OpenXcom is an open-source clone of the original UFO: Enemy Unknown game. You can port the game to any platform you like, customize it to your liking or use it to make your own far-fetched remakes, play the game natively without any need for emulators, tweak the game to your heart’s content.
v1.0 [Jun 21, 2014]
General:
- Rudimentary mod support has been added to the ruleset loading, including:
-- Modular ruleset support.
-- The ability to define extra strings, sounds and sprites.
-- 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.
-- Allow for negative costs.
-- Rulesets will now internally number themselves and offset IDs by 1000 to avoid conflicts intelligently.
- Begun development on loading TFTD content, specifically .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. 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.
- Options can be changed mid-game.
- 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.
- Scroll bars added to text lists.
- Options menu completely overhauled.
-- Most hidden options now available on the menu.
-- All options have in-game descriptions.
-- UI volume now adjustable.
-- Audio format adjustable.
-- 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.
-- FPS limiter added.
- New Battle menu completely overhauled.
- Support for old or modded savedgames improved, including warnings about potential incompatibilities.
- Multiline support added for textlists.
- Improved text input.
- Support added for multiple data folders.
- Dedicated auto-save and quick-save slots added.
- Added ironman mode.
- New loading screen with better error handling.
- Adlib music emulation added, MIDI playback is no longer required.
