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Revision as of 17:53, 31 October 2021
Developers | |
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Totally Games | |
Publishers | |
LucasArts | |
Disney Interactive Studios | |
Release dates | |
Windows | March 24, 1999 |
Taxonomy | |
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 |
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
- 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 Pro. | |||
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
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Multi-monitor | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | [2] | ||
4K Ultra HD | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | See Widescreen resolution. | ||
Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See Anisotropic filtering (AF). | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See Anti-aliasing (AA). | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Game is locked at 24 FPS. |
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
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | Required to run the game. | |
Full controller support | No controller support in menus. | |
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | For XInput controllers see XInput force feedback vibration in DirectInput games. | |
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Steam Input | ||
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Steam Input API support | ||
Hook input (legacy mode) | Requires replacing a launcher with game's EXE. May require vJoy if fails to start. | |
Official controller preset(s) | ||
Steam Controller button prompts | ||
Cursor detection |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, engine, effect, cockpit sound, exterior sound | |
Surround sound | Need A3D. See DirectSound3D restoration software. | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
EAX support | A3D 1.0 (2.02 update mandatory) |
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\WOW6432Node\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[3] |
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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, 98 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 200 MHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 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!
- ↑ Star Wars X-Wing Alliance Hyper Space Fixed with ultrawide 21:9 resolution - last accessed on 2021-06-19
- ↑ XWA Getting Steam Controller Working || Steam Guide