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7 total messages Started by Terry Mon, 06 Dec 2004 18:11
Crash
#35846
Author: Terry
Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 18:11
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Hi all,

I've been playing the X-Com Gold version from the underdogs site on my
system which runs on Windows XP. I've had relatively few problems, but
have consistently come up with a problem of random crashes happening,
usually when I go to enter a mision screen.

I've reloaded the game from various save points, but each time once I
got to a certain point in the game it will crash for no apparent
reason.

Is there any solution to this problem? I'd rather not have to start
the game over again.

Thanks
Re: Crash
#35847
Author: Micah
Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 22:18
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There are a couple of patched executables which solve most of the crashing, 
among other miscellaneous bugs. One example is the ET version, which can be 
downloaded here:
http://www.xcomufo.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=4469



-Micah
micahdg@xcomufo.com
www.xcomufo.com



"Terry" <dulac3@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
news:3ee6ab89.0412061011.4a31389f@posting.google.com...
> Hi all,
>
> I've been playing the X-Com Gold version from the underdogs site on my
> system which runs on Windows XP. I've had relatively few problems, but
> have consistently come up with a problem of random crashes happening,
> usually when I go to enter a mision screen.
>
> I've reloaded the game from various save points, but each time once I
> got to a certain point in the game it will crash for no apparent
> reason.
>
> Is there any solution to this problem? I'd rather not have to start
> the game over again.
>
> Thanks 
Re: Crash
#35848
Author: Ashura
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 20:46
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smathing happened to me, usually at terror site after a couple of turns and
followed by no sound at all for the rest of the game, strangely the game
is is going on.

any idea to solve our problem, anyone?
Re: Crash
#35849
Author: Juan Nadie
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 01:31
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On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 15:46:22 -0500, "Ashura" <enmei@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>smathing happened to me, usually at terror site after a couple of turns and
>followed by no sound at all for the rest of the game, strangely the game
>is is going on.
>
>any idea to solve our problem, anyone?

Hello.

There are updates and patch files for Ufo1 and 2. Try to install them.

greetings.
Re: Crash
#35850
Author: Russell Bungay
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 08:10
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Juan Nadie wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 15:46:22 -0500, 
>>smathing happened to me, usually at terror site after a couple of turns and
>>followed by no sound at all for the rest of the game, strangely the game
>>is is going on.
>>any idea to solve our problem, anyone?
> There are updates and patch files for Ufo1 and 2. Try to install them.

Try Scott Jones' XCOMUtil as well.  I don't think I have explicitly seen 
it mentioned that XCOMUtil fixes this bug but it might do and it does 
fix loads of other bugs and it does loads of other cool things as well:

http://members.aol.com/stjones/xcomutil/

Big Mad Drongo
Re: Crash
#35851
Author: Ashura
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 16:59
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CAn you tell me where to find the patch for Ufo 2 ( the TFTF).

most of the patch that I found are only for ufo 1 ( like the one Micah 
recommended below :

http://www.xcomufo.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=4469

Also I can't load the Xcom-utility.
Every time I tried to load it. the Xp just kill it.
I can see the screen for a split second, then Xp just kill it again.
Re: Crash
#35852
Author: Ashura
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 17:35
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ops, forget to tell you guys that I am playing  the TFTD Dos version in Xp

and all the patch / utiity that I tried did not work at all, still have
the same problem.
 
I also  tried using the Dosbox. In battle mode,is very sluggish and slow (
frame/ cycle speed adjustment only work marginally in Geoscope mode, no
effect at all in battle mode, at least noen taht I can notice) .

The Terror site battle mode actually "abruptly" end the mission, sometime
after a few turns, sometime right away, sometime almost at the end ,when I
am trying to flush the last few buildings. (just like if I pressed the
"Abort") with the score result remembering the last battle mode (most of
the time the last ufo recovery mission, or sometime just "mission failed
.. civilian killed ....14 etc).

BUT ALWAYS A TERROR SITE

and followed by no sound at all and the game proceed normaly in geoscope
mode.


any suggestion?
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