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[Robsoie]

a new version of xpiratez is there :
https://www.moddb.com/mods/x-piratez/downloads/dioxine-xpiratez-n4

Spoiler: N4.0.1 changelog (click to show/hide)

v.N4.0.1: added music for CYDONIA which I forgot, and updated RUS patches

v.N4 17-Feb-2023 First Ending
- Fix: missing VIP unlocks, Thunderbird crash
- New: SGR Cydonia by Kato & OAK group. Epic final mission replaces the original Cydonia! Tons of new stuff! (I have debuffed traps and turrets compared to original)
- New: Dr.X arc advanced by one stage (and related new stuff)
- New: Full Outro finally added
- New Feature: Captain Ranks
- New Terrains: Overgrown Catacombs/Jungle Pyramids; Forest (Frozen Swamp); Schorched Forest/Rad/Nuke Swamp (gfx by Brain)
- New Maps (1 for Urban, 2 for Industrial Slum, 4 for Jungle, many for forest swamps)
- New Missions: Doomed Farm expanded, Black Sun HQ, Black Sun High Temple, Man From The High Castle (BH lvl A for MA)
- New Enemies: Deep One Berserker, Quirian Mistress (gfx by Brain), Humanist Warpsoldier, D.C.S., Cyberhound, Humanist Mage, S.A.Z.
- New Facilities: Double Suite Prison (req. Flawless Captain + Idea: Pride), Ultimate Vaults (req. Flawless Captain; map by Brain)
- New Craft: Battle Cab (gfx by Brain)
- New Craft Weapon: 25MM Cannon/GR
- New Craft Systems: Engine Overcharger, Nitro Booster
- New Soldier Type: Pureblood
- New Recruitable: Apostate
- New Armors: Ogre Barrager (thx to Brain for gfx help), Ogre Powersuit (gfx by Brain), Ogre Annihilator (gfx by Brain), Sky Knight /SS (Male Path + Gudrun the Knight route only; based on 'Hellerium Knight' design by Drages), Misfortune
- New Armors: Removed Looted Cyberdisc, replaced with piloted Gnomediscs (versions: 14mm, lascannon, 2xLauncher)
- New Weapons: Holo-Spikey, Warpcore Grenade, Assault HMG (gfx by RSSWizard)
- New Item: Purple Ribbon
- New Gfx improvements: Plasma Blades by RSSWizard, Annihilator armor paperdoll by Brain
- New Trainings: Basic Gun Training, Arms Authority, Pure Maiden, Codex Hero Trainings (x3)
- All trainings now properly include bonuses in their requirements for other trainings
- Palette replacements (normal, hot & cold) to Delicious Colors by RSSWizard
- Black Forest terrain less black, minimap fixed. Dungeon of Doom less black too.
- Urban Waste terrain slight improvements
- Hideout Detector changed to Pirate Radio, +75 Radar, fits BTX, moved down tech tree, req. for Car Thieves
- Freak Gals can now be converted to Brainers
- Heroes now all get +10 armor trait (when recruited) but no longer will ride heavy vehicles.
- Catgirls: removed erroneous extra +8 morale regen on all armors
- Catgirls: reduced Evasion on some armor from absolutely invincible to practically invincible
- Catgirls: reduced max VPWR from 100 to 75. Increased max VSKL from 10 to 65.
- Neko Armor Adaptations research cheaper by 60%, several armor research too, their trainings bit cheaper as well
- Neko Guerilla armor better Piercing resist, costs less Kevlar to make
- Brute 10% better Piercing resist, Annihilator 5%
- Updated Shadow-related NPC armors reg. Warp Damage
- Alien Gauss weapons buffed
- Golden Stormcannon buffed
- Ogre recruitment from free market limited to 1/month
- Piloted Tanks: armor reductions, HP buffs
- Several big melee weapons converted to range = 2 (great club, big bone, iron rod etc)
- Some rebalancing
- Small fixes, various terrain fixes, event interruptions fixes

[n9103]

Having trouble getting a working install of X-pz on my Pixel 5. (OXCE Android version, using GOG release of UFO Defense, using some of the later releases of Xpz)
I have gotten oxce to work.
nothing I do with the Xpz files in the mod folder seems to make them show up in the mods dropdown.
I would suspect faulty download, but that would be 2 different versions across 2 different connections with 2 different browsers, totaling 8 attempts.
Enlighten me, o wise ones.

