.

Magic9mushroom: /* Vibroblade references */

2009-09-01T12:01:52Z

Vibroblade references

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	If everyone else is fine with this, I'd like to remove these references as I feel this is erroneous and could lead to some confusion with images of aliens running around with drill arms or getting confused by the alien never actually dropping the device known as the vibroblade. -[[User:NKF\|NKF]] 06:40, 1 September 2009 (EDT)		If everyone else is fine with this, I'd like to remove these references as I feel this is erroneous and could lead to some confusion with images of aliens running around with drill arms or getting confused by the alien never actually dropping the device known as the vibroblade. -[[User:NKF\|NKF]] 06:40, 1 September 2009 (EDT)

	:Not to mention that many of those aliens' attacks are not actually at Vibroblade power.		:Not to mention that many of those aliens' attacks are not actually at Vibroblade power. [[User:Magic9mushroom\|Magic9mushroom]] 08:01, 1 September 2009 (EDT)

Magic9mushroom: /* Vibroblade references */

2009-09-01T11:44:58Z

Vibroblade references

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	If everyone else is fine with this, I'd like to remove these references as I feel this is erroneous and could lead to some confusion with images of aliens running around with drill arms or getting confused by the alien never actually dropping the device known as the vibroblade. -[[User:NKF\|NKF]] 06:40, 1 September 2009 (EDT)		If everyone else is fine with this, I'd like to remove these references as I feel this is erroneous and could lead to some confusion with images of aliens running around with drill arms or getting confused by the alien never actually dropping the device known as the vibroblade. -[[User:NKF\|NKF]] 06:40, 1 September 2009 (EDT)

			:Not to mention that many of those aliens' attacks are not actually at Vibroblade power.

NKF: New section: Vibroblade references

2009-09-01T10:40:32Z

New section: Vibroblade references

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	*Tested it myself and fixed		*Tested it myself and fixed

			== Vibroblade references ==

			I hadn't re-read the whole of this article in a while (a bit of a habit of just checking paragraphs with recent edits), but I've only just noticed that the Vibroblade is frequently mentioned in reference to an alien's built in melee attack throughout the page.

			If everyone else is fine with this, I'd like to remove these references as I feel this is erroneous and could lead to some confusion with images of aliens running around with drill arms or getting confused by the alien never actually dropping the device known as the vibroblade. -[[User:NKF\|NKF]] 06:40, 1 September 2009 (EDT)

Magic9mushroom: /* Misleading comments for Aquatoids? */

2009-09-01T09:45:26Z

Misleading comments for Aquatoids?

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	*Tested it myself and fixed		*Tested it myself and fixed

	~~==Misleading comments for Aquatoids?==~~

	The Aquatoids with MC are not "all ranks but the Soldier". I'm not quite sure which ranks they are, but I'd assume Navigator and Commander. I've never hit Aquatoid MC on a Cruiser mission, and that includes a Technician, doesn't it?

Magic9mushroom at 16:20, 29 August 2009

2009-08-29T16:20:31Z

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	Ok, the Aquatoids have Calcinites on land and Hallucinoids underwater, this is easily confirmable. The Gillmen have Deep Ones on land and Xarquids underwater, this is just as easy to confirm. I also know that Lobstermen have Bio-Drones on land. However, it's listed on this page that Tasoths have Bio-Drones and Triscenes as their 2 terror units - which doesn't make much sense since both of those are land terror units! Can we clear up which terror unit Tasoths have above and below water? Is it the Tentaculat below water and Triscene above? So is it the Tentaculat that's the "shared" terror unit after all? (I didn't ever get a Tasoth terror site or Sub recovery with terror units, or a Lobsterman sub recovery with terror units, in my playthrough of TFTD, and I'm... hesitant to play through again.) [[User:Magic9mushroom\|Magic9mushroom]] 04:55, 9 August 2009 (EDT)		Ok, the Aquatoids have Calcinites on land and Hallucinoids underwater, this is easily confirmable. The Gillmen have Deep Ones on land and Xarquids underwater, this is just as easy to confirm. I also know that Lobstermen have Bio-Drones on land. However, it's listed on this page that Tasoths have Bio-Drones and Triscenes as their 2 terror units - which doesn't make much sense since both of those are land terror units! Can we clear up which terror unit Tasoths have above and below water? Is it the Tentaculat below water and Triscene above? So is it the Tentaculat that's the "shared" terror unit after all? (I didn't ever get a Tasoth terror site or Sub recovery with terror units, or a Lobsterman sub recovery with terror units, in my playthrough of TFTD, and I'm... hesitant to play through again.) [[User:Magic9mushroom\|Magic9mushroom]] 04:55, 9 August 2009 (EDT)

	*Tested it myself and fixed~~*~~		*Tested it myself and fixed

			==Misleading comments for Aquatoids?==

			The Aquatoids with MC are not "all ranks but the Soldier". I'm not quite sure which ranks they are, but I'd assume Navigator and Commander. I've never hit Aquatoid MC on a Cruiser mission, and that includes a Technician, doesn't it?

Magic9mushroom at 14:58, 14 August 2009

2009-08-14T14:58:10Z

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	Ok, the Aquatoids have Calcinites on land and Hallucinoids underwater, this is easily confirmable. The Gillmen have Deep Ones on land and Xarquids underwater, this is just as easy to confirm. I also know that Lobstermen have Bio-Drones on land. However, it's listed on this page that Tasoths have Bio-Drones and Triscenes as their 2 terror units - which doesn't make much sense since both of those are land terror units! Can we clear up which terror unit Tasoths have above and below water? Is it the Tentaculat below water and Triscene above? So is it the Tentaculat that's the "shared" terror unit after all? (I didn't ever get a Tasoth terror site or Sub recovery with terror units, or a Lobsterman sub recovery with terror units, in my playthrough of TFTD, and I'm... hesitant to play through again.) [[User:Magic9mushroom\|Magic9mushroom]] 04:55, 9 August 2009 (EDT)		Ok, the Aquatoids have Calcinites on land and Hallucinoids underwater, this is easily confirmable. The Gillmen have Deep Ones on land and Xarquids underwater, this is just as easy to confirm. I also know that Lobstermen have Bio-Drones on land. However, it's listed on this page that Tasoths have Bio-Drones and Triscenes as their 2 terror units - which doesn't make much sense since both of those are land terror units! Can we clear up which terror unit Tasoths have above and below water? Is it the Tentaculat below water and Triscene above? So is it the Tentaculat that's the "shared" terror unit after all? (I didn't ever get a Tasoth terror site or Sub recovery with terror units, or a Lobsterman sub recovery with terror units, in my playthrough of TFTD, and I'm... hesitant to play through again.) [[User:Magic9mushroom\|Magic9mushroom]] 04:55, 9 August 2009 (EDT)

			*Tested it myself and fixed*