What it should be. Design doc (OpenApoc) - Revision history

Deldonut1: Added See Also section and Category tag, fixed some typos

2026-03-01T21:09:18Z

Added See Also section and Category tag, fixed some typos

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	The ability to arrange vehicles and agents in an order that I choose. I find it ANNOYING that my main team of 18 agents who I hired from the beginning, gets messed up by new hires being inserted between those agents.		The ability to arrange vehicles and agents in an order that I choose. I find it ANNOYING that my main team of 18 agents who I hired from the beginning, gets messed up by new hires being inserted between those agents.

	=Cityscape gameplay, ~~ballance~~=		=Cityscape gameplay, balance=

	# The armor and durability of UFO vehicles must be doubled - UFOs must pose a real threat and this is better than doubling their numbers.		# The armor and durability of UFO vehicles must be doubled - UFOs must pose a real threat and this is better than doubling their numbers.
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	## reflection of the attacks and raids of the Cult of Sirius on other organizations that they will start when the infiltration reaches 100%		## reflection of the attacks and raids of the Cult of Sirius on other organizations that they will start when the infiltration reaches 100%

	=Battlescape gameplay, ~~ballance~~=		=Battlescape gameplay, balance=

	# From the very beginning of the game, agents with high skills but for high salaries should also be available for hire.		# From the very beginning of the game, agents with high skills but for high salaries should also be available for hire.
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	** Perhaps they are all these years, centuries or millennia ?, infiltrated various organizations, corporations and governments and have a wide network of agents of influence and incredible access to resources and knowledge.		** Perhaps they are all these years, centuries or millennia ?, infiltrated various organizations, corporations and governments and have a wide network of agents of influence and incredible access to resources and knowledge.
	** Perhaps MegaPrime was their project, for themselves, perhaps it was they using earth technologies, and maybe gaining access to dormant ancient technologies, bases or satellites, associated with another dimension and are the reason why the Gate between Dimensions opened above MegaPrim. And no one can say for sure that the gate did not open ever in the past ..		** Perhaps MegaPrime was their project, for themselves, perhaps it was they using earth technologies, and maybe gaining access to dormant ancient technologies, bases or satellites, associated with another dimension and are the reason why the Gate between Dimensions opened above MegaPrim. And no one can say for sure that the gate did not open ever in the past ..

			== See Also ==

			* [[OpenApoc]] — Main OpenApoc page
			* [[Improvements (OpenApoc)]] — Currently implemented optional gameplay improvements
			* [[Differences to X-COM (OpenApoc)]] — How OpenApoc differs from the original game
			* [[Modding (OpenApoc)]] — Creating mods (some ideas from this page could be implemented as mods)
			* [https://github.com/ayrtondenner/OpenApoc-wiki/blob/master/openapoc/roadmap.md OpenApoc Wiki: Development Roadmap] — Official development milestones and progress
			* [https://github.com/OpenApoc/OpenApoc OpenApoc on GitHub] — Source code and issue tracker
			* [https://discord.gg/f8Rayre OpenApoc Discord] — Community discussion

			[[Category:OpenApoc]]

Makus at 13:17, 27 March 2023

2023-03-27T13:17:13Z

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	~~= Big Apoc Concept =~~
	<pre style="background:#121619;color:#939393;font-family: Arial; font-size: 1.2em; border-radius: 5px;"> The purpose of this work is to make OpenApoc more balanced, to provide a variety of interesting gameplay solutions, and to make the game more complex and deep (especially in superhuman and god mode). Balance changes are designed to increase the number of viable strategies in the game, so that one universal set of equipment is not used for each agent and the same tactics in each mission. The document was written without regard to the difficulties of translating such ideas as an attempt to get closer to the ideal. An attempt was also made to develop the theme of the main antagonists of the game. A lot of ideas were borrowed from everywhere, if you find out or want to add your own idea - there is a Discussion. This work is dedicated to fans and developers of OpenApoc and Apoc and all XCom fans in general. </pre>		<pre style="background:#121619;color:#939393;font-family: Arial; font-size: 1.2em; border-radius: 5px;"> The purpose of this work is to make OpenApoc more balanced, to provide a variety of interesting gameplay solutions, and to make the game more complex and deep (especially in superhuman and god mode). Balance changes are designed to increase the number of viable strategies in the game, so that one universal set of equipment is not used for each agent and the same tactics in each mission. The document was written without regard to the difficulties of translating such ideas as an attempt to get closer to the ideal. An attempt was also made to develop the theme of the main antagonists of the game. A lot of ideas were borrowed from everywhere, if you find out or want to add your own idea - there is a Discussion. This work is dedicated to fans and developers of OpenApoc and Apoc and all XCom fans in general. </pre>

