Listen, people, help me, pleeeeeaaaaase
I use Microsoft Virtual PC 2004, and have installed XCom-3.
Everything is fine... until the game starts!
I can only watch the intro sequence, that's all!!!
After it ends (or I press ESC), the game just exits without any messages!
I've tried to configure it to run without any sound, but the problem still remains!!!
On my virtual PC, I use Windows 95. I thought that's the problem, but even when I installed XCom under DOS, the game acts exactly the same way - just instead of quitting to the prompt, it causes a "Virtual PC fatal error (3)", which causes the virtual PC to reset.
When the game is being installed, all the requirements are ok - even the files/buffers and the CD-ROM speed!
I just don't know what to do...
My host OS is Window XP Professional (SP2). Under it the game runs much worse with the same problem!
This also relates to DOSBox.
The same problem everywhere - intro sequence is shown, but the game doesn't want to start!!! Not even the main menu...
Maybe the problem is that I don't have a real "X-Com Apocalypse" CD, so I use a grabbed CD image in a virtual CD-ROM drive created by Paragon CD-drive emulator??? The CD image was grabbed from an original CD.
That original CD had no problems while installing or running the game some years ago on a Pentium-166 with Windows 98 as an OS.