X-Com Total Pack v1.05???

[gregor_y]

Hey this is my first post here any way i only got one question did any one came or use this fanmade version "X-com Total Pack v1.05"?

 

It contains both ufo & tftd runs great on my windows 7 x64 and looks a lot better(can use filters better one than ones from dosbox at least i diden't get same results with doxbox 0.73...) if i compare it to my powerplus editon only thing im wondering if all bugs are fixed im 100% sure ufo is 1.4 and tftd is 2.0 or maybe even 2.1.

 

Any way this version is from 2008-09-07 so i quess they are fine compared to my old dos versions right? oh yee it runs though dosbox but i don't get any gfx errors in full screen so i quess its fixed.

 

If anyone don't got idea what im talking about type in google "x-com total pack" you should find it preaty fast.

 

So basicly i just want opinion if i should use this version or go back to my powerplus versions? oh yee i did apply all fixes from download to ufo 1.4 but i did something wrong that's why i was looking for fully patched versions...

 

 

Edit: Good morning and still not even one replay...

 

Edit2:I did little cheaking and it already got applied xcomutility 9.60 in normal ufo 1.4 high explosives deal 110 damage and with xcomutility its 200 so i quess it got all the fixes.

[gregor_y]

Fev days not evenone replay...

 

Well about this version its bloody hard on expirienced i did get atacked by mind controll on secound mission and lost most of my team so yee i quess it got lots of fixes becouse AI is brutal...

 

And maps are better looking more objects etc...

 

Hm and if any admin is reading this close or delete this topic no point in keeping it.

[Space Voyager]

I'm sure you'd get loads of replies but I don't know the first thing about this total pack... Sorry, can't be of help.

[gregor_y]

I'm sure you'd get loads of replies but I don't know the first thing about this total pack... Sorry, can't be of help.

 

Well i know one thing its hard and very hard i got bigger problems on expirienced in this versions(mind control spam...) than in normal on superhuman...

 

I think it contains all fixes/tweaks no idea if there is AI improvement but it fells like it the guy who made it was a genius/masochist...i got stuck on expirienced...

 

Any way it would not be that hard but mind control spam is terrible i got sectoids on secound mission(now every missions with those bastards = mind control) im preaty much losing a lot of people every mission aliens are growing stronger and i got rookies all the time...

 

I would love mod that would decrease effect of mind controll i already did search for ufo/tftd but i diden't find anything maybe i ask maybe it can be edited somehow...

 

Any way i recomende this versions runs great on win7 x64 like i said just type in google x-com total pack it took me 5 minutes to download...

[Azrael Strife]

Never heard of it, weird.

[Space Voyager]

Gregor_y, if this is some sort of AI mod or something I'm sure we'd love to make it a news post and host the files, as long as it doesn't contain anything illegal. So if you can find it, please do tell!

[gregor_y]

Never heard of it, weird.

 

Well im not sure if its allright to post link to torrent site? im preaty sure everyone here own ufo & tftd so its ok right you can download it as copy right? its like with blizzard you enter you cd-key and download your game from web if something happended to cd its only backup so i quess its legal if you own the game allready...

 

Basicly things i noticed so far:

-Better AI i did play 1.4 on superhuman before total pack and im 100% AI is better its like playing tftd insted of ufo so i quess tftd is even harder...only thing i can complain is even on low level AI spams mind control its anoying but well you got save/load...

-New objects on maps as well maps are more detailed even better than in tftd so that makes me wonder how tftd maps look drools...

-Ok in normal dosbox when i go into fullscreen i see rainbow colors don't happen in this versions and like i said instalation is easy and fast no need to configure dosbox no idea how this compares to steam or other versions sold now i got ufo/tftd on cd that don't install on x64...

-Im not sure but it got most tweaks/fixes already only thing its missing is xcom util 9.7 beta becouse it got 9.6 version i think it got all other way point fixes etc becouse well on expirienced i got raids 3+ ufos while too get such effect on normal 1.4 i had to play on superhuman...

-Also in my case i got better gfx now i used somekind cool filter game looks like in high resolution so its awesome only thing that looks worse is smoke but i quess that sideeffect but totaly worth it...

-Im not sure but it might have old sounds before 1.4 considering it got all other patches/fixes...

 

Gregor_y, if this is some sort of AI mod or something I'm sure we'd love to make it a news post and host the files, as long as it doesn't contain anything illegal. So if you can find it, please do tell!

 

hm im not a law expert but if someone owns ufo/tftd i think its fine if he downloads their modded versions...

 

Any way here is the uploader nick tijm6140 and according to readme of torrent well read it your self:

 

X-Com: Ufo Defense and X-Com: Terror From the Deep

 

UFO Defense was voted the best game of all time by IGN. I personally vote X-Com TFTD as the best game ever made. You have to get over the fact that it's really old, but it's certainly worth playing in the 21st century, too.

