<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(laiocfar @ Jul 2 2007, 12:44 PM) [snapback]297638[/snapback]</div>
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You do tried with the other executable? There are 2 of them one with an alien face icon (works properly) and another one with a sun icon (gives geoscape error). Anyway it could be a random hang since its the same error menssage. If you can copy the error menssage textual it would be usefull.
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I actually have the original (xcom:tftd) cd. It just doesn't work anymore.
It did work on this computer at one point while running compatibility mode, but no longer.
It comes up with the error saying that there has been an illegal instruction detected by the system.
This happened before compatibility mode after I took my turn and during the hidden movement screen.
After compatibility mode, this still happens, but only if I attempt to move a unit down stairs or off a balcony.
I reinstalled before and after I put compatibility mode on, but nothing has helped so far.
Then, I installed DOSbox, mounted to c: and all that. After I perform the sound setup, I try to start the game (in DOSbox.) I get a black screen with an error saying "Cannot open E:geodata\interwin.data."
I press enter and another error comes up saying "Cannot open E:geograph\geoboard.scr."
Enter again, "Cannot open E:geograph\texture.dat." This goes on for twenty or so more similar error messages.
Xcom now starts like it normally would, but with a few differences. The screen where one would usually choose the language no longer has the pic of an aquanaught fighting. Instead, it has a blue background, with a blue rectangle inside that, with four rectangles inside that. Each rectangle is outlined in pink. No text is visible. After clicking what would be English, another black screen comes up where the intro movie and game designer's name would have been. There is a small, pixelated blob of tan, blue, red, and yellow on the bottom of the screen.
I press esc to skip the "movie" and get the screen that normally asks if you want to start a new game, load, or quit to DOS. However, this is the exact same as the language screen, but three rectangles instead of four. If I select "load" or "new game", nothing happens and the game freezes. If I press "quit," I am sent back to DOSbox and the command console thing.
Are you able to download Xcom on this site and should I just do that and see if that works? I know it is not illegal to download a ROM of a game that you already own. Also, where do I download it?