Please place the X-COM Apocalypse CD-ROM back in the drive.

[suicidalsquirrel]

So, there was an update a while back, and i thought nothing of it.
now whenever i play, after a while, i get a popup on screen telling me to reinsert the CD-ROM...

since it's digital, that's not too likely.

any ideas?

[highfivenumber5]

This has been solved sometime ago... One way of doing it.. There are other ways as well..

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https://steamcommunity.com/app/7660/discussions/0/810938082695081702/

While it won't solve all the 'please insert disc' errors; there are files in the .iso file of the X-com Apocalypse disk that if moved into the steam install folder for the game should help. I believe the main issue is that the Steam install is using a install mode that doesn't tell the game where some files are located. I believe someone had a good post about what exactly to do in this situation right here on the steam forums for Xcom: Apoc.

Like I said, the main issue is that the Steam install is using a minimum install. One option is to first make a backup of your Xcom Apocalypse directory and then open the dosbox.exe in your install folder. You are going to need to follow the dosbox instructions for first mounting your xcom apoc folder as C: and then mount the xcom apoc cd.iso as your D: drive. Once you do this you can copy the files in 'xcom3' on the mounted cd.iso to your xcom apoc's 'xcoma' folder; or you can start a full install from the mounted cd.iso directing the install to your steam xcom apoc folder. After you are done, close out of dosbox and try to launch the game by the normal method. With the files from the cd fully installed, it should greatly reduce the 'insert disc' errors and hopefully make your X-com apocalypse experience a better one.

[suicidalsquirrel]

Nice, seems to do the trick.

Though, it's a lot easier to use an ISO tool like Daemon tools (the 'lite' version is free)

that's how i did it.
Found and mounted the ISO in Daemon tools, then copied the entire XCOM3 folder over.
Run a validation in steam afterwards and it appears to work.

at least it hasn't happened again yet.

[Freesider]

Originally posted by suicidalsquirrel:

Nice, seems to do the trick.

Though, it's a lot easier to use an ISO tool like Daemon tools (the 'lite' version is free)

that's how i did it.
Found and mounted the ISO in Daemon tools, then copied the entire XCOM3 folder over.
Run a validation in steam afterwards and it appears to work.

at least it hasn't happened again yet.

daemon tools became obsolete a decade ago. Just right click the iso file and click mount. It's native on windows now.

[Shodan]

Hello,
I had this issue and by editing the dosbox.conf file I was able to completely resolve it.
The problem is that the virtual cdrom is just too damn slow and I think the game de-syncs and thinks you're missing the CD.

Anyway, in dosbox.conf, in the autoexec section
add "rem " in front of the "xcomapoc.exe" line (which starts the game) and the "exit" which closes dosbox
Start the game you will end up in plain dosbox

Type d: to go to the cdrom
and type install or setup
From that point install the game to the default folder xcoma
select the optimal install
at the end you HAVE to do sound setup (use autodetect) or else you will have no sound

now quit and remove the "rem " from the dosbox.conf and restart the game

As a bonus quality of life, change the following lines in dosbox.conf

windowresolution=1280x1024

cycles=auto limit 160000

blocksize=1024
prebuffer=128

[Frission]

This is the best answer of all of the topics that's been made on the issue and how to fix it, hands down. Someone should sticky that. Most of the others involve convoluted methods that require you to re-download a wholeass new copy of dosbox and it's just dumb. Shodan's method is quick, elegant and easy to follow. 10/10. :3

[Shodan]

Thanks !

[Kidkiedis]

It seems like Win 10 fixed that. Just found cd.iso in the game folder, double clicked that and win asked is I want to mount an image. Yes. So u get yourself a virtual cd drive with XCOMA game disk installed. I don't have any software like Daemon or anything like that.

UPD: Nope, same crap. But it seems like reloading in the same place helps.. king of.

[knoxvilles_joker]

Originally posted by Kidkiedis:

It seems like Win 10 fixed that. Just found cd.iso in the game folder, double clicked that and win asked is I want to mount an image. Yes. So u get yourself a virtual cd drive with XCOMA game disk installed. I don't have any software like Daemon or anything like that.

UPD: Nope, same crap. But it seems like reloading in the same place helps.. king of.

The fix is to load vanilla dosbox and mount the directory where xcom resides. Then run the full intaller. Once you do that it fixes a lot of other issues. Then in the dosbox.conf file ensure in the autoexec section you have:
imgmount d /path/to/cd.iso -t iso

mount c /path/to/xcom

though that works on unix. it would be a \ instead of a / if you were on windows...

[Whitelucky]

Shodan thanks a lot

[CidDaBird]

Thanks for the posts. Good to see.