Kemuri

Do not ask me for FTP accounts. I will not give them because this board does not allow it. I rescind my previous offer. Thank you.

Irfanview rocks. I'm not clear on what you're trying to accomplish Veteran. What's the project exactly? Converting the images from the game into a hardcopy (paper) reference? If you need assistance, I'll be glad to lend a hand.

My worst mission happened at a downed Terror ship. My crew of rookies only had laser rifles, regular and proximity grenades. One of each per rookie, and 10 rookies total. The Skyranger was at the upper right corner, while the alien ship was at the lower left. The first turn I saw no aliens, so I set up a defensive perimeter around the ramp. The snipers were by the legs, and the scouts were ready to go. On the right side of the map, I saw two cyberdiscs and a sectoid. The top had one cyberdisc and two sectoids. All four scouts got wasted by reaction fire from the cyberdiscs. The snipers missed their targets. Morale was draining fast... One by one, I sent each soldier to his doom. The first one got blown up by a cyberdisc explosion on the top. Luckily, that took out one of the sectoids. The other one got sniped in the head. But the right side was the meat grinder. The second trooper got shot in the back by and overzealous sniper with bad aim. The third one ran out of TUs before she could make it out of alien sight. With only three troopers left, aborting was looking good. But I needed to take down some more aliens to up my score. The fourth managed to survive long enough for the sectoid and one of the cyberdiscs to explode. Then another sectoid came out of the ship and chucked a grenade. The fifth trooper went to scout for the last sniper, which managed to finally take out that blasted cyberdisc. Alas, a sectoid came in from the top side (which I had ignored) and shot the sniper. The last guy had no TUs left, no back up, and got pelted with plasma. I've made it a point to abort when I have to now, especially with rookies.

I don't mean to cause a ruckus. If these boards don't allow for ftp services, then I won't offer it in the future. But if you think for a minute that buying old software out of bargin bins or from e-Bay is supporting the game, then bless your naive souls. The money spent is going to retailer or auctioneer, not the game developers or publishers. The only way to support software through purchasing is during the inital release or directly from the company and then registering your product. Seeing as how Hasbro no longer owns the rights to X-Com and Microprose is gone, the games are practically abandonware, unless Mr. Meier does something with the license. I suppose an argument can be made that one could write a letter to Firaxis after buying the game, but how many have you written your letter? I could care less about the rest of the X-Com series other than UFO and TFTD. Genesis was scrapped, and only old vets really know about these two wonderful games. I have no qualms about giving out copies on the off-chance than some new fan will be born before the game can't even be played anymore. However, I won't do it here. P.S.- It's Kemuri. No "N", please.

If you want, I can give you access to the first CD (X-Com 1 & 2) of the Collector's Edition on my FTP. I dunno how "legal" this is, but the games are pretty old and X-Com 1 & 2 must LIVE ON! Just don't tell the cops, please... :angel:

Hello. I've been visiting your forums lately without registering, and I've finally decided to join up. I was a bit hesitant because I wasn't sure how active I'd be, but I've noticed that I've come here enough to quit being a lurker. Anyway, I just want to say that I'm disgusted by X-Com 2's graphics. It's like they went color blind when making the game. It has way too much contrast for my tastes. And the Aquanauts are ULTRA fugly. How did humanity get so ugly so fast? It's only been 40 years! Now I can only speak for myself, but there's just something about UFO's color scheme that I prefer. Needless to say, I plan on changing some of the graphics for TFTD, namely those unsightly aquanauts. If anyone's interested, I'll announce when I'm done. Any help or suggestions are, of course, welcome. Thanks for reading. P.S. - You guys rock. <= (Obligatory compliment)