[Mathel]

I used to run XPZ on android tablet. It took quite a bit of time to load, but it worked.

You need to locate wherever your saves are actually saved. The best way would be to open a game of X-Com: Ufo Defense and save it under a unique name (such as "OpenXCOM_Search_Save"), which you then search for in your system.

Then, once you find your save folder (which will be named "xcom1"), go one folder up, enter or create "mods" folder next to it and drop your Piratez mod folder(s) there.

An important thing is that the save and mods folders to be used are probably not where OpenXcom installs to.

[Rolan7]

a new version of xpiratez is there :
https://www.moddb.com/mods/x-piratez/downloads/dioxine-xpiratez-n4

Spoiler: N4.0.1 changelog (click to show/hide)

v.N4.0.1: added music for CYDONIA which I forgot, and updated RUS patches

v.N4 17-Feb-2023 First Ending
- Fix: missing VIP unlocks, Thunderbird crash
- New: SGR Cydonia by Kato & OAK group. Epic final mission replaces the original Cydonia! Tons of new stuff! (I have debuffed traps and turrets compared to original)
- New: Dr.X arc advanced by one stage (and related new stuff)
- New: Full Outro finally added
- New Feature: Captain Ranks
- New Terrains: Overgrown Catacombs/Jungle Pyramids; Forest (Frozen Swamp); Schorched Forest/Rad/Nuke Swamp (gfx by Brain)
- New Maps (1 for Urban, 2 for Industrial Slum, 4 for Jungle, many for forest swamps)
- New Missions: Doomed Farm expanded, Black Sun HQ, Black Sun High Temple, Man From The High Castle (BH lvl A for MA)
- New Enemies: Deep One Berserker, Quirian Mistress (gfx by Brain), Humanist Warpsoldier, D.C.S., Cyberhound, Humanist Mage, S.A.Z.
- New Facilities: Double Suite Prison (req. Flawless Captain + Idea: Pride), Ultimate Vaults (req. Flawless Captain; map by Brain)
- New Craft: Battle Cab (gfx by Brain)
- New Craft Weapon: 25MM Cannon/GR
- New Craft Systems: Engine Overcharger, Nitro Booster
- New Soldier Type: Pureblood
- New Recruitable: Apostate
- New Armors: Ogre Barrager (thx to Brain for gfx help), Ogre Powersuit (gfx by Brain), Ogre Annihilator (gfx by Brain), Sky Knight /SS (Male Path + Gudrun the Knight route only; based on 'Hellerium Knight' design by Drages), Misfortune
- New Armors: Removed Looted Cyberdisc, replaced with piloted Gnomediscs (versions: 14mm, lascannon, 2xLauncher)
- New Weapons: Holo-Spikey, Warpcore Grenade, Assault HMG (gfx by RSSWizard)
- New Item: Purple Ribbon
- New Gfx improvements: Plasma Blades by RSSWizard, Annihilator armor paperdoll by Brain
- New Trainings: Basic Gun Training, Arms Authority, Pure Maiden, Codex Hero Trainings (x3)
- All trainings now properly include bonuses in their requirements for other trainings
- Palette replacements (normal, hot & cold) to Delicious Colors by RSSWizard
- Black Forest terrain less black, minimap fixed. Dungeon of Doom less black too.
- Urban Waste terrain slight improvements
- Hideout Detector changed to Pirate Radio, +75 Radar, fits BTX, moved down tech tree, req. for Car Thieves
- Freak Gals can now be converted to Brainers
- Heroes now all get +10 armor trait (when recruited) but no longer will ride heavy vehicles.
- Catgirls: removed erroneous extra +8 morale regen on all armors
- Catgirls: reduced Evasion on some armor from absolutely invincible to practically invincible
- Catgirls: reduced max VPWR from 100 to 75. Increased max VSKL from 10 to 65.
- Neko Armor Adaptations research cheaper by 60%, several armor research too, their trainings bit cheaper as well
- Neko Guerilla armor better Piercing resist, costs less Kevlar to make
- Brute 10% better Piercing resist, Annihilator 5%
- Updated Shadow-related NPC armors reg. Warp Damage
- Alien Gauss weapons buffed
- Golden Stormcannon buffed
- Ogre recruitment from free market limited to 1/month
- Piloted Tanks: armor reductions, HP buffs
- Several big melee weapons converted to range = 2 (great club, big bone, iron rod etc)
- Some rebalancing
- Small fixes, various terrain fixes, event interruptions fixes

