Uh Oh Site IS DEAD

Many of us have used the cool looking uniforms from here unfortunately, the site looks like it is gone for good. The worst part is that the Uniforms and their respective files are NOT available anywhere else on the net (including here) I have suffered a severe hardware crash and no longer have any of the uniforms/files. I (and probably others) would appreciate it if these files were uploaded either here or elsewhere. Thanks in advance.

Ufo color Pallet

Ill try to make this brief. I have more than 1 .BMP file which uses 256 colors that are not to the specifications of the UFO pallet. Trying to import these files usually chops off a portion of the image or simply makes them look weird (providing you don't get tons of errors or an outright crash just trying to import them). Is their a way to convert BMPs with non standard UFO colors to the right ones used by ufo?? This is an ongoing problem that I ran into last time. I have more than one .bmp that simply WON'T import because of this ongoing situation. In particluar I have some replacements for the laser rifle, laser pistol and maybe a grenade or two. I am not too sure how to post images here *as Monkeylord did* but if anyone can help me out on this I would appreciate it. This may also be a problem with size, even though I have fitted everything exactly...this is frustrating.

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************** Exception Text **************
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at PckView.ViewPck.paint(Object sender, PaintEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.PaintWithErrorHandling(PaintEventArgs e, Int16 layer, Boolean disposeEventArgs)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmPaint(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.2032
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/microsoft.net/framework/v1.1.4322/mscorlib.dll
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PckView
Assembly Version: 1.0.1702.29682
Win32 Version: 1.0.1702.29682
CodeBase: file:///D:/UNKNOWN/WORK/PCKVIEW.EXE
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System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.2032
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system.windows.forms/1.0.5000.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.windows.forms.dll
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System
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.2032
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system/1.0.5000.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.dll
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System.Drawing
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.2032
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system.drawing/1.0.5000.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/system.drawing.dll
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XCom
Assembly Version: 1.0.1702.29573
Win32 Version: 1.0.1702.29573
CodeBase: file:///D:/UNKNOWN/WORK/XCom.DLL
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Accessibility
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/accessibility/1.0.5000.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/accessibility.dll
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************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just in time (JIT) debugging, the config file for this
application or machine (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
<system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the machine
rather than being handled by this dialog.

Any idea what this gibberish means??

Or how about this one (similar)

See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. ---> System.IndexOutOfRangeException: Index was outside the bounds of the array.
at XCom.PckImage..ctor(Int32 imageNum, Byte[] idx, Palette pal, PckFile pFile, Int32 height, Int32 width)
at XCom.PckImage.FromBMP(Bitmap b, Int32 num, Palette pal, Int32 startX, Int32 startY, Int32 width, Int32 height)
at XCom.PckFile.FromBmp(Bitmap b)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.InternalInvoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture, Boolean isBinderDefault, Assembly caller, Boolean verifyAccess)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.InternalInvoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture, Boolean verifyAccess)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)
at XCom.Bmp.Load(String file, Type collectionType)
at PckView.PckView.openItem_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.MenuItemData.Execute()
at System.Windows.Forms.Command.Invoke()
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmCommand(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.2032
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/microsoft.net/framework/v1.1.4322/mscorlib.dll
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PckView
Assembly Version: 1.0.1702.29682
Win32 Version: 1.0.1702.29682
CodeBase: file:///D:/UNKNOWN/WORK/PCKVIEW.EXE
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System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.2032
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system.windows.forms/1.0.5000.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.windows.forms.dll
----------------------------------------
System
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.2032
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system/1.0.5000.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Drawing
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.2032
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system.drawing/1.0.5000.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/system.drawing.dll
----------------------------------------
XCom
Assembly Version: 1.0.1702.29573
Win32 Version: 1.0.1702.29573
CodeBase: file:///D:/UNKNOWN/WORK/XCom.DLL
----------------------------------------
Accessibility
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/accessibility/1.0.5000.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/accessibility.dll
----------------------------------------

************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just in time (JIT) debugging, the config file for this
application or machine (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
<system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the machine
rather than being handled by this dialog.


If this means that the picture is not the correct size, I dont see how, my images have been shrunk to fit over the original images I saved as bitmaps from the original pck file.....weird

Possible???

Terror from the Deep, as everyone knows, adds 3 weapons to the game...the sonic thermal lances. I understand that there might be a way to "activate" or use these "unused blanks" in UFO Enemy Unknown as they do exist, its just they are not used. I was thinking of taking the weapons from Monkey Lords site and incorporating them into different packages. A Nato-American weapons pack, a Warsaw Pact Weapons bundle, and a European Union weapons type deal. 1 more question.... Did Bomb Bloke ever figure out how to coordinate the loading of the different Camo Uniforms to match up with the terrain you landed in??? I figure if these two could be put together along with the weapons it would be some REALLY cool eye candy and would add to the game 100% fold.

Question

Not too sure if this belongs here or elsewhere. I recently downloaded some charts with some info on weapons, armor and transgeants from here. The problem is that they are all in Xls format. I tried downloading the free reader from Micro$oft, but it won't install (says it needs a newer version of windows). I understand that the charts are being converted over to adobe and was wondering where I could get them in that format. I have been looking all over the net and can't find anything that I can open or read these Xls files with (older win98 system is crap) so a conversion or a point in the right direction would be appreciated.

Small Fix

For the more observant (and picky) player who has spotted the fact that the "battleship" and "supply ship" images are reversed as opposed to the one in the Usopaedia, then there is a fix here at: http://www.xcomufo.com/forums/index.php?ac...pe=post&id=5850 Should work for all versions...Both Dos and Windows