The View Controls
The View Controls allow you to manipulate the view of the Earth in the Geoscape. Click on the up or down arrows to tilt the view of the Earth up or down. Click on the left or right arrows to rotate the view of the Earth to the left or right about the Earth's polar axis . Click on the icon to increase the magnification of the Geoscape. Click on the icon to decrease the magnification of the Geoscape. Click on the Geoscape using the Right Mouse Button to center the display on that location.
The Debriefing Screen
RLIEM nRTEFRCTS REEDUERED Hit, The Debriefing Screen is displayed at the end of the Ground Assault, giving you a breakdown of your mission performance. The first line of this display tells you whether the mission objectives were achieved. Below this is the mission performance list, showing a breakdown of all the Items recovered, the Quantity of each and the Score for retrieving them. The last line of the mission performance list shows the total mission score. At the bottom of the screen is the...
Using The Geoscape
X-COM's main task is to shoot down and investigate UFOs. This ensures continued government funding and allows X-COM to learn more about the alien threat. When there is no UFO activity, you will probably want to keep the rate of time passage fairly high. Click on the 1 Hour button in the Geoscape Time Controls. Time will pass rapidly until you get a message informing you that a UFO has been detected. X-COM bases automatically detect any UFOs within range of their radar. Later on in the game, you...
Equip Soldier Screen
Click on this button to view the equipment carried on the selected soldier's body or on the ground at the soldier's feet. This display is similar to the Equip Squad screen at the beginning of the Ground Assault. The only difference is that the top right of the screen now displays the soldier's remaining Time Units. Moving weapons and equipment from one location to another uses Time Units. The amount of Time Units required to move an object is dependent on where the item is - removing items from...
Build New Base
Click on this option to establish a new X-COM base. You will be taken to the Geoscape and the message Select Site For New Base will appear at the top of the screen - click on any part of the world except the sea to position the base. You may cancel the order to build a new base by clicking on the Cancel button. Use the Geoscape controls if you want to rotate the display of the Earth see the section of this manual on The Geoscape Screen for full details of the Geoscape controls . When you have...
The Xcom Project Monthly Report
Month - Feb 1414 Monthly Hating 1 Funding change 13BDD0 CL t , t The council oF Funding nations is generally aabiaFied with gour progress so For. U5R is particularly pleased uiith your ability ta deal uiith the localised threat and have agreed to increase yaur Funding. GERMANY is unhappy uiith yaur ability ta deal uiith alien activity h their territory nad have decided to reduce their commitment. At the end of each month, you will be given a report of your progress so far. This report is in the...
Reserve Time Units
When your soldiers move, they use Time Units which might be needed to use a weapon. These buttons allow you to reserve Time Units for using weapons - click on the top-left button to carry out free movement with no limitation, - click on the top-right Hr button to reserve enough Time Units for a Snap Shot, - click on the bottom-left ' button to reserve enough Time Units for an Aimed Shot, - click on the bottom-right button to reserve enough Time Units for an Auto Shot.
Soldier Data
The name of the selected soldier is shown at the top of this section, with statistics and information regarding the soldier shown underneath. These statistics are displayed as both figures and bar charts and are color-coded as follows Green - Time Units, Orange - Energy, Red - Health, Purple - Morale. Click on the Soldier Data box to view the Soldier Data screen. This displays the soldier's name at the top of the screen with the following information Time Units - the soldier's remaining Time...
Assign Soldiers to Psionic Training
This screen allows you to assign individual soldiers to psionic training. The top of the screen shows the Remaining Psi-Lab Capacity. This indicates the number of soldiers who may be assigned to Psionic Training. Below this is a list of the following Name - the soldier's name. Psionic Strength - this is a measure of the soldier's natural ability to defend against psionic attack. It never changes, regardless of how much training the soldier goes through. Psionic Skill Improvement - this is the...
The Debriefing
55. At the end of the ground assault mission, you will be given a debriefing. This will inform you if your mission objectives were achieved and lists the items recovered. BLIEN5 mULED.iJ..... . ........ ..... HLIEH DRP5E5 RECOVERED............. .... .. .. BLIEH BBTEFB 5 BEtiUEHEa.............. Click on the OK button in the bottom-left of this screen to return to the Geoscape. 56. You might want to save the game at this point see step 23 of Tutorial 1 for details of how to save games . If you...