// *** This text file was NOT written by Microprose ***
// This file was not included with the origonal demo, but I felt that
// some description of how to make the demo more playable to those of
// us that do not speak german would be usefull to many.

This demo of "X-COM: Terror From the Deep" is the german version.
There is no easy way to run the demo in english, but I have found
a few ways to make it more playable to those of us that speak english.

In the "geodat" subdirectory, there are files for severla languages which
affect the actual game play in the demo. This particular demo searches
for the file "german2.dat" and will use it with the default tftd.bat file.
by replacing "german2.dat" with "english2.dat" the actual game portion of 
this demo should be playable

I have included a batch file "eng.bat" which should do the above for you
and allow you to play in english, and then restor it to german when done.
*** I see no reason for it not to work, or to do anything strange, but...
*** USE THIS FILE AT YOUR OWN RISK. (just for a generic disclaimer :) )

I was unable to alter the language format of the intro/exit portions of
this demo (should be a command line option?), but I was able to find the 
portion of code that held the english texts.

The following is (should be) a translation of the other text in the demo.

>>>>
Cydonia crumbles, the Aliens have been destroyed, banished from the Solar
system. Mars is cleansed and the Earth saved by a triumphant X-Com. But
the mighty Alien war machine, even in its death throes, reaches across the
void to awaken an ancient, sleeping, enemy. Deep in the world's oceans
things begin to stir. Vast, dormant, computers flicker into life and an
ancient enemy awakens.

Dateline January 2nd 2040: X-Com has long been disbanded, the world has
changed. An ineffectual UN stands on the brink of collapse as an undreamt
of horror rises from the oceans. Attacking only sea based sites at first,
the insidious Alien threat begins to drain resources from around the world.
Ever bolder the aquatic army begins to march upon the land, a hastily
reformed X-Com finds itself pitted against a wise and powerful foe. The
depths hold terrors that have lurked on the brink of human consciousness
for aeons. Be afraid, the deep ones are coming, the Alien awakes.

Launch powerful intercept subs to scour the globe for Alien activity.
X-Com employs the latest dual mode flying subs, from noted manufacturers
SUB-AM and British Hydrospace. The powerful Barracuda is one of the key
craft in our front line defences against the Aliens.  Once  an Alien sub
has been forced down send in the enormous Triton submarines loaded with
combat hardened aquanauts and state of the art weapons.

X-Com will have to counter these Aliens with new technology: weapons for
aquatic warfare, flying submarines, and floating bases round the world.
Encounter alien vessels as they race through the seas, recover advanced
alien technology and battle strange sea dwelling creatures. Guide X-Com
aquanauts through numerous aquatic terrains and land attack sites as the
Aliens strive to pillage the world before unleashing their final assault.

The battle has only just begun, the Aliens are prepared to fight hard to
claim the Earth for their own. Use the World's resources and the latest
technologies to arm yourself in the war to end all wars. As the action
unfolds you get the chance to research Alien technology and strategies.
The fully equipped floating X-COM bases are able to manufacture new
equipment to meet the challenge of the vast Alien invasion. Develop a
crack team of aquanauts and discover the truth behind the Alien plot.
Explore the ocean depths from the warm corals of Australia to the
impenetrable cold of the Arctic Ocean. No Alien world could be as
strange and deadly as the oceans of Earth and no horror more shocking
than the grisly Alien plan.
>>>>

Also included in this zip package is "tftd1.txt".
This file is what microprose calls a transition story from x-com 1-2.
This text should not affect the demo, but it is good reading.

Atsuo
altonu@on-ramp.ior.com