Dang some of that sounds real good.  No wonder it's a major version!  Restarting again since I only got a few months into N3.1.3.

For something completely different... everyone remember the parrot we used to spawn with?  I found exclusive footage!
https://fxtwitter.com/CasualArtyFan/status/1627339713278365697

Edit: Aside from the new features, I actually really like that minor change giving range-2 to a few more large melee weapons.  I'm intrigued about the Ogre stuff too.

I'm narrowing my eyes with suspicion at the "pureblood" soldier type.  As one of the Mutant Alliance submovements states: WE ARE ALL MUTANTS.  Everyone on Earth.

[Robsoie]

If it's not related to the humanists faction, maybe this soldier type is about a creature entirely manufactured from some lab, not from a mutation of an existing creature ?

I'm so many versions behind i don't know about the current lore anymore in xpiratez.

[Dostoevsky]

I'm also curious about the nerf to tanks. I know there was general griping about tanks busting balance for a while, but sometimes I really need that tank crutch to get through certain missions...

That said, I quite like the restriction on heroes and vehicles - fits their schtick better while dealing with the balance issues of ridiculous stats in heavy weapons platforms.

Edit:

Spoiler: Some file-looking into purebloods - possibly spoilers (click to show/hide)

Ducked into the ruleset files out of curiosity, and it looks like purebloods are male humans with a higher initial (i.e. on recruitment) stat-line, particularly on the minimum side of things, but the exact same stat caps. Same armor options as regular males; not seeing anything exclusive for them. When recruited they come with a long knife, infantry laser with some ammo, and human defender armor. In other words, they've got better initial training than slave soldiers or mercs but they're still just male humans.

And... looking further, if I'm reading this right recruiting purebloods is mutually exclusive with contacting the Mutant Alliance. So this may be allying with the 'pureblood' cities (not actually pure of blood homo sapiens sapiens, but the rich bastards who consider themselves 'pureblood' per the existing Pedia entry) against the rest of the world that you're normally aligned with. Which sounds like a dumb deal, hah, as you're trading all the Mutant Alliance bonuses for... less incompetent raw recruits and earlier infantry laser rifles. And I guess not worrying about having to help the Mutant Alliance with terror missions.

[E. Albright]

Spoiler: Baseless speculation re: purebloods (click to show/hide)

My assumption was that the recruitable "apostate" was directly related to this - like, you're recruiting less fanatical humanist apostates who are willing to extend the definition of "human" to mostly-human-looking mutant variants. That said, adding any humanists into the mix seems like it'd really drastically reduce your "exotic" recruitment options - no lok'narr, gnomes, catgirls, ogres - and not just eliminate MA ties. Perhaps they're defectors, though, and won't be as picky about who they work with, and so the only consequence will be that the MA won't forgive you giving them refuge...

[ZebioLizard2]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

It's also possible that they're just the baseline starting package, and that as more updates come out they'll be given more stuff to work with.

[EuchreJack]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

You'll probably get to DO terror missions if you ally with the "pure bloods".

[Robsoie]

So you can ally with previous versions enemies now ?

Reminds me a bit of the 40k/Rosigma mod in which you can choose at some point to corrupt your imperial faction and become the enemy of the imperium.

[Dostoevsky]

Okay, still haven't actually played the patch but used the new 'out of game' XPedia2 to look into it a bit. It does involve the humanists, but it's not joining them. It's also definitely not early game. Overall seems pretty niche to me, but nothing wrong with filling out that campaign decision tree even more.

