FinalModPack_readme.txt

THE FINAL MOD PACK

by Open X-Com community
Collected by: Human Ktulu and Solarius Scorch
Nocturnal Productions

WARNING: Requires nightly build version 2018-04-28 or later! Get it from http://openxcom.org/git-builds/.

WHAT DOES THIS MOD DO?
It adds lots of new content: alien races, missions, weapons, maps, you name it. And everything was made by our community members.

WHY WAS IT MADE?
This megamod has two goals in mind:
1) To include as much extra content made by the community as possible without going overboard, as well as ensure that this content is balanced.
2) To make the game take longer, so that various tiers of equipment and aliens lasted long enough to appreciate them.

HOW DO I INSTALL THIS MOD?
- Open your "user" folder (normally Documents/MyGames/Openxcom, though it can be set up differently),
- Copy the entire Final Mod Pack folder to the "/mods" folder,
- Enable the mod from the Game Options menu.

If you have any issues, see the excellent installation video tutorial by Ivan Dogovich: http://youtu.be/L1WUpX9n7gY?t=22m36s


Also, if you want to enjoy an alternative set of custom sounds, get Daedalus' very nice High Quality Sounds mod for this pack at http://www.openxcom.com/mod/high-quality-sounds.

WHAT OPENXCOM OPTIONS SHOULD I USE?
- Please note that all weapons were balanced for "UFO Extender Accuracy" option turned on, since it makes combat more interesting and varied. You don't have to do it, but it's recommended.

HOW DO I PROVIDE FEEDBACK?
Please post any feedback - bug reports, tanks, criticisms, requests for enhancements and the like - on the following thread:
http://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=2027.0
Or simply in the OXC Mods comment section.

SO WHAT IS INSIDE, EXACTLY?
It can be split into two categories: content that was added from other mods (sometimes slightly tweaked) and the framework that makes it viable. For the former, check the list of included mods below; for the latter, it mostly concerns changes to the tech tree.

IS THIS MOD FOR EVERYONE?
No mod is for everyone, because some compromises always have to be made. For example, we do not include content that would invalidate any vanilla content, because we don't want to take away what people already know - only add new stuff. Therefore you may find that some of our decisions were not what you expected. Still, this is a monumental work adding and balancing everything, which you don't have to do yourself, so it's probably worth it!

IS THIS MOD COMPLETE?
Hard to say. The community still makes great mods, so something worth adding may come up, but at this point we're pretty much done. Nevertheless, we will still be fixing any new bugs and perhaps change things that are really unpopular.
If you want more of the same, please try X-Com Files - my next project, which contains the entirety of the Final Mod Pack and much, much more.

IS THIS MOD COMPATIBLE WITH OTHER MODS?
Generally, yes. However, since this is so complex, there is a significant risk that it will conflict with something else. It certainly works with all rulesets released with the game, like the XComUtil elements.
Before applying the mod, make sure it's not already included in the package! If it is, expect a conflict of some sort.

ANY TIPS ON HOW TO PLAY?
The only major difference between playing vanilla game and the Final Mod Pack is access to new research. The FMP tech tree relies rather heavily on live alien interrogation, so capturing aliens - especially higher ranks - is essential. Do not expect to get even to lasers without some investment in live alien capture equipment!
Also, build radars to cover all continents ASAP. The Men in Black bases are particularly nasty, since they may operate for months before discovering them.
Finally, prepare for a longer war than usual. This can't be finished in three months of game time, and I doubt you'll manage within a year.

WHAT LANGUAGES ARE SUPPORTED?
Currently, the fully supported languages are English (British and US), Russian, Polish, Hungarian, German and Japanese. Other languages are not supported, though some have random strings translated.

ANY FUTURE PLANS?
I will do maintenance on the mod, and might add something new if I feel like it, but no promises - I am working on some other projects (mainly The X-Com Files, which is Final Mod Pack's younger, much bigger sibling).

