Sectoid135 Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 Okay ive seached through every forum and cant seem to find a answer for me. I am using a laptop and have vista 64bit. I cant get any xcom game to work, specifically the first. Ive tried dosbox but says i need to install the game but I dont have the disk only the files. ive tried patches and all that for the CE and nothing works. IF anyone has any ideas that can help me please let me know. I am stuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 DOSBox is the key I'm afraid, so I'm not sure why it's not working for you, unless you have the Collector's Edition version of the game maybe that used to run in Windows? I assume (not knowig much about the many different versions floating around out there) that DOSBox would only work with the DOS versions. If you don't mind spending a few dollars (and I mean really only a few) you can get a fully-working version bundled with DOSBox from Steam that works like a charm in Windows Vista and Windows 7, or alternatively all the games whilst you're at it Link is here: https://store.steampowered.com/search/?term=xcom Complete Bundle is a steal, and although I have the games in various formats already ranging from floppy disk to different CD versions, I forked out a few quid just to have it up and running instantly without any hassle. Just call me lazy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sectoid135 Posted December 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 interesting enough i got my EU dos version to work but not the TFTD dos version. weird. ill probably play EU for now then when i get paid again get the TFTD from steam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 Ah, that might be why it's failing then - if your TFTD files are from the CD version then, from memory, it'll look for a CD drive by default to play the intro movie from. I think. Maybe. It was all such a long time ago that I can't remember for sure, but that sounds about right and doubtless someone else will be along within a few hours with some more helpful and accurate advice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Civilian Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 There is a folder called HDINST or HD or something similar on the CD, you can install a Hard-Drive only version of the game from there. I too have the old DOS CDs and on the EU one was a special BAT file to do this without having to look for anything. However on the TFTD one Microprose forgot to include that file, you will Have to do it manually. But it works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sectoid135 Posted December 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 Went in and manually set up TFTD in dos and its up. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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