Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter
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Developers | |
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Totally Games | |
Publishers | |
LucasArts | |
Disney Interactive Studios | |
Release dates | |
Windows | May 1, 1997 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, Expansion pack |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Vehicle combat |
Vehicles | Space flight |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Sci-fi, Space |
Series | Star Wars: X-Wing |
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 |
General information
- A joystick or controller is required to run the game.
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
GamersGate | ||||
Includes the Balance of Power expansion. | ||||
GOG.com | Includes the Balance of Power expansion. | |||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam | Includes the Balance of Power expansion. | |||
Origin | Includes the Balance of Power expansion. Included with EA Play Pro. Currently only visible in the EA App's Browse menu. |
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Balance of Power |
Essential improvements
Patches
- The latest official patch for the base game is 1.1.4, and is available at Patches-Scrolls and soggi.org.
- This patch is already included in the Balance of Power expansion pack.
vJoy
- Allows to use mouse and keyboard or modern controllers in game.
- Bypasses joystick requirement to run the game.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\Config.cfg[Note 1] <path-to-game>\BalanceOfPower\config2.cfg[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/361690/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\*.plt[Note 1] <path-to-game>\BalanceOfPower\*.pl2[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/361690/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Origin | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Keyboard doesn't allow piloting craft. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | Mouse only usable in menus. | |
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | Required to run the game; this can be bypassed with a tool such as vJoy. | |
Full controller support | Controller only usable in-flight. | |
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Announcements concerning capital ship status don't appear in mission log. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | Alt+Tab ↹ is not supported | |
Royalty free audio | ||
Red Book CD audio | On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions. |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Italian | Retail only | |||
Spanish | Retail only. Download. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 8 | Versus, Co-op Co-op campaigns (Rebel and Imperial). |
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Online play | 8 | Versus, Co-op Co-op campaigns (Rebel and Imperial). The official multiplayer service was shut down. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Issues fixed
Game installer won't run under 64 bit Windows
- The installer is 16-bit and does not work by default on 64-bit systems.
Use Markus Egger's installer; note that each disc and expansion has its own downloads and subpages. |
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Run the installer through WineVDM |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 5 | |
Glide | ||
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 XP, Vista, 7, 8 (Steam) | |
Processor (CPU) | Pentium 90 1.8 GHz (Steam) Pentium 100 (LAN/modem play) |
Pentium 133 (Internet play) |
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB 1 GB (Steam) | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3 MB 487 MB (Steam) |
79 MB / 180 MB |
Video card (GPU) | PCI graphics card DirectX 7 compatible | DirectX 9 compatible |
Sound (audio device) | 16-bit sound card |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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>/361690/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (361690) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.