CHANGELOG:
: New Forest map. New Postindustrial map (by Dioxine). Fixed Auto-Cannon aimed range. Fixed an issue with Muton Commander corpse recovery. Minor fixes.
3.9: Streamlined Gauss and Railgun tanks' damage. Made surface maps taller to fit all buildings in.
3.8: 3 new Urban maps (by Dioxine). 1 new Rocks map (by Dioxine). 2 new Postindustrial maps (by Dioxine). 1 new Port map (by Dioxine) and enabled huge maps in the script. 7 new Commercial maps (3 by Dioxine, 4 by MeyMey) and enabled huge maps in the script. Unique sprite for Ethereal Commander (design by Christof the Improper). Tweaked URBANJUNKDIO_07 (by Dioxine). Fixed MILTECH tileset. Door improvements. Minor fixes.
3.7: Forest/Winter Marsh fixes (by Dioxine). 1 new Postindustrial map (by Dioxine).
3.6: 6 new Port maps (1 by Dioxine). 3 new Commercial maps (2 by Dioxine). 1 new Polar map. Removed duplicate strings. Fixed civilian list in Native Urban. Minor fixes.
3.5a: Minor fixes.
3.5: 6 new Industrial Slum maps (by Dioxine) and enabled huge maps in the script. 2 new Urban maps (by Dioxine). 3 new Junkfarm maps (by Dioxine). Various Junkfarm terrain updates. Improved diagonal UFO walls (thanks CrazedHarpooner). Port terrain fixes (by Dioxine). Minor fixes (thanks Meridian).
3.4: New Sectopods: Gauss and Railgun. Fixed a hole in the Skyraider. Terrain fixes.
3.3: 61 new countries. Updated globe map. New agent names. 7 new Port maps. 1 new Urban map (by Dioxine). 1 new Postindustrial map (by Dioxine). 2 new Jungle maps (by Dioxine). 4 new Port map variants (by Thallori). Desert stones are yellow. Fixed Trinidad position. Terrain fixes.
3.2.2: New Postindustrial map. Terror Ship map fixes. Fixed some Ufopaedia crashing issues on vanilla OXC.
3.2.1: Added forest roads. Fixed some more terrain generation crashes.
3.2: Added dog inventory picture. Fixed a rare-ish crash on terrain generation. Minor fixes.
3.1: Added analysis articles for all alien life forms. Synthsuit yields better bonuses. Alien Drones fly freely. Added Gravmodule stat bonuses. Hazmat is somewhat stronger. Auto Cannon fires 5 times on auto. HMG fires 10 times. Miniguns rebalanced. Plasma blades deal plasma damage. Fancier photonic blade effects. Flamethrower effects. Knives are faster and have sounds. Stun Rod is much faster, but no longer autohits. New MiB Commander sprites (by Brain_322). New Salamandron sprites (by Drages). New Juggernaut sprites (by Wolverin). Alien Drone weapon looks less like a laser. Alien Grenade and Elerium Bomb explosions are green. Added some new inventory pictures. Various armor tweaks and improvements. Soldier names code streamlined. Fixed Toxi-Suit palette.
3.0: New soldier nationalities: Afghani, Algerian, Australian, Austrian, Azeri, Belgian, Chilean, Colombian, Ecuadorian, Egyptian, Iraqi, Libyan, Lithuanian, Moroccan, New Zealander, Pakistani, Peruvian, Tunisian, Turkmen, Venezuelan. Expanded Cuban names. New Junkfarm/Native Urban maps (by Dioxine). New farm map (by Dioxine). New jungle maps and additions (by Dioxine). New 30x30 maps for several terrains. Renamed Plasma Blaster to Plasma Destroyer for clarity. New Ufopedia picture for the Skymarshall (by Nord). Better lift animation (by Brain_322). Better jungle trees (by Dioxine). Fixed Avenger/Dropship cockpit (by Buscher). Fixed outdated Postindustrial tilesets. Minor fixes.
2.9: New soldier nationalities: Armenian, Belarusian, Croatian, Cuban, Estonian, Faroese, Icelandic, Indonesian, Iranian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Mexican, Mongolian, Saudi Arabian, Senegalese, South African, Swiss, Tajik, Thai, Ugandan, Uzbek, Vietnamese. Some name files expanded. 4 new Jungle maps (collab with Dioxine). 1 new Postindustrial map (by Dioxine). Battleship walls are less transparent. Improved graphics for some ranked aliens (by The Martian).
2.8g: Updated the mod to fit the latest OXCE. URBANJUNK41 fixed.
2.8f: Less MiB missions. Grav module can be recovered from Waspites. Better Dart Rifle graphics (by Brain_322). URBITS tile 22 is destructible. Fixed Waspite research (thanks R1dO). Fixed Junkfarm terrain movement costs. Fixed Jump Armor sprite (thanks The Martian). Fixed position of HC and AC AA clips (by Brain_322). Fixed civilian corpses recovery.
2.8e: Fixed brain spawn on Cydonia. Fixed Floater's grav device color (thanks The Martian). Fixed Mogadishu location (thanks R1dO). Minor fixes.
2.8d: Fixed map sizes to prevent crashes on tall buildings.
2.8c: Improved Laser Rifle bigob (by Brain_322). Water pools slow you down. Fixed a random terrain crash on Desert Mountain Alternative. Minor terrain fixes.
2.8b: New terrains: Muddy Rocks, Arboreal Rocks, Chilly Rocks, Sandy Rocks, Sandy Rocks Alternative, Snowy Rocks, Tropical Rocks, Mountainous Rocks, Tundra Plains, Arboreal Plains, Muddy Plains, Chilly Plains, Sandy Plains, Sandy Plains Alternative, Tropical Plains, Wasteland (by Bullet Designer), Rice Farm (by the C.M.P. Team: Luke83, b__0 & Efrenespartano). Overhauled and expanded Alien Base. New Forest map (by Brain_322). Obliterator Autopsy picture (by Brain_322). Fixed some minor forest and swamp issues.
2.7c: Updated some Marsh maps. Corrected battlescape palette.
2.7b: Removed non-existing civilians from the Junkfarm terrain. Blocked checking unresearched clip values (by R1dO).
2.7a: Updated Forest Swamp. Fixed generation of Port with Pier (by removing the pier - not supported by vanilla OXC).
