First post, by DailyFrankPeter
Hi,
It is sold as Windows only, but seeing that it is DOSBox-based, has anyone managed to get it working on Linux/Ubuntu? I'm having a problem here. The main way it differs from X-Com Apocalypse covered here:
Tips for getting X-Com: Apocalypse working
...is in the lack of the install program on the CD, nor the CD itself. GOG distribution of the game seems to come already 'pre-installed'. I have managed to get the setup.exe running (but this is a sound setup utility only). By using:
> mount d /<GOGgamefolder> -t cdrom
> d:
> setup
Which only seems to prove that CD emulation is important, as it does not run when mounted to C, or when not using the '-t cdrom' argument. Now, running:
> d:
> install
Will not work (obviously) since this executable isn't supplied by GOG. On the other hand going straight to this:
> d:
> xcomapoc
Will throw an error about not being able to create swap file and 'initialize VMM' (but I imagine '-t cdrom' makes it read-only so not surprised here). Also, doing simply this:
> mount c /<GOGgamefolder>
> c:
> xcomapoc
Will make the program run for a second or two, with no video at all showing, then return to DOXBox prompt. I'd appreciate any help!