MicahDG Posted June 22, 2003 Report Share Posted June 22, 2003 Ok... I got the game to work at least semi-smooth on XP with the hardware accel toned down, and running in compatibility mode... but the game still runs TERRIBLY FAST. I can't even scroll around in the battlescape, I can't shoot down UFOs because the interception goes so fast they just escape. WTF?Have you tried Turbo yet? https://www.xcomufo.com/turbo.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Demi-Godly One Posted June 22, 2003 Report Share Posted June 22, 2003 In some cases turbo won't work though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jh316 Posted June 23, 2003 Report Share Posted June 23, 2003 Hey, I'm wondering...Could someone make a game on eginner with one base in Europe and nothing lse done to it for me? When I did it before, I didn't know about hardware acceleration, so it might work. Very doubtfully, but it might. Contact information should be in my profile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted June 23, 2003 Report Share Posted June 23, 2003 surely.... but your the contact details required to send such things are not in your profile (email addresses are not visible... and the via forum mail thingy does do attachments). send me a pm with your email address and i'll send it to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jh316 Posted June 23, 2003 Report Share Posted June 23, 2003 Well, my Aim name is in there, which can be used just as easily. But I'll send you the pm anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jh316 Posted June 25, 2003 Report Share Posted June 25, 2003 Bleh. I got your E-Mail, and replaced the files (Missdat was indeed missing a few), but now whenever I step off the skyranger, the mission ends and it gives me the stats of the last mission you did, which was apparently a Terror mission, and gives me the transport you used, which is useless since I have no elerium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bevan Posted June 25, 2003 Report Share Posted June 25, 2003 xcomutil should fix that annoying problem (where the text comes up then skips to the debriefing) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NKF Posted June 25, 2003 Report Share Posted June 25, 2003 XComutil fixes or works around plenty of things, but the crash as you step out of the skyranger bug (and various battlescape related mystery crashes) isn't one of them. XComutil can only work on files in between the game's two primary executables. It can't do anything about memory leaks and other logic errors that occur during the execution of the game. - NKF A little off topic and outright blatant advertising: I've created a little archive of some of the previous avatars I used on this forum. It's on my crummy Yahoo!Geocities webpage (currently accessible via my www link -- I think I got the URL right this time. I'd inserted an extra directory name when I hadn't been using one). If anyone's interested...well, there you go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jh316 Posted June 25, 2003 Report Share Posted June 25, 2003 I dunno what you mean by "Where the text comes up". I step off the skyranger, and it goes straight to the debriefing thingy, with nothing but the normal momentary black screen in-between. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NKF Posted June 25, 2003 Report Share Posted June 25, 2003 He means the mode-13h text appearing on the screen. It's just a memory dump to show where the error occured. Sadly, to us mere mortals, it's gibberish. Assembly gurus might find it interesting. Sometimes you get the text, sometimes you don't. Either way the current game executable was terminated. The text normally appears when the program exits because of an error of some sort (divide by zero, memory overflow, general protection fault, etc). What's happening is that you've gone from one bug, only to come face to face with another bug that's plagued most X-Com UFO players for ages. From various responses here and there, the most common method for clearing this problem is to restart the computer. Others mention that the problem just clears up after a while. There aren't any specific solutions for this bug, so it's hard to say how you'll get this problem fixed. Here's a thought -- for the Skyranger, it's usually the spot immediately after the equipment pile that causes the crash. Try moving on the right side when disembarking. It might not help your case in particular, but it's worth a try. It's a million to one chance, but it just might work. - NKF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jh316 Posted June 25, 2003 Report Share Posted June 25, 2003 Nope. There's something odd I've forgotten to mention...Whenever I skip the intro, red lines, almost looking like small-font red text, pops up for a moment then it goes to the language-selection thingy. The same thing happens when I exit the equipment screen at the start of a battle, except it's green. Eh, doesn't matter. Guess this computer just won't run it. I wish XP didn't come standard. And those bastards on the HP support line told me that XP won't cause any sort of compatibility issues with any programs before we bought it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Demi-Godly One Posted June 25, 2003 Report Share Posted June 25, 2003 That's called the text bug... Does it restart you're game or bring you back to your last battle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jh316 Posted June 25, 2003 Report Share Posted June 25, 2003 Well, the first time, it ended the battle with the results from a previous one, but I kept trying to play anyway. As soon as I sent an Interceptor out after an UFO, that green text came up again and I was back at the equipment screen of the last battle. I shut it off at that point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Demi-Godly One Posted June 25, 2003 Report Share Posted June 25, 2003 Usually there is a cause for that, a certain item a certain person whatever, you usually have to sack the person, sell the item or restart the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted June 25, 2003 Report Share Posted June 25, 2003 take a look at: trouble in missions other wise i suggest prodding it a few times until it works...by which i mean, try things. start a new game, delete the missdat files, whatever.... just make a back up, then prod until something good happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jh316 Posted June 25, 2003 Report Share Posted June 25, 2003 Interestingly, I have the same problem as the guy in the topic does, only that instead of it ending the mission, the game crashes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jh316 Posted June 26, 2003 Report Share Posted June 26, 2003 Well, doesn't matter now. I got a copy of the CE version of UFO defense. A friend of mine sent it to me. Dunno where he got it. It works perfectly, other than the rare crash when I get off the skyranger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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