[OT] Xcom UFO Defense

leo1434 · #1 October 5th, 2003, 06:10 PM

Hello to all:

Erax: I answered you PM, check, please.

Everybody: I will upload a txt listing of the contents of my X-Com collection CD, just in case anyone wants anything I can send.

Volunteering: Anyone willing to help in my Mod project?? (see my previous post, about what has been done and what�s needed.

For an excellent page about X-Com modding, see:
http://members.aol.com/stjones/xcomutil/

ZeroAdunn · #2 October 5th, 2003, 07:48 PM

Argh, I can't get it to run, I downloaded the software, and I think I have it set up correctly, but when I got run it, Dosbox just freezes.

Phoenix-D · #3 October 8th, 2003, 01:00 AM

FYI, you can get X-COM running in XP without dosbox. Don't know about windowed mode though; you just have to go into dxdiag and disable DirectDraw until you're done playing.

ZeroAdunn · #4 October 8th, 2003, 08:19 AM

I got it running....

Oh yah, love X-com (hate the fact that it ends

)

I love how reallistic it is. If you don't do your job well because you don't have enough resources, they cut your funding

And unarmored soldiers actually die in one hit!

X-com is possibly one of the best games of all time. I just wish they would make a decent sequal, or remake. That is like the originall only longer and with more stuff.

Unknown_Enemy · #5 October 8th, 2003, 09:50 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Phoenix-D:
FYI, you can get X-COM running in XP without dosbox. Don't know about windowed mode though; you just have to go into dxdiag and disable DirectDraw until you're done playing.

Indeed, but the problem arise when you have a monitor which is not able to run on a resolution lower than 640*480.And the game in windowed mode looks much prettier...

By the way, I had several looks at the UFO Aftermath forum. Seems the game is quite buggy. Seems Germany and UK are bearing the 1rst wave of release which are completely bug ridden.
An emergency patch was published straight out the door a few days after launch. While it can be argued that it should not have been needed, I believe it is a good sign. It means we are not seeing another UBI-Soft, a well known publisher to throw out games in the wild and not supporting them at all.

And despite the bugs problems, I feel the game is worth interest.

[ October 08, 2003, 08:55: Message edited by: Unknown_Enemy ]