Re: X-Com Video Help

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From: Frecklefoot
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 14:24

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"blackman" <blackman@beeb.net> wrote in message news:<c5mks8$fs8$1$8300dec7@news.beeb.net>...
> Think you need to run Dxdiag and disable DirectDraw acceleration to run the
> game. Also use a cpu slowdown utility (eg turbo, moslo) to prevent
> occasional crash.

I had this exact same problem, but it's really much simpler than that.
 Neorapsta was right: just go to www.xcomufo.com and get the patched
executables.  They fix the "stride" problem and the games work
perfectly (well the smoke still looks like bubbles, but the game is
100% playable).

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From: frecklefootSPAMMENOT@bucketobits.com (Frecklefoot)
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Subject: Re: X-Com Video Help
Date: 16 Apr 2004 07:24:01 -0700
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