Spoiler: More pureblood stuff, and some spoilers (click to show/hide)

It's tied to getting Gudrun and getting quite a ways into ferreting out the humanists, so it's less about an alternative to the mutant alliance than it is burning bridges with them as it's unlikely one would get that far without at least temporarily aligning with them. Though the Mutant Alliance research says it disables this, so maybe you only get access to it by avoiding allying with the Mutant Alliance that long? Not sure.

At any rate, this means the gear they come with will be quite crummy by the time you're likely to get access to them, but at least they have better initial training? But you also need Mutant Alliance tokens to hire them, so they're not feasible to hire en masse.

Apostates look unrelated.

[Rolan7]

Formally allying with the Mutant Alliance has technically been optional for a while.  The actual research-gate is "Sci books" which they'll unlock for you, but there are two (three?) alternatives

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Researching a gnome (such as the "guaranteed" spawn from challenging Goblin Zaxx has sci books on the list, but they have a huge list.  So this is rather luck-based, mitigated by having a lot of brainers to clear the list.

The Database of Dr. X works just as well as the Alliance.  That means completing the X-Prison, which I think is the tricky "pretend to be captured" mission similar to the Reticulan labs.  I tend to put off the Dr. X stuff because she creeps me out and I RP the Castaways are terrified of confronting her.

"School books" items are a lookup of sci books... I didn't look up where they might spawn though.  Perhaps a very rare drop from mansions?  They're not Old Earth Books.

It's nice that there are alternatives to joining the Mutant Alliance, it makes me feel even better about always doing it

I'm not sure how well the engine can handle too fundamental an alignment-shift, because AFAIK it can't actually change the score-value for the various "enemies".  So you'll always lose points for killing Govt agents or free mutants (such as on the Eurosyndicate missions, which are essentially "do a terror attack" and penalize you appropriately).  And if you're on a battlefield with Humanists you'll always get points for killing them- as you should~

Interesting, though.  I also brushed up on the general lore a bit and was reminded that "purebloods" aren't just humanists, it's something 99% of the dummies in the cities call themselves.  The Damsel soldiers are also supposedly purebloods.  The files indicate that it has more to do with economic status than actual genetic "purity"- the peasants can't be purebloods because the city-dwellers need to be better than someone, despite almost certainly being low-level mutants themselves.

How many people are *real* "purebloods"?  Maybe the new content will help spell that out.  I still stand by "We are all mutants", though.

(The humanists have "super soldiers" who are OBVIOUSLY mutants, but that's okay because it was on purpose   The Enclave in Fallout 2 is similarly hypocritical)

[Dostoevsky]

Technically possible to stay away from the MA, yeah, but unless you really hate pogrom missions there isn't much reason to do it. (Not that I mind that, the MA are the closest thing to good guys in the setting.)

I think the engine could handle an alignment shift by having the relevant missions offset the score loss with mission score / specialized loot score.

And yep, pureblood is akin to 'rich blueblood' in the setting.

[E. Albright]

It seems like the easiest way for the engine to handle it would be by duplicating the enemies in question. I.e., you have one set of Humanists that show up if you're indy or MA, but another if you're playing footsie with the fascists.

[Robsoie]

Rosigma 2.1 for 40K OXCE got released, rather big
https://openxcom.old.mod.io/rosigma

Spoiler: changelog (click to show/hide)

UPDATE 2.1 NOTES:
**Requires OXCE 7.8. Works with 40k 034**

FIX:
- Removed redundant orbital strike handsprite.
- Hangar Requirement Issue for Outposts preventing buying of craft at outposts.
- Holographic Guardsmen are now immune to zombification.
- Wallfix, URBAN04.MAP
- Ammo sell cost update to fix a INFINITE MONEY exploit. Melta Ammo now less lucrative to mass produce. Trade goods profitabiltiy improved instead (outpost).
- Support Servitor, Chimedon, Castigator, Exorcist and Damocles turret energy regen fix.
- Adeptas autogun melee sound and animation now reference the correct index.
- Tarantula turrets can now no longer run around all willy nilly.
- Added Missing Kill Token rewards for Deathskulls Orks and the basic Ork Boy.
- Made the main menu art palette compatible with all submenus.

