TIE-Fighter, how good were you?(if you have played the game)

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2003-07-17 08:34pm

phongn wrote:You all must be the only people who got TIE95 running on XP - it refuses to recognize that I have DirectX >= 5 on my machine.

Compaibility mode for Windows 98.

You have to apply it to the Tie95 executable.

X-Wing seems not to need it.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-07-17 09:28pm

Direct3D mode doesn't work, but thanks! Now, if only they kept the old music engine...

Mitth`raw`nuruodo · Post by **Mitth`raw`nuruodo** » 2003-07-17 09:49pm

Anyone in the UK wanna buy the game and ship it to me?

Also,
Question: Why the hell did LucasArts stop doing sims like this? I don't want all this prequel crap, I want OT space sims!!!!! The Death Star Trench run using new pretyy graphics would be awesome... (i still remember the DStar run on X-Wing, it was fun as hell, even if everything looked like big squares)

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-07-17 10:43pm

There was a falling out between Totally Games and LucasArts, or so I heard.

Mitth`raw`nuruodo · Post by **Mitth`raw`nuruodo** » 2003-07-17 10:52pm

phongn wrote:There was a falling out between Totally Games and LucasArts, or so I heard.

But they still make POS games such as Jedi Starfighter. I wouldn't care if they used that game engine and just changed around the ships/missions (like they did with Galactic Battlegrounds

), but I WANT NEW OT SPACE SIMS DAMNIT!

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2003-07-17 11:52pm

phongn wrote:You all must be the only people who got TIE95 running on XP - it refuses to recognize that I have DirectX >= 5 on my machine.

You have to download the Winblows Compatibility Kit, and use it to "change" some flags in the executable. Like disabling 3d acceleration and some other thing. Don't remember exactly, it's in some website.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2003-07-17 11:54pm

1. Download the Application Compatibility Toolkit 2.0 for Windows XP from here:

DA KIT

2. Install it

3. Run QFixApp

4. Click Browse and choose the path to TIE95.EXE

5. In "Layers" tab, click on Win95

6. In "Fixes" tab, DISABLE "EmulateJoystick"

7. Click on "Run" to run TIE Fighter 95 and it should work now

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-07-18 12:32pm

I got it working, but thanks!

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2003-07-18 02:57pm

Slartibartfast wrote:You have to download the Winblows Compatibility Kit, and use it to "change" some flags in the executable. Like disabling 3d acceleration and some other thing. Don't remember exactly, it's in some website.

Inbuilt comptibilty mode works fine.

Luke Starkiller · Post by **Luke Starkiller** » 2003-07-18 09:09pm

Mine refuses to recognize my sound card or joystick.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2003-07-19 01:28am

Vendetta wrote:
Slartibartfast wrote:You have to download the Winblows Compatibility Kit, and use it to "change" some flags in the executable. Like disabling 3d acceleration and some other thing. Don't remember exactly, it's in some website.
Inbuilt comptibilty mode works fine.

Maybe after some windowsupdate patch, but it didn't for me back then (I've played this game since I have XP, and that's about 3 months before it was officialy out

)

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2003-07-19 01:54am

I was the Emperor's Hand, had all the medals and beat the game, including the expansion.

By the way, does anyone have a picture of the completed tattoo that you get on your forearm? I think that my tattoo had some sort of graphical glitch, because it didn't really look complete even though I was the Emperor's Hand.

Tribun · Post by **Tribun** » 2003-07-19 10:48am

How many times were you summoned before the secret order for getting raised to the next circle? There are 9 circles:
-1. Circle
-2. Circle
-3. Circle
-4. Circle
-5. Circle
-Hand of the Emperor
-Voice of the Emperor
-Eye of the Emperor
-Arm of the Emperor (Don't know exact name, because I got the German version)

Post by **Vympel** » 2003-07-19 02:10pm

Emperor's Reach is the proper term for the very last rank in the Secret Order.

I was hardcore. Beat it on hard- got absolutely everything. Those were the days.

Now, after reading this thread, I'm going to try and get it running on XP ... Win95 compatibility mode eh ...

Tribun · Post by **Tribun** » 2003-07-19 03:07pm

If you get more than 2.625.000 points, then you are really good, and better than me.

Anyone who got more?

Grand Moff Yenchin · Post by **Grand Moff Yenchin** » 2003-07-20 12:09am

I reached the Emperor's Reach, forgot how many points I got, and finished all of the secondary missions besides 9-2, the tugs seemed to get stuck in space so they couldn't capture the disabled T/Ds.

Darth Gojira · Post by **Darth Gojira** » 2003-07-20 08:06am

Ah, good ol' TIE fighter. I love that game. Especially when I get invulnerable/unlimited weaponry,
*ducks fireballs*

David · Post by **David** » 2003-07-20 10:17pm

I loved that game, but I haven't played it in a long time. Wish they would put out updated versions of all the X-Wing/ TIE fighter games.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2003-07-20 10:31pm

Ah yes, I completely forgot that it was The Emperor's Reach. That was the rank I had attained, not the Emperor's Hand.

Anyone have a picture of the tattoo?

Grand Moff Yenchin · Post by **Grand Moff Yenchin** » 2003-07-21 06:40am

Here's one. Unfortunately the graphics are small.