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Lixiaofossil: /* "Integrated" Inventory */

2024-04-12T03:36:39Z

"Integrated" Inventory

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	There are no Hands, Legs, Shoulders and Belt in a soldier’s inventory, only the Backpack to store everything he carries to the battlefield. So if he wants to fire a gun or throw a grenade or use a tool, simply open the Backpack to select the weapon/equipment, then select the target/function/mode.		There are no Hands, Legs, Shoulders and Belt in a soldier’s inventory, only the Backpack to store everything he carries to the battlefield. So if he wants to fire a gun or throw a grenade or use a tool, simply open the Backpack to select the weapon/equipment, then select the target/function/mode.

	Each ~~objects~~ has a certain "capacity value" in inventory, for example a Heavy Plasma has 6, a Medi-Kit has 2. A rookie only has very limited inventory capacity, maybe 20 to 30. As his rank rises, his inventory capacity also expands. Armors can give him additional capacity to carry more items.		Each object has a certain "capacity value" in inventory, for example a Heavy Plasma has 6, a Medi-Kit has 2. A rookie only has very limited inventory capacity, maybe 20 to 30. As his rank rises, his inventory capacity also expands. Armors can give him additional capacity to carry more items.
	[[User:Lixiaofossil\|Lixiaofossil]] ([[User talk:Lixiaofossil\|talk]]) 11:22, 12 April 2024 (UTC+8)		[[User:Lixiaofossil\|Lixiaofossil]] ([[User talk:Lixiaofossil\|talk]]) 11:22, 12 April 2024 (UTC+8)

Lixiaofossil: /* "Integrated" Inventory */

2024-04-12T03:27:48Z

"Integrated" Inventory

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	There are no Hands, Legs, Shoulders and Belt in a soldier’s inventory, only the Backpack to store everything he carries to the battlefield. So if he wants to fire a gun or throw a grenade or use a tool, simply open the Backpack to select the weapon/equipment, then select the target/function/mode.		There are no Hands, Legs, Shoulders and Belt in a soldier’s inventory, only the Backpack to store everything he carries to the battlefield. So if he wants to fire a gun or throw a grenade or use a tool, simply open the Backpack to select the weapon/equipment, then select the target/function/mode.

	A rookie only has very limited inventory capacity. As his rank rises, his inventory capacity also expands. Armors can give him additional capacity to carry more items.		Each objects has a certain "capacity value" in inventory, for example a Heavy Plasma has 6, a Medi-Kit has 2. A rookie only has very limited inventory capacity, maybe 20 to 30. As his rank rises, his inventory capacity also expands. Armors can give him additional capacity to carry more items.
	[[User:Lixiaofossil\|Lixiaofossil]] ([[User talk:Lixiaofossil\|talk]]) 11:22, 12 April 2024 (UTC+8)		[[User:Lixiaofossil\|Lixiaofossil]] ([[User talk:Lixiaofossil\|talk]]) 11:22, 12 April 2024 (UTC+8)

Lixiaofossil: /* Battlescape and Tactical */

2024-04-12T03:21:19Z

Battlescape and Tactical

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	''This has nothing to do with item size but the size of the database responsible for keeping track of all available items in the battle. This database size if fixed and just about every routine throughout the program that references this database is written with the size in mind. Fixing this would require rewriting a majority of the program. - [[User:Morgan525\|Tycho]]''		''This has nothing to do with item size but the size of the database responsible for keeping track of all available items in the battle. This database size if fixed and just about every routine throughout the program that references this database is written with the size in mind. Fixing this would require rewriting a majority of the program. - [[User:Morgan525\|Tycho]]''

			=== "Integrated" Inventory ===

			There are no Hands, Legs, Shoulders and Belt in a soldier’s inventory, only the Backpack to store everything he carries to the battlefield. So if he wants to fire a gun or throw a grenade or use a tool, simply open the Backpack to select the weapon/equipment, then select the target/function/mode.

