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<tr><td align="left">Each UFO that lands (per 30 mins)</td><td>2</td></tr> | <tr><td align="left">Each UFO that lands (per 30 mins)</td><td>2</td></tr> | ||
<tr><td align="left">Each day an alien base exists on Earth (Per base)</td><td>5</td></tr> | <tr><td align="left">Each day an alien base exists on Earth (Per base)</td><td>5</td></tr> | ||
− | <tr><td align="left">A harvest mission is performed successfully</td><td>30</td></tr> | + | <tr><td align="left">A harvest mission is performed successfully*</td><td>30</td></tr> |
− | <tr><td align="left">An abduction is performed successfully</td><td>50</td></tr> | + | <tr><td align="left">An abduction is performed successfully*</td><td>50</td></tr> |
<tr><td align="left">Alien base is built</td><td>50</td></tr> | <tr><td align="left">Alien base is built</td><td>50</td></tr> | ||
<tr><td align="left">Aliens sign a [[pact]] with a funding country</td><td>150</td></tr> | <tr><td align="left">Aliens sign a [[pact]] with a funding country</td><td>150</td></tr> | ||
<tr><td align="left">A terror site is ignored by X-COM</td><td>1000</td></tr> | <tr><td align="left">A terror site is ignored by X-COM</td><td>1000</td></tr> | ||
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+ | ===Notes on Alien Score=== | ||
+ | * *Success is counted each time an UFO takes off. If a single ufo lands multiple times, it will score each time it starts flying again including if disturbed by an unsuccessful X-com mission. | ||
+ | The alien's score can be viewed by looking in the graphs menu. At the end of the month it is subtracted from X-Com's score to give the player's score for the month. It is reset at the end of each month just like the player's. | ||
==Losing The Game== | ==Losing The Game== |
Revision as of 03:02, 8 August 2008
X-COM Scoring
X-COMs performance is measured by way of a score that accrues monthly and is used in part to make the decisions of the funding countries in both their council deliberations on the organisations success, and also when making their individual judgements to change funding levels.
Interception
X-COM receive points each time a UFO is destroyed or grounded. Note that if a UFO 'crashes' (per Intercept popup) over the ocean, it only counts as 'grounded' as the funding countries cannot be sure the aliens do not have the ability to repair craft and return from an underwater crash site, and there is no way to do a UFO Crash Recovery in the oceans to be sure.
UFO Type | UFO Destroyed | UFO Grounded |
---|---|---|
Small Scout | 100 | 50 |
Medium Scout | 150 | 75 |
Large Scout | 250 | 125 |
Harvester | 500 | 250 |
Abductor | 500 | 250 |
Supply Ship | 800 | 400 |
Terror Ship | 1000 | 500 |
Battleship | 1400 | 700 |
X-COM lose points if one of their own craft are destroyed.
Craft Type | Craft Destroyed |
---|---|
Skyranger | -200 |
Interceptor | -250 |
Firestorm | -250 |
Lightning | -300 |
Avenger | -400 |
Battlescape Missions
During an X-COM battlescape mission, points can be gained or lost by the following actions.
Note that if you abort the mission without completing it, you still get points for performing the actions below. Specifically, you have to kill aliens and/or drag stunned aliens, equipment, and/or Elerium back to your ship (or base green area - NOT the red elevator area). Aliens that were killed in a UFO crash (already dead when you got there) do not count. (Briefly visiting a crash site, then dusting off, doesn't get you any points - you have to do things to get points.)
Also note that generally speaking, you get more points from Destroying small UFOs, than for Crashing them and then completing a ground mission. The reverse is true for large UFOs. (Compare Destroying vs. Grounding points vs. Points you can walk away from a Crash with.)
However, the salvage value of UFOs may be of greatest importance -- and no equipment can be recovered from destroyed UFOs. The greatest possible recovery value can be gotten from UFOs which are attacked after they land under their own power -- although that earns you no Interception points.
Mission Objectives
Action | Points |
---|---|
Civilian killed by X-COM | -50 |
Civilian killed by Aliens | -30 |
X-COM soldier MIA | -20 |
X-COM soldier killed | -20* |
HWP destroyed | -20 |
Civilian Saved | 30 |
Alien Base destroyed | 500 |
* This increases as the soldier gains rank and experience.
Alien Casualties
X-COM receives point for capturing or killing an Alien during a battlescape mission.
Race/Rank | Killed | Captured* |
---|---|---|
Floater Soldier | 12 | 24 |
Floater Navigator | 14 | 28 |
Floater Medic | 16 | 32 |
Floater Engineer | 18 | 36 |
Floater Leader | 25 | 50 |
Floater Commander | 35 | 70 |
Sectoid Soldier | 10 | 20 |
Sectoid Navigator | 12 | 24 |
Sectoid Medic | 14 | 28 |
Sectoid Engineer | 16 | 32 |
Sectoid Leader | 20 | 40 |
Sectoid Commander | 25 | 50 |
Snakeman Soldier | 15 | 30 |
Snakeman Navigator | 17 | 34 |
Snakeman Engineer | 20 | 40 |
Snakeman Leader | 28 | 56 |
Snakeman Commander | 36 | 72 |
Ethereal Soldier | 20 | 40 |
Ethereal Leader | 30 | 60 |
Ethereal Commander | 40 | 80 |
Muton Soldier | 15 | 30 |
Muton Navigator | 17 | 34 |
Muton Engineer | 19 | 38 |
Reaper | 25 | 50 |
Chryssalid | 25 | 50 |
Silacoid | 20 | 40 |
Celatid | 20 | 40 |
Sectopod | 30 | 60 |
Cyberdisc | 20 | 40 |
Zombie | 18 | -- |
* You will only receive 10 points for capturing any alien species + rank combo already in containment. Ethereal Cereal: What about ones that have been researched & are no longer in containment? Needs more testing. tequilachef: I repeatedly got zero points for capturing Reapers while already having a bunch of them in containment, but not researched.
