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[Titan]

About blaster:
I have a rule that never make the missile do too sharp turns.




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Alien

(Waypoint number , Hight)

[Jman4117]

Originally posted by Tulac@Apr 6 2005, 09:55 PM
I saw it on Abandonia- UFO was the name for the first game(this one) and XCOM for the second, so those were my confusing conclusions, thanks for clearing that up though, so which one is better the first or the second?

UFO = Europe
Xcom = America
Xcom = UFO
TFTD = Xcom 2

[axident]

Originally posted by Jman4117+Apr 7 2005, 02:51 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Jman4117 @ Apr 7 2005, 02:51 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Tulac@Apr 6 2005, 09:55 PM
I saw it on Abandonia- UFO was the name for the first game(this one) and XCOM for the second, so those were my confusing conclusions, thanks for clearing that up though, so which one is better the first or the second?

UFO = Europe
Xcom = America
Xcom = UFO
TFTD = Xcom 2 [/b][/quote]
TFTD = Terror from the Deep

[efthimios]

Yes, not shootin down enemy ships could be part of why I lost LOL.

Also don't forget that there is another xcom game, Apocalypse, which is a bit different than the previous ones but also very good and cool.

As for saving/loading, I save the game every turn in battles and every 2-3 weeks in geoscape. Not to reload if I lost soldiers/battle or something, but because I have in the past experienced crashes that I do not want them to ruin my game. :ranting:
I wish it had an auto save or it wouldn't crash at all. BTW, I have found a way to make it crash almost always during battle, if i have a tank, I click on it and instead of moving it I click on it again, guaranteed crash. :crazy:

[Jman4117]

The soldiers standing in empty space at alien bases his quite amusing also.... >.>

[another_guest]

Another thing to be careful with: let an MC'ed alien put down his grenades and such which he was carrying in his leg pockets. If you've got the misfortune of lacking the TU's to drop one of these items to the ground, you're stuck: you can't return the item to the alien's pockets where it came from.
Returning weapons to their hands seems to be working fine however.

[efthimios]

An update on the pauses I am having in the game.
I don't know how I missed it before.
The pause always happens right before the music starts the loop.
Perhaps I should disable the music or change the audio driver but I don't see any setup anywhere, anyone?

[BeefontheBone]

Originally posted by efthimios@Apr 7 2005, 04:43 AM
Also don't forget that there is another xcom game, Apocalypse, which is a bit different than the previous ones but also very good and cool.

And UFO:Aftermath, which the purists tend not to like so much, but I quite like.

Seems like a good idea to try killing the music. There should be an "install" or maybe setup program in the UFO directory where you can setup the music/audio. If you're running it in DOSBox it might be worth making sure you're using the exact same settings it's emulating before you disable the music altogether.

[efthimios]

I don't use dosbox. I have the gold edition, and there is no setup or anything close to that, unless it is hidden in like 5th subdirectory of graphics or something. :-(
I can't see any .ini or anything else either. :-(

As for UFO:Aftermant, I can't comment on that. I have a problem with the graphics of that game, well, the demo anyway, that apear strange, with strange graphics and fonts and occasional crash, so there is no way I am going to buy the full game. Not that I have the money for it now, but...

[The Fifth Horseman]

I also had the gold edition and same thing seems to happen. So I said to myself "Screw that.", got the DOS version and fired it up in DosBox. Smooth and nice since then.