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2015-07-02T22:07:33Z

Mysterious error message (Apoc)

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	So, this came up:		So, this came up:

	[[File:~~Example~~.~~jpg~~]]		[[File:Transfer Error.png]]

	I've never seen it before and I'm out of ideas. Transtellar are reasonably happy, and all three of my bases have adequate road access.		I've never seen it before and I'm out of ideas. Transtellar are reasonably happy, and all three of my bases have adequate road access.

	== Voice Control in EU 2012 ==		== Voice Control in EU 2012 ==

Off the Rails at 22:05, 2 July 2015

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			== Mysterious error message (Apoc) ==

			So, this came up:

			[[File:Example.jpg]]

			I've never seen it before and I'm out of ideas. Transtellar are reasonably happy, and all three of my bases have adequate road access.

	== Voice Control in EU 2012 ==		== Voice Control in EU 2012 ==

Off the Rails: /* Voice Control in EU 2012 */

2013-01-30T16:55:31Z

Voice Control in EU 2012

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	*"Fire at Will" - Y (Overwatch)		*"Fire at Will" - Y (Overwatch)
	*"Reload" - R		*"Reload" - R
	*"Open the Door" - X
	*"Cancel" - Escape (enter {esc} in the "keys to press" box)		*"Cancel" - Escape (enter {esc} in the "keys to press" box)
	*"Wait" - Tab (selects next soldier)		*"Wait" - Tab (selects next soldier)

Off the Rails: voice: extra info

2012-10-18T21:42:14Z

voice: extra info

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	I don't have medikits, grenades, psi attacks and so on in the list because I'm never sure where they're going to appear. You can get to them through voice control by saying "Press 4", "Press 8" and so on.		I don't have medikits, grenades, psi attacks and so on in the list because I'm never sure where they're going to appear. You can get to them through voice control by saying "Press 4", "Press 8" and so on.

			Note that a couple of these commands require the cursor to be positioned over your soldier to work - opening the door is one of them - as though you were going to click on the soldier.

	Give this a try. It's awesome.		Give this a try. It's awesome.

Off the Rails: voice cunt roll

2012-10-18T18:36:34Z

voice cunt roll

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			== Voice Control in EU 2012 ==

			I'm not sure where this idea came from, but after playing XEU for a few hours I was keen to engage my soldiers in conversation. If I'm sending them to their deaths, it's only right that I should treat them like the people they aren't, right?

			Here's what I've got:

			*A decent headset mic, the [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sennheiser-PC-26-Call-Control/dp/B006ICUTFU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1350583944&sr=8-2 Sennheiser PC26]. My webcam's mic is too prone to picking up noise from the speakers and neighbours and I'm too lazy to set up a PTT key.

			*Windows Speech Recognition - included with Vista, 7 and 8. Make sure you've set it up properly, and train it to understand your voice.

			*[http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=13045 WSRMacros] - Extra tool for configuring additional commands.

			*XCOM Enemy Unknown keyboard shortcuts. By default, R is reload, 1 is fire, Y is Overwatch, V is open door/defuse bomb and so on.

			When WSRMacros is running it has an icon in the system tray. Double-click that icon (it's a blue speech bubble with gears in it) to define a new macro. You need this macro to ''Send Keystrokes'', so click on that. The next window

			Here's the list of what I say, and what keys the macro "presses".

			*"Fire" - 1
			*"Headshot" - 2
			*"Suppression" - also 2
			*"Run and Gun" - 2 again
			*"Fire a rocket" - the ubiquitous 2
			*"Fire at Will" - Y (Overwatch)
			*"Reload" - R
			*"Open the Door" - X
			*"Cancel" - Escape (enter {esc} in the "keys to press" box)
			*"Wait" - Tab (selects next soldier)
			*"Next target" - Tab (selects next target)
			*"Where are you" - Home (enter {HOME}) (centers the camera on this unit)
			*"Open the door" - V
			*"Get into cover" - B (hunker down)
			*"Swap Weapons" - X
			*"Go back" - shift (selects previous soldier or target)

			I don't say "overwatch" or "hunker down" because for some reason I felt like a dork saying that on my own in an empty room. I don't know what "hunker" is supposed to mean, anyway.

			I don't have medikits, grenades, psi attacks and so on in the list because I'm never sure where they're going to appear. You can get to them through voice control by saying "Press 4", "Press 8" and so on.

			Give this a try. It's awesome.

	== Slightly mad idea #1 ==		== Slightly mad idea #1 ==

Off the Rails at 23:26, 10 February 2011

2011-02-10T23:26:23Z

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	~~Just little old me~~ :)		== Slightly mad idea #1 ==

			In UFO's MAPS directory are a few files that never crop up in the game. What could they be? The files are

			I reckon it's possible to get some idea of what these files look like. I reason thusly:

			We know that X-Com constructs its [[MAPS\|map files]] like this: First of all, the relevant [[MCD\|MCD files]] are strung together, one after another. Each MCD file is a list of objects that appear on the map - all the walls, the doors, the different kinds of floor and the objects that litter the battlescape - trees and gas pumps and tables and the like.

			So the game constructs an MCD Array and then treats it like a Chinese menu - I'll have a 55, some 81s and a couple of 108s please, and have you got any of those crispy beef things?

			Every MCD Array created by the game starts with the contents of BLANKS.MCD - a simple pair of objects indicating empty space and burnt ground, respectively. Any map tile that appears to be empty in fact contains BLANKS000, and any time you demolish the floor with a blaster bomb, that charred brown patch left behind is in fact BLANKS001.

			When constructing the battlescape, the game "orders" items from its MCD Array "menu". Starting from the northwestern tile on the top level, it places the ground, western wall, northern wall and

			The fantastic thing is, you don't actually need a menu to order Chinese food. You can just pick some random numbers and you're guaranteed to get SOMETHING. If we assume that these unused .MAP files are intended to work with an MCD Array that begins with BLANKS000, we can extend this assumption a bit - any byte that is 00 can be assumed to refer to BLANKS000, and any byte that is anything else up to FF means there is an object, wall or patch of ground in this tile.

			I've created a spreadsheet that takes .MAP data exports from Hex Workshop and shows the arrangement of ground tiles, walls and objects within the map. Grab it [[Media:MAP3MAP4.xls\|here]].

			Of course, only a complete tool would try to use Microsoft Excel as an art program, right?

			[[File:map3.png\|400px\|thumb\|none]]

			Er... right.

			The limitations are obvious - while we can tell that there is an object in a particular tile, we have no way of knowing ''which'' object to put there. So we can't actually play these maps yet. But at least we can get a rough idea of what they look like.

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2011-02-02T22:49:55Z

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