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Zombie: Relinking.

2008-12-17T21:25:01Z

Relinking.

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	Likes to use Large Rockets. Has been known to allow [[Terror ~~Ship~~\|Terror Ships]] to land, just so he can go after them with a squad of his strongest soldiers, armed exclusively with [[Rocket Launcher\|Rocket Launchers]].		Likes to use Large Rockets. Has been known to allow [[Terror ship\|Terror Ships]] to land, just so he can go after them with a squad of his strongest soldiers, armed exclusively with [[Rocket Launcher\|Rocket Launchers]].

	Also known as 80.5.160.25 The ufopaedia doesn't always agree with me about whether I am logged in.		Also known as 80.5.160.25 The ufopaedia doesn't always agree with me about whether I am logged in.

Ethereal Cereal at 18:02, 20 October 2006

2006-10-20T18:02:15Z

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	: AFAIK it's meant to be that way, MB. It's shorthand for telling the wiki to not do ANY re-formatting. Folks use it for e.g. tables as seen in [[Explosions]] or for pasting code, or anything else they don't want touched. There are probably ways to e.g. change the font to Courier but still allow other formatting (like word wrap). But I wouldn't know how. Check the wiki help page (see links under Help in the nav panel). Hope this helps? --[[User:MikeTheRed\|MikeTheRed]] 16:26, 19 October 2006 (PDT)		: AFAIK it's meant to be that way, MB. It's shorthand for telling the wiki to not do ANY re-formatting. Folks use it for e.g. tables as seen in [[Explosions]] or for pasting code, or anything else they don't want touched. There are probably ways to e.g. change the font to Courier but still allow other formatting (like word wrap). But I wouldn't know how. Check the wiki help page (see links under Help in the nav panel). Hope this helps? --[[User:MikeTheRed\|MikeTheRed]] 16:26, 19 October 2006 (PDT)

	:: Mediawiki (the software that this wiki runs) is designed to put an HTML <nowiki><pre></nowiki> tag around any text which begins with a space. Pre is explicitly meant to disable wordwrap and other formatting. It has a specialized use.--[[User:Ethereal Cereal\|Ethereal Cereal]] 10:56, 20 October 2006 (PDT)		:: Mediawiki (the software that this wiki runs) is designed to put an HTML <nowiki><pre></nowiki> tag around any text which begins with a space. Pre is explicitly meant to disable wordwrap and other formatting (and it always draws a hatched box around the text of screen width, whether it's long or --
			short.)
			It has a specialized use, which, as you've seen, gets ugly when used for other purposes.--[[User:Ethereal Cereal\|Ethereal Cereal]] 10:56, 20 October 2006 (PDT)

	==Alien Entertainment==		==Alien Entertainment==

Ethereal Cereal: /* Playing style */

2006-10-20T17:56:51Z

Playing style

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	: AFAIK it's meant to be that way, MB. It's shorthand for telling the wiki to not do ANY re-formatting. Folks use it for e.g. tables as seen in [[Explosions]] or for pasting code, or anything else they don't want touched. There are probably ways to e.g. change the font to Courier but still allow other formatting (like word wrap). But I wouldn't know how. Check the wiki help page (see links under Help in the nav panel). Hope this helps? --[[User:MikeTheRed\|MikeTheRed]] 16:26, 19 October 2006 (PDT)		: AFAIK it's meant to be that way, MB. It's shorthand for telling the wiki to not do ANY re-formatting. Folks use it for e.g. tables as seen in [[Explosions]] or for pasting code, or anything else they don't want touched. There are probably ways to e.g. change the font to Courier but still allow other formatting (like word wrap). But I wouldn't know how. Check the wiki help page (see links under Help in the nav panel). Hope this helps? --[[User:MikeTheRed\|MikeTheRed]] 16:26, 19 October 2006 (PDT)

			:: Mediawiki (the software that this wiki runs) is designed to put an HTML <nowiki><pre></nowiki> tag around any text which begins with a space. Pre is explicitly meant to disable wordwrap and other formatting. It has a specialized use.--[[User:Ethereal Cereal\|Ethereal Cereal]] 10:56, 20 October 2006 (PDT)

	==Alien Entertainment==		==Alien Entertainment==

MikeTheRed: /* Playing style */

2006-10-19T23:26:50Z

Playing style

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	Thanks, that worked. But the bug I was referring to is the thing that happens if text inside a box is too long; the text extends off the edge of the screen and out of the box. Maybe I should get a bigger monitor or something, or perhaps I should be less of awindbag. [[User:MB\|MB]] 11:55, 19 October 2006 (PDT)		Thanks, that worked. But the bug I was referring to is the thing that happens if text inside a box is too long; the text extends off the edge of the screen and out of the box. Maybe I should get a bigger monitor or something, or perhaps I should be less of awindbag. [[User:MB\|MB]] 11:55, 19 October 2006 (PDT)

