Drakous79 Posted November 28, 2012 Posted November 28, 2012 (edited) The Second Wave unlocked for me after total failure today! Easy setting with only the first mission completed successfuly and then rotating geoscape and ignoring everything until the end. Can anybody else confirm this working please? Because it may be a bug. Thought the Second Wave is enabled after beating impossible. Edit: Thanks for Fmod pointing this out - test with ENABLE_SECOND_WAVE=1 in DefaultGameCore.ini in XComGame.exe Edit: Calling it an accident, as I was unable to replicate it. http://i.imgur.com/7Hcer.jpg Edited November 28, 2012 by Drakous79
BlackAlpha Posted November 28, 2012 Posted November 28, 2012 (edited) Could be a bug. Did it actually unlock after giving you that message? People on the official XCOM forum have confirmed that beating the game on Easy does not unlock Second Wave. It only unlocks on Normal and higher. The higher the difficulty level, the more Second Wave options you unlock. On Impossible, you unlock all options. Edited November 28, 2012 by BlackAlpha
FMod Posted November 28, 2012 Posted November 28, 2012 Hmm. Are you trying to do something special like UPK-tweak unlock conditions? I just cheated, the file "proving" completion ships with SW mods. Everything unlocked. Didn't know it can unlock partially.
Drakous79 Posted November 28, 2012 Author Posted November 28, 2012 (edited) Could be a bug. Did it actually unlock after giving you that message? People on the official XCOM forum have confirmed that beating the game on Easy does not unlock Second Wave. It only unlocks on Normal and higher. The higher the difficulty level, the more Second Wave options you unlock. On Impossible, you unlock all options.Yes, unlocked after the message - all 13 options enabled. Beated classic normal so far and the second wave was not enabled until today easy defeat :) Nothing special done in upks to enable it. Also haven't used any SW mod, just tested XCMM with start year 1999 and Arc Thrower charges x4. Edit: How to disable the SW option? Edited November 28, 2012 by Drakous79
FMod Posted November 28, 2012 Posted November 28, 2012 (edited) enable_second_wave=0 in gamecore.ini (exe). Wait, you mean, you didn't install ANY gamecore mods (I think 90% out there also change this to 1), and it still unlocked? Hmm, maybe XCMM... but AFAIK it doesn't handle ini mods, or does it now. Edited November 28, 2012 by FMod
Drakous79 Posted November 28, 2012 Author Posted November 28, 2012 I see I have ENABLE_SECOND_WAVE=1, thanks! But how is it possible there are all 13 options without beating impossible difficulty? I remember testing some save with teleporting mutton, but that was classic ironman and I haven't completed the game with it.
BlackAlpha Posted November 28, 2012 Posted November 28, 2012 Maybe you just forgot about something that you did. Restore the game to vanilla. Delete your profile. Mod the game to enable Second Wave. And try it again.
Drakous79 Posted November 28, 2012 Author Posted November 28, 2012 Maybe you just forgot about something that you did. Restore the game to vanilla. Delete your profile. Mod the game to enable Second Wave. And try it again.Done exactly as you said Black Alpha and it is not working. I have tried everything I've done recently - tested teleporting muton, set year to 1999, arc thrower charges to 4, lost easy and impossible campaign after doing only the first mission successfully, Kevlar with 10 HP, UFOs interception and lurking percentage in DGC. And if I recall, I have never done anything towards enabling the Second Wave. So I am calling it an accident. Funny one though. Enabling hardcore settings for someone who just lost the game at the easiest difficulty.
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