Misson Planner (UFO2000)

The mission planer allows you to configure and place your units, as well as choosing the mission type and parameters.

Choosing the map

Initially the map is set up exactly like in the previous game the challenger played. One can choose a different map by clicking on the map name, which will show a popup listing the available maps. Every time you click a different map size, a new map is generated. Click on the parameters to configure parameters like time per move in seconds(usually 240 seconds=4 minutes), or the point limit(usually 15k).

Configuring units

To configure your units, which is best done by starting a hotseat game to popup the mission planer, hit F4 or ctrl-click the unit you are configuring. This pops up the configuration dialog. Besides configuring a unit, from here one may save or load teams, as well as select the weaponset. A unit may be equipped with a weapon by left-clicking the weapon, then dragging the weapon onto the slot and left-clicking again. Right-click drops the weapon to the ground. Some weapons need to loaded with ammo the same way by right-clicking with the ammo on the weapon. A loaded weapon will show the number of rounds loaded below the weapon icon. If you hit F4 or ctrl-click the unit image, the unit stat configuration dialog pops up. The dialog is closed by hitting ESC.

Configuring unit stats

This dialog allows you to assign point to stats. If you have no points, reduce a stat to get points to spend. You may choose the race and armor of the unit. It is currently not possible to set the race to alien directly if the unit is female, so set it to male default first. This dialog is closed by hitting ESC.

Placing units

Left-click on the unit you wish to place. Drag the line to the location inside your box(green box left side= challenger, red box right side= taker) and left-click to place the unit. Right-click a unit to remove it from the map.

Send units and start the game

Hit [Send] to send the team. [Send] will green up if your team is below the point limit and if the units are equipped with weaponry allowed by the weaponset. Units carrying disallowed weaponry will show up red. After that, when both player hit [Start], the game starts and the battlescape will show up.