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Revision as of 14:51, 9 December 2019

X-COM: Apocalypse
X-COM: Apocalypse cover
Developers
Mythos Games
Publishers
MicroProse
Current 2K Games
Release dates
DOS June 30, 1997
Windows June 30, 1997
Windows (DOSBox) September 4, 2008
X-COM: Apocalypse guide on StrategyWiki
X-COM: Apocalypse on Wikipedia
X-COM
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

General information

UFOpaedia - A huge wiki for the XCOM series
StrategyCore
xcomufo.com
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
DOS
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Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Still, technically, has CD Check enabled. See Issues fixed for disabling it. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
DRM-free
Included in X-COM: Complete Pack, with X-COM: UFO Defense, X-COM: Terror from the Deep, X-COM: Interceptor and X-COM: Enforcer.
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Windows
Steam
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Still, technically, has CD Check enabled. See Issues fixed for disabling it. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.
Windows

Essential improvements

Run in DOSBox

To improve DOSBox performance, make some changes to the DOSBox configuration file.
Change DOSBox configuration file[citation needed]
  1. Change fulldouble=false to fulldouble=true
  2. Change output=surface to output=opengl
  3. Change memsize=16 to memsize=64
  4. Change blocksize=X to blocksize=4096
  5. Change prebuffer=X to prebuffer=20
  6. Change rate=X to rate=22050

Notes

If you still suffer from poor performance, try changing cycles=auto to cycles=max.
You may need to use Ctrl+F11 and Ctrl+F12 to control the speed of DOSBox's emulation.

Recommended Mods

  • A Patcher: Fixes bugs and can unlock incomplete parts of the game. Effectively XcomUtil from earlier games remade for Apocalypse.
  • RoadWar: Rebalances the vehicle combat, adding more game emphases to it.
  • Karadoc's Apoc Mod: Rebalances tactical missions, can make the both more fair and challenging.
Additional mods and other files for Apocalypse can be downloaded at StrategyCore here.

OpenApoc

An open source reinterpretation of the game's engine that's currently in a pre-alpha state.

Further details can be found on the project's official website, GitHub repository, and project forums.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS
Windows <path-to-game>\[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/7660/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
DOS
Windows <path-to-game>\SAVEGAME[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/7660/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game options menu.
In-game options menu.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
German
Use the Unofficial German Language Pack.
Spanish
Use the Apocalypse Spanish Patch.
Russian
Fan translation by «UFODefense.narod.ru» download link #1 and #2

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
Hotseat. Was scrapped prior to release but can be enabled using A Patcher. Works surprisingly well for a unstable pre-alpha feature.
LAN play
2 Versus
Was scrapped prior to release. Can be enabled using A Patcher, however usually crashes immediately after selecting the option from the menu.
Online play
2 Versus
See note above.

Issues fixed

X-COM asks for CD

The Steam version sometimes asks you to insert the CD into the drive. When it does so, the game can't be resumed.
Extract folders from cd.iso and place them in the X-Com folder[1]
The Steam version is set to "Minimal Install" in order to conserver space. If copying files makes you feel nervous you can also run the installer on the ISO and have it overwright the install with the "huge" size.[2] Certain files, such as the music and videos, will still remain on the disk however. You may want to copy these if problems continue.
Use a later version of DOSBox (0.74, Steam uses 0.72)[3]
Easiest way is to copy the DOSBox.exe into the x-com apocalypse SteamApps folder and rename to 'dosbox.exe'
Disable CD check using this, this or this[4][5]
Be sure you performed the first fix first before attempting this one. Note the ISO image is no longer required to be mounted after doing one of these.

Choppy Cutscenes

Exactly like it sounds, cutscene playback is poor.

Use DOS32A[citation needed]

Bind it to SMKP.EXE with the following command: sb /r Smkp.exe

Replace the builtin player[6]

Use this patch from StrategyCore user Bomb Bloke.

Included smacker player may hang in DOSBox. This can be fixed by upgrading it to the latest version here. Batch scripts may also need to be edited depending on where the game is installed to.

Black screen on startup

This game has issues with certain SVGA cards (both real and emulated). It can be fixed by using this patcher. Note this program requires Windows and will not run in DOSBox.

Game hangs after entering the Alien Dimension

Certain versions of the game shipped without the map files for the Alien Dimension. They can be downloaded here.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Software renderer
DOS video modes SVGA
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio Human Machine Interface (HMI) audio drivers
Cutscenes Smacker Video Cutscenes remain on disk in the retail version.

System requirements

DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 5.0
Processor (CPU) Intel 486 DX/4 100 MHz
System memory (RAM) 8 MB (DOS)
16 MB (Windows 95)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 MB
Video card (GPU) SVGA

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
  2. 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/7660/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (7660) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References