There is plenty of missions that are 'full salvage'. it has to be this way or you get too much tech to quickly

Originally posted by Element UK:

There is plenty of missions that are 'full salvage'. it has to be this way or you get too much tech to quickly

Which ones? As for the moment I've found none besides the first mission. Not even the destroy alien transmitter drops alien corpses to collect.

I'm not complaining, but I am curious as I'm unable to research the Advent officer (despite dialog saying I have one, but there isn't one in invintory) and due to certain other mods I have, I'd love to gain some special alien research.

Either that or I could install the mod Extract Corpses: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=766512413&tscn=1499714853

Same problem here. No bodys or drone wrecks to recover no matter what mission I do.
Sounds like a bug to me.
Otherwise please state the missions with full salvage and I check and if there isn't a drop I'll provide evidence for a bug report.

I use the mod "Extract Corpses" for that. Let's you carry dead enemies out.
I see it like that:
If my head scientist wants to do an autopsy, I'm not waiting for the corpse do get delivered to my doorstep. I bring it in myself :)

@mister.hyde

Haven Defense, Supply Train Ambush and I'm fairly sure there is one additional type.

To be honest, even the FULL SALVAGE in the little note is not a sure thing. There's a RNG formula in the coding for the missions to simulate the 'wholeness' of corpses, i.e. mangled to the point of being completely unusable.

It takes into account how much grenades and similarly destructive weapons were used to kill said units. If the damage dealt reaches a certain threshold (haven't found that yet), the corpse is considered unsalvageable.

So, its not really a bug, but a game mechanic to further simulate the trials of fighting a war.

In my current campaign, I got my first full salvage mission about 6 months in, so no worries if it takes a while for those missions to pop up.

Basically, every mission from which you have to evac your soldiers (and the Gatecrasher-style sabotage missions) will NOT drop any corpses. Simulating the fact that you have no time to collect anything when you have to rush out of your AO under enemy fire, I guess.

Missions that will ALWAYS drop corpses are Ambush ADVENT Supply Convoy/Train, Defend Resistance Supply Convoy, Defend Resistance Haven, Ambush Enemy Troop Column and Assault HQ.

Needle Grenades perk for the Grenadier also preserves corpses, not just loot drops.

A real body-snatching bug (dunno if it's another mod in list or maybe if that got fixed in the recent update though) is that hacked MECs, Drones etc do not drop a body if they are still hacked on mission end. Even if you kill them while they are hacked, the corpse does not show up on the loot list.

Hello everybody. I read on this here and there and it seems to me like this may be bugged? I just did a Defend Supply Convoy mission, didnt use nades on everybody and nobody died from fire, but i still dont loot any corpse at the end of the mission. Just like someone said before, the scientist say i have to autopsy the captain but i dont even have the corpse he is talking about?

I resetted my .ini files and unsub/sub (like it is mentionned in the description of the mod) but it doesnt fix the problem. I understand corpse should be harder to get and i do like it but its true some things are unconsiderate. Anyhow, this seems like a bug to me because people are mentionning the mission i am doing as one i can loot corpse from but i dont loot and thing

Someone have an idea?