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XCOM: Enemy Unknown Patch

[Oct 11, 2012, 8:02 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

The 2K Games Forums have a list of the changes in a new patch for XCOM: Enemy Unknown that's now available to update the newly released installment in the counter-UFO strategy series (thanks Scott). Here's word on what this does:

We wanted to let you know the details for the PC update for XCOM: Enemy Unknown that went live today (10/11/12). I've included the notes on this patch below:

Various visibility/hiding optimizations

Multiplayer text chat support (press J to activate)

Mouse button 4/5 will switch soldiers in the Barracks

ESC hides the movement grid, if you do not want to commit to a move while it is activated

Squad Sight ability optimization

Fixed issue when equipping two grenades with Deep Pockets.

Fixed Rapid Fire sometimes consuming too much ammo.

SHIVs that are damaged will no longer become unusable.

Fixed some hangs/soft crashes in tactical combat.

Replaced software cursor with the operating system cursor to reduce lag and framerate dependence.

Fixed rendering bug which causes some soldier’s hair to appear as if it is rendering on top of environment fog.

1080p movies are now used at all times on the PC.

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Re: XCOM: Enemy Unknown Patch

Oct 12, 2012, 13:13

Prez

Bucky wrote on Oct 12, 2012, 12:55:
I just lost Col. Tucker, my first really serious blow. 43 kills, 17 missions, and my god-like sniper had two chrysallids rape him because I made a dumb move.

This game is great.

Yeah, any game that can make me so attached to my characters that I almost want to cry out in pain when I lose one is brilliant in my book. It's like losing your queen in chess unexpectedly times ten. Dan Stapleton of PC Gamer once wrote in an X-COM retrospective that naming your favorite soldier after yourself was a must because it made you care even more about him but it also had the effect of telling the aliens to hunt him down and kill him at all costs. Somehow they * always* knew. So true! I am trying it now in my current game.

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Comment [quote="Prez"Oct 12, 2012, 13:13][quote="Bucky"Oct 12, 2012, 12:55]I just lost Col. Tucker, my first really serious blow. 43 kills, 17 missions, and my god-like sniper had two chrysallids rape him because I made a dumb move. This game is great. [/quote] Yeah, any game that can make me so attached to my characters that I almost want to cry out in pain when I lose one is brilliant in my book. It's like losing your queen in chess unexpectedly times ten. Dan Stapleton of PC Gamer once wrote in an X-COM retrospective that naming your favorite soldier after yourself was a must because it made you care even more about him but it also had the effect of telling the aliens to hunt him down and kill him at all costs. Somehow they * always* knew. So true! I am trying it now in my current game. ;) [/quote]

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