QUALITY OF LIFE:
- Streamlining of Guard armors in the store for Abhuman units using Flak/Carapace. Buy one type of armor and units equipping these armors will switch to the appropriate version depending on unit type. Reduces store clutter.
- Changed craft carrying capacity for HWPs, now using the more specific maxLargeUnits: function of OXCE instead of "Vehicles".
- Translatable script messages
- Improved Heavy Weapon Toolkit description
- Manufacture Categories implemented for many manufacturing projects.
- Valkia corpse naming clarified vs live captures.

GRAPHICS:
- Edited the RED palette to be more saturated at brighter values (top 8 or so). This means less pink Blood Angels, and more bloody gore!
- GIBS proof of concept for overkilling guardsmen with physical weapons. Splat! Limited to Flak Guardsmen right now. Expanded GIBS also include getting Necron Flayed and BBQ'd by Flamer weapons, leaving a nice ash pile.
- Added particle trails to Nurgle spit/puke and spewer attacks.
- More HEAT adjusting bigObs added for various plasma weapons.
- Various handOB fixes/improvements.

BALANCE/MECHANICS:
- Hologram Grenades can now be batch produced for 10 killpoint tokens per grenade (batches of 10).
- Infection Rebalance, Reduced the insta-zombification chance of most things across the board further.
- Slightly reduced the infection removal amount of the medikit heal function; now 5/10/20 instead of 10/20/30 for research levels 1 to 3.
- Added faction attribution to infection; units that succumb to player caused infection/corruption don't spawn hostile units.
- Slightly rebalanced several infection causing weapons; most notably gave the Plague Spewer weapon a snap shot.
- Friendly infected/corrupted units the player kills with "friendly" fire will grant the Emperor's Mercy; they will not turn into daemons on death.
- Devotion now affords protection from Chaos corruption/infection at a rate of 1% resistance per 2 points of Devotion above 50.
- Added rapid morale recovery for manned turret armors.
- Trading Outpost's trade goods now yield 10% profit rather than 5%.
- Lascannons now do gaussian damage rather than 50-200%.
- Large lascannon charge reduced to 5 shots down from 10.
- Tarantula turret base tiles added for Defense Corridor.
- Munitorium ammo piles health increased to 100. Will now die slightly slower to random hits. Also made infection immune.
- Standardized Shotgun buckshot to have extra Time, Energy and Stun damage.
- Standardized most fragmentation, krak, photon and phosphorous rounds.
- Frag, Krak, Phosphor and Photon grenade costs made sane.
- Normalized the heavy frag missile to the new standard frag munition conventions (debuff modifiers).
- Added Gaussian random type to many low fire rate lascannon style weapons (tl;dr less whiffing when hitting).

CODEX:
- QoL: Made Nurgle Cultists give another interrogation for free when interrogated.
- QoL: Made several Chaos commanders/leader give another interrogation research topic for free once researched.
- New Article for Pump Action Shotgun.
- QoL: Added information about Corruption/Infection mechanics to the Codex under the Help section.
- QoL: Made various Adeptas armor codex articles available from the start when playing as Adeptas (varies by strategy, but possible to get certain armors early vs when you can buy/build them.)
- Split Ork Kommandoz articles and created a new one for the Sniper variant. They share autopsy and corpse.
- Death Skulls research topics linked to Codex articles added.

ARBITES:
- New Pilot armor/unit.
- Moved Light Taurox to Mid-tier, Manticore to Ceramite tier.
- Arbites Taurox Turret gets more shots.
- Small buff to Enforcer Heavy Armor (and Shield version) front and side armor (+5).
- Arbites can now produce same drum ammo as guard can (shared weapons).
- Expanded PAINT IT BLACK, formerly green guard weapons are repainted into Arbites grey/black when used by Arbites.
- The Arbites Arvus is replaced by FAT ARVUS. Cousin of Little Arvus and formerly in the Italian Mob, Fat Arvus can carry 24 soldiers/4 2x2 units.

ADEPTAS:
- FIX: Moved Commandery/Landraider convoy to ceramite tier repentia
- Bloody Rose armor option now have unique (and very red) Inventory sprites. Bullying Leflair to sprite harder works.

ELDAR:
- Alliance mechanic now available to Guard as well as Arbites.

