Re: Patched X-COM complete collection works under Win XP :D

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From: Anssi Saari
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:33

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Mark Morrison <blank@aol.com> writes:

> Not to mentioned the night missions, when you forgot to load flares
> :)
>
> An acceptable substitute is a rocket laucher with the incendiary
> rockets - they light up a field nicely  :)

Autocannon works too. Playing with fire you even get alien barbecue by
accident. My favorite kill :) But watch out for the fires, your own
guys may get cooked too.

> Would look fantastic on modern PCs with real time shadown flickering
> on the walls.

Yes. As I recall the game is somewhat limited on how many tiles can
actually be on fire. If it's maxed out, new fires won't start.

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From: Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi>
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Subject: Re: Patched X-COM complete collection works under Win XP :D
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