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General discussionRelease: STAR WARS™: X-Wing Alliance(51 posts)(51 posts)
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Posted January 20, 2015
<i>Star Wars</i>&trade;: X-Wing Alliance&trade;, the final and definitive installment of the epic X-Wing space-combat sim series, is available now - for the first time in digital distribution - on GOG.com!

<i>Star Wars</i>&trade;: X-Wing Alliance&trade; is the culmination of over half a decade, and three installments, worth of improvements to the epic space-combat sim series. The fourth and final entry delivers the deepest, biggest, and most complete X-Wing gameplay experience to date. The game allows players to see the Galactic Civil War through the eyes of a rookie pilot as they're treated to a story-rich campaign and unique perspective on events from behind the scenes. You will have to earn every single medal and promotion during your time in the rebel fleet, and in the end - you'll even get to pilot the Millenium Falcon!

Climb aboard the definitive Star Wars™ space-combat sim with <i>Star Wars</i>&trade;: X-Wing Alliance&trade;, available now on Windows - for the first time in digital distribution - on GOG.com!

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Posted January 20, 2015
This is a great game and a great addition to GOG. My hatred of all things Lucas softens slightly whenever I'm reminded of the majestic adventure of space combat that was the magnificent XWA.
Posted January 20, 2015
I'm playing on a GT 610 and still get the same graphic glitches/stretching as before. A pity really. I had hoped they would fix that for Windows XP. Since it's still listed under the compatible OS. Other than that, it's of course a fantastic release. Couldn't hold my excitement and bought it right away.

Edit: I fiddled with all the Graphic options and only turning off Hardware 3D helped with the graphical errors. At least in the menu. The models there look fine. Once I get to the Hangar, everything just goes haywire. Weird colors, stretched or no textures at all, flickering fonts etc etc.

I tried it with the GOG Launcher, unmodded, and with the XwingAlliance.exe with the resolution fixes. With both I get the same results. With and without Hardware 3D.
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Post edited January 20, 2015 by Moehrensalat
Posted January 20, 2015
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Moehrensalat: I'm playing on a GT 610 and still get the same graphic glitches/stretching as before. A pity really. I had hoped they would fix that for Windows XP. Since it's still listed under the compatible OS. Other than that, it's of course a fantastic release. Couldn't hold my excitement and bought it right away.
I think you need to apply widescreen patches etc. yourself, GOG restricts tampering with games only to make them compatible on modern machines and OS's.
Posted January 20, 2015
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Moehrensalat: I'm playing on a GT 610 and still get the same graphic glitches/stretching as before. A pity really. I had hoped they would fix that for Windows XP. Since it's still listed under the compatible OS. Other than that, it's of course a fantastic release. Couldn't hold my excitement and bought it right away.
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Strijkbout: I think you need to apply widescreen patches etc. yourself, GOG restricts tampering with games only to make them compatible on modern machines and OS's.
I see. Thanks for the reply. I'll apply xwahacker manually the same as before then.
Post edited January 20, 2015 by Moehrensalat
Posted January 20, 2015
Bought it, over the moon that it is here on GOG. Then boom, crashes every time I start a mission :(

Tried all sorts of tweaks to settings, and still no joy. Will keep trying and post a solution if I find one.

System is Win 7 64bit, 16gb RAM, Sapphire Radeon R9 280x 3gb, AMD FX-8350 CPU. ASUS Sabertooth R2.0 m/board.

I'll also try it on my Vista and spare Win 7 PCs tomorrow. Really want to play this game again, happy memories!
Posted January 20, 2015
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Alun: Bought it, over the moon that it is here on GOG. Then boom, crashes every time I start a mission :(

Tried all sorts of tweaks to settings, and still no joy. Will keep trying and post a solution if I find one.

System is Win 7 64bit, 16gb RAM, Sapphire Radeon R9 280x 3gb, AMD FX-8350 CPU. ASUS Sabertooth R2.0 m/board.

I'll also try it on my Vista and spare Win 7 PCs tomorrow. Really want to play this game again, happy memories!
Check here first:
http://www.gog.com/support/star_wars_xwing_alliance

Then contact support, they're the best guys around. ;)
Posted January 20, 2015
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haydenaurion: So how good are these two newly release X-Wing games? Normally I would get an impression of them from Mobygames, but their site is down.
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Crispy78: Personally I think Alliance is right up there with TIE Fighter as the best of the lot of them.
I agree. I fell in love with TIE Fighter and Alliance blew me away all over again.

I was a bit turned off by the lack of campaign in the release of X-Wing vs TIE Fighter, but the GoG version includes the expansion campaign. Also, I remember having a hard time playing over IP (never did try LAN) but I'm guessing with modern internet infrastructure this one is a lot better than I remember it.

If you're only getting one Alliance is where it's at. But let's be honest, your name is "hayden"aurion, your avatar is a Sith Lord and your tag is VADER TIME - you KNOW you're getting them all LOL ;)
Posted January 20, 2015
Thanks GOG for bringing old Memories to us again! ;)

But one makes me sad: Why does my favourite Game XWing Alliance has no Support for the German Language???? The German Version sounds so much cooler to me:/ Will it be updated?

What about the other X Wing Games, will there be other languages?


Best Regards!
Posted January 20, 2015
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Crispy78: Personally I think Alliance is right up there with TIE Fighter as the best of the lot of them.
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Ixamyakxim: I agree. I fell in love with TIE Fighter and Alliance blew me away all over again.

I was a bit turned off by the lack of campaign in the release of X-Wing vs TIE Fighter, but the GoG version includes the expansion campaign. Also, I remember having a hard time playing over IP (never did try LAN) but I'm guessing with modern internet infrastructure this one is a lot better than I remember it.

If you're only getting one Alliance is where it's at. But let's be honest, your name is "hayden"aurion, your avatar is a Sith Lord and your tag is VADER TIME - you KNOW you're getting them all LOL ;)
So I take it there's not as much single player content in that one? Hmmmm, might have to think about it, not to mention I might want to save some cash back for the next releases on Thursday.

Yes, I combined Darth with wrestler Vader, lol.
Posted January 20, 2015
Nice!!
I still have the little 3 inch X-wing sold with the game; I'll keep it for ever and I'm glad to be play the game again
Posted January 20, 2015
XWA on GOG, a dream come true.
Posted January 20, 2015
I just found out this version actually does have a trench run available, but it's a fan made MOD hence it looks a little rough.
Posted January 20, 2015
I have the same problem with the graphical glitches on XP, boxed version; so I won't be picking this up on GOG unless they fix it. Probably a display driver issue though. Good release, fond memories of this one. The boxed version does work without hardware acceleration for me on XP. So it is part functional.
Post edited January 20, 2015 by Hillsy_
Posted January 20, 2015
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JonathanRL: I am using the Geforce GTX 550 Ti
That's the card I have! Great card.
Posted January 20, 2015
GOG.com, you are my heroes. Thank you for your service to humanity in releasing this absolute gem of a game!

I never thought I would see this re-released in a legitimate form. Thank you GOG.com for releasing it so that a wider audience can possibly experience what I did in my childhood: the stunning storytelling, the top-notch flight model, perhaps even multiplayer (not yet downloaded so I can't say if it works in this version or not).

May the Force be with you!
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