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Multiplayer X-Com

LorkLork Registered User regular
edited September 2008 in Games and Technology
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UFO 2000 - You need to have the original X-Com somewhere on your hard drive.
Wiki - With important information, such as the fact that you need to press F4 on the match settings screen to outfit your squad.

You can set up your squad offline by starting a hotseat game. Every item is worth a certain amount of points, and you have to keep your point total under the limit set by the server. There are also weapon sets, and you can only use items from the currently active set. I've arbitrarily decided that we should use the "Modified X-Com Weapons" set and the point limit should be 10,000 for now.

Let's do this!

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  • Milquetoast ThugMilquetoast Thug Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    oh holy shit I want in so badly.

    Wonder how long it's going to take for a guy make a set up with a bunch of red shirts with pistols and grenades and one guy decked out with flying armor and heavy plasma.

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  • expendableexpendable Silly Goose Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    No chryssalids, right?

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    Djiem wrote: »
    Lokiamis wrote: »
    So the servers suddenly decide to cramp up during the last six percent.
    Man, the Director will really go out of his way to be a dick to L4D players.
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  • joshofalltradesjoshofalltrades Class Traitor Smoke-filled roomRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    expendable wrote: »
    No chryssalids, right?

    I love how this is the second response. I'm amazed it wasn't the first.

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  • LorkLork Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    joshofalltrades wrote: »
    expendable wrote: »
    No chryssalids, right?

    I love how this is the second response. I'm amazed it wasn't the first.
    There are chryssalids, but I can't figure out how to make them attack.

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  • SkutSkutSkutSkut Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    dibs on Chryssalid army. :P

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  • Milquetoast ThugMilquetoast Thug Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    oh man, it is going to take me so fucking long to set up everything just right... just like in normal x-com.

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  • LorkLork Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Come on. I know you assholes like X-Com. Let's play it. I've got Sunday afternoon free and I don't feel like going out, so I'll play anyone who posts in the thread.

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  • SkutSkutSkutSkut Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I'm gonna download it now but I dunno if there's any more thorough details or what.

    Same name as here for whenever I do get it setup.

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  • LorkLork Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
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    Well, that was fun. Special mention goes to Sir William Smith, who singlehandedly welcomed a third of the enemy team to earf before going down in a blaze of glory while surrounded on all sides. If the rest of my team had been half as competent as he was, I might not have lost so badly.

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  • SkutSkutSkutSkut Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    How the hell do you guys get this to work?

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  • LorkLork Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    SkutSkut wrote: »
    How the hell do you guys get this to work?
    What part are you stuck on? We just joined the internet server and clicked on each other's names.

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  • expendableexpendable Silly Goose Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Does bravery matter? I noticed it defaults everybody to 0.

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    Djiem wrote: »
    Lokiamis wrote: »
    So the servers suddenly decide to cramp up during the last six percent.
    Man, the Director will really go out of his way to be a dick to L4D players.
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  • LorkLork Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    expendable wrote: »
    Does bravery matter? I noticed it defaults everybody to 0.
    Everybody has 100 bravery and 50 health. There are some other weird limitations too, like you can't have a strength below 25 for some reason. No idea why.

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  • AvenroshAvenrosh Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Does anyone still play Laser Squad Nemesis? How does that stack up to X-Com (as far as combat goes)?

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  • LorkLork Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Avenrosh wrote: »
    Does anyone still play Laser Squad Nemesis? How does that stack up to X-Com (as far as combat goes)?
    Apparently you have to pay a monthly fee, so it doesn't matter how good it is, nobody will ever play it.

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  • AvenroshAvenrosh Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Lork wrote: »
    Avenrosh wrote: »
    Does anyone still play Laser Squad Nemesis? How does that stack up to X-Com (as far as combat goes)?
    Apparently you have to pay a monthly fee, so it doesn't matter how good it is, nobody will ever play it.

    Yeah... It wouldn't be so bad if they released major updates now and then, like they were intending. I don't think I've seen any new units or races for at least a year or so. I'm not sure if they are even tweaking the stats of what's already there either.

    Still, I did buy the boxed set a ways back...

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  • mongrolmongrol Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Have you guys not seen www.lasersquadnemesis.com ? The true multiplayer successor to XCom. Sadly, now in its heyday with Julian Gollop residing somewhere in Bulgaria but its still running, and bursting with true XComlike awesomeness. It really deserves its own thread!

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  • SkutSkutSkutSkut Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Lork wrote: »
    SkutSkut wrote: »
    How the hell do you guys get this to work?
    What part are you stuck on? We just joined the internet server and clicked on each other's names.

    I've got it downloaded right? And that's it. :lol: I have no idea what to do.

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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    mongrol wrote: »
    Have you guys not seen www.lasersquadnemesis.com ? The true multiplayer successor to XCom. Sadly, now in its heyday with Julian Gollop residing somewhere in Bulgaria but its still running, and bursting with true XComlike awesomeness. It really deserves its own thread!

    Yes, in fact, I saw it most recently three posts above yours.

    Installing this now BTW. I've always wanted to try it but never had anyone to play with.

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  • LorkLork Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Alright, come on. Most of you don't have anything better to do on a Friday, so I know you can do this on a Sunday. Let's play this.

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  • One Thousand CablesOne Thousand Cables An absence of thought Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I am down for this. I am going to die horribly.

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  • LorkLork Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    One Thousand Dicks wrote: »
    I am down for this. I am going to die horribly.
    Ok, let's do this. I'll be waiting on the server.

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  • LorkLork Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I thought I had a game going with CableCarrier, but then he disappeared off the face of the earth while we were setting up our guys. What happened to you, man? Were you abducted?

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  • SkutSkutSkutSkut Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I still have no idea what to do with the download, does it go into the xcom folder or what? am I missing something cause there's no install exe.

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  • LorkLork Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    SkutSkut wrote: »
    I still have no idea what to do with the download, does it go into the xcom folder or what? am I missing something cause there's no install exe.
    I don't know what you downloaded but link in the OP leads to an installer.

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  • SkutSkutSkutSkut Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Lork wrote: »
    SkutSkut wrote: »
    I still have no idea what to do with the download, does it go into the xcom folder or what? am I missing something cause there's no install exe.
    I don't know what you downloaded but link in the OP leads to an installer.

    weird got it working now

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  • One Thousand CablesOne Thousand Cables An absence of thought Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Lork wrote: »
    I thought I had a game going with CableCarrier, but then he disappeared off the face of the earth while we were setting up our guys. What happened to you, man? Were you abducted?

    My laptop exploded while I was finishing up with my loadout. Sorry about that, it happens.

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  • LorkLork Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    One Thousand Dicks wrote: »
    Lork wrote: »
    I thought I had a game going with CableCarrier, but then he disappeared off the face of the earth while we were setting up our guys. What happened to you, man? Were you abducted?

    My laptop exploded while I was finishing up with my loadout. Sorry about that, it happens.
    It's cool. Want to try again?

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  • SkutSkutSkutSkut Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    k well I'm getting on now.

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  • Dignified PauperDignified Pauper Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I will definitely get in on this action at some point in the future.

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  • SkutSkutSkutSkut Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I'll be getting on in about an hour if anyone wants to play.

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  • SkutSkutSkutSkut Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    sorry bout that, my comp doesn't like UFO2000 for some reason and crashes when I'm setting up my troops.

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