	<pre style="background:#edb500;color:#444444;font-family: Arial; font-size: 1.2em; border-radius: 5px;"> This page is mainly translated from Russian using translator sites and and some parts of the texts is manually edited to make it more clear. Please understand this fact, if you want to correct something, you can write in Discussion</pre>		<pre style="background:#edb500;color:#444444;font-family: Arial; font-size: 1.2em; border-radius: 5px;"> This page is mainly translated from Russian using translator sites and and some parts of the texts is manually edited to make it more clear. Please understand this fact, if you want to correct something, you can write in Discussion</pre>

	= ~~OpenApoc Extended~~ =		= Big Apoc Concept =

	* '''This a WIP page, please feel free to add your own ideas here or in [[Talk:What_it_should_be._Design_doc_(OpenApoc)\|Discussion]]'''		* '''This a WIP page, please feel free to add your own ideas here or in [[Talk:What_it_should_be._Design_doc_(OpenApoc)\|Discussion]]'''

Jasonred79: /* Menu mechanics */

2022-03-16T10:49:11Z

Menu mechanics

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	=Menu mechanics =		=Menu mechanics =

			The ability to arrange vehicles and agents in an order that I choose. I find it ANNOYING that my main team of 18 agents who I hired from the beginning, gets messed up by new hires being inserted between those agents.

	=Cityscape gameplay, ballance=		=Cityscape gameplay, ballance=

Makus at 13:46, 22 March 2021

2021-03-22T13:46:06Z

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	= ~~Grand conception from X-Com Apocalypse~~ =		= Big Apoc Concept =
	<pre style="background:#121619;color:#939393;font-family: Arial; font-size: 1.2em; border-radius: 5px;"> The purpose of this work is to make OpenApoc more balanced, to provide a variety of interesting gameplay solutions, and to make the game more complex and deep (especially in superhuman and god mode). Balance changes are designed to increase the number of viable strategies in the game, so that one universal set of equipment is not used for each agent and the same tactics in each mission. The document was written without regard to the difficulties of translating such ideas as an attempt to get closer to the ideal. An attempt was also made to develop the theme of the main antagonists of the game. A lot of ideas were borrowed from everywhere, if you find out or want to add your own idea - there is a Discussion. This work is dedicated to fans and developers of OpenApoc and Apoc and all XCom fans in general. </pre>		<pre style="background:#121619;color:#939393;font-family: Arial; font-size: 1.2em; border-radius: 5px;"> The purpose of this work is to make OpenApoc more balanced, to provide a variety of interesting gameplay solutions, and to make the game more complex and deep (especially in superhuman and god mode). Balance changes are designed to increase the number of viable strategies in the game, so that one universal set of equipment is not used for each agent and the same tactics in each mission. The document was written without regard to the difficulties of translating such ideas as an attempt to get closer to the ideal. An attempt was also made to develop the theme of the main antagonists of the game. A lot of ideas were borrowed from everywhere, if you find out or want to add your own idea - there is a Discussion. This work is dedicated to fans and developers of OpenApoc and Apoc and all XCom fans in general. </pre>

Makus at 14:34, 2 March 2021

2021-03-02T14:34:21Z

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	<pre style="background:#121619;color:#939393;font-family: Arial; font-size: 1.2em; border-radius: 5px;"> The purpose of this work is to make OpenApoc more balanced, to provide a variety of interesting gameplay solutions, and to make the game more complex and deep (especially in superhuman and god mode). Balance changes are designed to increase the number of viable strategies in the game, so that one universal set of equipment is not used for each agent and the same tactics in each mission. The document was written without regard to the difficulties of translating such ideas as an attempt to get closer to the ideal. An attempt was also made to develop the theme of the main antagonists of the game. A lot of ideas were borrowed from everywhere, if you find out or want to add your own idea - there is a Discussion. This work is dedicated to fans and developers of OpenApoc and Apoc and all XCom fans in general. </pre>		<pre style="background:#121619;color:#939393;font-family: Arial; font-size: 1.2em; border-radius: 5px;"> The purpose of this work is to make OpenApoc more balanced, to provide a variety of interesting gameplay solutions, and to make the game more complex and deep (especially in superhuman and god mode). Balance changes are designed to increase the number of viable strategies in the game, so that one universal set of equipment is not used for each agent and the same tactics in each mission. The document was written without regard to the difficulties of translating such ideas as an attempt to get closer to the ideal. An attempt was also made to develop the theme of the main antagonists of the game. A lot of ideas were borrowed from everywhere, if you find out or want to add your own idea - there is a Discussion. This work is dedicated to fans and developers of OpenApoc and Apoc and all XCom fans in general. </pre>