Item Recovery
Collection of Alien artifacts, equipment, and corpses also gain X-COM points.
Item | Points |
---|---|
Alien Alloys | 1 |
Alien Grenade | 1 |
Blaster Bomb | 1 |
Heavy Plasma Clip | 1 |
Mind Probe | 1 |
Plasma Pistol Clip | 1 |
Plasma Rifle Clip | 1 |
Stun Bomb | 1 |
Alien Entertainment | 2 |
Alien Food | 2 |
Alien Surgery | 2 |
Examination Room | 2 |
Celatid Corpse | 3 |
Chryssalid Corpse | 3 |
Cyberdisc Corpse | 3 |
Plasma Pistol | 3 |
Reaper Corpse | 3 |
Sectopod Corpse | 3 |
Silacoid Corpse | 3 |
Plasma Rifle | 4 |
Small Launcher | 4 |
Blaster Launcher | 5 |
Elerium-115 (Per 50 units) | 5 |
Ethereal Corpse | 5 |
Floater Corpse | 5 |
Heavy Plasma | 5 |
Muton Corpse | 5 |
Sectoid Corpse | 5 |
Snakeman Corpse | 5 |
UFO Navigation | 5 |
UFO Power Source | 20 |
Evaluations
An evaluation on your total score is given at the end of each mission.
Ranking | Score |
---|---|
Excellent | 501 or better |
Good | 201 to 500 |
OK | 1 to 200 |
Poor | -199 to 0 |
Terrible | -200 or worse |
Research
X-COM also receive points for the completion of research projects.
Research Project | Points |
---|---|
Plasma Pistol Clip | 5 |
Plasma Rifle Clip | 6 |
Heavy Plasma Clip | 7 |
Blaster Bomb | 10 |
Craft Laser Cannon | 10 |
Heavy Laser | 10 |
Laser Pistol | 10 |
Laser Rifle | 10 |
Laser Weapons | 10 |
Stun Bomb | 10 |
Laser Defenses | 15 |
Tank/Laser Cannon | 15 |
Alien Grenade | 20 |
Flying Suit | 20 |
Medi-Kit | 20 |
Motion Scanner | 20 |
Personal Armor | 20 |
Plasma Pistol | 20 |
Power Suit | 20 |
Psi-Amp | 20 |
Craft Fusion Weapon | 25 |
Craft Plasma Weapon | 25 |
Fusion Defenses | 25 |
Grav Shield | 25 |
Hovertank/Launcher | 25 |
Hovertank/Plasma | 25 |
Hyper-Wave Decoder | 25 |
Mind Probe | 25 |
Mind Shield | 25 |
Plasma Defenses | 25 |
Plasma Rifle | 25 |
Psi-Lab | 25 |
Alien Abduction | 30 |
Alien Alloys | 30 |
Alien Entertainment | 30 |
Alien Food | 30 |
Alien Reproduction | 30* |
Alien Surgery | 30 |
Heavy Plasma | 30 |
New Fighter Craft (Firestorm) | 30 |
New Fighter-Transporter (Lightning) | 30 |
Small Launcher | 30 |
UFO Construction | 30 |
UFO Navigation | 30 |
UFO Propulsion | 30 |
Ultimate Craft (Avenger) | 30 |
Blaster Launcher | 40 |
Elerium-115 | 40 |
Alien Autopsies (Each) | 50 |
Alien Interrogations | 50** |
Alien Origins | 60 |
Cydonia or Bust | 60 |
The Martian Solution | 60 |
* Alien Reproduction is normally not accessible (or researchable) during the game, but you can add one to your General Stores via hacking.
** You receive 50 points for each new UFOpaedia entry generated by an alien interrogation. A given alien can generate several UFOpaedia entries, or none at all. (See Researching aliens for more information.)
Alien Scoring
Aliens score points for various actions as well.
Alien Action | Score |
---|---|
Each UFO that flies over the Earth (per 30 mins) | 1 |
Each UFO that lands (per 30 mins) | 2 |
Each day an alien base exists on Earth (Per base) | 5 |
A harvest mission is performed successfully* | 30 |
An abduction is performed successfully* | 50 |
Alien base is built | 50 |
Aliens sign a pact with a funding country | 150 |
A terror site is ignored by X-COM | 1000 |
Notes on Alien Score
- *Success is counted each time an UFO takes off. If a single ufo lands multiple times, it will score each time it starts flying again including if disturbed by an unsuccessful X-com mission.
The alien's score can be viewed by looking in the graphs menu. At the end of the month it is subtracted from X-Com's score to give the player's score for the month. It is reset at the end of each month just like the player's.
Losing The Game
You can lose the game in the following ways:
- If are in debt over $1 million at the end of any month, after funding and maintenance has been calculated, the council will cancel the project 50% of the time. It doesnt matter how much debt you have, as soon as you go one dollar past the million in debt you face the same odds of being axed. The warning they give about not going over $2 million when you are in debt like this and get away with it for a month presumably should read $1 million.
- If you have two consecutive "bad" months in terms of score--
- -900 (Beginner)
- -800 (Experienced)
- -700 (Veteran)
- -600 (Genius)
- -500 (Superhuman)
- If all X-COM bases are captured by Aliens. (But you can dismantle your last base and stay in the game, if you have enough money to start a new one - see Access Lift.)
- If you fail your attempt to destroy Cydonia!
See Also
ALIEN.DAT - Where the Alien's score is kept track of
XCOM.DAT - Where score from missions and interceptions is tracked
UIGLOB.DAT - Where scores generated from research completion is stored