Wow, it sure says a lot for a game that it can keep a thread going for this long. :D
And this long after it's release even. :)

Well, if all those problems persist, maybe the DOS version could be made available for download? Sure, you'd need Dosbox to get it to work properly, but it seems a lot more stable than the windows version.

As you can easily spot, a pistol is one-handed weapon, and a rifle - two-handed.
Try to check your chance to hit with/without a grenade in other hand.

Having primed (0) Smoke Grenade in your pocket also helps! :) But not in TftD. :(
But in TftD you can use this tactic using grenades:
1 - one soldier sees an alien;
2 - backs up one square;
3 - another soldier primes Pulse Grenade to 0 turns;
4 - throws it under first one;
5 - which throws it under an alien;
6 - repeat steps 3 - 5 until you are sure alien will die.

Capture Sectoid Medics and obduct them. This gives autopsy on random unknown kind of alien, Cyberdisc and Sectopod too, eventually.

Soldier rank also does affect soldier's abilities. Although I would have to check references, they gain small amounts of abilities with rank increase, along with their steady increases from using the abilities.
The other genuine affect of rank is with morale. If there is a high ranking soldier nearby, other members of the squad will keep their morale up more easily. The same applies to death, where high rank equals high morale hit but no one cares much if a squaddie dies.

Oh, and if you are really bored sometime, you can mind control a cyberdisc if you have a soldier good enough. If you want to move it though, you have to mind control all four sections, but if you only control one, you can have that section shoot other sections, effectively committing suicide. [/b][/quote]
To mind control a large alien i.e. a Cyberdisc in one go you should do it to its topmost square.

The game will crash if u have any other aircrafts on the map.

So just allow all crafts that are out on a mission to return to their bases before sending in your elite to kick alien behind :cheers: [/b][/quote]
You don't have to return with all your crafts to base to avoid game crash. Make them patrol a nearby waypoint. Game crashed also (if I remember correctly - it was about 10 years ago), when you have EMS enabled and press both mouse buttons in tactical combat. It could be exploited as a cheat, because game returned to geoscape with results of a prior misssion.

Hi there,

I've recently downloaded UFO from abandonia and started playing again. It's a great game and I remember the good ol' times when I spent hour after hour to get my troops on Cydonia in the end :)

Now, the game tends to crash quite often which is a nuisance, though saving all the time helps. However, every time I want to transfer items from one base to another or start a specific scientific research (e.g. interrogation of live aliens) the game crashes. Since these things are vital for succeeding in the game I fear that I might never get to research a live alien leader or may equip all my interceptors with alien weapons.

If anyone knows what I could do about it: help is very much appreciated.

X-COM High Command (Germany)

For old DOS games like Xcom, I suggest you should use dual boot to get Win95 and run Xcom from there.

All XP Service Packs and Windows updates tend to make old DOS programs crashed coz XP has no real DOS.

hello guys, I don't know if you've discussed this problem before, but I had a little search and couldn't find any answers.
Ok the problem is when I run UFO:Enemy Unknown the intro plays fine, the menu comes up, I click new game, the earth screen then shows, but when I try to build my base the game crashes and goes back to windows, a little box pops up and says:-

C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
The NTVDM has encountered an illegal instruction CS:0000 IP:0077 OP:f0 37 05 0c 02

and asks me if I want to close or ignore.

I have an origional copy of UFO on CD and I'm wondering if maybe there is some update patch I need to run it on lovely modern windows xp...

Or I might be completely wrong. If anyone could help me get this working I'd be really greatful :)

Cheers,
Grace