			: AFAIK it's meant to be that way, MB. It's shorthand for telling the wiki to not do ANY re-formatting. Folks use it for e.g. tables as seen in [[Explosions]] or for pasting code, or anything else they don't want touched. There are probably ways to e.g. change the font to Courier but still allow other formatting (like word wrap). But I wouldn't know how. Check the wiki help page (see links under Help in the nav panel). Hope this helps? --[[User:MikeTheRed\|MikeTheRed]] 16:26, 19 October 2006 (PDT)

	==Alien Entertainment==		==Alien Entertainment==

MB at 18:55, 19 October 2006

2006-10-19T18:55:35Z

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	Level: Veteran/Genius		Level: Veteran/Genius



	Questionable things I don't do:		Questionable things I don't do:
	Reloading when things go bad (The aliens don't do it after all (except when the game crashes, I suppose))
	Accessing alien inventory (It's a bug!)		* Reloading when things go bad (The aliens don't do it after all (except when the game crashes, I suppose))
	Walking through walls (ditto)
	Using [[Medi-Kit]] as alien detector		* Accessing alien inventory (It's a bug!)
	Throwing grenades through the ceiling
	Throwing stuff through diagonal walls		* Walking through walls (ditto)

			* Using [[Medi-Kit]] as alien detector

			* Throwing grenades through the ceiling

			* Throwing stuff through diagonal walls




	Questionable things I will do:		Questionable things I will do:
	~~Firing a rocket into a destructible ceiling in order to get an alien in floor above. (This is a slight cheat because the explosion occurs on the level the alien is at.)~~
	Nuking the crap out of a battleship with blaster bombs. (Turn 1 goes like this: Soldier 1 fires launcher into top of UFO, drops it, steps back. Soldier 2 steps onto launcher, picks it up, reloads it, drops it, steps back. Soldier 3 steps onto launcher, picks it up, fires it through the hole the first guy just made and into the bridge.)
	~~Mind-controlling all 4 bits of a terror unit and using it as a scout with massive TUs~~
	~~Stunning aliens, reviving them with medikits, and using them for training purposes.~~

			* Firing a rocket into a destructible ceiling in order to get an alien in floor above. (This is a slight cheat because the explosion occurs on the level the alien is at.)

	(Urgh, ~~lookslike~~ I found a bug. How do I make that box go away?)		* Nuking the crap out of a battleship with blaster bombs. (Turn 1 goes like this: Soldier 1 fires launcher into top of UFO, drops it, steps back. Soldier 2 steps onto launcher, picks it up, reloads it, drops it, steps back. Soldier 3 steps onto launcher, picks it up, fires it through the hole the first guy just made and into the bridge.)

			* Mind-controlling all 4 bits of a terror unit and using it as a scout with massive TUs

			* Stunning aliens, reviving them with medikits, and using them for training purposes.


			(Urgh, looks like I found a bug. How do I make that box go away?)

	: Delete the space in front of the text. It's a shortcut to turning 1 line into pre-formatted text without using the <nowiki><pre></nowiki> tags. If you prefer to put your list into bullet points, put a * at the start of each line. Feel free to erase my comment once you make your edit. -[[User:NKF\|NKF]]		: Delete the space in front of the text. It's a shortcut to turning 1 line into pre-formatted text without using the <nowiki><pre></nowiki> tags. If you prefer to put your list into bullet points, put a * at the start of each line. Feel free to erase my comment once you make your edit. -[[User:NKF\|NKF]]

			Thanks, that worked. But the bug I was referring to is the thing that happens if text inside a box is too long; the text extends off the edge of the screen and out of the box. Maybe I should get a bigger monitor or something, or perhaps I should be less of awindbag. [[User:MB\|MB]] 11:55, 19 October 2006 (PDT)

	==Alien Entertainment==		==Alien Entertainment==
	Has anyone noticed that terror units and alien entertainment are always found in the same places? That's not a coincidence. Terror units have nothing much to do in flight - it's not like they can operate the UFO equipment - and so they need to be kept busy somehow. Otherwise they get... cranky. And you don't want to be sharing a long flight with a bunch of cranky chrysalids.		Has anyone noticed that terror units and alien entertainment are always found in the same places? That's not a coincidence. Terror units have nothing much to do in flight - it's not like they can operate the UFO equipment - and so they need to be kept busy somehow. Otherwise they get... cranky. And you don't want to be sharing a long flight with a bunch of cranky chrysalids.

