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[da_Russia]

Hello, folks!
I have been enjoying this game back in 1997-98, and now I want some more action, but I'm facing real problems since I'm using Win XP SP2, AMD Athlon 64 3000+ CPU, USB mouse and a Creative SB X-FI soundcard.
I downloaded DOSBox and it solved some problems -- now I can at least install the game from my old CD and watch the intro movie (mouse is detected while installing, and sound is perfect as well), but I'm getting kicked back to the command prompt right after the intro ends.
Does anyone have any clue what else I can do to start playing? I will be very grateful!
I'm sorry if a similar issue has already been discussed - I tried, but couldn't find it in this thread.

There is something i need to know about the download of X-com apoc on Abandonia. Maybe some of you eggheads know.


First up, This is the europe version of the game, am i right (The US version has some crappy Green pic on the main menu, the europe version is a Red BG with a large flaming X on it)

Second, does the download come with working music or Intro movie?

Third, is there less bugs and mess ups with this version than the "Limewire" version i got a few years back. (i use VDMSound and win95 Compatability mode, but after a bit either it quits the game with no errors when i go back from a mission to cityscape or i get a load of blue ms-dos text and locks-up my computer)

Kudos to whomever tells me what i need to know.

[Roadkill]

there may be a full version out there on Limewire with music & sound... you will have to search for one with a .ISO filename (a disk image) then copy it to a cd with nero or make a disk image of it. It's well worth the trouble too, dont know how anyone can play this game without the ingame music, thats like eating a christmas dinner without the turkey.

Oh yeah

Da Russia - something simular happened to me in the past, try running the game in dosbox without sound or music (just for a test) if it works past the title screen then I reccomend using VDMSOUND and changing your sound settings to sound blaster 100% compatible... Also download something called Mouse2KV -search for it in google, the mouse wont work properly under VDMsound otherwise. Ive explained how to use them in conjunction a few messages up. Hope it helps.

[da_Russia]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Roadkill @ Sep 2 2006, 03:05 PM) [snapback]252446[/snapback]</div>

Da Russia - something simular happened to me in the past, try running the game in dosbox without sound or music (just for a test) if it works past the title screen then I reccomend using VDMSOUND and changing your sound settings to sound blaster 100% compatible... Also download something called Mouse2KV -search for it in google, the mouse wont work properly under VDMsound otherwise. Ive explained how to use them in conjunction a few messages up. Hope it helps.
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Thanx m8, used vdmsound and no cd utility -- now the games works fine. Oh, and btw, my mouse is alright even without the program you mentioned. It's just a lil' slower than in XP, but since I have a Logitech G7, I just increase it's resolution to 2K dpi and it's perfect.

[The Fifth Horseman]

Second, does the download come with working music or Intro movie?[/b]

Nope.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(the_fifth_horseman @ Sep 4 2006, 11:04 AM) [snapback]252679[/snapback]</div>

Nope.
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I downloaded the version here at abandonia and your half right, There is an intro (which i love) but no music):

I loved some of the combat music in x-com apocalypse.

With the downloadable music on abandonia, could you put the music in the game, or is there a raw data file the game needs for it?


Also, does someone also get a weird Ms-dos copy protection error in blue text sometimes? I get it after about 10-12 combat missions

[Eagle of Fire]

The music, like in most games, been ripped off to keep the size of the download as small as possible. If you really want the music, I suggest you find an .iso version and mount it with DOSBox.

[Roadkill]

Something wierd has happened during the course of the game

for some reason, Psyke, Orison , Marsec and a few others wont let me bribe them anymore, As you know at some point in the game when you re forced to use serious arsenal against alien ships... some do go off course and hit other buildings (even if you set your vehicles to low altitude), hence you have to pay a fee in the diplomacy screen to get them from 'hostile' to 'Neutral' again.

Every time I try and bribe them they say the same thing the cult of cirus says ' Negotiations are impossible ...blah.. blah ..blah until you stop atacking alien friends blah... blah'
But these organisations have not been taken over by the aliens... and I can still even buy stuff from them (eg... incidenary grenade)

if this carries on I'm going to have alot of hostile organisations that I cant bribe and basically am going to be in the crap come near the end of the game. :tai:

Any ideas where I can find a diplomacy editor (I've checked google but no luck) or any idea how to fix the problem?
(I repeat, these organisations have 0% infiltration, they are not under alien command but still show the same message the cult of cirus displays when trying to negotiate with them :blink: )

[The Fifth Horseman]

I remember reading a guide on editing diplomacy, but it was supposedly fairly complex. Gonna have a look on what exactly was going on.

[laiocfar]

Roadkill, you can try by attacking unusefull organizations like the Grav League. This wouldnt prevent the ocassionals raids agaisnt your infrastructure. Anyway you only can count with the selfdenveloped or the Megapol weaponary....
Aaahhhh, i forget you must get your own income by selling loot or selfmade equipment and weapons. The Senate will be out of founds in some time.