			A rookie only has very limited inventory capacity. As his rank rises, his inventory capacity also expands. Armors can give him additional capacity to carry more items.
			[[User:Lixiaofossil\|Lixiaofossil]] ([[User talk:Lixiaofossil\|talk]]) 11:22, 12 April 2024 (UTC+8)

	== Miscellaneous ==		== Miscellaneous ==

Lixiaofossil: /* Miscellaneous */

2023-12-06T03:05:22Z

Miscellaneous

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	* Elerium Recycling: selling plasma weapon clips won't turn in any money but returns some of the Elerium used for production. Elerium is more plentiful as a result but an important source of funding is removed, making the early game a bit harder. Additionally, you never get back all of the Elerium used in production, making it inefficient to recycle your own clips.		* Elerium Recycling: selling plasma weapon clips won't turn in any money but returns some of the Elerium used for production. Elerium is more plentiful as a result but an important source of funding is removed, making the early game a bit harder. Additionally, you never get back all of the Elerium used in production, making it inefficient to recycle your own clips.
	* Volatile Elerium: plasma weapons can be set to self-destruct as makeshift explosives. The blast force depends on how many times the current clip was fired; if the clip is empty, the weapon item is removed and the tile merely set ablaze for a few turns... but if it's a full Heavy Plasma clip, it goes off with the force of a blaster bomb.		* Volatile Elerium: plasma weapons can be set to self-destruct as makeshift explosives. The blast force depends on how many times the current clip was fired; if the clip is empty, the weapon item is removed and the tile merely set ablaze for a few turns... but if it's a full Heavy Plasma clip, it goes off with the force of a blaster bomb.
			* About the idea above, maybe all plasma armaments are energized by standardized “Elerium-enriched cells”, a single cell can provide 80 rounds to a Plasma Pistol, 40 rounds to a Plasma Rifle, but only 20 rounds to a Heavy Plasma. And these cells have safety latches that once turned off, will render them unstable and will detonate like Alien Grenades, and the radius and lethality of detonation are decided by how many rounds remaining.
	===Fix All Bugs===		===Fix All Bugs===

Magic9mushroom: /* All Aircraft Weapons Useful */

2020-05-11T06:00:13Z

All Aircraft Weapons Useful

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	:An alternative option to the above is to re-tool weapon damage/accuracy values to make missile-type weapons your primary damage dealers and cannon-type weapons a backup option for delivering the killing blow if the missiles fail to do the trick - though in this, I'm admittedly biased due to the fact that I always use missile + cannon combo loadouts on my crafts (Stringray/Cannon on Interceptors with Stringray/Laser as an upgrade, Avalanche/Plasma on Firestorms, FBL/Plasma on Avengers) because simply dual-wielding the hardest-hitting gear I have at the moment is boring.		:An alternative option to the above is to re-tool weapon damage/accuracy values to make missile-type weapons your primary damage dealers and cannon-type weapons a backup option for delivering the killing blow if the missiles fail to do the trick - though in this, I'm admittedly biased due to the fact that I always use missile + cannon combo loadouts on my crafts (Stringray/Cannon on Interceptors with Stringray/Laser as an upgrade, Avalanche/Plasma on Firestorms, FBL/Plasma on Avengers) because simply dual-wielding the hardest-hitting gear I have at the moment is boring.
	:[[User:Amitakartok\|amitakartok]] ([[User talk:Amitakartok\|talk]]) 19:27, 10 May 2020 (UTC)		:[[User:Amitakartok\|amitakartok]] ([[User talk:Amitakartok\|talk]]) 19:27, 10 May 2020 (UTC)
			::Swapping the ranges of the Avalanche and Stingray would just make the Avalanche even more useless than the vanilla Stingray. The Stingray has more total firepower per hardpoint (7070%6 = 294 > 240 = 10080%3) and more firepower per dollar (7070%/$3000 = 163 damage/$1000 > 89 damage/$1000 = 10080%/$9000), while the Avalanche has only marginally better DPS (10080%/72=1.11 damage/frame >~ 1.02 damage/frame = 7070%/48). The Avalanche's ''only'' real advantage over the Stingray is its range - it's just that range is by far the most relevant attribute of weapons (the Small Scout/Medium Scout/Large Scout run away fast, so short-range weapons have much-reduced time to fire, the Supply Ship/Terror Ship have powerful weapons of medium range, so short-range weapons = dead interceptor, and the Battleship's a moot point; the Stingray actually is a slightly better choice against the two UFOs I haven't mentioned - the Abductor and Harvester - but they're rare as hen's teeth). The solution in TFTD was to narrow the gap in range between the AJAX and DUP Head while making Survey Ships not an escape risk, and IMO it worked; the two torpedoes are quite balanced against each other.
			::Giving the Laser Cannon the Plasma Beam's range and vice versa (with no other changes) doesn't have it quite as bad, as the Plasma Beam would still have far more DPS and total firepower. However, a 52km Laser Cannon is still good enough to be the "I-win" loadout on Interceptors - it gets standoff against everything except Battleships, it has the same DPS as the Stingray (only slightly less than that of the Avalanche), and while its total firepower per hardpoint is less than that of the Plasma Beam it's still more than enough to crash any UFO in the game. The only time you'd want anything else would be when dealing with Battleships (when you'd want either advanced craft with the 21km Plasma Beam, or FBLs, both at a much higher price than the Laser Cannon). [[User:Magic9mushroom\|Magic9mushroom]] ([[User talk:Magic9mushroom\|talk]]) 06:00, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

