UFO VERSION 1.3 AVAILABLE!
Tim Chown
I will put in in pub/msdos/patches/ufo1-3.zip at ecs.soton.ac.uk in the
next hour or so (152.78.64.201), and also pub/pc/games/patches at
bell.ecs.soton.ac.uk which is a fuller but possibly non-DNS repository
at 152.78.64.102.
Can someone please upload it to wuarchive or somewhere in the USA as
I can't get on.
I am not sure how it relates to XCOM, which is kind of UFO 1.2.
Things fixed include the alien containment bug.
Cheers, and happy bug-hunting :)
Tim, author of the original UFO FAQ!
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Here is the readme:
UFO: ENEMY UNKNOWN V1.3
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TO INSTALL THIS UPDATE, INSERT THIS UPDATE DISC IN DRIVE A: AND TYPE
THE FOLLOWING;
C:
CD \MPS\UFO [if this is your game directory, otherwise alter path]
COPY A:\*.*
UPDATE
IMPORTANT!!!!!!!!
You MUST run UPDATE from the game directory and not from the patch
disc as this will erase the update file from the disc and also from
the game directory.
Your patch disc currently contains 3 files. If your disc contains
only 2, after attempting the update, then this is the mistake you
have made.
BUG FIXES AND NEW FEATURES WITHIN v1.3
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* Please start a new game of UFO to eliminate all possibilities
that the new version of the game fixes the bugs which you have
seen so far. Your currently saved old games may not work properly
on the new version - sorry!
* The SETUP program does not require that you set the IRQ settings
for the sound card, only the Memory address and the DMA channel.
The normal Soundblaster defaults for this is, Address A220 and DMA 1.
If you find the game crashes before you have a chance to play then
this is likely the reason.
* This update contains a new version of the DOS Extender, DOS4GW to
fix some compatibility problems seen with the earlier release.
DOS4GW is not a MicroProse program and we were not aware of these
compatibility problems until after UFO was published. If you had a
problem running UFO, this update will fix that as we have managed to
obtain a later release of this program.
* Corrupt tiles that caused multiple images to appear have been fixed.
* Action points have been limited to 80 to prevent the "wrap-around"
problem seen with the original release when points reached over 250
and then went to zero.
* Mission variety has been improved to allow access to all types of
missions when playing.
* Alien intelligence has been improved to allow a tougher game.
Aliens are now more aggresive and carry more powerful weaponary in
their spaceships. They will also no longer stand around and wait for
you to come to them, so watch your backs!
* The UFO encyclopedia has been expanded to include missing entries.
If you research a new item and no information is displayed after the
research period is up then this is because nothing new has been learnt.
This is not a bug.
* The corrupt game file, UBASE_07.MAP which caused problems when
entering the Alien Bases has been replaced.
This previously caused the error, "CAN'T FIX Y-AXIS" to appear when
entering these bases.
* There is no PC Speaker support within UFO as specified in the
Technical Supplement.
* Some customers reported the MS-DOS error,
"Note enough Environment Space" when attepting to run the program, if
more than four SET commands had been made from the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
This has now been fixed
* A few customers reported a problem where captured live aliens were
dying, on route back to base, because there was no Alien Containment
facility available for them. This despite the fact that the facility
was there and it was empty or only partially full. This problem was
not easily reproduced but has now been fixed in this version.
Happy Alien hunting!
Mark J Rich
MicroProse Customer Services (Europe) - September 1, 1994