XCOM: Enemy Unknown
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Developers | |
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Firaxis Games | |
Publishers | |
2K Games | |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 3 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 9, 2012 |
macOS (OS X) | April 25, 2013 |
Linux | June 19, 2014 |
Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
X-COM | |
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X-COM: UFO Defense | 1994 |
X-COM: Terror from the Deep | 1995 |
X-COM: Apocalypse | 1997 |
X-COM: Interceptor | 1998 |
X-COM: Email games | 1999 |
X-COM: Enforcer | 2001 |
XCOM: Enemy Unknown | 2012 |
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified | 2013 |
XCOM 2 | 2016 |
XCOM: Chimera Squad | 2020 |
Key points
- Only a 64-bit version is available on Linux.
- The game suffers from an abundance of bugs in its current state. Some bugs are game-breaking.[1]
General information
- Steam Community Discussions
- Steam Users' Forums
- Steam Users' Forums for game series
- Official Forum - not PC-specific.
Availability
- All versions require Steam, except for OS X Mac App Store release.
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
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- Changing the setting
bForceNoMovies
toTRUE
will not work because the game will fail to load anything past the main menu. This problem does not exist in Enemy Within.
Turn off multiplayer chat
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Enable armor tint options
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Game data
Configuration files location
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System | Location |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/200510/pfx/[Note 1] |
- This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
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System | Location |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/200510/pfx/[Note 1] |
- Having too many savegames can cause slowdowns, which can be fixed by regularly purging savegames.
- Savegames will start appearing in the wrong order once there are more or around 100 savegames.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Korean | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Polish | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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Local play | |||
LAN play | |||
Online play |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Issues fixed
Save game slowdowns
- Having a lot of savegames might cause the game to momentarily freeze while loading the "Save Game" screen.
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Windows
Game appears to run in slow motion
- Using Gigabyte's OC Guru overclocking tool can cause the game to appear to run in slow motion, then jump forward in time every few seconds
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System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | Vista | 7 |
Processor (CPU) | 2 GHz Dual Core | 2 GHz Dual Core (Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or Athlon X2 2.7 GHz) |
System memory (RAM) | ||
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 20 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT | NVIDIA GeForce 9000 series ATI Radeon HD 3000 series |
- Windows XP is not supported, but the game can be made to run on it using this guide.
macOS (OS X) Minimum Recommended Operating system (OS) 10.8.5 10.9.1 Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo System memory (RAM) Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 GB Video card (GPU) AMD HD4000
NVidia 9000 series
256 MB of VRAM1 GB of VRAM - The OS X version is not supported on these graphics cards: ATI X1xxx series, ATI HD2xxx series, Intel GMA series, NVIDIA 7xxx series, NVIDIA 8xxx series. The following cards require you to have 8 GB of system RAM: NVIDIA 320M, NVIDIA 9400 and Intel HD3000.
Linux Minimum Recommended Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit Processor (CPU) 2 GHz 3 GHz System memory (RAM) Hard disk drive (HDD) 16 GB Video card (GPU) Nvidia 600 series
AMD 6000 series
Intel Iris Pro
512 MB of VRAMNvidia 700 series
AMD 6000 series
1 GB of VRAMNotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/200510/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (200510) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- The OS X version is not supported on these graphics cards: ATI X1xxx series, ATI HD2xxx series, Intel GMA series, NVIDIA 7xxx series, NVIDIA 8xxx series. The following cards require you to have 8 GB of system RAM: NVIDIA 320M, NVIDIA 9400 and Intel HD3000.