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Contributions => Offtopic => Topic started by: android on July 11, 2013, 11:53:14 pm

Title: fodders patch
Post by: android on July 11, 2013, 11:53:14 pm

Laptop doesn't like open xcom. No start, nothing. Runs dosbox or win version, I think the problem might be f0dders patch.
It's an old xcom patch, I can't remember if it was just musfix.dll patch.dll or if anything else may remain.
I have UFO on cd but cd drives goosed.. tried extracting iso but system refusing virtural drive! User has limited control.

I've removed both libraries, replaced midi's, anything else?
I know it's only £3 online but she's reluctant to pay if it's not working.

Title: Re: fodders patch
Post by: Warboy1982 on July 12, 2013, 04:02:52 am

i've never heard of fodder's patch, although i'm sure it's perfectly legal for you to download a fresh set of data if you can't access your cd. (depending on your local laws)

Title: Re: fodders patch
Post by: moriarty on July 12, 2013, 10:32:32 am

you obviously have your own UFO installation running somewhere, don't you? perhaps just try to copy the files as a whole? I've got my entire openxcom installation in my dropbox, for example... web-based download to anywhere allows me to even play at work... ;)

Title: Re: fodders patch
Post by: android on July 12, 2013, 01:51:37 pm

..so i can just copy directory to/from a pen drive? I miss the days when gaming was that easy..

Title: Re: fodders patch
Post by: moriarty on July 12, 2013, 02:13:22 pm

make sure that your user directory is inside the game directory. see the ufopaedia for that: https://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php?title=Installing_(OpenXcom)#Data_Folder (https://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php?title=Installing_(OpenXcom)#Data_Folder)

and yes, you can. pretty, isn't it? :) the nice thing about dropbox is that I can play openxcom on my laptop, and later continue the game on my PC and so on...

Title: Re: fodders patch
Post by: SupSuper on July 12, 2013, 05:36:35 pm

Quote from: Warboy1982 on July 12, 2013, 04:02:52 am

i've never heard of fodder's patch, although i'm sure it's perfectly legal for you to download a fresh set of data if you can't access your cd. (depending on your local laws)

Fodders patch is a custom EXE that makes the UFO Windows version run on modern computers (it's even still included in the Steam version). It shouldn't affect OpenXcom though...