Hi everyone, I'm new to this group. Played Apocalypse for years and really loved the turn-based style of it. And then bought the Steam 6-pack......so I'm excited about the new treasures I will find!

@Yukra I hope this helps!

http://www.ufopaedia.org/?title=TRTBAG

HI everybody, could you please advise what is the best way to fix the bug issue with tech tree and other bugs on TFTD without loosing save from original steam TFTD? Thanks

Hey All

Fanatical TFTD player :) ..... even after having bought a brand new quad core 8GB beast i still find myself coming back, it really is the most fantastic...and challenging strategy game, if anyone needs any help or indeed just wants to chat about any X-Com game feel free, just waiting for the new title to download via steam, it's got a LOT to live up to :).

Apoc had its own charm and personally I preferred playing it with RT than turns :] But it is just me ;P

Sometimes the last alien on a map will just stand there and do nothing, usually because at one point it dropped its weapon but now isnt freaking out anymore... Thats annoyed me a time or two before, at one point I downloaded a savegame editor to finish off that last straggler, I dont think its cheating because it was as good as dead anyway hah.

I hope it sticks to the original turn based battles rather than real time. I love EU and TFTD, Apocalypse I couldn't get my head around and the rest were cack. Please please please don't be another disappointment!

Just got this month's issue of gameinformer, it had a large article on the new xcom. It looks really good :3

Are you sure you checked every possible corner? From right adjacent to it? Every. Single. One? Its possible it looked revealed, but due to your troops positioning they didn't have enough line of sight on the location to actually spot an alien. Either way...that sucks!!

Got my first bugged out level! Scoured the entire map, but the elusive alien was naught to be found!!

A new XCOM game has been announced, more closely following it's predecessors than the upcoming first-person one.

TBH i'm more of an Enemy Unknown/UFO Defense fan that TfTD, but there wasn't a community group for the former = ) Glad I found this group though!

Actually the difference between the two is just 5% according to the UFOPaedia. Oops.

The sonic cannons are more accurate (just like the Heavy Plasma in XCOM) but it's only 10% - a Blasta Rifle is perfect if you don't want to waste too many TUs. If you shoot from far away enough you don't have to worry about getting shot back, and the Blasta RIfle is a weapon you want to fire at least twice a round.

I prefer having both on my squad. The cannons do far more damage and practically guarantee one-shotting anything but lobstermen and the rare monsters, but the rifles are lighter, less expensive to fire, and I think even more accurate. Unless your solider has high str and endurance he'll be out of energy before a big mission is over if he's hauling around a cannon. All depends on the trooper in question.

Any one else that finds blasta rifles are better then sonic cannons?

Better than the ones you start with? Yes, but it takes a fair amount of research and development first. If you're researching things like aqua plastics, zrbite, magnetic navigation, you're on the right track.

Okay ... is it possible to build better submarines in TFD?

So who is the member playing X3:Terran Conflict so much these days?

Wow XD

Me!

I know, but I'm curious as to who played over 200 hours of it o.0 (I've actually been revisiting quake myself)

being in a group like this you should realize OLD IS GOLD

237 hours of quake? Who the ♥♥♥♥ did that? o,0

haven't heard anything of it since the trailer

Yeah, seems like it will have X-COM style base building and some basic research system though.
I like what I've seen of it so far, though I'd have liked a more traditional X-COM game to reboot the franchise.

Anyone know about the NEW Xcom game coming out? I saw a teaser on G4 and its a FPS.

UFO: The Two Sides is a freeware fan-made remake of X-Com, but with multiplayer capability. Ever wonder what it was like to play through the game as aliens...having to meet their own objectives, etc? The game also hosts techs and aliens from both Enemy Unknown and Terror From the Deep. Its really a great X-Com multiplayer experience! http://ufotts.ninex.info/

In case yall haven't heard, UFO:Extraterrestrials is coming out with a sequel. UFO2:Extraterrestrials - Shadows Over Earth. Yep. http://www.ufo2extraterrestrials.com/

No need to apologize, playm8! I remember WELL the excitement I felt when Steam re-released X-Com to the masses. You've also lucked out and found the largest X-Com group Steam has to offer. So if you have any questions, or know anyone else who might be interested, you know where to turn!

OMG OMG OMG i love steam now, used to hate it. Was reading WIKI about xcom and i saw that Steam had re-released it! wow! i remember my step dad playing it when i was a wee lad. Sorry guys, i just had to share that.

To all you out there still not savvy with wtf we're talkin about...catch up and join in on the discussion. Linked is the trailer released at E3 2010. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdVb4UnqO7A

It still looks pretty good. We don't need another turn based xcom, as UFO is still fun as hell.

The released info on the next X-com at E3. It will not be top-down and it will not be turn-based. *nerdrages*

Some of the best support I've found in recent years for getting these games working on Dosbox came from Steam's very own forums for it. There's a lot of rather helpful players in our community!

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=225

Hey. I've loved these games since I was a kid. I'm having trouble getting to run my old cds in dosbox. Anyone got a link to a step-by-step guide to getting all three ( TFD, Apocalypse, and the origional ) games running on a modern windows system? Thanks.

Yup, at least more people have begun talking about it since E3. Granted, not here it would seem....but at least its being talked about.

Xcom 2 looks really good it is a horror game it captures the fear really well

Grrr...I'm so bummed that they've made X3 into a gold edition now...when not even 2 mos. ago I went out of my way to get both games just on a whimsical CHANCE they were any good/akin to X-Com. I've logged less than .3 hours on ONE of them and haven't touched them again since. Maybe one day I'll find their merit. Either way, I want the new content as free DLC darn you, Steam!

Welcome to all the newcomers to the group. I'm seeing a bit more interest stemming from members of this group. So hopefully we can continue to grow and get ever more active!

Hey that's me! ;3 I'm a winner!

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From what little I've heard from unverified sources its all sounding like a game I would be dying to play. Even if it is not the RTS format of the first 3 successes. Provided it was as good as this company is known for making...especially in the FPS format.

They announced a new xcom and it's a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ fps D:<

Cool! Now in my develioping I've lost the way for research M.C. technologies! So sad...
Greetings to new members!

Sweeeeeeeeeet!

Absolutely! This group is expanding so thanks for joining! I knew you were good enough a gamer (of the right kind of games!) to be worth an invite! <3

heyyyyyyyy!!! Thanks for the invite!!!!!!!!!!! =DDDD

You're actively supporting the group through your gameplay and comments and general whatnot. Blahblahblah stuff and happy bits.

WOW I am player of the week!!! But what does it mean? )))