MhBlis Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 So I've now played 4 games through to dec and each one of them has had game break issues in the research tree. Not sure what is going on with my cd but its truly a shame. I play with no mods I finally decided it was definatly the cd since I reinstalled and after my first terror missionI hauled in a deep one corpse and and a stunned one. Only the live one showed up and when I researched it the MC LAB be came available. It worked let tme build it. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I fix this. I'd really rather not shell out $30 to buy 5 games I own to make one playable. Apoc, Intercepter really only worth playing through once. I really didnt enjoy enforcer. UfO works fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silencer_pl Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 First of all - don't post with haste, as I don't understand the problem in second paragraph. Secondly I recon you are not playing patched version of TFTD that fixes resaerch bugs. You can find it in files section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NKF Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Don't worry, it's not your CD - it's the game itself. Keep this article handy if you haven't already: https://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php?title=TRTBAG Pay particular attention to when you need to research the live Deep One and the bit about keeping a Sub Construction store item and MC Reader in storage at all times until you've researched them. The other thing that may help you is to get the v2.0 patch in this site's file section. You might also want the v2.1 patch to fix the MC Reader issue. Also I can't really comment on the other games, but do consider giving Apocalypse a couple more tries. - NKF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MhBlis Posted September 18, 2011 Author Share Posted September 18, 2011 What I was saying is Feb 1 2040 I do the terror mission. Brought home 1 stunnned (Live Deep One) and one Dead ( Three Grenades, One sonic pistol) corpse. My Storage showed one live and one dead. My research showed One Live Deep One no option to research the corpse. Knowing it was already a broken game I researched it. Instead of the normal aqua plastics it made MC-Lab available without me ever having researched the reader. I tried the patch it was no better. Researching Guass pistol made Sonic Oscillator available. I'm just going to have to accept the fact its something i'll have to buy. Being poor it's going to be far down the list. Thanks for the artical I actually know it by heart from years before but I have been playing with it open in the background since after 2 in game years had past and I couldnt research any of the advanced ships. Magnetic Navigation would not show in my list even though I had tonnes and tonnes at all three bases. I played through APOC about 5 times all with various challeges in mind after the first (NO Psi, NO reload, wipe out the Cult) It really just wasnt as hard as I felt it should be and didnt give me the same sense of achievment UFO and Terror did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NKF Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Now that certainly sounds like it's messed up, or the research file's corrupted. Are these results from brand new games after patching the game? - NKF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MhBlis Posted September 19, 2011 Author Share Posted September 19, 2011 Most from fresh installs and a couple from non patched versions. but hey it's lasted me almost 11 years so I really can't complain about the installs finally having seen its end. Plus it adds one hell of a challenge to the game. Though this could also explain how I'm seeing some of the weapons and aliens much earlier than I should. Probably more than just the research thats messed up. Just wish I had the cash to buy me the whole set. Stupid family deciding they want over seas weddings don't they know the Fiji and Tonga are prime Alien territory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NKF Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 I've never bought digital copies off on-line shops, but Steam sells it separately for US$4.99: https://store.steampowered.com/app/7650/?snr=1_6_4__421 A rough estimate in my local currency, that's about NZ$6.00. About the price of a very posh cup of coffee. Not bad. By the way, just a few notes about the research. It may be worth checking that you actually have a Deep One corpse in storage via the sell screen if it's not showing up in the research screen. There's not a lot of value in going straight for the live specimen without completing the pre-requisites. The live Deep One (and similarly the Calcinite) does indeed open up the M.C.-Lab research. It's only if you complete the research on the lab itself without having a MC Reader in storage that you will lock up the rest of the MC branch. (fixed in the v2.1 patch) - NKF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MhBlis Posted September 19, 2011 Author Share Posted September 19, 2011 I'm not so worried about the old copy right now. As I did some research last night and you might find this interesting to seeing as you to live in the land below down under. Right now the full package is only $12.75 as our currency is actually strognge than the US. Which is the whole reason I just booked my entire USA trip since I saved 20c for every US $ I had to pay. Doesn't pay to type when you have a two year old in your lap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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