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Level skip
----------- Submitted by: warren chen E-mail: warrenchen@single.url.com.tw Press [Ctrl] + C or [Ctrl] + G while in the battlescape screen to complete the current level with the results of the previous level.↑ Top
Weapon-1
--------- Submitted by: warren chen E-mail: warrenchen@single.url.com.tw First of all, beat misson. then the end of the month send skyranger-1 to go fight in the terrist misson. When u start the mission, press Ctrl+c. This will end the terrorist mission and give u the same results as the last mission. Then, goto ur base and in he spot 1 of ur interrceptor was is a craft that looks like a fire storm but small. This ship can hold 576 men, 462 weapons, and has 250% fuel and tons of armor.But be worned, once u get the "weapon-1", small ufo's will become super strong, but with less men inside. When u click on the "super ufo" it has he words "the only true threat to the x-com in the galaxy. Civilization on earth is doomed" and soom other jiberish.↑ Top
Save Elerium
------------- Submitted by: Indra Permata Dinda E-mail: indra_pd@yahoo.com When you finish building a new ship, load it with the weapons (Plasma Beam for both weapons is recommended). When it is fully charged and ready for flight, transfer it to another base. When it gets to the base, immediately send it out on patrol. Click the ship and you will see that its fuel is 0%. That means it will not run out of fuel. Make sure that when you send the ship out on patrol, send it to the opposite side of the planet or a long way from your base. This allows you to catch the ship after it attacks the enemy before it can return to base. This is best done with the FireStorm craft. They are cheap and quick to build. The firepower is just as good as the Avenger, which cost lots more and takes longer to build.↑ Top
Free manufacturing
------------------- Select the item to be manufactured, but assign no engineers and leave the number to produce at zero. Then, assign as many engineers as desired but only manufacture one item. Use tanks with this trick to easily make money.↑ Top
Playing Tip
------------ Before finishing a mission, be sure to unload all weapon clips (including those found on aliens). If you don't, any loaded clips will be lost and you'll have to buy more.↑ Top
Salvaging a Bad Situation: Or Free Tech Advances
------------------------------------------------- It can be all too easy to save after a point where you can't advance any further, whether it's an unforseen rush of Aliens, or loss of funding via Country Infiltration. Not all is lost at that point. You will likely have to start over, but you can start over with all research progress and UFOpaedia information by copying certain files from one save to another. First: Start a new game, and then save. Second: Quit the game and copy the following files from your original save directory to the new save directory. IE: You saved your original game in slot one and second save in slot 2, the directory would be /*whatever you named the X-Com directory.. drive:/mps/ufo/game_1/ for an example of the DOS version, then drive:/mps/ufo/game_2/ for the second save. Files: aknow.dat research.dat up.dat soldier.dat (optional, if you've already got some good soldiers trained) Third: load up the new game. You should have all the needed information.↑ Top
How to Create Supersoldiers
---------------------------- Written by failsafe This game is fairly easy when u know how to play it. But, even being very easy, it may become even easier when u don’t mind cheating a bit. Actually, this is one way of cheating I personally like. It is a kind of smart cheat, requires little knowledge and work. At the end of the day it is still a cheat, though. Important information: we will edit game file. What we need? A hex editor. No problem with these - one can find a hex editor on Microsoft Store. For example Super Hex Editor. Another thing u need is a dec-hex calculator. You will find some in the internet don’t need to download them, they allow to do calculations online. Last thing u need is a game file. To adjust our soldiers skills we will edit "soldier.dat" file - it comes with the game along some other .dat files, each in folder for each game save. Now, u start the game and save it - easiest will be to do this on first slot, but it doesn’t matter. You also have to check list of Your soldiers. Note value of first skill of each of your soldiers. Lets say it is 58 for first soldier. Open calculator and convert dec 58 into hex - it will be 3E. Hex figures are little different, because there are alltogether 16 types of figures: 1-9 and A-F. Two bit notation can code figure “worth” 0-255. Or something like this. We don’t need to know this… though it is worth to dig a little. Many, many years ago (in far galaxy…) using hex editors used to be a main way to “enchance” games. -=Anyway, back to business=- We open hex editor and look for our first soldier. Fairly easy - hex editor will show his name visible in “translated” area. Now, look for our 3E (or any other figure you should have). Most probably this will be very first figure after long line of doube zeros following full name of our soldier. You can decide what kind of figure u wish to have instead of starting value. Since we are cheating anyway, why not give our dude a really strong boost? So we place “64” instead of our starting figure (64 hex = 100 dec). We are almost there. We put 64 in following six pairs of figures - alltogether we change 7 corresponding pairs. Final hex sequence will be like this: 64 64 64 64 64 64 64. You do the same for other soldiers and, voila, you have a company of supersoldiers. Don’t forget to give them some guns, since they will not kill with bare hands, which is - I believe - a bug in the game. Riffles do a trick. Disclaimer: this cheat spoils a game but is kind of fun to spoil a game this way. By the way, the same “trick” works for other stuff in the game, like money, stock ect.↑ Top
Stay active
------------ Soldier stats rise with use. Never leave a soldier inactive. If there is no pressing need for a soldier have them move max distance, shoot all rounds and throw grenades to build their stats quickly. Movement builds move points. Shooting builds accuracy (use a laser rifle which has unlimited rounds and is powerful enough to be your only gun to the end) Throwing builds throwing range and accuracy. I use heavy explosive cuz the heavier the faster the growth. Also if you want to build strength, load your soldier with as much crap as possible. Your movement will suck but a few missions in and you'll see vast leaps in strength. I have a few loaded down at a time so we can still function as a few build up. The stronger you are the more gear you can carry without hindering your movement.↑ Top
Various tips to get on top quickly
----------------------------------- * early game , intercept with skyranger , if ufo lands do mission at daytime ,more treasure e115. * Try to research Heavy plasma as soon/quick as possible then imed. research plasma beam. * 1 interceptor no Against v.large , 3 interceptors yes , use stand off and itercept with 3 until all arrive then set all on aggressive attack without initiating, then press x select x select x so all three attack at once. , choose harder difficulty for more ufos = more treasure/money. 1 last tip , if money is high build new bases as soon as possible and send interceptors to detect in areas not covered by radars, only very large ships can shoot further than plasma beam.↑ Top