			==Armour==

			Why is alien armour not listed in the articles on aliens? It would be useful to know, e.g. the uselessness of rifle vs cyberdisks.

NKF: /* Playing style */

2006-10-17T20:27:10Z

Playing style

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	(Urgh, lookslike I found a bug. How do I make that box go away?)		(Urgh, lookslike I found a bug. How do I make that box go away?)

			: Delete the space in front of the text. It's a shortcut to turning 1 line into pre-formatted text without using the <nowiki><pre></nowiki> tags. If you prefer to put your list into bullet points, put a * at the start of each line. Feel free to erase my comment once you make your edit. -[[User:NKF\|NKF]]

	==Alien Entertainment==		==Alien Entertainment==
	Has anyone noticed that terror units and alien entertainment are always found in the same places? That's not a coincidence. Terror units have nothing much to do in flight - it's not like they can operate the UFO equipment - and so they need to be kept busy somehow. Otherwise they get... cranky. And you don't want to be sharing a long flight with a bunch of cranky chrysalids.		Has anyone noticed that terror units and alien entertainment are always found in the same places? That's not a coincidence. Terror units have nothing much to do in flight - it's not like they can operate the UFO equipment - and so they need to be kept busy somehow. Otherwise they get... cranky. And you don't want to be sharing a long flight with a bunch of cranky chrysalids.

MB at 18:53, 17 October 2006

2006-10-17T18:53:19Z

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	Mind-controlling all 4 bits of a terror unit and using it as a scout with massive TUs		Mind-controlling all 4 bits of a terror unit and using it as a scout with massive TUs
	Stunning aliens, reviving them with medikits, and using them for training purposes.		Stunning aliens, reviving them with medikits, and using them for training purposes.


			(Urgh, lookslike I found a bug. How do I make that box go away?)

			==Alien Entertainment==
			Has anyone noticed that terror units and alien entertainment are always found in the same places? That's not a coincidence. Terror units have nothing much to do in flight - it's not like they can operate the UFO equipment - and so they need to be kept busy somehow. Otherwise they get... cranky. And you don't want to be sharing a long flight with a bunch of cranky chrysalids.

MB at 18:50, 17 October 2006

2006-10-17T18:50:03Z

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	Also known as 80.5.160.25 The ufopaedia doesn't always agree with me about whether I am logged in.		Also known as 80.5.160.25 The ufopaedia doesn't always agree with me about whether I am logged in.


			==Playing style==

			Level: Veteran/Genius

			Questionable things I don't do:
			Reloading when things go bad (The aliens don't do it after all (except when the game crashes, I suppose))
			Accessing alien inventory (It's a bug!)
			Walking through walls (ditto)
			Using [[Medi-Kit]] as alien detector
			Throwing grenades through the ceiling
			Throwing stuff through diagonal walls

			Questionable things I will do:
			Firing a rocket into a destructible ceiling in order to get an alien in floor above. (This is a slight cheat because the explosion occurs on the level the alien is at.)
			Nuking the crap out of a battleship with blaster bombs. (Turn 1 goes like this: Soldier 1 fires launcher into top of UFO, drops it, steps back. Soldier 2 steps onto launcher, picks it up, reloads it, drops it, steps back. Soldier 3 steps onto launcher, picks it up, fires it through the hole the first guy just made and into the bridge.)
			Mind-controlling all 4 bits of a terror unit and using it as a scout with massive TUs
			Stunning aliens, reviving them with medikits, and using them for training purposes.

MB at 19:55, 17 August 2005

2005-08-17T19:55:43Z

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	Likes to use Large Rockets. Has been known to allow [[Terror Ship\|Terror Ships]] to land, just so he can go after them with a squad of his strongest soldiers, armed exclusively with [[Rocket Launcher\|Rocket Launchers]].		Likes to use Large Rockets. Has been known to allow [[Terror Ship\|Terror Ships]] to land, just so he can go after them with a squad of his strongest soldiers, armed exclusively with [[Rocket Launcher\|Rocket Launchers]].

			Also known as 80.5.160.25 The ufopaedia doesn't always agree with me about whether I am logged in.

MB: Responsible use of rocket launchers

2005-08-10T21:04:02Z

Responsible use of rocket launchers

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Likes to use Large Rockets. Has been known to allow [[Terror Ship|Terror Ships]] to land, just so he can go after them with a squad of his strongest soldiers, armed exclusively with [[Rocket Launcher|Rocket Launchers]].