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Revision as of 00:31, 17 August 2009
Overview
This describes how to easily setup X-COM: Enemy Unknown with a small set of the best mods for fixing bugs, improving audio and video quality, and keeping the game in line with the intent of the original developers. It is intended to save you the frustration of finding the different mods and figuring out how to set them up.
This should work with any Windows Collectors Edition version of X-COM, which is included in the GamersGate and Steam distributions.
Install X-COM: Enemy Unknown
However you do it, figure out where the X-COM installation directory is.
For Steam, it is at C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\xcom ufo defense\XCOM.
Download
- Create an "xcom" folder on your desktop.
- Download the following into this folder:
- Create an "mp3" folder inside the xcom folder you created and download all these files into it. This is better music from the PlayStation Port of X-COM. Note that you must have Windows Media Player for these to play in-game.
Verify
You should now have the following in the "xcom" folder you created on your desktop:
- Combo_Patch.zip
- mp3/*.mp3 (multiple files)
- EUExtendedINI.txt
- UFO_Voices_patch_new_version.zip
- UFOLoader.zip
- vcredist_x86.exe
Modify
- Move the Combo_Patch.zip file into the X-COM install folder and extract it. Say yes when it asks you to overwrite files. It is simply fixing data bugs in various files that shipped with the original version of X-COM.
- Extract UFO_Voices_patch_new_version.zip wherever you like, then:
- Copy all the files in the SOUND subdirectory of the extracted folder over the files in the X-COM install folder SOUND subdirectory. This improves many of the sounds you will hear in game.
- Copy the "UFO Defense.exe" file from the extracted folder over the "UFO Defense.exe" file in the X-COM install folder. This maps the improved sounds into the game.
- Do not do anything with the mp3play.dll file in the extracted folder. This is handled by a different mod.
- Launch vcredist_x86.exe and install it.
- Extract all the files in UFOLoader.zip into the X-COM folder.
- Rename the "EUExtendedINI.txt" file you downloaded in your "xcom" directory to "UFO Extender.ini" and copy it into the X-COM install folder, overwriting the file that is there.
- Simply copy the "mp3" folder you created and filled with MP3s into the X-COM install folder.
Make Shortcut
You will now want to launch X-COM using the new UFOLoader.exe that came with the UFOLoader.zip file (it in turn uses the "UFO Defense.exe", so you need both). Drag the UFOLoader.exe file to your desktop while holding down Alt (make sure you see the little arrow shortcut icon) and release.
Play
Double-click on the UFOLoader shortcut on your desktop.