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We've released a new version of Xenonauts for Windows on the Experimental branch, V1.65. It contains some gameplay updates, but it will need some testing to see if it is stable before being rolled out to the default Stable branch for all Steam users, so if anyone can test it that would be appreciated. To access the Experimental branch, please follow the instructions here: http://www.goldhawkinteractive.com/forums/showthread.php/5958-Xenonauts-Experimental-Builds-Instructions We will also merge these fixes into the native Mac / Linux builds in the future if they prove to be stable. Most of these fixes are drawn from improvements to the game made by the Xenonauts: Community Edition team, so a public thank you to those who contributed to X:CE in general and to Solver specifically for putting this patch together for us. Changes:

Miss shots should no longer go through walls; the trajectory code has been updated so they should only hit tiles that a "hit" shot would be able to hit.
Grenade scatter calculation updated, so "miss" throws can actually miss by a meaningful amount. This applies to both Xenonauts and aliens throwing grenades.
Stunned zombies (which appear dead) will no longer spawn zombies. This will eliminate the bug where Reapers apparently spawn from thin air, and occasionally were also invulnerable for reasons that remain unclear
Damage from base defence turrets now correctly reduces the number of attacking aliens it fails to destroy an attacking UFO.
Soldiers now gain Bravery from taking suppression damage, as it was virtually impossible to train up before.
Soldier Strength now updates correctly, as there was a bug in the formula before.
Manufacturing screen now displays the number of required items in your stores when previewing a project, rather than just the number of required items.
Saviour Medal and Crux Solaris medals can now be awarded and displayed correctly.
Alien bases are now correctly destroyed if you blow the Cores and then suffer a squadwipe.
Fixed an issue in the air combat where the aircraft throttles would sometimes not work properly.
Geoscape performance has been optimised on some systems.
Game startup speed has been improved.
Fixed crash when a building collapses with a drone inside.
Minor revisions to game manual.

This is likely to be the final gameplay update for vanilla Xenonauts, but Xenonauts: Community Edition is still under ongoing development so be sure to keep up to date with their progress in the future!

[ 2016-01-19 14:27:30 CET ] [ Original post ]

Xenonauts V1.65 Experimental Released!

Miss shots should no longer go through walls; the trajectory code has been updated so they should only hit tiles that a "hit" shot would be able to hit.
Grenade scatter calculation updated, so "miss" throws can actually miss by a meaningful amount. This applies to both Xenonauts and aliens throwing grenades.
Stunned zombies (which appear dead) will no longer spawn zombies. This will eliminate the bug where Reapers apparently spawn from thin air, and occasionally were also invulnerable for reasons that remain unclear
Damage from base defence turrets now correctly reduces the number of attacking aliens it fails to destroy an attacking UFO.
Soldiers now gain Bravery from taking suppression damage, as it was virtually impossible to train up before.
Soldier Strength now updates correctly, as there was a bug in the formula before.
Manufacturing screen now displays the number of required items in your stores when previewing a project, rather than just the number of required items.
Saviour Medal and Crux Solaris medals can now be awarded and displayed correctly.
Alien bases are now correctly destroyed if you blow the Cores and then suffer a squadwipe.
Fixed an issue in the air combat where the aircraft throttles would sometimes not work properly.
Geoscape performance has been optimised on some systems.
Game startup speed has been improved.
Fixed crash when a building collapses with a drone inside.
Minor revisions to game manual.

[ 2016-01-19 14:27:30 CET ] [ Original post ]

Xenonauts

Goldhawk Interactive Developer

Goldhawk Interactive Publisher

2014-06-16 Release

Strategy Simulation Singleplayer Tags

Game News Posts: 26

🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse

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http://www.xenonauts.com

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The Game includes VR Support

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Xenonauts Linux [3.1 G]

Xenonauts is a strategy game in which you control a multi-national military organisation defending a Cold War-era Earth from alien invasion, using small squads of persistent soldiers to eliminate the extraterrestrials and recover their technology in turn-based ground combat. A detailed strategic layer allows you to co-ordinate the defence of the planet, using your interceptors to shoot down UFOs and researching captured artefacts to learn about your foes and unlock new combat equipment to use on your missions.

Xenonauts is a spiritual successor to the classic X-Com strategy games from the 1990s. We aim to improve the graphics, add new content and streamline the interface whilst still retaining all of the key mechanics of the original games. Devoted fans should love this game, but we're also keen to introduce the joys of old-school grand strategy to a whole new generation of players who might not otherwise experience it!

Please note that the native Mac / Linux versions of the game are still in beta, however older WINE-wrapped "ports" are available and known to be stable whilst development of the native ports is still ongoing.

Key Features

Ground Combat: Xenonauts delivers tense turn-based combat across realistic, varied and fully-destructible battlefields, against almost fifty different variants of enemy. Missions range from capturing crashed UFOs or alien bases to defending cities (or even Xenonaut facilities) against alien attack. You'll experience the chill of encountering a new alien for the first time and the joys of test-firing a new weapon for the first time. Deeply asymmetric combat keeps the battles interesting - after all, you're fighting intergalactic invaders with 1970's ballistic technology!

Strategic Management: You will also be managing the defence of the planet, dealing with the invading alien UFOs with your customisable interceptors. You need to balance the needs of your funding nations with your own. Your funds are limited - are you going to spend them on battlefield equipment, more scientists, or expanding your coverage of the planet? Your priorities must be balanced carefully if you are to win the war.

Research Tree: Xenonauts has an extensive research tree with almost a hundred projects to unlock, each with its own unique description and painted artwork. It slowly reveals the intentions and origins of the invaders, while also unlocking new battlefield equipment, aircraft and vehicles for you to use as you harness alien technology and turn it against them.

Persistent Soldiers: Soldiers in Xenonauts are persistent from mission to mission, improving their stats and gaining ranks with combat experience - but their deaths are always only a single bad move away. You will grow to care about the brave men and women under your command as they slowly grow from green rookies into hardened veterans, but that only makes it more painful when their heroic tale is cruelly cut short by a burst of plasma fire...

Detailed, Emergent Simulation: Xenonauts contains no scripted missions, just broad rules setting the pace of the invasion. As such, no game plays out the same twice. If you shoot a Scout UFO down over a polar area, you get a Crash Site mission where you can capture a crashed Scout UFO in an Arctic tileset. Commence a battle at night and you'll be fighting the mission in the darkness with reduced sight range. If your base is attacked, you fight the defence in a perfect replica of your base. A lot of time has gone into weaving the two very different halves of the game together into something that feels both natural and enjoyable.

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