That said, seeing a video from my 2016 self has thoroughly ruined me on this page, so

At somepoint im gonna to play the modded Aliens Colonial Marines. Now the AI bug is fixed (most famous typo in gaming history).

Inside your games config file (My Document\My Games\Aliens Colonial Marines\PecanGame\Config\PecanEngine.ini) is the following line of code :

ClassRemapping=PecanGame.PecanSeqAct_AttachXenoToTether -> PecanGame.PecanSeqAct_AttachPawnToTeather

Im sure you'll notice the spelling mistake

ClassRemapping=PecanGame.PecanSeqAct_AttachXenoToTether -> PecanGame.PecanSeqAct_AttachPawnToTether

If you fix it to look like the above and then play the game, the difference is pretty crazy!

Why is this line important? There are two reasons :
1) AttachXenoToTether doesn't do anything. Its basically empty or stripped
2) AttachPawnToTether does ALOT. It controls tactical position adjustment, patrolling and target zoning

When a Xeno is spawned, it is attached to a zone tether. This zone tells the Xeno what area is its fighting space and where different exits are. In Combat, a Xeno will be forced to switch to a new tether (such as one behind you) so as to flank, or disperse so they aren't so grouped up etc. (*disclaimer* this is inferred opinion, I cant see the actual code only bits)

Whenever the game tried to do this, nothing happened. Now it does!

Anyway thats fixed and the shooting is fixed. Originally the bullets from guns would end up where the barrell of your gun was pointed on screen not where the reticle was. Anyway this is on pc, so i will get at somepoint.

Restarted this also.

Still on the medical section, christ.

It is as if i have an open packet of jerky in my pocket.

g.man wrote:

I can't lie to you about your chances, but... you have my sympathies.

RIP

Medical is a bit of a hump. Those dumb fucking ceiling vents are the worst. Once you get past medical it’s largely plain sailing, but that area is very twisty and knotted.

Feck i was doing ok, only 1 death upto mission 6. Then the fecking alarm goes off, almost completed the level but the bitch stabbed me in the back with elevator in site. Subsequent goes died, died and died.

Fecking alarms...

" where am I bitch?" " that's a noise maker duuurr"

Jesus fecking christ this mission (10). Done aload of stuff though i would go to the save point, as i save the game and turn around i see the alien in the room with her back to me. Just managed to sneak out and into a locker. Fuck. This is by far the worse mission so far. Its nerve shredding. I think i need to go for a poo.

hylian_elf wrote:

Wow, haven’t been in this thread since 2014. First post I see is Tempy’s mini-review. I trust his judgment somewhat and maybe I should play this some day.

It’s genuinely one of my highlights of the gen.

One of the reasons I'm glad the edge room is gone. I genuinely dislike 2006 me. I know I'm still insufferable to other people on here but at least I am *more* comfortable with myself on here

It wasn’t an in depth review as such that I just chanced upon. More a small para or two.

That's how it works with the Blair Witch Project.

Moot_Geeza wrote:

That's how it works with the Blair Witch Project.

Was that supposed to be scary?