GEOSCAPE.EXE: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 23:01, 30 November 2005

The "Geoscape" program that handles base management and aircraft, a.k.a. XCOM outside of tactical combat.

XCOM:UFO Defense (U.S. DOS) version 1.4:

Is 382,957 bytes long
Has alien statistics starting at (non-offset) byte 379,729. There are 33 records of 39 bytes each. No alien names, though.

XCOM Windows Collector's Edition: what's the right name for this edition, folks?

Is 495,616 bytes long
Has alien statistics starting at (non-offset) byte 480,145. There are 33 records of 39 bytes each. No alien names, though.
Starting at byte 648, reads:

XCOM: UFO Defense Gold Edition
This awesome game was compiled on Sep  8 1999 at 08:57:11
Copyright - 1999 Hasbro Interactive/MicroProse Software
Party on dude.

That's because the Windows CE version has no GEOSCAPE.EXE file. This file, along with BATTLESCAPE.EXE, are added by XCOMUTIL!

--Danial 15:01, 30 Nov 2005 (PST)