2.7: Overhauled Geoscape to tidy up some terrains. New terrains: Postindustrial (by Dioxine), Commercial, Forest Marsh, Native Urban. Fixed and improved Port (by Dioxine), Forest (many blocks by Finnik), Desert and Farm terrains. Enabled City terrain for UFO landings. Fixed some walking units floating a little over the ground. Removed an unneeded variant of Anthropod race.
2.6: New Urban blocks from Amuys and Sanya Skill Pro. Fixed a rare crash on when starting a mission on the southern hemisphere.
2.5: Removed all terrains made by Hobbes. Fixed DESERT14 map.
2.4: Added missing ranks to Cybermite and Holodrone units. Improved the armour of Gazer Commander. Added Globetrotter medal graphics (by Carfax). Added autopsy picture for Chaser (by Voidavatar). Fixed some terrain tiles (0 armour). Updated translations. Minor fixes.
2.3b: Fixed Obliterator research. Fixed Chaser commendation. Fixed XCOMBITS references.
2.3: New race: Chaser (sprites by Voidavatar and Finnik). New unit: Muton Shader (sprites mostly by Dioxine). New weapon: Death Disc. New Obliterator sprite. Some rebalances and fixes.
2.2e: New Hybrid graphics. New Jungle landing block. Overhauled bigobs to remove negative indexes. Increased Auto Cannon's aim range. Fixed FRNITURE death tiles association. Fixed some fences.
2.2d: Fixed some research related microbugs.
2.2c: Fixed incorrect terrain texture coordinates.
2.2b: Fixed a missing trajectory. Fixed a missing terrain.
2.2: Changed weights on terrain types (mountainous terrain is picked less often). New terrain: cacti-less desert (for outside of the Americas). New jungle map blocks. Hybrid convoys are now fixed missions (not UFOs). Repairing Stormtrooper armour no longer requires Alien Electronics. Fixed point value of the Scout Drone. Fixed Skymarshall map (by New Civilian). Minor fixes to maps.
2.1: Fixed a crash on Cerebreal attack. Fixed broken language files.
2.0b: Fixed recovery of X-Com armours.
2.0: Converted all GIFs to PNGs. Fixed (most of) broken palettes. Updated to the newest Commendations mod (v3.0). New shotgun handob. Translation updates.
1.9.8: Updated to the latest nightly build. Fixed Snubnose Pistol (was coded as two-handed). Fixed Elerium Mace. Desert terrain fix. Battleship fix.
1.9.7: Added MiB Psi-Ops. Commendations fix (by Kjotleik).
1.9.6c: Fixed faulty base map.
1.9.6b: Fixed alien base spawning. Fixed hair/skin colours.
1.9.6: Added Plasma Sub. Some new Polar maps. Added one Alien Base map. Fixed a bug with Alien Base terrain generation. Fixed Supply Ship maps (by Hellrazor). Additional translations by Kammerer and F.E.K.
1.9.5b: Fixed missing Desert maps.
1.9.5: Added Skyraider (is now starting craft). Added Dragonfly for the Men in Black. Added new city blocks by Civilian. Added new Desert blocks. Gauss Pistol fires faster. Smaller Rail clips. Fixed the Ufopaedia entry for Advanced Laser Weapons. Fixed a small error in the XBASS_09 map. Fixed a small error in the DAWNURBAN12 map. Cleared some problems with Men in Black corpses. Added Hungarian translation, by F.E.K. Two new mapblocks for Commercial terrain. Added new soldier nationalities and names.
1.9.4a: Fixed Elerium Mace graphics. Fixed a missing research for Obliterator.
1.9.4: Fixed SOLFOREST14 map (by Dioxine). Added Alien Subrifle. New Magnum sprite (by Yrizoud). Fixed some missing EN-US strings. Better Hybrid face, by Civilian.
1.9.3c: Shotgun rebalance, to make it less accuracate on longer distances. Fixed a critical bug with the Corridor facility crashing the game.
1.9.3b: New sprite for Sectoid Commander corpse (by Ivan Dogovich). Fixed some aliens not disappearing after research.
1.9.3a: Fixed Obliterators not appearing in missions. Fixed descriptions on basic sniper rifles. New railgun hit animation (by pWWWa).
1.9.3: Implemented Hellrazor's darkened (non-transparent) ship maps. Small update of rulesets to match the newest nightly.
1.9.2: Added Corridor facility.
1.9.1e: Fixed a critical bug with the Manufacture ruleset. Oops.
1.9.1d: Fixed a crash on some Forest terrains.
1.9.1c: Skymarshall is now actually made from alloys (credits to Xtendo-com for doing most of the work). 8 new Farm mapblocks, by Civilian. Fixed a bug with Blaster Bomb production.
1.9.1b: Gave Assault Rifle a much faster aim, but a slightly less accurate. Fixed LMG clip. Fixed some advanced craft appearing where they shouldn't. New Battleship variants by Cooper. New spites for the Assault Laser, more in line with other advanced lasers. Mutons sometimes get rocket hovertanks now, deal with it. Fixed Hovertank/Launcher appearing in the Ufopedia too soon. Fixed alien inventory doll issues.
1.9: New Cerebreal sprites. New Salamandron corpse floorob. New sprites for Chtonites too, since I'm getting rid of all TFTD sprites (Chtonite corpse made by Bloax, cheers). Chtonite terror units are Silacoids now, since I never really liked Tunluns and Silacoids fit this race perfectly. Personal Armour takes longer to build and is more expensive. Basescape palette fixes. Advanced X-Com craft repair is faster. New Battleship maps, by Cooper. Streamlined Farm terrain. Fixed one Forest Mountain map block (mountain cave with impassable entrance). Light Machine Gun Clip size increased from 30 to 40. Changed how Tank/Minigun ammo is handled.
1.8.1: Alien Laser Rifle Clip can now be used (but not manufactured) earlier. Increased firepower on Uzi and SMG. On Assault Rifle, autofire takes longer. Fixed Large Living Quarters palette (by R1dO). Fixed broken routes on some maps (with help from Hellrazor). New Reptoid sprites!
1.8: Added Commendations mod. Fixed a derpy landing on Slums terrain. Alien Habitat now sells for 280000 (was 100). Added some cities and fixed Kuwait City location. Auto Cannon Alloy Ammo is less powerful. Fixed many minor errors in various rulesets. Proximity Grenade requires Motion Scanner now. Fixes to Hobbes' terrain, by Hobbes.
