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I managed to get the Dos version to run on Dos Box... But I have not figured out how to get the sound to work. What settings do I need in the set up to get things working?

[Plato89]

Wow, this has to be the biggest thread I have ever seen on any forum alive! I found this game installed on my old desktop (still attempting a download on my laptop with little success) and I booted up one of my old saves.

I was playing for a few hours until I made it to an alien base. A bunch of lousy Floaters. I'm planning on nabbing a commander. Anyways, I had 10 Power Suited soldiers with Heavy Plasma just decimating these guys left and right, I think I only lost two soldiers, and one of them to bleeding out (I didn't know he was wounded till he died). I get to the command centre, with about five guys waiting below the grav lift, when the Floater Commander kills himself with a freakin Blaster Launcher! I see a rocket go around the room and blow the entire damn thing to smithereens, killing my chance at nabbing a Commander. All I really get out of it was some Alien Entertainment and some E-115.

[djurre]

Right. it seems to be crashing allot on XP.

What are the pro's when it comes to running it on dosbox? As i recall, dosbox interface is rather user-unfriendly. then again, i hear a new version is out.

[another_guest]

Pro's: I always had the impression the Dos version was more stable than the Windows one (though crashes could still occur) + Dosbox causes the game to run at normal speed.

You could always download D-Fend (google for it) which is an extremely user-friendly front-end to Dosbox.

[The Fifth Horseman]

Edit is not a part of DOSBox and TextEdit in OS X isn't seeing any text in UFOCD.BAT at all. How did you edit the batch file?[/b]

Change the extension to TXT, edit it and then change back to BAT.

What settings do I need in the set up to get things working?[/b]

Sound Blaster 16, IRQ 7, DMA 1, Adress 220.

As i recall, dosbox interface is rather user-unfriendly.[/b]

Install Norton Commander on it and it becomes surprisingly user-friendly.

[FoxURA]

I heard that there is an X-Com fan remake. Does anyone know where I can find it? So many different things come up on google that I don't know which one is what I'm looking for.

[Incappucciato d'Ombra]

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I heard that there is an X-Com fan remake. Does anyone know where I can find it? So many different things come up on google that I don't know which one is what I'm looking for.
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From that i Know there is at least 2 fan remake, one of this ( UFO Alien Invasion ) is already playable (IMHO, it's also very good :brain: ) but with some problem (for example : when i go on mission and enter the tactical screen, before that the mission beginnings i see a kilometric debug list but then it disappear and the death of the hated aliens can begin !! ).

Long time ago (1-2 year) i had found another remake, but i've lost trace of it. So I don't know if it's still alive and how much is developed

[The Fifth Horseman]

There's a metric ton of remakes going on out there... I remember at least five to seven last time I checked.

[GigaBass]

Say, I'm needing a bigger challenge for this game! Getting too easy

So, I'm gonna try pass the whole game on superhuman with only ONE man, if it's even possible (nothing's impossible), anyone else wanna take the challenge? This is gonna be fun

By the way, Incappucciato d'Ombra, quoted from the about section in ufoai.net, :

The game takes a lot of inspiration from the X-COM series by Mythos and Microprose. However, it's neither a sequel nor a remake of any X-COM or other commercial title. What we as a team wanted to make is a brand new experience that tries to surpass the quality of games from 1992, rather than simply recreate them with flashier graphics. [/b]

It's not quite a remake, more like a revamp (right word? forgot meaning but seems logical) I think... I'll have to try it, seems very good!

Would it be wiser to download the dos-version, if decide to run things on dos-box. or will that have no effect?