Beginner Question: Finding that last alien

[Mad Jack McJock]

Hi there, just started this and really enjoying it. However on my first ground assault mission (Eastern Europe) I managed to waste 4 aliens but having a hard time finding the last one. Is he inside the alien ship? The corn fields? Any tips on finding the elusive alien scum? There is no shroud over the map.

[Traumkater]

after 20 rounds the aliens will stop camping and will start to move alot.
the commanding "officer" aliens will stay in the ship very often.
you can hear the aliens !
you hear it when they open doors.
make sure that you reduce the speed of the alien movment .
then you can see where it was.

[Mad Jack McJock]

I see, thanks very much! I was playing in silence! Is it possible to get inside the alien ship?

[Colonel Sanders Lite]

When this happens, you'll just have to search the map in more detail. There are situations where the game will show the terrain, but the trooper can't actually see an alien that's there because he's partially obscured. Wheat fields, smoke, and not looking left and right after going through a door are common causes.

Something else that may have happened is that you might have shot an alien and he only passed out instead of getting killed. If he has since regained consciousness, he will prevent mission end. IMO, the first thing to check is that all the aliens you shot are still down. There is an important cue that will help you know when this may become an issue in the future. If you shoot an alien, and he screams as he goes down, he is dead. If there is no scream, he is merely unconscious and it might be wise to detail a trooper to keep an eye on him.

Edit:

引用自 Sgt. Rex "Power" Colt：

Is it possible to get inside the alien ship?

Didn't see that until after I posted. Yes you can get inside the ship The door will always be on the southwest or southeast side.

Check this image, the door is in the center of the southwest wall.:
http://ufopaedia.org/index.php?title=File:UFO_110MAP-L1.JPG

In the next image, the door is on the center of the southeast wall:
http://ufopaedia.org/index.php?title=File:UFO_120MAP-L1.JPG

[Mad Jack McJock]

Thanks for the excellent tips Sanders, had no idea about some of these details. Will try those and update here.

EDIT:
OK i found the little maggot; he was inside the ship. Your pointer about the UFO door helped me find it. Thanks again to everyone that helped.

[Mhblis]

You are always going to have at least 1 or 2 in the ship. Especially in the later months. You are going to get really good at breaching doors.


If you haven't seen it XCOMUTIL or by preference OPENXCOM adds the TFTD funcitonality which allows you to single click open doors instead of having to walk someone through them to die.

[WellMad]

Let him go though the game in villa mode first then add mods and extras =] more fun this way, I currently going though my 15th "Superhuman", trolling them, is it me is or is only like first 1-2 months hard part, then you get the Hplasma rifle, flying armour and avenger, and wait untill you get PSI, and wait untill about 70 and then win =]. little boring but safest way. =]

[WellMad]

Another tip for you would be build 1 base untill you clear the 2 month mark, and can sell items for lots of money and build a second one, I normaly start one in north africa, and next in easten china, this covers most of the areas you need to, and when you have a bank of about 20 million build a third in america. =]

[Colonel Sanders Lite]

引用自 WellMad：

Let him go though the game in villa mode first then add mods and extras =]

If you're saying not to get open xcom right out of the gate, I would disagree. At a minimum, I would say get open xcom, leave it at the defaut settings, and just view it as a massive bug fix pack and quality of life enhancement.

引用自 WellMad：

I currently going though my 15th "Superhuman", trolling them, is it me is or is only like first 1-2 months hard part, then you get the Hplasma rifle, flying armour and avenger, and wait untill you get PSI, and wait untill about 70 and then win =]. little boring but safest way. =]

It's not just you. I've been using a couple of personal rules for several years to make the game a bit harder. Specifically no human PSI and no blaster bombs on earth. Once you have power armor, universal heavy plasma, and an avenger, the tide has definitely turned. Even with my own restrictions, if it's gotten to the point where the tide has turned, I just don't even bother to finish the game because it's a foregone conclusion. Sure, it's not inconcievable that I might get a team wiped out due to really bad luck, but even if I do, I can stil readilly recover from that by that stage.