/xen/ - Xenos

I fucked up fomratting a little - if board owner anon could fix that I'd much appreciate it.

>>99

Done and done! Thanks for coming.

If you have any requests or questions, feel free to ask.

Thanks anon.

Should I play the vanilla game before trying Long War?

>>287

If its your first time playing ever, than ya, you should atleast get to where you feel comfortable with playing classic + ironman before going to Long War.

>>288

alright thanks playa

>>98

Does Enemy Within come with the base game?

>>325

I assume so. Enemy Within is available as an expansion pack, but this is much larger than the base game, so it should be coming with it.

>>326

Oh so I should just play enemy within, I thought it was a separate campaign but it just adds onto the base game right?

>>327

Its the same, with much more content. Enjoy!

Say, OP, is Ironman advised? I feel like normal is way too easy just by itself, and classic is significantly harder so I need something to balance that out.

>>332

Ironman is the only mode that matters. It creates tension and makes your decisions truly matter.

So it appears that this isn't the latest version of enemy within (toolboks told me so).

>>444

As long as it works more or less consistently, its fine. It would be nice to get a newer trusted version, but that would require someone to actually do that.

>>445

So how the fuck do I use toolboks

>>446

http://www.nexusmods.com/xcom/mods/79/

I don't know anon, I'm like 70% through the torrent myself. What issue are you having?

>>447

It tells me I have an outdated version and I can't select anything other than speed and skip intros.

>>448

Look for an earlier version.

Or

I'm pretty sure you can actually make most of those changes in the Long War config, or that's at least what I remember hearing.

Just make sure to back up the config file.

>>449

I tried long war for two days and gave up near the end cause it became frustrating and retarded. I just want to make simple changes to the vanilla game, toolboks seems perfect if I could get it to fucking work.

>>450

I'm sorry man, I'm not sure what to do. We're using a fairly old version of LW. Maybe you should ask the current /v/ thread? I've heard them talk about editing it and stuff.

>>451

Oh I can't even use toolboks cause it modifies the .exe

>>452

Try seeing if you can do it in the .config.

Presumably if there is one. I sure as hell hope so.

>>453

Can I add your ass on steam or something

>>455

Sure I'm the admin of http://steamcommunity.com/groups/SneXCOM

Send a friend request and I'll comply.

I tried installing the patch in the OP and I got an msvcr120.dll not found error, and after installing the 2013 x86 redist which I think is what that is the game does not start. I copied all the old files back in to test if it was my machine or the patch and it worked like it should, so I am either using the incorrect VC or some other thing is wrong.

Any ideas?

>>543

Get this http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?msvcr120#

And put it in the folder with the executable you are trying to use. Also did you apply the crack that comes with the torrent?

They should be on the .ISO

>>544

I should have clarified: I tried getting the .dll itself, putting it in the binaries folder and it didn't work. It didn't give the error, so it found it but it still failed.

I got the game itself from a 3DM torrent a long while ago, not from the OP link. It's the z10yded version and it works perfectly; I've beaten the game with it. If you're talking about the CPU-specific cracks, there are some in the long war/patch torrent. I have a Phenom II so I used the AthlonPhenom.rar one. Surely if you're telling me to use the one in the main game torrent it would not work since since the ones in the patch torrent are newer? I hope that's an error on your part.

I just had a passing interest in getting my old version up to the latest, not explicitly to play long war but just to have a new version.

Thanks for your time.

>>545

If you mean the long war patch, than I can't guarantee it will work with your version of Enemy Within. The anon who posted the guide got it to work with that specific torrent and that specific version of LW.

I DLed it recently and got EW to work perfectly fine, and have heard others get LW to work with it too.

>>546

I'm trying to get the enemy within patch located in that torrent to update my old enemy within game. I do not want to play long war.

>>547

Just use the entire install if you got the whole 16GB~ torrent.

I really don't know if the update will work across cracks.

OP didn't work for me but this did.

Download this torrent:

http://88.80.6.5/hash/9e1822652d708a69c2e92c58ec4acf33726bba8d/torrent-info/XCOM-Enemy-Unknown-The-Complete-Edition-PROPHET

Download the crack here (torrent is already updated to the latest version so you don't need the update)

https://www.mediafire.com/folder/r9w2my95p9559/XEW

Then download Long War from the nexus and install.

http://www.nexusmods.com/xcom/mods/88/?

Also if you get the msvcr120.dll not found error you need to install this.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40784

>>560

nvm fixed it ;^)

>>562

Good, I would have been very upset with you if it didn't work.

Perhaps even angry.

>>553

The torrent is slow as fuck now. Here's a better one.

http://88.80.6.5/torrent/3e6594e7816ea7d5fa5bd5b330c3a6e5a78c560e

>Now, ignore the Long War setup that comes with it - it's grossly out-of-date. Grab the newest one here:

I'm a retard, what file would that be?

>>568

I think he means grab this: https://mega.co.nz/#!1BVgFLCS!Jctb2T-5RBmFyQtb46-dsYKRriwgKFC8M6G7brUIIDM

I can't get the game to work. No matter what I do when I open up the new game I can't choose a starting location(the list is completely empty), and if I press confirm it loads up a mission and then freezes at a black screen.

>>606

Which torrent did you use?

Also did you make sure to apply the crack?

>>607

Fitgirl repack. I've lost the magnet link.

>>608

Sorry m8, I can only confirm that the version in the OP works, since its the one I've been playing on. Sounds like its missing something for you, since those don't seem like the usual errors.

>>610

Looked through the logs found in the Long War Files folder and appearently an error occurred where the XCOMEW.exe file wasn't found, despite not bringing up errors in the actual installation. What a load of shit. Guess I'll need to shit around even more with the installing to get the damn thing to work.

>>612

Maybe you have the locations mixed up? if it cant find it, but its installed, it could just mean its off target.

>>614

Game bug, which torrent did you use?

>>617

Prophet

Updated with https://www.mediafire.com/folder/r9w2my95p9559/XEW then installed LW.

>>618

Sorry I can only recommend the torrent in the OP, as I've said several times ITT.

The setup is a little iffy, but once you get it right, I've never experienced any game breaking bugs.

From that image, are the thinmen still alive despite being killed?

>>619

No, they are properly dead. It's just that when I reload a save, they froze up like that (look at the outsiders, they're already killed)

>>620

Huh, ya that's bizarre as fuck. As long as it doesn't break the game it doesn't really hurt, but its still weird.

>>621

Probably some kind of ragdoll issue. When reload, stunned enemies still get stunned again, dead enemies just left froze up like that.