Welcome to the newcomers at this game, then.

Hope you like the forum, although we usually talk about the same things -

How to run the game

How the game is played and tips on how to win it.

Still, that is what is forum is for, so I won't complain.

I have these little things called X-Com tips of the day, which I've just started again, as it was getting hard to make new ones and also I give out information on the game, most of which proves to be wrong.

Oh and also, I try to get all of the 100's past 500. So 800 is coming soon, I will give you all some flowers in the post if you let me have it :angel:

Oh I'm not some kind of admin, I just usually talk on this forum and not much else.

:cry:

i remember playing this game so long ago and sucking at it....

and yep... i still suck at it now!!!

i lose pretty much all my people on crash site and terror missions, the most i've come back with from a 10 man team is 4....

i got up to a large ship.. i intercepted it and my ships were shot down in one shot!!!!

:cry: :cry: :cry:

is there some kind of beginners guide? i'm sure i'm missing something here :blink:

It's quite a job to read through all the previous posts, but there are some really valuable hints in there...

A few tips for early in the game:
- Weapons: I don't bother with rifles or pistols, but use auto cannons, stun rods and a few rocket launchers instead. Try to get laser rifles as early as possible.
- On missions, try to let soldiers cover each other: if one spots an alien, you should have a few soldiers capable of shooting it. Use any forms of cover as much as possible (hedges, walls,...) Keep time units available at the end of your turn for reaction fire (especially for soldiers with high reaction).
- When sweeping through a site, make sure you've checked out any buildings or such completely, before turning your back on them. Nothing more annoying than get shot from an unknown direction.
- Read autopsy reports to learn each race's weakness. Some will be vulnerable to HE, others to laser,...
- Don't bother with large ships until you've got decent weaponry for your interceptors. See previous posts for a discussion about which weapons are best.
- Terror missions are hard, especially early in the game. It's quite a thing to get out alive. But don't ignore them, as that would have a dramatic effect on the way that country views your activities.

That's something to begin with, I'm sure other users will come up with a lot more tips & tricks...

excellent thanks dude, every mission i did i ended up fighting a newer and harder enemy.... and my soldiers were still plain old soldiers, i think i'm just a bit slow to get off the mark :D

also what i often do at the beginning at the game: loading savegames

i make shure that most (in the best case all) of my soldiers survive the first missions and terrorsites. so later you have a quite good troop and the missions get a whole lot easier (like when most of your soldiers have 81 timeunits)

Save every turn is my advice and also, until you get armour and also laser weapons (most of all rifles) don't bother with terror sites.

Just land and run straight away, as you still get some credit for landing, as ignoring a terror site is the worst thing you can do.

As for normal alien ships, to begin with you should only face Sectoids, which are very easy and can be killed with even Rifles in one shot.

When you start facing Mutons, it's time to get out the Heavy Plasma guns.

And never forget to take a couple of Stun Rods and/or Small launchers.

Stunned aliens are worth more in both points terms and also in research terms.

I can't play it in ground mission becaus game roll too fast... Can somebody help how i can fix that?

I have AMD Serpron 2600+ and 3D Prophet 9800SE-AIW

and of course win xp

*sigh* as always, use DOSBox since this is a DOS game, or possibly the Turbo utility mentioned about 3 posts above yours. Or you could DO A SEARCH before asking everyone - the forum must have the words "how do i slow it down?" "use DOSBox" about 6 million times in it by now...

Er, actually, stunned aliens aren't worth anything in points terms.