X Wing Alliance Upgrade
Create a temporary folder on your hard disk (eg. C:XWADISK1) - about 600 MiB free space is needed.Copy the contents of your Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance CD 1 to that folder.Let this self-extracting archive extract to that folder (eg. // NOTE: this is the XWA file you download from the main page called Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance 1.0 EN 1.0.0.0//When asked to replace Setup.exe, confirm.There should be four new files in your temporary XWA folder:Alliance.icoX-Wing Alliance.msiSetup.exe (new file)Instructions.html (this file; may be deleted at discretion)You may create a folder Patches or Support in your temporary XWA folder; you could store the official X-Wing Alliance patch as well as the Windows Installer and C redistributable files there.Burn the contents of your temporary XWA folder (! - not the folder itself) to a blank CD-R and label it accordingly in the CD burning program of your choice (eg. The original CD label usually is: XWADISK1Use your new 'Installation CD' to install Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance on your computer by either double-clicking onSetup.exe orX-Wing Alliance.msi directly.Obligatory: Install the official X-Wing Alliance v2.02 (or later) patch. You may get it at. // NOTE: I had to get the patch from using the 'mirror de' link. Hc andersen dansk.
//To be on the safe side, use your original CD 1 for playing from now on. There might be copy protection or stuff like that.#2 From download page, download the file called 'xwaddrawd3d11.1.3.zip' and follow the instructions (easy, copy contents to location where you installed XWA.#3 Insert game CD (yes, the offical one you bought about 17 years ago!)#4 When in game, turn on Hardware 3D or when trying to fly, your game will crash.Worked for me!Cut scenes seem a bit slower. Currently running a Core i5, 8GB RAM, ATI 6950 video card. Maybe it is the hard drive I installed XWA on that is slow, only 5400 RPM.Cheers!