1.7.3: Added Healing Spray, Stims and Painkillers (all sprites stolen from jackstraw2323's War of Shadows mod, though the first one was heavily altered, and floorobs were added). Updated Hobbes' terrains to the latest versions and added Slums.
1.7.2: Updated to match the latest nightly. Light Pistol also has aimed shot now. HandOb for Dynamite (by Dioxine). Fixed a bug with Plasma Blade being two-handed. Sniper Rifles have dropoff 3. Fixed Anthropod melee stat (was too high).
1.7.1: Added plasma blades, by pWWWa. Made the first Martian stage a bit more interesting. A small fix regarding blaster bomb production. Added a graphic file of the entire tech tree, by Meridian.
1.7: Modified the tech tree to make Elerium a prerequisite to all energy stuff. Better starting Melee for X-Com units. Fixed Canadian city spelling mistakes.
1.6.4: Fixed some globe map issues. New Chtonite death scream (taken from Daedalus' pack for the FMP - so I sort of canonized it). Fixed Holodrone's animation.
1.6.3: Integrated Luke's Extended Terror, modified by Hellrazor (under Urban Alternative). Gauss and railgun tanks ammo is cheaper to sell now. Added a Small Scout to the Alien Terror wave. Fixed a problem with Harvester maps (by re-applying maps by Grzegorz). Fixed a bug with catching Sectoid Guardians crashing the game. Added some missing listOrder flags for sorting research items. Some UFO map fixes (by Hellrazor).
1.6.2: Excavator and Labship route fixes by Hellrazor. Better autopsy pics by Mick the Mage. Updated Russian version by Kammerer.
1.6.1b: Fixes. Thanks, Meridian.
1.6.1: Fixed wrong clip being displayed for the Rail Rifle. Fixed a problem with incorrect laser names during research (WARNING: may require you to research them again). Fixed some incorrect Ufopaedia settings (items being shown too early). Split the ruleset by sections.
1.6: Updated to the newest nightly. Additions and fixes by Hellrazor: fixed an error with Fighter and some errors with Excavators, a better route network for the Labship, Fighter and Sentry, more Labship variants. Some changes to descriptions: MiB lasers are no longer called MiB, X-Com advanced lasers are called nuclear lasers, Raiders are now called Mixed. Fixed a bug with Scatter laser not requiring Elerium. Fixed a bug with advanced lasers being displayed in Ufopaedia too early. Added a dedicated Alloy Cannon image, by Mick the Mage. Added a big mall to the Expanded Urban terrain, by Civilian.
1.5.4: Some new race combinations. Improved Skymarshall (by Civilian). Russian language update (by Kammerer). Fixed broken Fusion Torch hit animation.
1.5.3b: MiBs are a bit more talkative. Got rid of Chryssalids on Mars (didn't make sense) and replaced them with Muton Commanders. Beautified the horrible vanilla Grav Shield map. Added and fixed many UFO variants (by Hellrazor). Fixed some errors with the tech tree (thanks Meridian). Fixed the mess with Plasma and Fusion weapons (thanks again, Meridian). Medi-Gas is more accessible now. Some surprise changes to alien races. Two new Forest maps. Fixed the Scout Drone's Strength problem. Fixed a problem with Avenger being available too soon.
1.5.2b: Skymarshall fix (by Civilian). Fighter fix. Language fixes.
1.5.2: More Fighter variants (by Hellrazor). More Excavator variants and fixes (also by Hellrazor, thanks man). Fixed missing strings. Fixed missing Ufopaedia description for one vessel. Updated Russian strings (by Kammerer). Fixed some Urban routes (by Dioxine).
1.5.1: Enemies should pick up weapons now. Trimmed the mod by removing unchanged vanilla maps. Fixed the super-secret mission sprite and toned down The Order members. Updated the Spanish and German translation (thanks Arrakis69ct and Buscher). Updated Hobbes' Terrain Pack to the newest version. Fixed Lab Ship map (by Hellrazor).
1.5: Updated to the new Openxcom mod engine. Some more string fixes.
1.4.1: String fixes.
1.4b: Added the AWACS mod, by redv (Hawkeye battle map by Dioxine). Added a Gauss Defences base facility. Added an E-115 grenade for the Grenade Launcher. Made a proper Scout Drone weapon sprite. Added some missing Elerium recovery options (Plasma Sniper Rifle Clip, Elerium Bomb). Fixed a small bug regarding Dart Rifle clips research. Faster minigun bullets. Tweaked some list orders. Updated the Spanish version (by Arrakis69ct). Some fixes to the Polish version.
1.3: Aliens can now use explosives from turn 1. Sniper rifles are now less accurate on extremely short distances. Fixed the ruleset to follow latest nightly.
1.2.1: Fixed a bug with Tank/Cannon being ultrahyperreactive. Added some useful info to the Ufopaedia for certain items (like whether a melee weapon adds the user's Strength to damage or how many bullets auto-shot fires). Updated Hobbes' terrain pack to the newest version (3.5.2).
1.2: All craft cost money now (because maintenance). Fixed the string with Stormtrooper Armour Repair. Scout Drone's Reactions brought up to 90, because it's so small and cute and inconspicuous, as well as made the smoke effect bigger. Enhanced Miniguns and Multi-Launcher. New icons for the Skymarshall (credits: Dioxine).
1.1.5: Blaster Launcher requires Psionics. Updated Russian version. Fixed a bug with Toxi-Suit Ufopaedia entry. Added an Ufopaedia entry for the new alloy scatter ammo. Added research for the Sectoid Guardian. Completely redesigned Dart Rifle tech tree. Updated Spitter screams (by Robin). Swapped Firestorm and Lightning on the tech tree. Firestorm now requires Alien Electronics. Rebalanced the Scout Drone. Plasma Casters are cheaper. Fixed broken graphics for the Cydonia squad (thanks pilot00 for pointing this out).
