hi,
i builded the sources, which came with rc3, in vs 2005. after starten the ufo32.exe teh game run well with one exception, the text wasnt displayed anymore. instead of a descriptive text, there just was intro_sequence_1 and so on, for the assualt rifle sth like aussault_rifle.txt (cant remember exactly).
additionally i grabbed the current svn revision and tried there, even build the .mo file, but again no descriptive texts.