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X-Com: UFO Defense (Gold Edition)

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First post, by chanza

Posted on 2002-10-19, 04:10

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I've just managed to obtain this version of UFO Defense, and was really really pleased with myself. I thought I'd finally be able to play UFO at proper speed.

Unfortunately, It doesn't seem to work. It runs, but... well... here's a screenshot.

Has anyone managed to get this to work?

"How appropriate. You fight like a cow."

Reply 1 of 3, by Stiletto

Posted on 2002-10-20, 06:30

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Hey, POD does that too! (At least in the menu - one of the many versions of POD does, anyhow...) Needs looking into. Appears to be Video/Timing/resolution issue.

[EDIT] Problem solved! (woohoo!) A minute into Google Groups and I found a link to this:
http://f0dder.didjitalyphrozen.com/misc.htm

Please test and let us know how you make out, Chanza.

Vlad, check his site out - neat stuff.

Hm, we should recruit guys like this.

"I see a little silhouette-o of a man, Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you
do the Fandango!" - Queen

Stiletto

Reply 2 of 3, by chanza

Posted on 2002-10-20, 06:44

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Beautiful find Stiletto, works perfectly now:)

Also, from the readme...

Finally found that this was
fixable by turning off DDraw acceleration, but... that's a hack imho.

So turning off DirectDraw acceleration may be a fix for other games that have this prob.

Woohoo, I'm off to play X-Com :)

"How appropriate. You fight like a cow."

Reply 3 of 3, by Snover

Posted on 2002-10-20, 07:49

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Excellent. Problem solved.

Closing.

Yes, it’s my fault.

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