Questions&Feedback

Any questions or feedback one may have.... (please be sure to leave a signature: "~" three times in a row, four to time-and-date stamp it.)

FYI: I've created a new UFO Extender page. If you are having a problem on this, please use the discussion page located there. If your message is about UFO Extender, you can leave it here but I may start copying it to the UFO page and leaving my reply there.

Decompiled accuracy algorithm?

Hi Morgan/Tycho

Is the algorithm you describe above, what you have decompiled from the standard game? Or is it a variant for UFOExtender? Great news if you have decompiled what the game actually uses - I will need to check some of my firepower calculations to make sure they are still in line with the algorithm.

cheers, Spike 09:37, 30 June 2012 (EDT)

It is an extender version of the original formula if one chooses to enable it. The original is the one that has been noted already: [1+(3/UFOsize)]/2 * Weapon Accuracy ... UFO sizes going from 5 for very small to 1 for very large. The calculation starts at offset 0x446DCD of the CE version. The original UFO accuracy algorithm is a flat 60% chance to hit despite the difficulty level (and no penalty for the Xcraft being in cautious mode.)

Tycho 19:23, 30 June 2012 (EDT)

Question on new Installation

Going through the same steps from the UFO Extended page.

However every time I try to launch through Steam or within the installation file I crash. I am wondering if it's because the newer versions of UFO extender here: http://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php?title=File:UFOLoader.zip is just a patcher.dll file.

Lowpro 21:22, 3 October 2012 (EDT)

maybe. You will need to download the full version and then download the latest patch file. The problem when people make links directly to the file and not the download page. Download both files, extract the full version into your game folder, then extract the patch into the same folder and choose 'yes' to overwrite the current file. If your still getting an error, you'll need to contact the person who wrote the UFO Extended page. - Tycho 22:44, 3 October 2012 (EDT)