illegal youth Posted September 6, 2008 Report Share Posted September 6, 2008 right.... but i assumed that if xcomutil could fix the difficulty bug, then steam could've just applied the xcomutil patch to the game beforehand. speaking of which, i can't seem to get xcomutil to run with the steam version. i've done what i usually do -- copy the files into the directory, run the xcusetup.bat file, and then edited the dosbox.conf file to call runxcom.bat instead of ufocd.bat. am i missing something? (maybe it's because steam uses ufocd.bat instead of ufo.exe/geoscape.exe/tactical.exe?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted September 7, 2008 Report Share Posted September 7, 2008 Those steps sound ok. So what actually happens when you try to start the game that way? "Doesn't work" isn't very descriptive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illegal youth Posted September 7, 2008 Report Share Posted September 7, 2008 ah sorry, heh. i was getting an outer shell crash before the game loaded. i don't recall exactly what it said, which isn't much help... it was something to the effect of direct draw not working properly. i had deleted ufo defense through steam yesterday, thinking that i could remove the xcomutil files and try again with a fresh install; however, when i reinstalled ufo defense through steam, all of the xcomutil files were still there. i loaded up the game and it worked this time, xcomutil running. so it's fixed; i don't know how, and i can't recreate the error from yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorbicol Posted September 9, 2008 Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 While I'm dithering between buying these or Spore, can someone confirm that these will run in Vista? I've noticed on the steam site that it says you need a "windows 2000 / XP compatible PC" - does this mean that they will run in compatibility mode? Only the copies I've got of UFO and TFTD don't. Believe me, I've tried! EDIT: Woops, sorry. Finally found the right sub forum over on Steam. It would appear that some do but TFTD DOES NOT X-COM Compatibility Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimli Posted September 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 Correction, currently does not. It will be updated to the DOSBox version soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sluissa Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 I just want to confirm, before I buy this. You CAN use xcomutil with it, right? I know i've bought some steam games that didn't work well with mods. I have the CE, but if I can get back to the dos version and get my Prox grenades back, I'll be all the happier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomb Bloke Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 Currently XComUtil will work with UFO, but I'm not entirely certain that's true for TFTD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sluissa Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 well I honestly don't play TFTD that much. if i buy the pack it's going to be 99% for UFO. But, if the company comes through and releases the dos version of TFTD as an update, it should work then. If not, I actually do have the dos version of TFTD laying around here somewhere as well as the collectors edition with it on there, so it's not like I'm starving. I almost feel stupid about buying this, since I do own all of the games already. 2 copies of tftd(one dos, one on the CE) 2 copies of Apocalypse(one dos, one on CE) I have interceptor, I have enforcer, I HAD a floppy copy of UFO, but I lost all my floppies at some point and I have no idea where they might be. But oh well, 15 dollars to support the possibility of a new x-com game... even though it'd probably suck even if they did make it. Not a huge loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughter Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 You're not alone in buying the games over and over As for TFTD, the DOSBox version is coming. Don't know when they'll release it, but it is underway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimli Posted October 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 The DOSBox version of TFTD is now on Steam (fully Vista compatible). Don't worry about the saves, they will still work. Link to thread on the Steam forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughter Posted January 10, 2009 Report Share Posted January 10, 2009 X-COM Complete $4.99 at Steam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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