Savescumming in XCOM 2
Does the seed generated that determines whether or not you hit an enemy, get a successful hack (with a bonus hack reward), or dodging overwatch fire) generate after you move or before you move, and is it random every time?
In XCOM: EU, savescumming was possible so long as you didn't move, as the seed was generated upon squad movement, and thus it was possible to reload saves over and over to get the desired outcome. Does the same hold true of XCOM 2?
Best Answer
I have noticed that the seed that gets saved in a save game is different than the one you had the first time. Here's what happened to me:
- Beginning of turn, specialist successfully hacks a tower, giving the entire squad re-stealth (iirc 54% chance)
- Moved another soldier. During the move, the game froze up to where I had to ctrl-alt-delete.
- Reload from auto-save
- Specialist can no longer successfully hack the tower. I spent over an hour trying different combinations of move this soldier here, move that solder there, going into the next turn even, specialist could NOT hack the tower again to save her life. After dozens of re-loads, I finally gave up and proceeded with the mission without the tower bonus.
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