[[V17.1.2 - Geoscape] At beginning of the game no map is shown]

I have the same problem, and was told it was because my graphics card was only 128mb - and was pretty much told that there was nothing I could do about it, because apparently "all recent game releases have needed more than 128mb".

So I believe you should focus your attention to your graphics card, as where the problem is coming from.

[Accurate representations of real world military equipment]

Exactly what Steelpoint and others have said.

I mean, if we're going to talk about how "unrealistic" it is for a weapon to not have the same amount of round, then let's talk about how a Chinook can travel over vast distances and back without fueling. Or how aliens could be captured and transported back to base without incident.

X-Com never was a "What you see, actually happens." As it's turn based. You fill in the gaps yourself with your imagination - that's what made it great.

[[v17.1] Missing GUI elements?]

Gonna be honest with you here, no 3D games in past few of years have had anything *less* than 256mb as a minimum for the graphics card, and pretty much everything since mid-2011 has needed 512mb.

128mb was the general minimum spec around 2006/2007.

Incorrect. There has been a large portion of the gaming market, with 3-d graphics, that only require 128mb (infact alot of them don't even need that much).

That statement only stands if we're talking commercial games from major publishers with fancy explosions.

But we're not talking about a game with shiny shiny graphics. We're talking about a turn based strategy that prides itself on a 2d isometric appearance: that is why I'll be disappointed if I can't play Xenonauts, especially as the only system requirements information on the website say,

Initial testing suggests that anything with over 128mb of video memory and more than 1gb of disk space will be able to run the game

If that means anything with 128mb can't play the game, then it should be edited.

[[v17.1] Missing GUI elements?]

I'm not able to see the Geoscape at all. Everything else seems to work fine on the menu (no lag or graphical glitching) apart from the difficulty images (the little sillouettes) which appear after a quick ALT-Tab.

On starting a new game, I get the second screenshot with the "Place your initial base" pop up. Clicking anywhere results in nothing, and alt-tabbing just adds the finanical information in the top right. Leaving it to load for 5/10 minutes has also resulted in nothing.

If this will simply be a case of 128mb is insufficent graphics power I sincerely hope it'll be fixed or have a "lower res geoscape" option in final. It'd be madness if Xenonauts final will require a 256mb card, yet many 3d games have no problem with 128mb.

[[v17.1] Missing GUI elements?]

It's aging a little, but it is by no means outdated apart from the Graphics Card. Drivers are up to date.

Dell Dimension 5000

Intel Pentium 4 - 3.0 Ghz

1gb RAM

ATI Radeon X300/X550/X1050 Series (128mb)

[[v17.1] Missing GUI elements?]

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Some GUI elements don't seem to be appearing:

The first are the difficulty images, which don't show initially, but after an Alt-Tab out and back again, show.

The second is the Geospace. After Alt-tabbing, the financial information appears in the top right, but no geoscape: obviously this means I can't continue onto playing the game (or finding out if there are other images not loading.)

Anyone know the cause and/or fix of this?