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

Tribun · Post by **Tribun** » 2003-07-17 03:17pm

Wow, I finally finished TIE-Fighter in the hard-mode, and I enjoyed it! Now I wonder if there were some people, who have got more medals than me. Lets see:

End Score: 2.625.124
Rank: General
Secret Order 9th circle (out of 9)
All flight simulator symbols
All trainig plaques in gold
Battle 1: 3 Silver Stars 2 Gold Stars
Battle 2: 4S
Battle 3: 5S 4G
Battle 4: 2S 2G
Battle 5: 5S
Battle 6: 1S 1G
Battle 7: 1S 1G
Battle 8: 1S 1G
Battle 9: 2S 2G
Battle10: 2S 1G
Battle11: 4S 1G
Battle12: 5S
Battle13: 7S 4G

Anyone better?

YT300000 · Post by **YT300000** » 2003-07-17 04:04pm

All the medals. All gold. Took many months.

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2003-07-17 04:37pm

Currently a General and Emperor's Eyes. Don't remember the Battle number, but it's the one where you have to guard an asteroid from Assault Gunboats, Assault Transports, and a flight of TIE Defenders who all come after your TIE Avenger with advanced missiles.

Tribun · Post by **Tribun** » 2003-07-17 04:40pm

Currently a General and Emperor's Eyes. Don't remember the Battle number, but it's the one where you have to guard an asteroid from Assault Gunboats, Assault Transports, and a flight of TIE Defenders who all come after your TIE Avenger with advanced missiles.

Thats battle 13. "Protect Project Vorknx against Zaarin."

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2003-07-17 04:42pm

Can't play, one of the finest games I've ever played because I now run Windows XP

irishmick79 · Post by **irishmick79** » 2003-07-17 04:45pm

Stravo wrote:Can't play, one of the finest games I've ever played because I now run Windows XP

I feel your pain, stravo. I feel your pain.

Post by **Colonel Olrik** » 2003-07-17 04:56pm

Stravo wrote:Can't play, one of the finest games I've ever played because I now run Windows XP

Shit, is that for real? Is there no way around it? I've never tried to play the game in my new computer, and I feared that would be a possibility. Fucktards, all of them.

I don't recall details, but I played the game several times, the last two on hard and making question of acing each level before passing. It was not that hard to a xwing vet. Some xwing missions (in the original version) are harder to ace than the entire tie-fighter/XW vs TF/XW alliance put together.

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2003-07-17 05:17pm

Everyone should go and get the X-Wing Collectors Series.

All Work fine on XP, no compatibility fiddling needed.

(Not on 2000, or at least not with DX8 on it)

I, unfortnately, can't currently play any of the X-Wing games, because I have a fuck-off huge Saitek X36 joystick/throttle, and a tiny, tiny desk.

I will be building a new shelf for my montor/tower soon though.

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2003-07-17 05:40pm

Anyone know what happned to Maarek Steele from the original manual?

Never found the The Official Strategy Guide where the storie continued...

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2003-07-17 05:45pm

Vendetta wrote:Everyone should go and get the X-Wing Collectors Series.

All Work fine on XP, no compatibility fiddling needed.

(Not on 2000, or at least not with DX8 on it)

I, unfortnately, can't currently play any of the X-Wing games, because I have a fuck-off huge Saitek X36 joystick/throttle, and a tiny, tiny desk.

I will be building a new shelf for my montor/tower soon though.

Put it on your lap. That's what I do. Unless it doesn't fit on your lap either.

Tribun · Post by **Tribun** » 2003-07-17 05:56pm

Anyone know what happned to Maarek Steele from the original manual?

Never found the The Official Strategy Guide where the storie continued...

Interesting Question. Don't really know it. But since we take his place in the game itself, we can conclude, that Maarek solved all the missions were we doubled for him. That also means, that since he was with Thrawn at the end of the game, he went with his forces, and, when Thrawn was killed, served under Paellon.
This guy is as hard as steel (hence his name). He won't allow people to kill him...

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2003-07-17 05:59pm

Darth Yoshi wrote:Put it on your lap. That's what I do. Unless it doesn't fit on your lap either.

It's a two part flightstick and throttle (seperate units). It takes up about as much desk space as a keyboard to get the two parts in comfortably usable positions, if not more, and they have to be stabilised quite well, as they're heavy units with a good amount of resistance.

Fantastic flight controller, hideous desk hog.

And the only alternative to it is a DualShock pad.

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2003-07-17 06:08pm

Tribun wrote:Interesting Question. Don't really know it. But since we take his place in the game itself, we can conclude, that Maarek solved all the missions were we doubled for him. That also means, that since he was with Thrawn at the end of the game, he went with his forces, and, when Thrawn was killed, served under Paellon.
This guy is as hard as steel (hence his name). He won't allow people to kill him...

Well of course he's hardcore. Even Vader said he was good.

