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 1.31:

New fixes

• Fixed the crash when researching a medic
• Players will be taken to the base editor screen before the equip phase to manage what items are available for the soldiers in base defence missions.
• Appropriate walls now block fire and smoke for both propagation and explosion effects. This also fixes the problem with a blaster bomb's explosion extending past the north and west walls of a UFO as well.
• Terror mission scoring focuses on civilians: Each civilian is worth [1008 / (num of civilians spawned)].
• The penalty for alien bases increases the longer the base is active.
• Fixed the problem of throwing items indoors and under overhangs with high strength characters.
• Changes to UFO attacking bases and Base Defense missions:
  • The type of ship making a base attack depends on game time.
  • UFOs counterattack base defenses.
  • Fusion Defense requires Blaster Bombs to be available in base stores. Missile Defense will spend money. Laser and Plasma Defenses unchanged.
  • Ability to bypass base defenses by right-clicking on the mouse.
  • Players will be taken to the base editor screen before the equip phase to manage what items are available for the soldiers in base defence missions.

Changes to old mods or fixes

• Some tweaks to the Tactical AI mod to make aliens use grenades more. Some alien’s behavior in Terror missions adjusted slightly.
• Aliens will now stop attacking the area of a target if it is killed by the previous attack.
• New limits in the Heavy Laser mod for the special attacks: each attack form imparts a different "recharge time" before either of them can be used again.
• New addition to "Know Thy Enemy":
  • =1 affects how damage is applied to an alien’s health.
  • =2 Damage range for weapons is altered: until an alien engineer can provide data on UFO weaknesses, the damage range is (0-100%). After an alien engineer provides X-com with data, the damage range for that UFO goes to 25~125%

New Additions

• Human Limits: Scientiests and engineers only work in twelve hours shifts. The assignment screen will assign two people per mouse click but only one space will be needed between them.
• Alternate Research Tree:

=1

• Laser cannon requires research into E-115 and UFO power to produce and E-115 is a production material.
• Plasma weapons and Blaster Bombs require "help" from various alien engineers to obtain the knowledge to produce.
• Hyperwave may require multiple species navigators to be interrogated in order to be finally unlocked. (depending on game difficulty)
• Only a Etheral can give the required technology to unlock Psionics.
• Sectoids provide other options.

=2 Alternate progression for laser weapons

• The first breakthrough allows the production of Heavy Lasers but damage is minimal.
• Each new level researched allows a new item to be made and increases the damage for the prevous stage(s) items.

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