Info (OpenXcom)

What is X-COM?

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What is OpenXcom?

OpenXcom is an open-source clone of the original X-COM, licensed under the GPL and written in C++ / SDL. It was originally founded by SupSuper in February 2009, and has since grown into a small development team surrounded by a very supporting community.

The goal of the project is to bring back the tried and true feel of the original with none of the issues. All the same graphics, sound and gameplay with a brand new codebase written from scratch. This should give it:

• Fixability: Play the game natively without any need for emulators or fancy hacks, with none of the limitations and bugs that plagued the original. No more 80-item-limit, personnel limits, funding overflows, disconnected facilities, broken proximity grenades, floating soldiers, etc.

• Moddability: Tweak the game to your heart's content. Sure the original was pretty good, but maybe you just think it could be that bit better. A nicer base layout, better laser weapons, maybe challenge yourself with a custom game mode, or just put in all the crazy stuff you've always wanted! None of it is hardcoded.

• Flexibility: Port the game to any platform you like, customize it to your liking, or use it to make your own far-fetched remakes. The code is fully documented and open-source so anyone can take a crack at it.

Milestones

The OpenXcom past, present and future development history

Version	Release date	Changes
0.1	October 17th, 2010	Engine Geoscape Basescape
0.2	January 28th, 2011	Language strings Saved games Battlescape Terrain generation Basic units Basic pathfinding, fog of war, lighting
0.3	September 1st, 2011	Items Purchasing Selling Transferring Ufopaedia Options Platform-specific Folders Battlescape Item equipping, firing, throwing Environment: fire, smoke, explosions, damage, kills Unit stats AI Phase 1 (patrol, aggro)
0.4	August 14th, 2012	Research Manufacture Rulesets Battlescape Terror sites Debriefing, scores, experience and skill ups Large units and other alien units Special items (medi-kit, motion sensor, proximity grenade, psi-amp, mind probe, blaster launcher, electroflare)
0.45	November 5, 2012	Ufopaedia Modular rulesets New options Man page / command-line help Logging
0.9	May 7, 2013	Alien Missions Scoring Graphs Victory/Defeat Difficulty levels Geoscape Live alien capture Psionic training Multiple dogfights Battlescape All alien units, items and abilities Alien base, X-Com base and Cydonia missions AI Phase 2 (grenades, blaster launcher, taking cover) Intro/Outro Control Options Advanced Options Display Filters
1.0	June 13, 2014	Everything vanilla Options and extra features Mod support Save backwards compatibility