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Hi

 

Yes I am another person having problems getting Xcom Apocalypse to work on Win XP.

 

I have DosBox installed and can play UFO without problems including sound, but Apocalypse wont start. I tried following the various fixes outlined in this thread

 

http://www.xcomufo.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=841

 

But when I download the files for the mouse and Xcom3crk winzip is telling me these files are corrupt and of course cannot open them, are these files located else where and if so can some kind person point me in the right direction.

 

Thanking you in advance

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Hi

 

Yes I am another person having problems getting Xcom Apocalypse to work on Win XP.

 

I have DosBox installed and can play UFO without problems including sound, but Apocalypse wont start. I tried following the various fixes outlined in this thread

 

http://www.xcomufo.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=841

 

But when I download the files for the mouse and Xcom3crk winzip is telling me these files are corrupt and of course cannot open them, are these files located else where and if so can some kind person point me in the right direction.

 

Thanking you in advance

I've just tried them and they open ok. We were having some troubles with downloads, apparently, please try again. Just in case, be sure to get the latest WinRAR and try.

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Azrael

 

Thanks for the tip, downloaded the latest WinRAR and the files now work.

 

I have managed to get Apocalypse to work in XP and DosBox, DosBox is better scrolling speed, but both have no sound.

 

If I can just get the sound to work I will have 100% success in getting this great old game back into life. I followed the instructions, maybe I can try re-installing the sound program to see if that solves the no sound problem. Unless anyone else has any other solutions to this problem, if so please speak up.

 

Once again thank you for your help.

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Azrael

 

Thanks for the tip, downloaded the latest WinRAR and the files now work.

 

I have managed to get Apocalypse to work in XP and DosBox, DosBox is better scrolling speed, but both have no sound.

 

If I can just get the sound to work I will have 100% success in getting this great old game back into life. I followed the instructions, maybe I can try re-installing the sound program to see if that solves the no sound problem. Unless anyone else has any other solutions to this problem, if so please speak up.

 

Once again thank you for your help.

I followed the steps in that thread to the letter and it worked wonders, maybe delete the whole thing and start over? that might help you :)

Good luck!

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Ok Azrael B)

 

Have done a full re-install and followed the instructions on getting Apocalypse to work, and guess what it does, with a twist!!!!

 

To enable music, as I had sounds already I found I had to right click on the Xcomapoc.exe and choose the option "Run with VDMS" this launched the game and everything seems to be working ok.

 

Once again thank you for your help, just need to sit down and re-learn how to play the game again.

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Ok Azrael  B)

 

Have done a full re-install and followed the instructions on getting Apocalypse to work, and guess what it does, with a twist!!!!

 

To enable music, as I had sounds already I found I had to right click on the Xcomapoc.exe and choose the option "Run with VDMS" this launched the game and everything seems to be working ok.

 

Once again thank you for your help, just need to sit down and re-learn how to play the game again.

Good to hear it's working again :)

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Guest wichix

STILL CANT MAKE X-COM APOC WORKS ON XP :angry:

 

( sorry the english...)

 

i´d done all this post http://www.xcomufo.com/forums//index.php?act=ST&f=26&t=841 says , even gone here http://www.xcomufo.com/x3faq.html

and downloaded all the patches but when i run it it doesnt do anything it just keeps closing, doesnt say what the error is, it just close.

any ideas???

the thing i could never fix was the buffers problems... i had modified the config.sys but it still gives me the error.... Could it be becouse of that ???

i think its a video problem... does anynoby knows if the "x3svga" patch works?

it used to give me the SVGA problem, but once i installed the patch intead of the SVGA error, the game cloeses....

 

ANY SOLUTION???? PLEEEASEEE :( :( :(

 

[email protected] just in case....

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Guest wichix
STILL CANT MAKE X-COM APOC WORKS ON XP  :angry: 

 

( sorry the english...)

 

i´d done all this post  http://www.xcomufo.com/forums//index.php?act=ST&f=26&t=841 says , even gone here http://www.xcomufo.com/x3faq.html

and downloaded all the patches but when i run it it doesnt do anything it just keeps closing, doesnt say what the error is, it just close.

any ideas???

the thing i could never fix was the buffers problems... i had modified the config.sys but it still gives me the error....  Could it be becouse of that ???

i think its a video problem...  does anynoby knows if the "x3svga" patch works?

it used to give me the SVGA problem, but once i installed the patch  intead of the SVGA error,  the game cloeses....

 

ANY SOLUTION???? PLEEEASEEE :(  :(  :(

 

 

[email protected] just in case....

 

:huh: :huh: :huh:

I run it again.... it says "MICROPROSE" (i guess the intro) the sound doesnt work ok, its like cuted, then the screen goes to black and says "press any key to continue", you press a key and it goes back to windows....

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Hey all,

My first post here, but I am amazed that other people still care about the greatest game ever made.

 

A note, I get a most of the links on this thread are dead(at least for me)

 

STILL CANT MAKE X-COM APOC WORKS ON XP  :angry: 

 

 

 

when i run it it doesnt do anything it just keeps closing, doesnt say what the error is, it just close. any ideas???...

 

the thing i could never fix was the buffers problems...

 

 

ANY SOLUTION???? PLEEEASEEE :(  :(  :(

 

 

[email protected] just in case....

 

:huh: :huh: :huh:

I run it again.... it says "MICROPROSE" (i guess the intro) the sound doesnt work ok, its like cuted, then the screen goes to black and says "press any key to continue", you press a key and it goes back to windows....

 

Same problem here The version I am using (1.00, both off my CD and the translated German release from [CENSORED]) work fine on win98(all except the music, help would be appreciated). Neither work under winXP. I get the same problem listed above; not only with XCA, but on every other DOS-primary game I've tried.

Any help would be appreciated.

I am still amazed at the amount of people still playing XCA!

 

Thanks in advance

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