- Tiger_Walts 1 Jun 2005 09:43:08 16,674 posts
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Registered 18 years ago - Salaman 1 Jun 2005 09:56:42 24,100 posts
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Registered 17 years agoOoooooow .. that sounds interesting.
Does that mean I can now play my old original games?
I recently bought a collectors edition which included X-wing, Tie-fighter and X-wing vs Tie fighter (Tie including the bonus crafts).
It installed fine but the Tie game claims I have no joystick conencted (is installed and calibrated in XP). - Tiger_Walts 1 Jun 2005 10:00:19 16,674 posts
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Registered 18 years agoStrange, the game should recognise a DirectInput device as the joystick. I wonder if the patch allows you to play with a mouse. - Tiger_Walts 1 Jun 2005 10:03:53 16,674 posts
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Registered 18 years agoThis compatibility fix when installed will provide Windows 2000/XP with the compatibility settings required for these operating systems to run the X-Wing Collector Series and X-Wing Trilogy versions of X-Wing & TIE Fighter (Also known as X-Wing 95 & TIE Fighter 95) with Hardware 3D Graphics acceleration turned on. The fix also stops the TIE Fighter Launcher from asking you to install DirectX 5.2.
System Requirements of this Compatibility Fix
Operating System: Windows 2000 with Service Pack 3 or Higher or Windows XP
Windows 95/98/ME versions of X-Wing & TIE Fighter that were included in Star Wars X-Wing Collector Series & Star Wars X-Wing Trilogy,
Note 1: This fix does not work with the old versions of X-Wing & TIE Fighter as these were MS-DOS games not Windows games.
Note 2: Windows 2000 users need to have the Microsoft Application Compatibility Toolkit installed which is available from
HERE - Lutz 1 Jun 2005 10:09:21 48,870 posts
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X-Wing & TIE Fighter?
Does it mean each individual game? As in TIE Fighter AND X-Wing, or Xwing vs TIE Fighter?
I've got the TIE Collectors edition, and I'd love to play that again... - Tiger_Walts 1 Jun 2005 10:12:06 16,674 posts
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Registered 18 years agoYes, it works with that.
The only versions it doesn't work with are the DOS ones. - Clive_Dunn 1 Jun 2005 10:14:31 4,862 posts
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Registered 18 years agoCool, I never could get Tie Fighter to run under XP ( grrr DX 5.1 ).
We should try and get a big game of X Wing Alliance going - 'Stay on target Lutz'. - Lutz 1 Jun 2005 10:16:32 48,870 posts
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Registered 18 years agoSadly Clive I only have TIE Collectors edition...
So which is the patch that I need? That site isn't the best.
Is it the one I linked to? - Tiger_Walts 1 Jun 2005 10:17:43 16,674 posts
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Registered 18 years agoThere is only the one XP patch. the other patch out there is mainly for fixing a few missions. - Lutz 1 Jun 2005 10:20:21 48,870 posts
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Registered 18 years agoTiger_Walts wrote:
Ah right. I'll try that one then.
There is only the one XP patch. the other patch out there is mainly for fixing a few missions.
Can't wait to get back into my TIE Advanced... - Salaman 1 Jun 2005 10:49:42 24,100 posts
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Registered 17 years agoCan you play X-wing alliance over the net in mulitplayer?
That would be very cool.
I'm a crap pilot but I'd love to be in big game with others.
As for Tie ... hmm I'll install this and see what happens. - silver-jon 1 Jun 2005 12:17:00 1,518 posts
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Registered 17 years agoThe chance to dogfight in an X-wing against real opponents. My life is complete.
/weeps with joy
/rushes out to buy TIE Collectors edition. - Lutz 1 Jun 2005 12:40:51 48,870 posts
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Registered 18 years agoI think peeps can expect ebay prices of this to go up... - Whizzo 1 Jun 2005 12:44:00 44,807 posts
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Registered 19 years agoWouldn't think so, it's out on budget for less than a tenner.
I have a vision of me entering a game shop and buying it again, I've no idea where my copy has gone! - Khanivor 1 Jun 2005 12:44:59 44,738 posts
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Registered 19 years agoHmm, I got sent a Saitek stick I haven't had the chance to test yet. And I know I still have Xwing vs Tie fighter in a box soemwhere...
Are you thinking what I'm thinking? - Lutz 1 Jun 2005 12:53:01 48,870 posts
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Registered 18 years agoKhanivor wrote:
Probably not... no...
Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
/mind rubbers
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/bleach - Salaman 1 Jun 2005 14:06:38 24,100 posts
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Registered 17 years agoI will happily stop my WoW subscription for a month or maybe two if we could get regular weekday evening multiplayer games going on any of these games. - Tricky 1 Jun 2005 14:23:20 5,086 posts
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Registered 19 years agoKhanivor wrote:
Hmm, I got sent a Saitek stick I haven't had the chance to test yet. And I know I still have Xwing vs Tie fighter in a box soemwhere...
Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
Khanivor - are you on Saitek's beta test team then or are you saying you get given one and just haven't had a chance to use it? - Spin_Dr_Wolf 1 Jun 2005 14:34:33 6,170 posts
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Registered 18 years agoSweet. Now where in the hell did my copies go ?....... Does it definitely need a joystick then? Just need to know before I go out and buy the collectors edition. - Dirtbox 18 Jun 2005 14:33:40 92,399 posts
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Registered 18 years agoYup.
Oh and you might want to check this page out for some cool mods / graphics enhancements.
www.darksaber.gaylenol.com - Salaman 2 Aug 2010 14:29:46 24,100 posts
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Registered 17 years agoIs there any way to play these games on Win7?
I tried to install X-wing/Tie-fighter/ X-wing vs Tie fighter and X wing alliance last night.
The autorun menu appears but when you want to install there's an error.
'not 64 bit compatible, please contact your software publisher for a 64 bit version'.
:-/
I then decided to install freespace2 for some space sim shenanigans but there's a small scratch on the install disc which means it gets stuck at 36% when installing.
Are any of these 'old games for download' sites offering it in some way that just works without fiddling? - StarchildHypocrethes 2 Aug 2010 14:40:56 33,791 posts
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Registered 17 years agoCan you not run the install programme in compatibilty mode? - Whizzo 2 Aug 2010 14:49:08 44,807 posts
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Registered 19 years agoNo help on the X-Wing front but GOG.com has both of the Freespace games for not very much money and FS2 certainly works on Win7 64 as long as you run it in XP compatibility mode. - Dirtbox 2 Aug 2010 14:51:53 92,399 posts
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Registered 17 years agoThere was no joy with compatibility mode. These are the win95 versions but setting it to win95 compatibility still brings up the 64bit error.
I'll check the toothpaste option first .... then GOG for freespace2. I got started on it once but it was a German version and it was doing my head in. - Rusty_M 2 Aug 2010 20:11:17 7,171 posts
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Registered 14 years agoSalaman, you didn't happen to buy the German version off a guy on eBay back in about 2004/5 did you? I had that problem and sold it. It was too hard to try to understand German whilst dogfighting.
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X-wing Alliance Joystick Patch Notes
In this video I show how I have my joystick and keyboard setup to fly in the X-Wing Games. This applies, with slight differences, to the games X-Wing, TIE-Fi. Apr 03, 2012 The X-Wing Alliance Upgrade Project is a graphical update to the Lucasarts flight sim X-Wing Alliance. This, combined with other mods, will allow you to play through X-Wing, Tie Fighter, X-wing Vs. Tie Fighter, and X-wing Alliance with upgraded graphics, and improved gameplay mechanics. Other customized missions can be found onder the 'addon.