[2] OXCE v7.0 download & installation guide

[Meridian]

The OXCE download package has the same structure as the vanilla OpenXcom nightly download package.
All installation instructions are also exactly the same.


Important:
- you don't need to install OpenXcom before installing OXCE
 - all you need is in this single package, everything else will only cause you trouble if you mix it together
 - video by ohartenstein23 showing how to install OXCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-mhVSI9rbE (relevant part is from 00:00 to 03:20)


Here are the brand new download links for OXCE v7.0:
  - Latest version for Windows (zip 64-bit), recommended (v2021-03-13): download
  - Now available also as a Windows installer: Latest version for Windows (installer 64-bit), recommended (v2021-03-13): openxcom_extended_v7.0.0-win64.exe
  - Latest version for Linux (Ubuntu 18.04)  (v2021-03-13): download
  - Latest version for Android (v2021-03-13): download
  - Latest version for Mac OS X 10.13+ (v2021-03-13): download
  - Latest version for iOS 8.0+ build by Daedalia: https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php/topic,8327.0.html

  - Latest version for Windows (zip 32-bit), only use this if you cannot use 64-bit version please (v2021-03-13): download

Based on OpenXcom vanilla nightly build from: 2021-03-08 (commit adb9723)

If you haven't found download package for your platform, you can build your own directly from the source code.
Source code PC/Apple: https://github.com/MeridianOXC/OpenXcom/tree/oxce-plus
Source code Android: https://github.com/MeridianOXC/openxcom-android/tree/oxce-plus-proto
Source code iOS: https://github.com/MeridianOXC/openxcom-ios/tree/oxce-plus

Compilation instructions: https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php/topic,7048.0.html
(requires c++17 compatible compiler)

Looking for older OXCE versions? Try here: https://openxcom.org/oxce/release/

Looking for bleeding edge OXCE nightly preview builds? Try here: https://lxnt.wtf/oxem/#/Extended

[Meridian]

Since OXCE v5.3, it is possible to load mods and also vanilla resources files in 2 different ways:
1. from a directory (with many files)
2. from a single ZIP file

You should NOT use both approaches at once!

Below are three examples of vanilla resource loading (2 good examples and 1 bad example):
- Example 1: BAD (both standard/common directory and zip file)
- Example 2: GOOD (standard/common directory only)
- Example 3: GOOD (standard/common ZIP files only)