#3 Insert game CD (yes, the official one you bought about 17 years ago!) #2 From download page, download the file called "xwa_ddraw_d3d11.1.3.zip" and follow the instructions (easy, copy contents to location where you installed XWA. There might be copy protection or stuff like that. To be on the safe side, use your original CD 1 for playing from now on. NOTE: I had to get the patch from using the "mirror de" link.
Obligatory: Install the official X-Wing Alliance v2.02 (or later) patch. