Official UFO Extender Page

This is the loader originally created by Seb75 that enhances the game, X-COM:Enemy Unknown(1994). See the UFO Extender information page for details on each setting in the loader's INI.

Version 1.32

• New INI format and options: Starting new games recommended.

Video

• Delay option for interception routine to slow animation for faster machines. See [Video] section in INI.
• The animation for alien throwing items should be slower.

Battlescape

• Psionics
  • aliens now randomly select targets, giving preference to those in line of sight.
  • higher chance that aliens only panic targets not in line of sight.
  • Soldiers with psionics can only mind control one unit per turn. [starts at veteran difficulty]
• Amount of elerium recovered per ball depends on game difficulty and randomized at higher difficulty.
• Terror mission scoring: the value of each civilian increases with difficulty.

Geoscape

• North Atlantic Zone redrawn. Southern Greenland and eastern Newfoundland now part of North America zone.
• Game ends when too many nations sign pacts. This limit depends on game difficulty
• Number of terror missions increases as time passes, depending on game difficulty
• Terror ships and Battleships will perform terror missions, depending on game difficulty
• Terror site may expire even if craft assigned to intercept, depending on game difficulty

Base

• You can manage the alien prisoners by "transferring" them to bases without alien containment. These aliens are automatically killed and their bodies sold.
• Economic model changed
  • Costs of production and sell prices changed.
  • Sell price of alien items decreases as world's status declines.
  • All craft have a maintenance cost per month.
• Know Thy Enemy options changed:
  • = 1: Damage to alien health affected by autopsy status.
  • = 2: Range of damage to UFOs reduced (25~125%) until an alien engineer provides data.
  • = 3: Both 1&2.

Interception

• All craft & UFO weapons do 50~150% damage.
• Firestorm and lightning have different stats - see ingame ufopaedia.
• Option to make the firestorm smaller to allow two per hanger.
• Weapons stats changed:
  • stingray: accuracy 80%
  • avalanche: damage 125, accuracy special- 70% base but very poor against small craft.
  • laser: 30 damage, range 60, 80% accuracy
  • plasma: 60 damage
  • fusion: increased ammo to 3.

• UFO
  • All ships do 60 points of damage.
  • Range of weapon has been standardized: either short or long.
  • Larger ships are given more attacks.
  • UFO are more resilient to damage before crashing: all UFOs can take more damage before crashing, amount depends on game difficulty.
  • UFO closing speed delta in interceptions depends on UFO type.