GUARD:
- Tauros 2x2 unit assets and armor code. Heavy flamer and heavy stubber options.
- Ogryns now have a basic default carapace armor that doesn't require manufacture. Manufactured Carapace rebranded as 'Reinforced'; most manufactured Ogryn armor given slightly better protection at the cost of more weight.
- Ogryns given 33% infection resistance.
- Chimera speed increased to 150 from 120.
- Commissars have improved Psi Defence: 50% of Psi Skill (100% for Lord Commissar) + 100% of their current Morale. Commissars also have 33% Intimidation resistance (50% for Lord Commissars).
- Added Ripper Gun armor piercing flechette rounds; intended to make ripper guns more viable vs mid-late game armor. Unlocked for purchase and manufacture via Ogryn Requisition + Mid-tier Guardsman research.
- Added manufacturing recipes for Ripper Guns, Ripper Gun Munitions and Mortar Rounds.
- Frag Mortar ammo added.

INQUISITION:
- FIX: Requirement for Corvus updated for inquisition use.
- FIX: Requesting Arbites Judge support now unlocks the bike bolter ammo.

ORKS:
- Added Bad Moons Ork race tag for relevant units.
- Added Death Skull research topics (interrogation/corpses).
- Deathskulls Big Mek added to Deathskulls lists. An enemy leader, it is armored with a Shokk Attakk gun that teleports Gretchins (inside you).
- Weirdboyz have visited the spa and gotten their legs cleaned up, new baby smooth skin inventory art.
- Added Bad Moon Mekboy Codex+art.
- Added Kommandoz Sniper battlesprite and inventory art+codex article. They now have their own armor with slightly less front armor and 10% greater fire weakness.
- Added Bad Moons Ork Boyz, Big 'Uns and Nobz. Slightly better armored and ranged focused (worse melee) than the Evil Sunz boyz, they'll hang back more. For now they've taken the Evil Sunz Ork Boyz place in the mid-tier Ork lists. Big 'Uns and Nobz are better armored and got even bigger guns, but similar role.
- Added Bad Moons Snazzy Shootas, equivalent to High-Grade Imperial guns, they currently come in 3 versions. A more accurate Shoota, a Kombi-Rokkit and a Kombi-Blasta (plasma pistol) variant. Bad Moons Boyz, Big 'Uns and Mekboyz uses the various versions to provide more of a mid and late game challenge once encountered.
- Created a mid tier Evil Sunz list, removed the Deffkopter from the Early Tier ork list (also Evil Sunz weighted).
- Added but not implemented fully yet, inventory sprites for:
Blood Axes Ork Boyz, Big 'Uns, Nobz, Kommandoz, Stormboyz and Meganobz.
Goffs Boyz, Big 'Uns.
- Expanded Ork Clan race lists and mixed lists will be implemented as we get these into the mod.

KHORNE:
- Expanded Khorne rampage and intimidation mechanics for units like Warptalons, Valkia, Daemons and Berzerkers. Intimidation = "Terrify". Khorne weapons updated for the mechanic. A character that is totally demoralized will take any overbleed as stun damage then stun overbleed is taken as health damage.
- Added resistance mechanics for intimidation.
- Juggernauts now have the Khorne rampage mechanics, heightened aggression and Psi Vision to aid them with their hunt. They now have heightened TUs, stamina and stamina recovery to match their distinction as a Khorne steed.

TZEENTCH:
- Tzeentch spell tweaks for Flamer and Glimmering One.
- Tzeentch casters now tend to use spells in lieu of guns; taste the Warpfire rainbow.
- More Tzeentch Spells added to Daemons and sorcerers.

NURGLE:
- Throw range for Nurgle spawner grenades capped at 20.
- Reduced infection ratio on some Nurgle grenades.
- Infection damage capped to a unit's maximum health; this generally means weaker units cannot spawn more powerful daemons when they succumb to infection/corruption. Low health units like guardsmen will instead turn into weaker poxwalkers, thralls and gimps.

There's also a fork of Rosigma called Rosigmunda that focus on creating a 40K Necromunda atmosphere and story campaign for the Judge Dredd Arbites faction :
https://openxcom.old.mod.io/rosigmunda