Re: X-Com Video Help

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From: roid
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 02:13

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"bigdinut" <bigdinut@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> Hey all,
>
> I very recently purchased X-Com Collector's Edition cd-rom at Software
Etc.,
> only to find that the video is garbled.
>
> I checked the Microprose site, only to find that it is now owned by Atari.
> I found support info for X-COM UFO, but no patch for the video.  Maybe
they
> just haven't got round to the patch for XP yet.
>
> Anyway, I got on dejanews and found a couple people talking about this
same
> problem, and some folks actually wrote little files to fix this stuff, but
> they don't work for me.
>
> Does anyone know how to fix this problem?
>
> I would appreciate any help you could offer.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Don in Utah


in windows try going into Control-panel then Display then Advanced.  then
look around for the "hardware acceration" slider (for me in win2k it's under
the troubleshooting tab).   turn the slider down and it may fix the problem.

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Subject: Re: X-Com Video Help
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