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[Japo]

Originally posted by laiocfar@Apr 21 2006, 09:15 AM
Any tip for a new player? that get all their mercs with 20 health? and feels that the days are too long? And still using the first guns and running out of ammo soon? And still without make rapairs to jammed waepons?

I think I can't understand what you say about health. In order to heal your mercs, leave them one day behind as "patient" along with another merc trained in medicine a "doctor", much the same as for reparing items. (If you still don't know what I'm talking about, read the manual.)

Days are too long? You know that you can take more than a sector in one day, do you?

Each merc should be carrying additional ammo in his vests. If you take all the items you find you should have ammunition to spare, especially for the S&W.

As for the jammed guns, try to keep your weapons in top working order so that they don't jam, but anyway hire Vinny. He's not good enough a mechanic to even pick locks (at the beginning) but he's an able soldier and will un-jam most guns by just re-firing them himself, without the need to leave the gun one day in the dry dock.

Always move your mercs within cover. The influence of cover is much more realistic in this game than in UFO. The objects near a merc don't hider his shooting, but the ones far away will block his shots if they're in the way. It's realistic: if you're just behind a tree you can still peep out and shoot without any likelihood of hitting the tree, but if you're being shot the tree will cover you. The same goes for enemies, so if there's an enemy behind a tree don't go for him, flank him or wait unitl he goes out.

[laiocfar]

Uff, i am getting on pace.
I downloaded the guide but its too boring and left it. So i never mind that i can make mercs be on rest or as patients. Cover is well desined but still i got people shoting the tree just in front of them and with 66 markmanship. I will try that thing of get a mechanic fire an jammed gun, by now i got Vinny to repair full time. I cant read the menssages that i take from the corposes, i just dont get what it say. Another thing to say, how guards of the other party can kill them mercs so easy and why i cant buy some real weapons?
PD: how i should use the beer? and the canteen??? canteen i dont remeber if it is the right word but the recipent to carry water?

[Toxik]

Is there any way of buying equipment? Or am I stuck with looting?

[Master MC]

Was that not possible before the fight?

[laiocfar]

Days are too long? You know that you can take more than a sector in one day, do you?

I am talking of have 4hs to end the day by all the mercs on duty wounded. I discovered that by pressing the c key, it activates a time compressor. k:

[Japo]

I will try that thing of get a mechanic fire an jammed gun, by now i got Vinny to repair full time.

Vinny's a good fighter and it's good to have one merc able to unjam guns (and pick locks) on the field, even if you carry spare guns (which you don't need to if you've got a mech-trained merc). If you're going to make him stay at the base, there are other mercs far better suited, being cheaper with far higher mech skill; they're useless as soldiers, though. I think I can remember some guy called Speck with 99 mechanics for a risible price.

I cant read the menssages that i take from the corposes, i just dont get what it say.

They're cryptic on purpose. As a rule, Sxx means "sector number xx" and Dyy "day number yy". The rest, you'll have to figure it out. You don't really need to so as to finish the game, though.

And no, you don't buy equipment in this game, you're stuck with looting. Keep in mind that you're isolated in a tropical island--although it still sucks, after all your enemy seems to be able to buy, unlike you.

[laiocfar]

But i got Vicky, who is better than Vinny as soldier and as mechanic. Also i am always low of money, each time that i got some daily income of more than 1000 the labs lower the price of the sap. And i got all the plants, from where they got their money, each day their attack are more powerfull and i got to kill 8 people por sector. I got my first M16. The blindspot of the game is that was designed to make replay of bad atacks, is easier to win but i dont like to do that, by making a few replays, i only lost a merc and due a contract termination.

I have a problem running it. I have XP SP1 and it says "one or more CON files are corrupt" when I tried to run DG.EXE

I changed the cd.rom file so it's can't be the problem.

Help please.

[laiocfar]

DG.EXE? Why DG, you should run Jg or Jagged or something similar.

[The Fifth Horseman]

Maybe he's got problems with a wrong game...