XCOM: Enemy Unknown Question
- Posted by archeoavus
- on Oct 21, 2012 9:33 pm GMT
Chances to hit and save/load?
Accepted Answer
- Posted by Avenger1324
- on Oct 22, 2012 3:49 am GMT
An interview with the designer of the game revealed that the game bases it's probabilities on a random number generated at the start of a mission.
The chance to hit is determined by a number of factors - aim skill, weapon, range, cover etc. and shown to you as for instance 60% chance to hit. That is checked against the fixed random number and so either always hits or always misses.
OK so you have reloaded because your soldier missed a vital shot, and every time you take that same shot he always misses - what can you do?
If you can move and shoot in the same turn, move that soldier to another position and take another shot - the randomness is not guaranteed that that soldier will always miss this turn, only from his original exact position - 1 cell left or right is a different random calculation and one that might work out for you.
The chance to hit is determined by a number of factors - aim skill, weapon, range, cover etc. and shown to you as for instance 60% chance to hit. That is checked against the fixed random number and so either always hits or always misses.
OK so you have reloaded because your soldier missed a vital shot, and every time you take that same shot he always misses - what can you do?
If you can move and shoot in the same turn, move that soldier to another position and take another shot - the randomness is not guaranteed that that soldier will always miss this turn, only from his original exact position - 1 cell left or right is a different random calculation and one that might work out for you.
Submitted Answers
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As you say, it seems that it is fixed...however, when shooting with a rocket launcher, it is not fixed. I had this happen when I saved right before entering a UFO that I had shot down. I saved before taking the shot on a group of aliens, and hit 2 of them. I used my other soldiers to try and capture one alien, but I failed in doing so, and the Alien turn killed off 2 soldiers.
You can imagine I wasn't happy with that, so I had to load my savefile. I made the same rocket launcher shot, and I missed???
So, my conclusion, those are the only ones you can actually do over until you are happy...regular shots I'm not too sure off, altho I think maybe every once in a while you can actually get a different outcome, perhaps by having an other soldier move first (get behind cover, use overwatch, whatever) and then try and take that same shot...haven't had to test that tho...
Good luck ;)
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- Developer(s): Firaxis Games
- Genre: Strategy
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