Lobbyclients
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
Multiplayer lobby clients
To play online you need a separate multiplayer lobby. The Microsoft Internet Gaming Zone (IGZ) quit support for XvT/XWA in 200X. After that, the community created it's own client, the Errant Venture. However Voobly, a fan-made commercial endeavor which resembles IGZ, has added support for XvT, XWA and even BoP. Some people still use gameranger, but the activity there is very low.
- [Voobly] website
- [Errant Venture] support website
- This is the XvT/XWA lobby client named after a [captured IISD] that was introduced after IGZ stopped its support and before the community switched to Voobly for matchmaking. It is scarcely used currently but the lobby server is still running. Some gamers set Errant Venture up as a fall-back should Voobly have issues. Remember to forward the addition ports.
Unzip the file and run redist.exe. You might be required to turn on Compatibility and run it in administrator mode in Windows Vista and above.
- [Game Ranger] website
Voobly
After signing up there, you download the client and use the Links on the website to join the game-specific lobbies:
The Bookmark Trick
To bypass a voobly.com visit in your browser each time you want to play you can bookmark the link "join the lobby" of each game. Having done that, in Firefox and Opera you can go to Manage Bookmarks and drag-and-drop those bookmarks to your desktop. This creates a desktop shortcut for this lobby. This is alot more convenient and faster than joining the lobby over the Voobly website.
Voobly & Wine
Voobly has [gold wine support] which means Voobly works fully under Linux using the Wine compatibility layer.
