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X-COM: UFO Defense

Collector's Edition for Windows

Application Details:

Version: Collector's Edition
License: Retail
URL:  
Votes: 1
Latest Rating: Bronze
Latest Wine Version Tested: 1.3.19

Maintainers: About Maintainership

Test Results

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Selected Test Results

What works

main menu, Geoscape window, mouse.

What does not

Keyboard, music

Workarounds

What was not tested

the rest of the game: without keyboard it's not possible to go through the placement of first base.

Hardware tested

Graphics:

  • GPU:
  • Driver:

Additional Comments

The game runs after you set "Emulate Virtual Desktop" in winecfg, although the keyboard issue prevents further testing. See also: http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=15443

selected in Test Results table below
Operating systemTest dateWine versionInstalls?Runs?Used
Workaround?
RatingSubmitter
CurrentUbuntu 11.04 "Natty" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu)May 08 20111.3.19Yes Yes NoBronzeDaedalus 
ShowUbuntu 10.10 "Maverick" i386 (+ variants like Kubuntu)Oct 14 20101.3.4N/A No NoGarbagean anonymous user 
ShowGentoo LinuxFeb 08 20101.1.38Yes Yes NoBronzean anonymous user 
ShowGentoo LinuxFeb 06 20101.1.38Yes Yes NoBronzeaffect 
ShowGentoo LinuxApr 01 20091.1.18Yes Yes NoBronzeaffect 

Known Bugs

Bug # Description Status Resolution Other apps affected
6423 crash trying to run old game. (NtProtectVirtualMemory Unsupported on other process) CLOSED FIXED View
8854 Unable to get keyboard / mouse input in multiple games CLOSED FIXED View
8986 UFO - Enemy unknown/X-COM:UFO Defence - No keyboard input CLOSED DUPLICATE View
14073 Wine crashes when running UFO and switching monitors CLOSED ABANDONED View
17923 No music in X-COM: UFO Defense CLOSED FIXED View
28607 Unhandled exception installing X-COM Collector's Edition CLOSED FIXED View

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HowTo / Notes

Keyboard input

You can fix the keyboard input using a lib/wine/dinput.dll.so file from wine version 0.9.16 or using a hack mentioned in the comments to bug #8854

Fullscreen mode crash / black box issue
If you are running the game in fullscreen mode ("Emulate virtual desktop" winecfg option NOT checked) and are getting black box with a subsequent crash, check the logs. Most likely you'll find an error line like this in the log:

- If you get an error like "No matching mode found 320x200x8!"

It means you have to configure your X server to enable the 320x200 mode (if your video adapter supports it) using your graphics driver software or by modifying X config file(s)

Comments

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Try OpenXCom instead
by Ezequiel Ferriol on Sunday June 22nd 2014, 13:39
I tried for years to make this game work via Wine, and failed miserably over and over again.
But finally OpenXCom is released.
OpenXCom is an open-source clone of the original UFO: Enemy Unknown (X-Com: UFO Defense in USA), licensed under the GPL and written in C++ / SDL. It was originally founded by SupSuper in February 2009, and has since grown into a small development team surrounded by a very supporting community.
But they didn't limit themselves to clone the original game; they also included a THRONG of improvements (including modding capabilities).
OpenXCom is absolutely free, though possession of an original copy of XCOM: UFO Defense Collector's Edition is required. OpenXCom is available for Windows, Mac and Linux.
Check out the trailer:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL2x-Sz9Oa8

Download it for free:

openxcom.org/downloads/
Keyboard patch
by Daedalus on Saturday May 14th 2011, 9:09
I confirm that the patch proposed in bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8854#c48 resolves the issue with keyboard. (Tested on wine-git, cloned May 14th 2011)
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