Satellite launch problem?

[Orange Shards]

i ve built a satellite but i can't launch them to cover a menber nation.It says i need to build more uplinks..what is an uplink? by the way South Africa has withdrawn from my project...awww

[Redshirt]

Uplink facility in the base construction area. You start off being able to launch 2 satellites, then need uplink to support more.

[DrSarcasmo]

Also, if you build your new uplink next to your original one, you get a bonus or 2...

[werewulfsco]

I wouldn't know i'm in the EU and we have to wait..lol

[hirnmixer]

i had a problem that i couldnt launch satelittes too ... until i saw something like "objectives" when i select "launch satellites" but dont click it ...

now already 3 countries have withdrawm from the xcom project, and it almost happening that even more are doing it...first i thought: WTF i build power uplinks and satellite launchers and still i cant ....

i just saw it pretty late, and now im afraid that i ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up the whole game cause of that. to be honest that is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ bad design and launching satellites shouldnt be bound to some stupid objectives you doesnt even see right if you dont know it.

so i now need to capture an alien with the arc thrower, but in the most areas my missions are now, there arent even the usual aliens anymore, mostly robot stuff. great.

so i need to start over the game from the beginning cause i didnt saw this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥?

[hirnmixer]

anyone?

[Docsprock]

I am not sure of the question.

When a county has 5 red marks, they will leave the program if you do not launch a satellite over them by the end of the month.

You will need to build more Uplink facilities in order to launch more satellites.

You need to build more power plants in order to build more Uplinks.

There are only a few aliens you cannot capture with the Arc Thrower. Chryssalids, Drones, Cyberdisk, and Sectopods.

[Zero]

Originally posted by hirnmixer:

i had a problem that i couldnt launch satelittes too ... until i saw something like "objectives" when i select "launch satellites" but dont click it ...

now already 3 countries have withdrawm from the xcom project, and it almost happening that even more are doing it...first i thought: WTF i build power uplinks and satellite launchers and still i cant ....

i just saw it pretty late, and now im afraid that i ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up the whole game cause of that. to be honest that is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ bad design and launching satellites shouldnt be bound to some stupid objectives you doesnt even see right if you dont know it.

so i now need to capture an alien with the arc thrower, but in the most areas my missions are now, there arent even the usual aliens anymore, mostly robot stuff. great.

so i need to start over the game from the beginning cause i didnt saw this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥?

screen shot please.

[hirnmixer]

@docspock: yes i know that. i built everything. but it seems i just can launch satelittes again when finishing those dumb objectives. and i was wondering for so long why i couldnt even though i had so many power generators and satellite uplinks. i have 4 of each, but just was able to launch 2 satellites. wtf?

thanks about the capture information.

@zero: screenshot of what? the objectives screen? ok will do!

edit: here it is:

[the_charch]

yes start over, use what you have learned and do better. also unmodded, anytime you pick a mission elsewhere every country on that contient increases in panic. so you kinda want to try to pick countries in a contient that has high panic more than go for rewards.

[Bwixie]

you need to build more sats from engineering, you can't launch sats over countries that abandoned xcom

never build power generators unless you absolutely need it, thermo gens are much better, and elerium gens are great too

objectives don't do anything but progress the story, you can literally play through the entire game up to plasma weapons and heavy armor completely ignoring objectives.

[hirnmixer]

@baron: doh! thank you a lot !! that is very valuable information!!