	===Score for retaliation Battleships===		===Score for retaliation Battleships===

Amitakartok: /* All Aircraft Weapons Useful */

2020-05-10T19:27:04Z

All Aircraft Weapons Useful

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	See also: [[User:Spike#Balancing_Aircraft_Weapons]]		See also: [[User:Spike#Balancing_Aircraft_Weapons]]

			:I'd like to submit a slightly different proposal.
			:*Making the Cannon pure murder at knife-fight range is a good idea, I second it.
			:*Swap the respective ranges of the Stingray and the Avalanche. The smaller a UFO is, the sooner it tries to make a run for it, so longer-ranged weapons can get more shots off before this happens. By giving the Stingray a range advantage over the Avalanche, the weaker but longer-ranged Stingray is now better for hunting scout UFOs by way of having a larger time window in which it can dish out its damage. Against medium and large UFOs, the more generous escape timer means the Avalanche comes out on top, making both weapons useful in their own respective situations rather than the Avalanche being objectively superior.
			:*Swap the respective ranges of the Laser Cannon and the Plasma Cannon. With this, the Laser Cannon can comfortably shoot down everything smaller than a Terror Ship - but the idea is that everything an Interceptor with a Laser Cannon does not outrange, it does not have the firepower to reliably kill before getting shot down, which is where the Plasma Cannon comes in as a higher-risk-higher-reward alternative.
			:*Increasing the FBL's ammo count is a good idea, but I'd personally also give its range a tiny little notch upwards so that it just very barely outranges a Battleship ''without having enough ammo to shoot it down''. The idea here is to make the FBL a safe-but-insufficient-by-itself support weapon, being able to soften the Battleship up from standoff range with 100% guaranteed damage but needing something else to deliver the killing blow.
			:An alternative option to the above is to re-tool weapon damage/accuracy values to make missile-type weapons your primary damage dealers and cannon-type weapons a backup option for delivering the killing blow if the missiles fail to do the trick - though in this, I'm admittedly biased due to the fact that I always use missile + cannon combo loadouts on my crafts (Stringray/Cannon on Interceptors with Stringray/Laser as an upgrade, Avalanche/Plasma on Firestorms, FBL/Plasma on Avengers) because simply dual-wielding the hardest-hitting gear I have at the moment is boring.
			:[[User:Amitakartok\|amitakartok]] ([[User talk:Amitakartok\|talk]]) 19:27, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

	===Score for retaliation Battleships===		===Score for retaliation Battleships===

Morgan525: /* Miscellaneous */

2013-08-15T08:34:59Z

Miscellaneous

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Morgan525: /* 80 item limit */

2013-08-07T12:16:30Z

80 item limit

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	=== 80 item limit ===		=== 80 item limit ===
	The space available should be treated more logically; using the system base stores does. At the moment craft treat 1 heavy weapon as the same size as 1 grenade.		The space available should be treated more logically; using the system base stores does. At the moment craft treat 1 heavy weapon as the same size as 1 grenade.

			''This has nothing to do with item size but the size of the database responsible for keeping track of all available items in the battle. This database size if fixed and just about every routine throughout the program that references this database is written with the size in mind. Fixing this would require rewriting a majority of the program. - [[User:Morgan525\|Tycho]]''

	== Miscellaneous ==		== Miscellaneous ==

Hobbes: categorizing

2013-07-23T02:51:50Z

categorizing

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	[[Category:Oddities and bugs]]		[[Category:Oddities and bugs]]
			[[Category:Enemy Unknown/UFO Defense]]

BenWaters: /* Night Vision */

2013-04-06T09:15:42Z

Night Vision

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	--[[User:Amitakartok\|amitakartok]] 13:50, 21 March 2013 (EDT)		--[[User:Amitakartok\|amitakartok]] 13:50, 21 March 2013 (EDT)

			: I think that, after a few turns in a night mission, a soldier's visual range should be increased due to natural nightvision. This does, of course, assume that all the weapons have flash suppressors, but it would make at least some sense, although would probably be difficult to implement. If it became possible, it would be even more realistic to decrease a soldier's accumulated nightvision if they are near electroflares, streetlights, or explosions. --[[User:BenWaters\|BenWaters]] 05:15, 6 April 2013 (EDT)

	===Throwing over stuff===		===Throwing over stuff===