Tech:install XvT
X-Wing Vs TIE Fighter installation and setup for online play
In order to play X-Wing Vs. TIE Fighter online, you need to consider the following steps:
- Install the game - Copy the game files
- Apply patches - Get necessary updates, files etc.
- Networking - Port forwarding and firewalls
- Set up the Client - Enter the online gaming lobby to find opponents
Install the game
Windows 98/XP/2000 32-bit
You can install X-Wing Vs. TIE Fighter using the stock installer from the CD.
Windows Vista or Windows 7 32-bit
You can install X-Wing Vs. TIE Fighter using the stock installer from the CD.
You have to run the game in compatibility mode for Windows 98 and [as an administrator], which can be done by right-clicking ("Properties") the following files:
- xvstie.exe
- Z_XVT__.EXE
Windows Vista or Windows 7 64-bit
Install manually
Unfortunately the stock installer that comes with the XvT CD won't run in a 64-bit operating system. Basically you have two options.
The first and most option is to install X-Wing Vs TIE Fighter is to:
- Copy the game files manually. You can use any old installation for that, regardless on which operating system you ran it there. If you don't have the files lying around anymore. Ask another XvT player in the lobby.
- Set up registry manually
Having done that, you have to run the game in compatibility mode for Windows 98 and [as an administrator], which can be done by right-clicking the files:
- xvstie.exe
- Z_XVT__.EXE
Properties -> Compatibility tab -> click the "//Run as an Administrator//" check box and set the compatibility to Windows 98. Here's some official [documentation] from Microsoft for it.
64-bit installer
The second and more complicated option you have is to forge a 64-bit compatible msi installer version for the XvT CD.
In this case you have some extra work to do, because Windows 7 systems are incompatible to the old 16-bit installer provided by the XvT disc. So what you need is a [modified version] of the installer by Markus Egger. All the documentation is found there, so we don't provide any support for it here.
