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OpenXcom => Open Feedback => Topic started by: Fenyő on February 04, 2013, 08:12:43 pm

Title: Data folder and Original X-COM versions
Post by: Fenyő on February 04, 2013, 08:12:43 pm
I didn't find a topic which discusses this, so i opened it.

I had problems previously in Battlescape with hills and their levels (level-0, level-1, etc).
And i've seen somewhere that Warboy said he uses the data folder from UFO 1.4 dos set.
I think maybe my problems come from the fact that i used data folder from X-COM Gold (or "collectors edition"(?)) Windows version.
Now i found my old dos version-xcom and tried it in DOSbox, but i didn't manage to determine its version. The problem is, that it does not mention ANY version numbers AT ALL! I even can't find the version-number in the properties of the exe-files.

This given me an idea, that we should collect the versions of the original game, all of them, and somehow identify them, maybe with the exe-files' MD5 checksum.

I have a version of GEOSCAPE.EXE with this MD5: 256099b5fb63610ede49552029cfeb9b
Does anyone know which version is this?
Title: Re: Data folder and Original X-COM versions
Post by: SupSuper on February 04, 2013, 09:15:16 pm
DOS executables don't have any version information, so the only way to know which version you have is to compare. UFOpaedia (https://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php?title=GEOSCAPE.EXE) and Strategycore (https://www.strategycore.co.uk/files/ufo-enemy-unknown/patches/) have already done a pretty good job documenting this. And OpenXcom only uses the data files, which are largely the same across versions (DOS 1.4 and Windows use the same data files).

The only stuff which would have an impact are mods like Xcomutil or the Combo Patch which modify the data files and are not compatible with OpenXcom. Remember kids, stay vanilla!
Title: Re: Data folder and Original X-COM versions
Post by: Fenyő on February 04, 2013, 09:34:09 pm
Wow, thanx! :)

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DOS 1.4 and Windows use the same data files
R U sure?

Could you give me a link where i can find the DOS 1.4 DATA files?
The link you wrote contains only patches, without data folder.
Title: Re: Data folder and Original X-COM versions
Post by: Yankes on February 04, 2013, 11:54:37 pm
Quote from: Fenyő on February 04, 2013, 09:34:09 pm
Wow, thanx! :)
R U sure?

Could you give me a link where i can find the DOS 1.4 DATA files?
The link you wrote contains only patches, without data folder.

Xcom data is copyrighter, posting any link there could be dangerous for OpenXcom.
Title: Re: Data folder and Original X-COM versions
Post by: Fenyő on February 05, 2013, 12:02:00 am
Okay, then send it in PM.