Vendetta wrote:It's a two part flightstick and throttle (seperate units). It takes up about as much desk space as a keyboard to get the two parts in comfortably usable positions, if not more, and they have to be stabilised quite well, as they're heavy units with a good amount of resistance.

Fantastic flight controller, hideous desk hog.

And the only alternative to it is a DualShock pad.

I see. Can you put the throttle on the desk and the stick itself on your lap, or do the wires not allow that?

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2003-07-17 06:16pm

irishmick79 wrote:
Stravo wrote:Can't play, one of the finest games I've ever played because I now run Windows XP
I feel your pain, stravo. I feel your pain.

Which version? The original DOS one or the Collector's edition? Because I can play both just fine under XP...

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2003-07-17 06:17pm

Slartibartfast wrote:
irishmick79 wrote:
Stravo wrote:Can't play, one of the finest games I've ever played because I now run Windows XP
I feel your pain, stravo. I feel your pain.
Which version? The original DOS one or the Collector's edition? Because I can play both just fine under XP...

I have the original DOS version, but tell me that this is true, the Collector's Edition runs on XP......*eagerly anticipates a shopping trip to Comp USA tomorrow*

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2003-07-17 06:20pm

I could, but then the stick would be too close to my body to allow comfortable or effective use, and it really needs to be on a flat surface to stabilise it properly.

And you really need your hands on both all the time, as both parts are literally festooned with buttons, switches, twiddly bits, and POV hats. You can program all the commands of most flight sims into the thing...

I'd end up sitting at a bizarre angle to the screen, and getting neckache..

The main problem with the desk I hav eis that to put the stick on it, I have to levitate my keyboard somewhere, and I end up with literally half an inch between the stick at full tilt and the face of my monitor.

When I get a new shelf in here, I'll have all my desk space devoted to input devices and other assorted guff. And, as an added bonus, rase my monitor those extra few inches, to make using it far more comfortable. (This is the setup I had at my parents house. Unfortunately, I work in the wrong city to keep going there to play....)

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2003-07-17 06:28pm

Stravo wrote:
I have the original DOS version, but tell me that this is true, the Collector's Edition runs on XP......*eagerly anticipates a shopping trip to Comp USA tomorrow*

It does. This is the way I use it.

It also updates the graphics engine to that of X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter (though the flight physics and controls remain the same), and adds a redrawn intro cutscene (still the old 'hand rendered' style, but at a much higher res), and gives the same treatment to the out of mission interface. (Briefings, etc).

The only thing 'missing' is the ability to assign other pilots you've created as your wingmen.

Mitth`raw`nuruodo · Post by **Mitth`raw`nuruodo** » 2003-07-17 06:41pm

I used to have both X-Wing Collector's Edition and Tie Fighter Collector's Edition, but I lost the fuckin CDs... pissed me off. Finest space sims I have ever come across... I'd go buy 'em, but LucasArts wants $25 each, and the stats on Tie Fighter say it comes with the expansion, but then in another menu (the part where you put the thing on your credit card/whatever) says it doesn't.

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)

Crazy_Vasey · Post by **Crazy_Vasey** » 2003-07-17 06:42pm

I was pretty cack at the game, all told. I couldn't get past about battle 7 on anything other than easy difficulty.

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2003-07-17 07:14pm

There was a TIE Fighter expansion? I know that the B-wing missions in X-wing were an expansion.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-07-17 07:23pm

Darth Yoshi wrote:There was a TIE Fighter expansion? I know that the B-wing missions in X-wing were an expansion.

Yep...where they introduced the Missle Gunboat, and explained for story purposes the build up at Sullust, How Thrawn became GA and finally what happened to Zaarin.

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2003-07-17 07:24pm

The Collectors Series comes with both expansions for both games, just as the original CD versions did.

If you can find somewhere that can do you the favour, you can get the UK version for £13.99 (a shade over $20). Both X-Wing and TIE Fighter, all expansions.

Amazon US sells it for $39.99.

Oh, and an update on XP compatibility. With my graphics card, (MSI FX5900 Ultra), and the 44.03 XP drivers, DirectX 9.0a, the 3d hardware aceleration refuses to work in Windows XP. Though the standard non-hardware accelerated version works swimmingly.

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2003-07-17 07:30pm

Ghost Rider wrote:
Darth Yoshi wrote:There was a TIE Fighter expansion? I know that the B-wing missions in X-wing were an expansion.
Yep...where they introduced the Missle Gunboat, and explained for story purposes the build up at Sullust, How Thrawn became GA and finally what happened to Zaarin.

Oh. The entire Zaarin/TIE Defender story arc. That explains it. I got the Collector's Series.

Post by **Colonel Olrik** » 2003-07-17 07:58pm

The only thing 'missing' is the ability to assign other pilots you've created as your wingmen.

Humm, that must make the game even harder. I had several copies of myself as pilots, and that was many times the difference between winning or losing the mission.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-07-17 08:23pm

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.