1.1: Made Alloy Cannon rounds ten times cheaper in money and twice cheaper in Alien Alloys. Increased defensive abilities of Cydonia (goddamn special Ethereals). New secret alien mission added. Increased Taser power from 38 to 44. Increased Tactical Sniper Rifle HE Ammo damage from 50 to 56, but with a small radius. Some new Ufopaedia pics for craft weapons (stolen from Piratez). Added scatter ammo made from Alien Alloys (it isn't visible in the Ufopaedia, because it's the fourth ammo type and only three are allowed). Railguns require Laser Weapons. Floater officers no longer leave separate corpses. Blocked inventory on tanks. Increased LMG's autofire range to 25. Added some missing city strings. Added special sprites for many alien ranks, made by Quinch. Fixed Skymarshall doors.
1.0.4: Raven now has an upkeep cost. Added openable side doors to the flying coffi- I mean the Skymarshall. Fixed some missing weapon deployments. Updated Hobbes' terrains.
1.0.3: Fixed fatal error on custom civilians dying.
1.0.2: Removed the Port attack mission, because it wouldn't work right. Its maps were assigned to normal terrors. (Warning: if you have a Port attack mission, this update will likely crash the game; edit your save first.)
1.0.1: Fixed the bug with Plasma Pistol not having properly limited range. Fixed a fatal crash with MiB Mansion. Fixed wrong display of the Alloy Knife. Fixed mission data (thanks, Meridian).
1.0: Added Juggernaut Suit (rough shape mostly by Dioxine, worked on by Solarius Scorch, hopefully will be improved). Added Toxi Suit (by trollworkout, slightly altered by Solarius Scorch). Added some Alien Base mapblocks by Luke83 and Hellrazor. Added a new alien weapon, Alien Laser Rifle (stolen from "War of Shadows" by jackstraw2323). Added Light Pistol (stolen from Dioxine's "Piratez" mod). Added some Ufopaedia descriptions. Added many new terrains by Hobbes. New Grenade Launcher sprite (by Dioxine). Better Excavator map (by Dioxine). Increased the number of item levels in deployments from 4 to 5. Gave plasma weapons some range limits (it's plasma after all). Increased SMG autofire accuracy. Increased the Battleship map, because it was too easy to storm. Better Flamethrower and Flamethrower Tank sprites (by Gifty and Dioxine). Recoloured Armoured Vest sprites by Dioxine, because he said they sucked dick. Moved armour adaptation and repair to a new "Maintenance" category. Snubnose is 1x1 now (and also sprite enhanced by Dioxine, at my request). Rebalanced all sniper rifles to make them fire for more TUs. Complicated research a little. Rearranged the Ufopaedia. Rearranged starting soldier positions in Ironfist, now the last two men are positioned next to the ladder in the back (code credits: Dioxine). Rifle fires faster in Aimed mode. Armoured Vest is way cheaper. Decreased Raven's max health. Fixed the bug with some railguns not requiring Elerium to produce. Added missing listOrder for the Synthsuit production. Fixed a crash when using the Rail Cannon. Fixed UFO not appearing on Native terrain. Aliens of the same race now should leave only one corpse type. Removed the "Alien Raid" mission. Fixed (hopefully) convoy trajectories.
0.9.9: Fixed the bug with UFO not appearing on some terror maps. Fixed the bug with some items visible in the Ufopaedia too early. Expanded the Russian translation by aleksandr777. Updated the mod according to the latest changes in the game (interception timers). Removed Antarctica from the region list to avoid crashing. Fixed a British English translation bug. Improved the Alien Data Slate sprite. Introduced railguns (high-tier Gauss weapons). Fixed broken Gauss Cannon ammo selling prices. Included Alien Grenade and Proximity Grenade handobs by CryptoCactus. Included many handobs by Ivan Dogovich. Added Synthsuit (sprite by Robin). Threaded plasma HWPs now have autofire.
0.9.8: Brought the mod up to the latest nightly, though it's still kind of a beta. Enhanced AK-47 and Grenade Launcher graphics (by yrizoud). Removed the CBASE option, as it was kind of unfinished. Updated Hobbes' stuff. Added some minor stuff to the urban terrain.
0.9.7.1: New Landmine graphics (by yrizoud). Fixed some units' height to make them not crash the newest nightly. Fixed Alien Drone hit animation.
0.9.7: Some more UFO maps added from grzegorzj's Yet More UFOs! collection. Some ruleset cleanup. Laser Cyberdiscs are now orange, with orange weapon sprite. Added Medikit hand sprite by Ivan Dogovich. Added some urban map blocks I made in spare time. Using MiB armours now requires MiB Activity researched. Fixed erroneus starting ammo. Dogs have Bravery 10 now and are more expensive.
0.9.6.1: Minor text fixes. Cerebreal Larva crash fix.
0.9.6: Added a late variant of the MiB (credits to Falko - Sectopod, Shadics - Power Suit and XOps - Stormtrooper Armour). Fixed prerequisites for Auto-Cannon and Heavy Cannon alloy clips. Armour translations stuff fix. Enhanced sprites for the Jump Armour (by Xeno Viper). Fixed a broken string for the AA Pistol Clip. TU cost for using knives is flat rate now. Laser weapons and the Fusion Torch are easier to develop. Rebalanced alien armours a little. Introduced Elerium extraction from alien clips and explosives (based on Falko's mod). Minor tweakings of alien races composition. Added Alien Raiders as a (unlikely) race for some standard missions. Fixed missing Assault Rifle description. Fixed Hovertank/Launcher Ufopedia page. Blaster Bomb costs 5 Elerium now, Fusion Ball costs 8 Elerium. Power armours and most tanks are now somewhat weaker to lasers.