	<pre style="background:#edb500;color:#444444;font-family: Arial; font-size: 1.2em; border-radius: 5px;"> This page is mainly translated from Russian using translator sites and ~~that~~ the ~~text~~ is manually edited to make it more clear. Please understand this fact, if you want to correct something, you can write in Discussion</pre>		<pre style="background:#edb500;color:#444444;font-family: Arial; font-size: 1.2em; border-radius: 5px;"> This page is mainly translated from Russian using translator sites and and some parts of the texts is manually edited to make it more clear. Please understand this fact, if you want to correct something, you can write in Discussion</pre>

	= OpenApoc Extended =		= OpenApoc Extended =

Makus at 14:33, 2 March 2021

2021-03-02T14:33:22Z

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	= Grand conception from X-Com Apocalypse =		= Grand conception from X-Com Apocalypse =
	<pre style="background:#121619;color:#939393;font-family: Arial; font-size: 1.2em; border-radius: 5px;"> The purpose of this work is to make OpenApoc more balanced, to provide a variety of interesting gameplay solutions, and to make the game more complex and deep (especially in superhuman and god mode). Balance changes are designed to increase the number of viable strategies in the game, so that one universal set of equipment is not used for each agent and the same tactics in each mission. The document was written without regard to the difficulties of translating such ideas as an attempt to get closer to the ideal. An attempt was also made to develop the theme of the main antagonists of the game. A lot of ideas were borrowed from everywhere, if you find out or want to add your own idea - there is a Discussion. This work is dedicated to fans and developers of OpenApoc and Apoc and all XCom fans in general. </pre>		<pre style="background:#121619;color:#939393;font-family: Arial; font-size: 1.2em; border-radius: 5px;"> The purpose of this work is to make OpenApoc more balanced, to provide a variety of interesting gameplay solutions, and to make the game more complex and deep (especially in superhuman and god mode). Balance changes are designed to increase the number of viable strategies in the game, so that one universal set of equipment is not used for each agent and the same tactics in each mission. The document was written without regard to the difficulties of translating such ideas as an attempt to get closer to the ideal. An attempt was also made to develop the theme of the main antagonists of the game. A lot of ideas were borrowed from everywhere, if you find out or want to add your own idea - there is a Discussion. This work is dedicated to fans and developers of OpenApoc and Apoc and all XCom fans in general. </pre>
	<pre style="background:#~~fab526~~;color:#~~eeeeee~~;font-family: Arial; font-size: 1.2em; border-radius: 5px;"> This page is mainly translated from Russian using translator sites and ~~some part of texts~~ is manually edited ~~so that~~ it is more ~~understandable~~</pre>
			<pre style="background:#edb500;color:#444444;font-family: Arial; font-size: 1.2em; border-radius: 5px;"> This page is mainly translated from Russian using translator sites and that the text is manually edited to make it more clear. Please understand this fact, if you want to correct something, you can write in Discussion</pre>

	= OpenApoc Extended =		= OpenApoc Extended =

Makus at 14:30, 2 March 2021

2021-03-02T14:30:50Z

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	<pre style="background:#121619;color:#939393;font-family: Arial; font-size: 1.2em; border-radius: 5px;"> The purpose of this work is to make OpenApoc more balanced, to provide a variety of interesting gameplay solutions, and to make the game more complex and deep (especially in superhuman and god mode). Balance changes are designed to increase the number of viable strategies in the game, so that one universal set of equipment is not used for each agent and the same tactics in each mission. The document was written without regard to the difficulties of translating such ideas as an attempt to get closer to the ideal. An attempt was also made to develop the theme of the main antagonists of the game. A lot of ideas were borrowed from everywhere, if you find out or want to add your own idea - there is a Discussion. This work is dedicated to fans and developers of OpenApoc and Apoc and all XCom fans in general. </pre>		<pre style="background:#121619;color:#939393;font-family: Arial; font-size: 1.2em; border-radius: 5px;"> The purpose of this work is to make OpenApoc more balanced, to provide a variety of interesting gameplay solutions, and to make the game more complex and deep (especially in superhuman and god mode). Balance changes are designed to increase the number of viable strategies in the game, so that one universal set of equipment is not used for each agent and the same tactics in each mission. The document was written without regard to the difficulties of translating such ideas as an attempt to get closer to the ideal. An attempt was also made to develop the theme of the main antagonists of the game. A lot of ideas were borrowed from everywhere, if you find out or want to add your own idea - there is a Discussion. This work is dedicated to fans and developers of OpenApoc and Apoc and all XCom fans in general. </pre>
			<pre style="background:#fab526;color:#eeeeee;font-family: Arial; font-size: 1.2em; border-radius: 5px;"> This page is mainly translated from Russian using translator sites and some part of texts is manually edited so that it is more understandable</pre>

