thevic

After a bit of experimentation, I gathered the following: Using fodder's starter (as I originally did), the game seems to minimize incessantly. Replacing the game executable with that in the June patch (http://www.xcomufo.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=4425) fixes the minimization problem, but the game randomly crashes to desktop, especially at some points in various missions (e.g. when shooting at a particular alien). Finally, disabling DirectDraw and running the game using the original CE executable seems to fix both the minimization and the desktop crashing problem for me, although the game does run too fast using this method, requiring the use of Turbo.

I'm experiencing the same problem. Game minimizes to desktop frequently, making it unplayable. No other program gains focus when it minimizes. I'm not running any IM apps or an antivirus program. My computer is a Presario R3000 laptop, ati radeon 9000IGP, windows XP. Any suggestions?