0.9.5: Introduced various colours of Waspites. Fixed some bugs regarding new armours. Renamed Alloy Skyranger to Skymarshall. Gauss tank shells are cheaper. Added Assault Rifle (sprites by XOps, slightly altered) which uses Rifle clips. Modified Stormtrooper Armour - new helmet and is now black. Fixed Alloy Clip for the Rifle, as it had 30 bullets instead of 20 (why nobody has noticed this?). Updated Hobbes' Mission/Terrain Pack mod. Fixed the Muton Guard crash.
0.9.4: Finally coded the Alien Electronics component, necessary for building Sectopods and Stormtrooper Armours (and possibly more in the future) and only available by disassembling alien robots. Made Auto Cannon, Heavy Cannon and Proximity Mine researchable (but cheap). Added Tactical Sniper Rifle (sprite by Dioxine). Added Landmine (available to buy). Added new Stormtrooper Armour (sprites by XOps). Added Multi-Launcher (sprite provided by RSS Wizard). Added Advanced Rocket launcher (sprite ripped from Shadow Warrior, converted by Dioxine) that fires Large Rocket, Elerium Rocket (ripped from Xenonauts, converted by Dioxine) and Mind Guided Rocket (by Clownagent, formerly launched from Rocket Launcher). Added special sprites for Sectoid Commander (made by XOps), Muton Engineer (made by Dioxine) and Floater Commander. Added new Muton ranks: Praetorian and Guard (sprites by XOps). Added a machete for hybrids and other rabble (courtesy of Niculinux). Salamandron can bite now (beta feature, we'll see if it works properly). Shorter arrival time for craft cannon rounds. Alloy Sword takes more storage space. Elerium Mace a bit more accurate, but requires Alien Subjugation. Removed two faulty UFO maps. Tank/Laser Cannon is a separate (cheap) research now, because of new coding possibilities with the latest nightly that will soon be used. Updated Hobbes' Mission/Terrain Pack mod. Fixed a bug with drone smoke launcher. Fixed new UFO maps by Grzegorzj. More English fixes by Jayden.
0.9.3: Changed Scatter Laser's sprites to one drawn by Rockfish, because the former will be reused as something else. Some armour stats juggling. Corpse weights adjusted. Added Alloy Vest. Added Alloy Knife. Better image for the MiB Heavy Laser (by Dioxine). Made image for the Stormlance. Toxigun Flask can now be researched without the Alien Gardens tech (but not manufactured). Updated Dioxine's Improved Living Quarters mod to the latest version. Many English fixes, by Jayden.
0.9.2: Nerfed down the Absurdly Sharp Alloy Sword. Added the Laser Shotgun, by popular demand (sprite by Warboy, I think).
0.9.1: Hybrid research crash fix. Ironfist map fix. Hovertanks ufopaedia entries fixed. Added Improved Living Quarters mod by Dioxine and changed starting base layout. Added Alloy Sword by NeoWorm.
0.9: Rebalanced shotguns to make them more profiled. Fixed Stormlance missiles, so that they're no longer buyable. Fixed hybrids, who used to be heavily armoured for no reason. Updated Hobbes' Mission/Terrain Pack mod. Added Tactical Lightning mod by x60mmx. Added Ironfist Dropship by Solarius Scorch. Better Magnum sound.
0.8: Added Armoured Vest by Robin. Added Hybrid Race and Elerium Missile by Solarius Scorch. Fixed case-sensitiveness and some other minor bugs. Fixed the Scout Drone on Linux and made a bigob for it. Updated Hobbes' Terrain Pack to include a bunch of new terrains. Lasers require Elerium now to produce. Some cleanup of maps and listOrders. Tougher aliens appear later.
0.7: Added First Aid Kit and both X-Com Cyberdiscs Ufopaedia texts. Added Arthropod race by Robin. Added a missing Abductor file (OX_UFO4F.MAP). Fixed drone smoke pellets. Updated Hobbes' Terrain Pack to include the new Railyard terrain.
0.6.1: Added Elerium Bomb mod by Fatrat. Adjusted list orders. Tank/Rocket Launcher has Auto Fire option (2 rockets). Tank/Cannon has explosive rounds. Fixed some vanilla missions possibly not appearing. Hobbes' Terrain Pack updated to new version. Reworked flying armours for better logic. Added a Laser Sniper Rifle.
0.6: Many pictures added to the new alien research items, mostly by our very talented Vulgar Monkey. Gazer mod update. Fixed MiB tank.
0.5.6b: Minor fixes.
0.5.6: Men in Black updated. Labship and Sentry Ship maps fixed. Some work done on the laser tech tree.
0.5.5b: Lol, forgot the floorobs for the new lasers. Fixed now.
0.5.5: Added Expanded Ubase mod. Added Hazmat Armour mod. Added X-Com Cyberdisc (green sprite provided by Civilian). Changed Men in Black lasers to clip versions. Moved sprites to sprite sheets in order to save disk space and make loading faster.
0.5.4b: Oops, errors in the tech tree. Download this to be able to research important stuff.
0.5.4: Made personal laser/gauss weapons a bit easier to get. Adding size to X-Com corpses. Incendiary Grenades have larger blast radius. Fixed a bug with the Gauss Cannon Ufopaedia entry. Upgraded from newest versions of Hobbes' Terrain Pack and Solarius Scorch's Alien Armoury Expanded mods.
0.5.3: Actually adding the slate to the aliens' inventories lol, as well as to alien computers in bases (yay, new options), listOrder fix.
0.5.2: Introducing Alien Data Slates, maps update by Hobbes.
0.5.1: Bringing the mod to the latest nightly build (openxcom_git_master_2014_07_03_0820) - related to the change of original tech tree, Medipack crash fix, Scout Drone now shoots in arcs.
0.5: First release of the megamod.