	= OpenApoc Extended =		= OpenApoc Extended =

Makus at 21:07, 28 January 2021

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-This mod will help the player plunge into the atmosphere of the game even more with the help of **additional effects and sounds**.
+'''Quick Phrases''' - This mod will help the player plunge into the atmosphere of the game even more with the help of **additional effects and sounds**.
 In the UFO crash mission (not only here but also on the city map), you can add meteorological and other phenomena taking into account the post-apocalyptic state of the earth’s atmosphere and to diversify the game:

Makus at 15:26, 31 July 2020

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-This mod will help the player plunge into the atmosphere of the game even more with the help of **additional effects and sounds**. In the UFO crash mission (not only here but also on the city map), you can add meteorological and other phenomena taking into account the post-apocalyptic state of the earth’s atmosphere and to diversify the game:
+This mod will help the player plunge into the atmosphere of the game even more with the help of **additional effects and sounds**.
 # Fog - will affect visibility and accuracy. Motion scanners come in handy here.

Makus at 16:32, 16 July 2020

2020-07-16T16:32:00Z

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	<~~div~~ style="~~width~~:~~-webkit-calc(100% - 20em)~~;~~width~~: -~~moz-calc(100% - 20em)~~;~~width: -o-calc(100%~~ - ~~20em);width~~: ~~calc(100% - 20em)~~;~~text~~-~~align~~:~~justify~~;">		= Grand conception from X-Com Apocalypse =
			<pre style="background:#121619;color:#939393;font-family: Arial; font-size: 1.2em; border-radius: 5px;"> The purpose of this work is to make OpenApoc more balanced, to provide a variety of interesting gameplay solutions, and to make the game more complex and deep (especially in superhuman and god mode). Balance changes are designed to increase the number of viable strategies in the game, so that one universal set of equipment is not used for each agent and the same tactics in each mission. The document was written without regard to the difficulties of translating such ideas as an attempt to get closer to the ideal. An attempt was also made to develop the theme of the main antagonists of the game. A lot of ideas were borrowed from everywhere, if you find out or want to add your own idea - there is a Discussion. This work is dedicated to fans and developers of OpenApoc and Apoc and all XCom fans in general. </pre>

	~~= Perfect and complete X-Com Apocalypse concept =~~
	~~[[File:Ufopedia top3.png\|link=OpenApoc\|center\|400px]]~~
	= OpenApoc Extended =		= OpenApoc Extended =


	* '''This a WIP page, please feel free to add your own ideas here or in [[Talk:What_it_should_be._Design_doc_(OpenApoc)\|Discussion]]'''		* '''This a WIP page, please feel free to add your own ideas here or in [[Talk:What_it_should_be._Design_doc_(OpenApoc)\|Discussion]]'''
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	= General provisions =		= General provisions =

	<pre style="background:#121619;color:#939393;font-family: Arial; font-size: 1.2em; border-radius: 5px;"> The purpose of this work is to make OpenApoc more balanced, to provide a variety of interesting gameplay solutions, and to make the game more complex and deep (especially in superhuman and god mode). Balance changes are designed to increase the number of viable strategies in the game, so that one universal set of equipment is not used for each agent and the same tactics in each mission. The document was written without regard to the difficulties of translating such ideas as an attempt to get closer to the ideal. An attempt was also made to develop the theme of the main antagonists of the game. A lot of ideas were borrowed from everywhere, if you find out or want to add your own idea - there is a Discussion. This work is dedicated to fans and developers of OpenApoc and Apoc and all XCom fans in general. </pre>
	* I must say that in the future some of the original “problems” of the original could have been considered, of course, if not for the premature release of the game.		* I must say that in the future some of the original “problems” of the original could have been considered, of course, if not for the premature release of the game.
	* You need to create a simple intro video or a simple LORE Apo slideshow of factions of various types of sentient beings and the struggle between them.		* You need to create a simple intro video or a simple LORE Apo slideshow of factions of various types of sentient beings and the struggle between them.