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Revision as of 09:04, 28 March 2021
Developers | |
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Totally Games | |
Publishers | |
LucasArts | |
Disney Interactive Studios | |
Release dates | |
Windows | February 28, 1999 |
Star Wars: X-Wing | |
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Subseries of Star Wars | |
Star Wars: X-Wing | 1993 |
Star Wars: TIE Fighter | 1994 |
Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter | 1997 |
Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance | 1999 |
Key points
- A controller or joystick is required for playing the game - without it, the game won't even start.
- Installing the CD-version on 64-bit systems requires a workaround. See Installing retail version on 64-bit versions of Windows.
- Locked at 24 FPS.
General information
- Wookieepedia - A wiki dedicated to the Star Wars universe
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- X-Wing Wiki With lots of useful information
- X-Wing Alliance Upgrade project Community dedicated to enhancing the game.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Origin | Included with EA Play. | |||
Steam |
Essential improvements
Patches
Latest official patch. Digital releases are pre-patched.
Utility with useful tweaks and fixes. Requires game to be patched to 2.02 to work.
This patch will modify Steam's executable in order for it to be compatible with XWAHacker. DO NOT use it on non-Steam version.
Skip intro videos
Start xwingalliance.exe with skipintro command line argument[1]
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\config.cfg[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/361670/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\<user-id>.plt[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/361670/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Origin | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Widescreen resolution
Install XWAHacker[citation needed] |
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Notes
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Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Patch the graphics to 32-bit before forcing AF from the level of graphical drivers. See Widescreen resolution. Automatically enabled if using xwaupgrade patches or ddraw.dll wrapper (e.g. https://github.com/rdoeffinger/xwa_ddraw_d3d11/releases)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Patch the graphics to 32-bit before forcing AA from the level of graphical drivers. See Widescreen resolution.
- Forcing antialiasing might make in-game fonts distorted, to prevent that, enable "Alternate Pixel Centers" if you have an ATI card. Alternatively, force Supersampling anti-aliasing (SSAA) to resolve font distortion.
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
French | Retail only. | |||
Spanish | Retail only. Download. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 8 | |||
Online play | 4 |
Issues fixed
Installing retail version on 64-bit versions of Windows
Installing a game using alternative installer[citation needed] |
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The game installer is a 16-bit program meaning it will not run natively on a 64-bit machine.
Notes
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Graphical corruption when running in 3D-accelerated mode
Install XWAHacker[citation needed] |
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Interface flashes rapidly
Turn off Crossfire/SLI[citation needed] |
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Fonts in-game are messed up
Replace fonts[citation needed] |
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Change anti-aliasing[citation needed] |
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Can't activate 3D-audio
Edit settings of Creative Alchemy[citation needed] |
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If you're a using creative sound card and have Alchemy installed try adding the following to it: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC\X-Wing Alliance\v1.0\Install Path Path |
Can't enable 3d acceleration
- Use Direct3D 11 via DDraw.dll from XWA Upgrade.
Steam Controller doesn't work
Replace game's launcher with the game's EXE[2] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 6 | |
Software renderer |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 or 98 | 95 or 98 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 200 MHz | Intel Pentium 200 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | 32 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 131 MB (minimal installation) | 275 MB |
Video card (GPU) | 2 MB of VRAM | 4 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/361670/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (361670) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Suicide_machine on 2017-09-12
- It has to be xwingalliance.exe or its copy. It cannot be a launcher!
- ↑ XWA Getting Steam Controller Working || Steam Guide