 

In my country, it's legal to download this game if you own it. Last thing I checked, you can buy it with Steam as well.

 

Thanks a lot to starwindz for releasing this Total Pack!

 

So i guess best way would be to find starwindz and ask him every technical question i have no idea how he improved AI but he did sectoids play snipers and abuse you with mind control if you make a bad move...

[j'ordos]

This has been posted at xcomufo: https://www.xcomufo.com/forums/index.php?sh...mp;#entry170098

Here's the OP:

== Latest version: V1.06 ==

 

Hi, I'm starwindz.

 

I recently developed X-COM 1 & 2 - Total Pack is to provide the all in one package

for everyone to run X-COM 1 & 2 very easily.

 

DOSBox configuration is somewhat complicated for many people and

the original version has some bugs to be fixed.

I have developed total pack for these two reasons.

 

General Features

1) The integrated shell for starting of X-COM 1 & 2

- Intergrated Game launcher

- Very easy DOSBox interface(scaler, CPU cycles, frame skip)

- The latest version of DOSBox (0.70) included

2) DOSBox recorded video file mangement

- Automatic DOSBox video codec(ZMBV) installation

- Browse, View, Delete, Rename

3) Creation of Slide shows(Albums)

- Stand-alone album(*.exe) generation using screenshot files

4) Misc

- Manual/review/etc included

- No need of other program for running

- Automatic installation (No option/choice needed)

- Optimizated program for Microsoft Windows XP Series

- Free and copyleft program

I find no mention of improved AI or terrain, but it seems it has xcomutil active by default.

[gregor_y]

This has been posted at xcomufo: https://www.xcomufo.com/forums/index.php?sh...mp;#entry170098

Here's the OP:

 

I find no mention of improved AI or terrain, but it seems it has xcomutil active by default.

 

 

WOW 1.08 thanks dude i need to upgrade

 

About terrain or AI i did play naked 1.4 ad belive me there are difreances so its not something i made up any way im off too test 1.08

[Bomb Bloke]

Location does indeed have bearing on the individual's right to backup their data. I understand it's pretty much illegal in America, for example. Distributing the data, on the other hand, is a whole different story - still legal in some places, but most first-world countries outlaw it.

 

This site's stance is that no links to copyrighted data should be placed on these boards (so we can't be pinned as "distributors" - xcomufo.com has never payed any such respect to the copyrights of the games in all the years I've known it to be online). About the one time I can remember links to the original games being allowed here was when they were up on FilePlanet (they eventually got the usual take-down notices and that was the end of that). It should be noted that by including any data from the original games in his pack, starwindz is violating copyright - his personal code can be under "copyleft", but not everything in his pack is "his personal code"...

 

That said, our own files section has slowly filled up with copyrighted files, which makes me hesitant to simply lock this thread (I hate being a hypocrite). Even XcomUtil is in breach, as is my own personal "toolkit". On the other hand, no package hosted on this site contains all the files needed to actually play the games. For what difference that makes. Suppose it could be argued that our stuff is covered under "fan works". Dunno. It's past my bedtime and my brain hurts.

 

Regarding the difficulty, it should be noted that most versions of UFO contain a bug that causes the difficulty level to reset to Beginner after performing one single mission. Things like mind control in the first or second mission aren't terribly uncommon on the higher difficulty levels - Sectoids are among the first aliens you run into, and Sectoids on the larger UFOs have access to those powers. I suspect all that's happening is that you're running into higher ranked units on the bigger craft.

 

(This bug is rumoured to be why TFTD is so "hard" - Microprose heard the complaints about how UFO was "too easy", and didn't realise that this was because everyone was stuck playing on Beginner mode. They cranked the challenge rating up a few notches, and the bug got fixed somewhere along the line as well).

[gregor_y]

Regarding the difficulty, it should be noted that most versions of UFO contain a bug that causes the difficulty level to reset to Beginner after performing one single mission. Things like mind control in the first or second mission aren't terribly uncommon on the higher difficulty levels - Sectoids are among the first aliens you run into, and Sectoids on the larger UFOs have access to those powers. I suspect all that's happening is that you're running into higher ranked units on the bigger craft.

 

Heh dude i got sectoids playing with my mind on secound UFO and before that terror mission all in first month and it was on expiriened don't even ask what happend on superhuman...and im starting a new game on beginner its just too hard for me and using load/save every turn is just plain stupid...

 

About copyright well just delete the links if they bother you...

 

Still i can't see how this forum be responsible if people just got hint to type in google "x-com total pack" and hit enter i think google is more at fault here than this forum...

 

About link to other forum i don't see how that's illegal you don't got anydirect links to download so i quess its fine also i quess everyone here already has ufo\tftd orginals.

 

About this topic well i wanted more info about this total pack but i guess i will never see change log