First post, by mortenmarc
Hi everyone, this is my first time posting here, well did a search yesterday but didn't find anything to help me get the game running, so this is what i did. And now I have unstuttering intro, almost perfect sound, and most importantly X-com Apocalypse, is running. :)
*Note: This will probably not work for everyone, but hopefully many of you. Let's hope that I don't have the ultrauserfreindly version of xp, and no one else has that particular version.
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With that said, let get down to it:
First you are going to need some stuff of the net, these things are:
VDMSound, the update, and VDMS launchpad. Here: http://ntvdm.cjb.net/
mouse2kv. Here: Mouse2KV By Vlad R. & Peter
And last this: http://www.xcomufo.com/x3cdfix.zip
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Other stuff:
Missing Map zip: http://www.xcomufo.com/apocmaps.zip Don't know if you are missing them, butnice to know where to find them.
I'm not sure if you need to use this, but better safe than sorry, It's attached
to this thread, cause I forgot where I got it, don't know if it's needed cause I don't know what it does? something with svga, well I used it, so I can't say if it's needed or not.
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STEP 1
Ok, first you need to install the game, I'm running the Colletor's cd version, with full 200 mb install, so you'd better do that to, if you're running a downloaded version.... Well I wouldn't know if that worked with this, but try.
If you get a files/buffers error, just continue with the intall, we're gonna fix that later.
STEP 2
Unzip the mouse2kv and x3cdfix, to your Xcom3 dir. "excample: C:\Games\Xcomapoc"
Whatever it might be called.
STEP 3
Install VDMSound, the update, and VDMS launchpad.
*Note: the updates you downloaded contain readmes that tell you what to do with the files
in them.
STEP 4
*This is where it gets tricky, so read carefully*
Go into your xcomapoc directory(the one you unzipped to in STEP 2) right click on the file
xcom3.bat and choose the "edit" function, you will see this, on your screen:
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@echo off
fakecd .. /L:D >nul
xcom3_cd.com
xcomapoc.exe SKIP
rem Uninstall process
xcom3_cd.com
fakecd /U >nul
mode co80
cls
echo.
echo X-COM3 Apocalypse from Alex-God.
echo Don't forget Microprose Corporation...
pause
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You need to change it, so it looks like this:
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@echo off
fakecd .. /L:D >nul
xcom3_cd.com
mouse2kv 640 480 8 8 xcomapoc.exe SKIP
rem Uninstall process
xcom3_cd.com
fakecd /U >nul
mode co80
cls
echo.
echo X-COM3 Apocalypse from Alex-God.
echo Don't forget Microprose Corporation...
pause
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STEP 4a (optional)
If you want to watch the intro, you will have to remove the "SKIP" part. Oh yes my intro works :)
lets look at this .bat file again.
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@echo off
fakecd .. /L:D >nul
xcom3_cd.com
mouse2kv 640 480 8 8 xcomapoc.exe SKIP (you can remove the SKIP, to watch intro)
rem Uninstall process
xcom3_cd.com
fakecd /U >nul
mode co80
cls
echo.
(what was here, you can remove, without problems)
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STEP 5
Once you have changed the file, save and exit. Now right click on it again, and choose
"properties", click on "compatability", and check the box marked:"Run this program in com-
patabiltystate for" and choose "windows 95"
And check the box that says "run with 256 color" click use and confirm, and then use and
confirm.
STEP 6
Now right click on it once more, and choose the option "Run with VDMS" and a little music
note beside it.
- Now a window that says VDMSound Configuration wizard should pop up. Select
SETUP A CUSTOM CONFIGURATION and click NEXT.
- Then CREATE A NEW CONFIGURATION FROM SCRATCH, then click NEXT
- Click NEXT again.
- If you like there is a box that says create a desktop shortcut, otherwise click NEXT.
(the game will probably start now, and if you have chosen to watch the intro, you will notice that the sound stutters, and the picture is also stuttering, thats cause we aren't done quite yet) Exit the game.
STEP 7
Right-Click on the new Shortcut that was created in your Xcomapoc directory and click
Properties. The properties window will open up now and do the following:
- COMPATABILITY: "check" Enable expanded memory (EMS)
"check" Enable low-level CD-ROM support (MSCDEX)
- MIDI EMULATION: make sure this is "checked" and leave it on General MIDI (GM) or GS.
- Joystick Emulation: "uncheck" this box.
- "check" the box that says "close DOS window on exit", now click on "Advanced"
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- In Compatability tab:
Change the Expanded Memory (EMS) total to 16384 via the dropdown box.
- In DOS Environment tab:
Ad a line underneath "FILES=40" Saying "BUFFERS=40"
So it looks like this:
FILES=40
BUFFERS=40
- Click Apply then OK, then Click Apply then OK again.
STEP 8
You should now be ready to play.
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DISCLAIMER:
Thanks to all the people who made the stuff, Mythos, etc. etc. bla bla bla...
Oh and if anyone finds out that, that x3svga.zip, has to be used, please let me know, then i'll edit the post... Thanks
