X-COM: Terror from the Deep

X-COM: Terror from the Deep
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Original Developer	MicroProse Software
Ported By	M-HT
Version	1.0.1
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Status	Released and playable

X-COM: Terror from the Deep for GP2X is a statically recompiled executable of the original executable to the GP2X by M-HT. X-COM: Terror from the Deep is a video game released by MicroProse Software in 1995 for the PC. You can find more information about X-COM: Terror from the Deep on Wikipedia.

Original X-COM: Terror from the Deep required for playing on GP2X.

Installation

Simple instructions:

1. install X-COM: Terror from the Deep on your PC (using DOSBox for instance)
2. copy the files from this archive into the install directory
3. copy it all onto SD card
4. run xcom2.gpe on GP2X

Example (Detailed instructions):

1. install X-COM: Terror from the Deep on your PC (using DOSBox for instance)
   • create directory C:\Games
   • in dosbox: mount C:\Games as C:
   • in dosbox: install X-COM: Terror from the Deep into C:\UFO2
2. copy the files from this archive into the install directory
   • copy files from this archive (xcom2.gpe, xcom2_rh.gpe, xcom2_lh.gpe, xcom2.png, xcom2_rh.png, xcom2_lh.png, Ufo.cfg, Ufo_F200RH.cfg, Ufo_F200LH.cfg, UFOEXE\SR-Geoscape.exe, UFO2EXE\SR-Tactical.exe, GEODATA\OBDATA.DAT) to C:\Games\UFO2 and overwrite existing files
3. copy it all onto SD card
   • copy the directory C:\Games\UFO2 onto SD card
4. run X-COM: Terror from the Deep on GP2X
   • F100 USERS (non-touchscreen):
     • run xcom2.gpe on GP2X
   • F200 RIGHT-HANDED USERS:
     • run xcom2_rh.gpe on GP2X
   • F200 LEFT-HANDED USERS:
     • run xcom2_lh.gpe on GP2X

• Example\List.txt - list of files (after installation)

Music

To get music you will need to install the timidity instruments by downloading timidity.tar.gz and either:

• Extract it to the root of your SD card.

or

• Extract it elsewhere on your SD card.

  Then copy timidity.cfg to the UFO2 directory and add this line at the start

  dir /mnt/sd/path/to/timidity/

  where path/to/timidity/ is the path to the timidity directory on your SD card.

You can use different timidity instruments, but these were the only ones tested.

Configuration

The X-COM for GP2X supports multiple configuration files.
The configuration file to be used depends on the launch script.
Three launch scripts and configuration files are provided by default.
One is for F100 users or F200 users not wanting to use the touchscreen.
The other two are for left and right-handed F200 touchscreen users.

Some controls are not remappable.

See the files Ufo.cfg, Ufo_F200LH.cfg, and Ufo_F200RH.cfg for more details.

Controls

F100 CONTROLS

Mouse mode

Stick

move mouse

R+Stick

move mouse - higher speed

Both modes

B

left mouse click [configurable]

R+B

enter [configurable]

X

right mouse click [configurable]

Y

y [configurable]

A

backspace [configurable]

R+Select

virtual keyboard [configurable]

Start

pause/unpause game [configurable]

L+R+Start

immediate exit (without saving anything)

Vol+/-

volume up/down [configurable]

L+Vol+/-

Geoscape zoom, Battlescape up/down level

L+Stick

Rotate Geoscape, Scroll Battlescape

Select

Geoscape set time to 5 secs, Battlescape select next soldier [configurable]

L+Select

Geoscape set time to 1 day, Battlescape deselect current soldier [configurable]

Virtual keyboard

Stick

move

B

select [configurable]

L+R+Start

immediate exit (without saving anything)

F200 RIGHT-HANDED TOUCHSCREEN CONTROLS

Mouse mode

Stylus

move mouse

Both modes

Vol+

left mouse click [configurable]

Vol-

right mouse click [configurable]

B

enter [configurable]

Y

y [configurable]

A

backspace [configurable]

X

virtual keyboard [configurable]

Start

pause/unpause game [configurable]

L+R+Start

immediate exit (without saving anything)

L+Vol+/-

volume up/down [configurable]

DPAD

Rotate Geoscape, Scroll Battlescape

L+Up/Down

Geoscape zoom, Battlescape up/down level

Select

Geoscape set time to 5 secs, Battlescape select next soldier [configurable]

L+Select

Geoscape set time to 1 day, Battlescape deselect current soldier [configurable]

Virtual keyboard

Stylus

move mouse

Vol+

select

L+R+Start

immediate exit (without saving anything)

F200 LEFT-HANDED TOUCHSCREEN CONTROLS

Mouse mode

Stylus

move mouse

Both modes

Select

left mouse click [configurable]

Start

right mouse click [configurable]

Right

enter [configurable]

Up

y [configurable]

Left

backspace [configurable]

Down

virtual keyboard [configurable]

L+Down

pause/unpause game [configurable]

L+R+Start

immediate exit (without saving anything)

Vol+/-

volume up/down [configurable]

A/B/X/Y

Rotate Geoscape, Scroll Battlescape

R+X/Y

Geoscape zoom, Battlescape up/down level

Virtual keyboard

Stylus

move mouse

Select

select

L+R+Start

immediate exit (without saving anything)

Misc

X-COM: Terror from the Deep for the GP2X is based on the version 2 of the original executables.
Except the executables, only one more file is part of the official version 2 patch.
The file (GEODATA\OBDATA.DAT) is included in the archive.
That means that either version 1 or version 2 of X-COM: Terror from the Deep can be used as a base install for playing it on GP2X.

Changes

v1.0.1 (2009-05-31)

* minor bug fixes

* speed optimizations

* fix for music playing

v1.0.0 (2009-01-24)

first public version

touchscreen support by Senor Quack