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Laser aren't very cost effective in the real world because of the high energy levels needed to keep a sustained beam strong enough to cut through anything fairly dense eg such as metals and human flesh. Although it might burn flesh slightly it wouldn't cause enough damage for pemanent injury. Missiles tend to be used more on aircraft because they are lighter than having cannons on board but on ships I would have thought they would have cannon based guns, missiles and torpedos as the weight of a warship isn't really a limiting factor. The only reason I can think of that they are using lasers is to test their effectiveness against the cost but I think they'll scrap the idea.

You may need to download a patch for it as on newer computers and running systems (even Xp which claims to have a compatability wizard) because older games don't work

I would like to point out it is not illegal to download any software if you are not paying for it!! However if you have to pay for it ie a copy from the internet onto a disk that is illegal because laws state that when you buy a game you buy a piece of that copyright so you may copy it and give it people as long as no profit is made from it. Okay. Sorry just had to point this out.

It is pheasable to make any of the stuff on X-com Because all you need is an open mind because if Albert Einstein had not had an open mind he would not of come up E=Mc2

I don't generally have the problem of aliens MCing my troops cause if they do it once without managing to control them it means that it has to be in sight of my troop so it makes them easier to hunt down and slaughter

I wonder if I could make a vibroblade I mean you could do some serious damage with it or if you manage to make a prototype you could sell it to the army for loads of money it would be like carry around a portable drill

This kind of started in crispys topic but....... Post any queries about the Technology of TFTD here and I'll do my best to answer them correctly most the time

Don't reply to my last reply here I'm starting a new thread based on looking at the technology seeing as we've kind of gone off topic

Although the vibrations wouldn't actually kill anthing the Supersonic waves would. you forget that even deaf people can hear noise they just their ears are telling them their not hearing anything so supersonic waves could go up the ear canal , in theory damaging any brain tissue. The whole point of earwax and the Ear drum (especially when you have an ear infection) is to cut down on the amount of noise getting through which could potentially deafen you. although your Ears would tell your brain its not hearing anything sound is still going in your ear hope I haven't confused too many people

An oscillator is just a generator which basically means that the sonic oscillator creates it own energy oooooooooooh its the only sonic weapon that does so. although it obviously recharges itself at the base because you cannot have something reharge as its being used!!!

You would of thought that by this time the aliens would have come up with a weapon that has no need of clips and a generator inside of it. Something like the Phaser. (Warning Flashback in process) I remember when I was 6 or 7 my brother bought UFO (I was spectacularly pathetic at it ) I just didn't grasp the concept of it. However by the age of 9 I played TFTD with a slightly better concept. (snigger) But I researched all the guass technology thinking I would have the best weapons the problem was I kept ignoring all the Terror missions and downed subs etc so I lost I tried it again with gauss weapons on all missions Result - I got an ass whoopin But now at the age of 13 I have managed superhuman without ever ever using gauss weapons It makes the game so much easier but I think I'll have a bash using guass weapons sometime when I am extremely bored. also I've never used the utility. I'm quite proud with myself. The thing is the gauss weapons are a derivative of the plasma weapons in x-com shouldn't they be as good as sonic weapons?

But still, gauss weapons have poor accuracy compared to sonic weapons I remember in my rookie days I stupidly gave one of my Men a heavy guass rifle thinking it would give a bit of firepower to the mission wrong there. It is about as good as a sonic rifle (which is lighter) with extremely poor accuracy compared to the sonic cannon. Even with the best shooters the heavy gauss is pretty naff I would love to see someone win a alien artifact mission with all there men equipped with heavy guass rifles. when you use it with Lobstermen its like throwing a peanut at them :dontgetit:

I would just like to point out to you NKF Crispy only has Gauss weapons so my advice would be to quit the mission BUT that is kind of the wussy way out so try doing what NKF said but use any explosives you have to soften up the Tasoths and when you do leave the LZ set up Squads of at least three making sure they are mixed eg. don't keep all the best shooter together you can then only hope and pray :angel: IF by some miracle you do manage it please mail me Oh and remember if you complete it research sonic weapons and sonic pulsers