DISCLAIMER:
All content belong to their respective creators, as indicated in the list of included mods. This is merely a compilation, binding this content together and balancing its stats to form a smooth gaming experience.
I did what I could to credit everyone properly, but mistakes happen. If your content is here and you are not credited, please contact me and I'll fix it really fast!

SPECIAL THANKS:
- Warboy and SupSuper, for bringing the OpenXCom project to life and suffering the modders' whining.
- Falko, for his invaluable ruleset and sprite tools.
- All the talented translators, including but not limited to: Aldorn, Bones, LouisdeFunes, MickTheMage, Nightwolf, Phobos2077, Arrakis69ct, Kammerer, Buscher, Rewkha and F.E.K.

Let us know what you think - we'll work on further improvements, after all this is the first release. But first and foremost, have fun playing this!
	- Solarius Scorch


---=== LIST OF INCLUDED MODS ===---

* Combat Knife, by Warboy1982
http://www.openxcom.com/mod/combat-knife
Adds a combat knife.

* Dart Rifle, by Solarius Scorch
http://www.openxcom.com/mod/dart-rifle
Adds a ranged stun weapon.

* Elerium Mace, by Tyran_Nick
http://www.openxcom.com/mod/elerium-mace
Adds a melee stun weapon.

* Flamethrower, by Dioxine
From the Piratez mod: http://www.openxcom.com/mod/piratez
Adds a flamethrower.

* Fusion Torch, by Ran
http://www.openxcom.com/mod/fusion-torch
Adds an advanced UFO cutter.

* Gauss Weapons (and a new craft cannon), by Solarius Scorch (GFX by GrandSirThebus)
http://www.openxcom.com/mod/gauss-mod
Adds gauss weapons for soldiers, tanks and craft.

* Grenade Launcher, by Warboy1982
http://www.openxcom.com/mod/grenade-launcher
Adds a grenade launcher with several ammo types.

* HMG, by Dioxine
http://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=1922.msg18049#msg18049
Adds a heavy machine gun with high power, good accuracy and poor mobility.

* Incendiary Grenade, by Simon-v
http://www.openxcom.com/mod/custom-grenades
Adds incendiary grenades.

* LMG, by Ryskeliini
http://www.openxcom.com/mod/ryskeliinis-guns-n-gadgets-1st-pack
Adds a light machine gun - stronger but not as precise as the rifle.

* Magnum, by Ryskeliini
http://www.openxcom.com/mod/ryskeliinis-guns-n-gadgets-1st-pack
Adds a big pistol.

* Mind Missile, by Clownagent
http://www.openxcom.com/mod/mind-missile
Adds a new rocket for the launcher that uses blaster launcher mechanics.

* Minigun, by Solarius Scorch
http://www.openxcom.com/mod/minigun
Adds 3 minigun weapons and a new tank.

* Shotgun, by Warboy1982 and Dioxine (a patchwork of their mods)
(no link available)
Adds a shotgun.

* SMG, by Ryskeliini
http://www.openxcom.com/mod/ryskeliinis-guns-n-gadgets-1st-pack
Adds a sub-machine gun. Brrrrrt!

* Sniper Rifle, by toshiaki2115
http://www.openxcom.com/mod/sniper-rifle
Adds a precision rifle.

* Taser, by Ryskeliini
http://www.openxcom.com/mod/ryskeliinis-guns-n-gadgets-1st-pack
Adds a stun gun.

* Alloy ammo, by Moriarty and Solarius Scorch
(no link available)
Adds alien alloy ammunition for all firearms (and a new craft cannon).

* HWP.rul, by Harry
http://www.openxcom.com/mod/sectopod-hwp
Adds Sectopod chassis to be used by X-Com.

* Scoutdrone.rul, by Arpia
http://www.openxcom.com/mod/scout-drone
Adds a small scouting vehicle.

* First Aid Kit, by Yrizoud
http://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=1782.0
Adds a big, heavy medikit (the vanilla medikit must be researched).

* Plasma Beam Mod, by Solarius Scorch
http://www.openxcom.com/mod/plasma-beam-mod
Modifies Plasma Beam craft weapon so that it uses Elerium-115 as ammunition: each shot costs one Elerium. "Ammo" capacity was also decreased from 100 to 50 shots.

* Alien Melee Stat, by Solarius Scorch
http://www.openxcom.com/mod/alien-melee-stat
Changes Melee stats of aliens to more reasonable values.

* Alien Armoury Expanded, by Solarius Scorch
http://www.openxcom.com/mod/alien-armoury-expanded
Adds new weapons and UFOs, as well as makes the aliens retain their smaller weapons throughout the game.

* Alien Inventory Mod, by Cyrix
http://www.openxcom.com/mod/alien-inventory-mod
Adds inventory pictures for mind-controlled aliens.

