I've run ufo.exe, and it works, the screen is just off center and its a pain because I cant see half the buttons, or see which soldier is which. Is there any way to get a version that will run in dosbox?

Just search around for a DOS version.

What's the best way to train soldiers?

You mean increase their stats? Well, it depends on how much you use them. For instance, the more a soldier fires, the more its firing accuracy increases when he's promoted. Or the more he throws, the more throwing accuracy he gets. Or the more he carries, the more strength he gets. Etc.

Basically, just overwork them on the skills they lack ;)

Yeah, and make sure they don't run so that they get better bravery, of course.

Hi,

Im trying to play xcom and it keeps crashing whenever I go to begin a mission after ive shot down a ufo, it happens every time, it just blacks out and comes up an error message about ufo encountering an error.

What can I do?

I really want to play but this is stopping me from doing anything, plus I save my game so I can load up again just before the error but when I go to load the game it isnt there, how comes I cant save either?

Please help me out.

Thanks. :D

I think that you have to be careful about your shortcuts etc. (although I might be wrong). Run X-COM from it's own directory, not of the desktop and you should be fine, and don't move the folder after you've unzipped it.

Hope it helps.

Maaan, all this talk of this game is giving me a ...as the southern people say, a "hankering" for it. Heh, and I just got done installing Diablo (1) because I had a "hankering" for it too! Bah I hate wanting to play two diffrent games. I have a thing where I like to be focused on only one game at a time, I can't play two diffrent games at "once" (You know what I mean "at once", not at the same moment, but...eh, your smart, you understand.) If I start a new game, I have to quit my other game first. Ahh well. :D at least I have this game to look forward to when I get done with Diablo! (Unless my CD1 of Baldur's Gate 2 becomes magically uncracked heh)

For going into a mission, check if the folder MISSDAT exists inside the game directory. If not, create it.

For saving games, check if the folders GAME_1, GAME_2, GAME_3 ... GAME_10 exist inside the game directory. If not, create them.

what I need to get Cydonia position?I checked alien base but i found no commanders.are they in every base?