UFO in XP!

[DragonHawk]

Pvt Emil Thorsell wrote me with a possible solution to the biggest problem facing the X-Com oldtimers today... UFO in XP! Here's what he said:

 

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Hi! I was reading your FAQ on all the UFO games and i got the answer to the problem with UFO: Defence or Enemy unknown not working on XP. I myself got XP and desperately searched for a way to play X-COM enemy unknown. And i found a way! First you right click on the exe file to UFO and then select "Select compability mode for" bla bla bla thingy and then i selected win 95. the other thing u must do is right click on the desktop and select properties then (sorry for my bad english, i come from sweden so its kinda hard) press settings and then advanced and then (i dont really know how to translate it from swedish to english) Wrong search or something adn then drag the tab there all the way down. and then i could play UFO. it worked ok except the interceptor screen... it 'goes alot faster there. check it out and u will see what i mean. goddbye and i hope this will help (if u understand my poor english =))

 

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Try this out, eh? Let me know if it works.

 

And your English is fine. Thanks for your contribution Emil!

[Pete]

Works a treat. The screen with the setting that needs to be lowered is the Troubleshooting screen, and hardware accelleration needs to be dragged right down to the lowest setting.

 

Also, I set it to windows 98 compatability as that's what I used to play it on and it worked fine. The intercept screen runs the same as it used to in 98 too

[Mouse Nightshirt]

Does it still run hyper fast though?