I rushed out to buy the original X-Com:UFO Defense in 1994 and was disappointed. Beware that it seems that 0.9.3 boots at 115200 and no more 9600bps on. I could recover my damaged ESP-01, back to v0.9.2/ATv0.18 F/W, and then flash v0.9.3/ATv0.20 from espressif. Using this you get a progress bar and log messages while flashing. It has the V0.18 AT and v0.9.2 firmware builtin, but you can replace the files by 0.20+0.9.3 too.

This should decrease the likelihood of races not matching names to realistic levels.- Screen is now centered on higher base resolutions.- Mouse capture option added, as well as key shortcut.- New language format, system language auto-detected on first start.- Complete overhaul of pause menu, now totally consistent between geoscape/battlescape.- Saved Games will now indicate the system save time, in-game date and time, and if appropriate, turn number.- Saved Games can now be sorted by creation date or name.- Combo Box and Slider functionality added.- Most hidden options now available on the menu.- All options have in-game descriptions.- New display options: Borderless, Resizable, Letterboxing.- Internal game resolution may be adjusted for battlescape and geoscape separately.- All kinds of in-game timings are now adjustable, so you can make it run like your old 286, or pentium.- Mods can now be activated from in-game, and don't require a restart.- Many more advanced options added, most of which were previously omitted for requiring a restart.- Many UFOextender and XComUtil options added (either as advanced options or individual mods).- Mousewheel scroll speed is now configurable.- Support for old or modded savedgames improved, including warnings about potential incompatibilities.- Support added for multiple data folders.- Dedicated auto-save and quick-save slots added.- New loading screen with better error handling.- Adlib music emulation added, MIDI playback is no longer required.- Automatically end dogfights if the UFO outpaces the fighter and the window is minimised.- When areas don't have mission data set, they will now fall back to data for an area that does.- Psionic training at any time option added: allows adding/removing soldiers from psionic training at your discretion rather than on a monthly basis, and updates their progress daily.*- Fields added to craft rulesets for further moddability.- Added 'Sack' button to soldier info screen.- Added inventory screen to craft equip screen.- Added estimates for craft repair/refuel/rearm times.- Alien Containment management screen added.- Soldier Memorial screen added to keep track of Xcom casualties.- Last selected base now preserved on closing base window.- Fixed HWPs not reloading when new ammo arrived.- Added Prev/Next key shortcuts to Basescape soldier info.- Aircraft flight path line indicators added.- Storage limit enforcement option added, complete with 'overflowed item' management screen.*- Melee accuracy now shown on soldier stat screens.- Manufacture auto sale button added to manufacture screen.- Infinite quantity added to manufacture screen.- Background now filled out in higher base resolutions.- Added various Go To Base shortcuts in Geoscape popups.- Added right-click on craft in Intercept screen to center on it.- Added right-click on soldier in Craft screen to show their stats.- Ufopaedia now shows armor damage and stat modifiers.- New Advanced-Option: View soldier's Psi-Strength after the appropriate research has been completed.*- Inventory: Ctrl-click an item to attempt to swap it between the ground and your soldier's inventory.- Inventory: Added ability to define paper dolls for non-player units.- Alt-click can now be used as an alternative to right-clicking.- Various soldier weapon display changes:- When using two two-handed weapons, display the one currently in use.- Display soldier hands in front of rifles.- If holding a pistol and a two-handed weapon, display both while firing.- Factored height into the throwing calculation.- Plasma tanks and sectopods now play the correct firing sounds.- Item stacking implemented: Functionally identical items will appear in the same place on the ground with a number displayed over them, if there are a large stack of similar items.- 2012 item recovery option added: only captured aliens drop intact weapons.*- Path preview option updated: displays yellow when you can move to a spot but are unable to perform auto shot (or the type of shot you have on reserve) with your remaining TUs.- Path preview option updated: can now be set to show arrows, remaining TUs, or both.*- Units will no longer poke their heads through floors above them when standing on tall objects.- AI almost completely re-written from scratch, should more closely resemble vanilla.- Number of Auto-shots is now a definable attribute of a weapon.- Warning messages added when handling live grenades.- Weapons can be defined to charge a 'flat rate' rather than a percentage of TUs.- Reaction fire mechanics completely re-written to replicate vanilla.- Stats added to Armor, allowing it to enhance (or hinder) a soldier's abilities.- Map draw functions hugely optimized, game is now playable on Android.- Buttons for Reserve for Kneel and Zero Time Units added.- Debug feature to kill all aliens added. BDY files.- Various translation updates, including new languages: Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Norweigan, Portuguese (BR), Slovak, Swedish, Turkish.- Localized installer in multiple languages.- Updated soldier names: Italian, Belgian, Congolese, Dutch, Greek, French, Kenyan, Korean, Indian, Polynesian, Slovakian.- New Battle will now load available terrains from the ruleset instead of having them hardcoded.- New Battle now allows unlimited items to be assigned to the craft.- Implemented weighting for which soldier look is chosen by which origin. The original purpose of XcomUtil was to make the game more.- The starting date can now be set in the ruleset.- Soldier stat caps are now acquired from the ruleset.- Added support for custom images in the UFO craft preview window.- Implemented a list weight value for items, which determines where they appear in ingame lists.- Allow for resizing of UI surfaces through rulesets.- Allow for weapons to change max range, autoshots, blast radius, strength modifier, melee attack, dropoff, LOS, bullet speed, etc.- Allow for armors to change unit stats.- Allow for setting producedItems for manufacture.- Rulesets will now internally number themselves and offset IDs by 1000 to avoid conflicts intelligently.- Begun development on loading TFTD content, specifically. It is not really an editor and it is certainly not a cheat program. CA Technologies Product References CA 7В® Workload Automation Smart Console Option (CA 7) CA ACF2В® (CA ACF2) CA Dynam/T Tape Management (CA Dynam/T) CA NetMasterВ® File Transfer Management (CA NetMaster FTM) CA RoscoeВ® (CA Roscoe) CA Top SecretВ® (CA Top Secret) A XOM Data TransportВ® A XOM Data Transport zIIP Enablement Services (CA Common Services for z/OS)- The ability to define extra strings, sounds and sprites.XcomUtil is a game enhancer.

No more bases, interceptors, or soldiers named '')- Can now set the config folder via command line switch (-user)- Fixed loading data from multiple folders.- Game icon now correctly displayed in game window on all operating systems.- Palette system overhauled to prevent windows changing colours incorrectly.- Fixed various bugs with Unicode handling in paths and strings.- X-Com now correctly pays their first month's rent and maintenance in advance.- To avoid lawsuits, sacked soldiers no longer take their armour with them.- Crashed and landed UFOs no longer display a heading, even if that information is available. (You should now be able to hold down the left mouse button and drag it down a list, incrementing several items)- Renamable fields no longer accept blank strings.

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