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{{Availability/row| Retail | | physical, disc | DRM: Manual lookup or CD check | | DOS, Windows, Mac OS }} | {{Availability/row| Retail | | physical, disc | DRM: Manual lookup or CD check | | DOS, Windows, Mac OS }} | ||
{{Availability/row| GOG.com | star_wars_xwing_special_edition | DRM-free | Star Wars: X-Wing Special Edition | | Windows, OS X, Linux }} | {{Availability/row| GOG.com | star_wars_xwing_special_edition | DRM-free | Star Wars: X-Wing Special Edition | | Windows, OS X, Linux }} | ||
− | {{Availability/row| Humble | star-wars-xwing-special-edition | Steam | Star Wars: X-Wing Special Edition | | Windows }} | + | {{Availability/row| Humble | star-wars-xwing-special-edition | Steam | Star Wars: X-Wing Special Edition | | Windows, OS X }} |
{{Availability/row| Origin | star-wars/star-wars-x-wing-special-edition | Origin | Star Wars: X-Wing Special Edition<br/>Included with {{Store feature|Origin Access Basic}}. | | Windows }} | {{Availability/row| Origin | star-wars/star-wars-x-wing-special-edition | Origin | Star Wars: X-Wing Special Edition<br/>Included with {{Store feature|Origin Access Basic}}. | | Windows }} | ||
− | {{Availability/row| Steam | 354430 | Steam | Star Wars: X-Wing Special Edition | | Windows }} | + | {{Availability/row| Steam | 354430 | Steam | Star Wars: X-Wing Special Edition | | Windows, OS X }} |
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{{ii}} A [https://archive.org/details/StarWarsX-wingDemo demo] is available. | {{ii}} A [https://archive.org/details/StarWarsX-wingDemo demo] is available. |
Revision as of 20:04, 4 May 2019
Developers | |
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Totally Games | |
Publishers | |
LucasArts | |
Disney Interactive Studios | |
Release dates | |
DOS | February 1993 |
Mac OS (Classic) | February 1993 |
Windows | 1998 |
macOS (OS X) | April 28, 2015[1] |
Linux | April 28, 2015[1] |
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
- Collector Series requires workaround on 64-bit systems; see Game installer won't run under 64-bit versions of Windows
- Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- Official forums
- Lucasarts Downloads Still host patches and fixes for their older games
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | DRM: Manual lookup or CD check | |||
GOG.com | Star Wars: X-Wing Special Edition | |||
Humble Store | Star Wars: X-Wing Special Edition | |||
Origin | Star Wars: X-Wing Special Edition Included with EA Play. |
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Steam | Star Wars: X-Wing Special Edition |
- A demo is available.
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Star Wars: X-Wing - Imperial Pursuit | ||
Star Wars: X-Wing - B-Wing |
Version differences
Playing the DOS version in DOSBox is probably the easiest and most straightforward way to experience the game.
Collector's CD-ROM Edition
The original release came on five floppies and ran at 320x200 resolution while the collectors CD-ROM came on a single CD and featured an upgraded game engine based on TIE Fighter with support for gouraud-shading. This version also includes voice-overs for several characters in the game. Both versions run great in DOSBox without major issues and don't require a joystick to play.
Collector Series Edition
In 1998 a bundle of X-Wing and TIE Fighter ported to Windows 95/98 was released. This version features further enhanced graphics due to an upgrade to the X-Wing vs TIE Fighter engine. The game now included 3D-acceleration support (Direct3D), the use of proper textures instead of primitive gouraud-shading and completely redone concourse graphics. The iMUSE dynamic music system, however, was removed in favor of conventional CD-audio tracks. Furthermore, this version requires a joystick/gamepad and cannot be played with the mouse unless a joystick-emulation program such as PPJoy is used. The problems and fixes in this article mostly relate to this version of the game.
Star Wars: X-Wing Special Edition
The GOG.com release of the game, it includes the DOS and the Collector's CD-ROM Edition (Windows) releases of the game along with all expansions. It also has compatibility for modern systems.
Essential improvements
Patches
Windows XP compatibility-fix
- XWTIE95.zip (Collector Series only)
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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DOS | |
Windows | |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/354430/pfx/[Note 1] |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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DOS | |
Windows | <path-to-game>\*.PLT[Note 2] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/354430/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Origin | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Input settings
Audio settings
- This game supports the MT-32 and General MIDI for music (Floppy and DOS CD versions only).
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Russian | Fan translation by «Бюро переводов Old-Games.RU» |
Issues fixed
Game installer won't run under 64-bit versions of Windows
Since the X-wing and Tie-Fighter installers are 16-bit programs they won't work in 64-bit operating systems. To remedy this use the appropriate fixed installer found here: [1] to create an updated install disk with which you can install and run the game. Detailed instructions are found here: [2]. The autostart menu seems to be bugged so you might need to run the setup.exe file directly from the disk you created.
Game doesn't run on modern versions of Windows
Apply the Windows XP compatibility fix above.
When trying to run the game you get a popup to install DirectX
Run the game directly from XWING95.EXE instead of the menu.
Sound is crackling/distorted/weird in Windows Vista, 7
If you're using a Creative sound card and have the Alchemy software installed try adding the following to it:
**RegPath=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC\TIE95\1.0\Install Path **Buffers=5 **Duration=10
Cockpit flashes rapidly while flying
Disable Crossfire/SLI.
Objects/textures seem to disappear when moving the ship around in hardware accelerated mode
Download Reimars XWAHacker. Extract it into your X-Wing folder and run xwing95fixedclear.bat. This should fix the graphical corruption.
Colors are messed up
- See Rainbow color problems in older games for solutions.
Capital Ships and Turrets rarely fire their Lasers (Collector's CD-ROM Edition)
Change DOSBox Cycles[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DOS video modes |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||||
macOS (OS X) | |||||
Linux | |||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | WinMM | For music only. GOG.com version uses a wrapper. |
System requirements
DOS | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 3.1 | |
Processor (CPU) | 386DX | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | VGA |
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 90 | Intel Pentium 100 |
System memory (RAM) | 16 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3 MB (typical 79 MB) | 170 MB |
Video card (GPU) | PCI Graphics card DirectX 5.2 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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>/354430/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (354430) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
- ↑ 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).