* Laser Sectopod, by Louis de Funes
http://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=1958
Changes Sectopod weapon description to laser, according to the lore.

* Muton Commander, by Phaedris
http://www.openxcom.com/mod/muton-commander
Adds Muton Commanders and Muton Leaders (as in the game intro).

* Recycled Alien Collection, by Solarius Scorch and Civilian
http://www.openxcom.com/mod/recycled-alien-collection
Adds new aliens, using recoloured sprites from X-Com: Terror from the Deep.

* Stun Grenade, by Murmur
http://www.openxcom.com/mod/stun-grenade
Allows converting stun bombs to stun grenades.

* Men in Black, by Robin
http://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=2180.0
Adds a human faction to fight with.

* Gazer Alien, by Robin
http://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=2180.0
Adds a new alien race.

* Cover Alien, by Robin
http://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=2180.0
Adds a new alien race, based on the game's cover art.

* Anthropod, by Robin
http://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=2180.0
Adds a new alien race, inspired by the X-Com: Apocalypse.

* Alloy Skyranger Mod, by Civilian
http://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=2048.0
New Skyranger map (+2 capacity).

* AlloyCrafts, by The Old One
(no link available)
New variants of Interceptor and Skyranger.

* Raven, by MickTheMage
http://www.openxcom.com/mod/raven-interceptor
Adds a new fighter plane.

* Sentinel, by Warboy1982
http://www.openxcom.com/mod/sentinel
Adds a new fighter plane.

* Thunder mod created by Tyran_Nick
http://www.openxcom.com/mod/thunderstorm-interceptor
Adds a new fighter plane.

* Firestorm Restyle, by Shadow
http://www.openxcom.com/mod/firestorm-restyle
Effectively, adds a new fighter plane.

* Alien Base Cave, by Civilian
http://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=2091.msg20402#msg20402
Adds a new type of alien base.

* Alien Base Addon Terrain, by Civilian
http://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=2082.0
Adds new mapblocks to the alien base.

* Farm Addon Terrain, by Civilian
http://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=2082.0
New barns and stuff.

* Reproduction, by Warboy1982
http://www.openxcom.com/mod/alien-reproduction
Allows access to the alien reproduction research topic.

* Weapon Sound Variety, by Tarvis
http://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=2045
Adds more varied plasma sounds.

* Expanded Terror, by Luke83
http://www.openxcom.com/mod/lukes-expanded-terror-mission
Adds new city mapblocks.

* Luke's Extra UFOs, by Luke83 and TurkishSwede
http://www.openxcom.com/mod/lukes-extra-ufos
Adds new UFO maps.

* MediGas, by Roxis231
http://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=2446
Adds grenades to knock out aliens.

* Grav Armors, by Clownagent, Moriarty and Solarius Scorch
http://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=2465
Adds new flying armours, as well as mechanics for repairing damaged armours.

* Tank.rul, by Arpia
(no link available)
Adds more tank types.

* Firestorm Gfx, by Tyran_Nick
http://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=1435.0
Changes the Firestorm picture.

* Hazmat Armour, by Solarius Scorch
http://www.openxcom.com/mod/hazmat-armour
Adds a fireproof armour.

* Expanded U_Base, by Luke83
http://www.openxcom.com/mod/expanded-ubase
Adds new alien base blocks.

* Elerium Bomb, by Fatrat
http://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=2561.0
Adds new ammo type for the Small Launcher.

* Armoured Vest, by Robin (reskinned after Ryskeliini)
http://www.openxcom.com/mod/armored-vest
Adds a buyable starting armour.

* Ironfist Dropship, by Solarius Scorch
http://www.openxcom.com/mod/ironfist-dropship
Adds a new troop transporter.

* Tactical Lightning, by x60mmx
http://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=2634.0
Makes the Lightning a bit more useful.

* Improved Living Quarters, by Dioxine
http://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=2806.0
Adds bathrooms to Living Quarters and a new, large type of Living Quarters.

* Alloy Sword, by NeoWorm
http://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=2819.0
Adds a new melee weapon.

* Break 2 Elerium, by Falko
http://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=2055.0
Enables disassembling alien clips and explosives for Elerium.

* Improved HandObs Pack v.1.1, by Ivan Dogovich
http://www.openxcom.com/mod/improved-hand-objects
Adds hand objects for many vanilla items.

* Grenade Handobs, by CryptoCactus
http://www.openxcom.com/mod/grenade-handobs-blue-smoke-grenades
Adds hand objects for Alien Grenade and Proximity Grenade.

* Toxi-Suit, by trollworkout
http://www.openxcom.com/mod/chemical-thrower-toxi-suit
Adds a Toxi-Suit.

* AWACS, by redv
http://www.openxcom.com/mod/awacs-aircraft
Adds three radar aircraft.

* Plasma Melee Weapons, by pWWWa
http://www.openxcom.com/mod/plasma-melee-weapons
Adds a plasma knife and a plasma sword.

* Commendations, by Shoes & Ivan Dogovich
http://www.openxcom.com/mod/commendations-ufopedia-mod
Adds medals and decorations that are awarded to X-Com soldiers based on performance.

* Extra Battleships, by Cooper aka Jotai
http://www.openxcom.com/mod/extra-battleships
Adds new alien Battleship maps.

And various graphic assets from various talented people, most notably:
* Vulgar Monkey
* Dioxine
* Civilian
* Rockfish
* Ryskeliini
* XOps
* Quinch
* Meridian (tech tree graph)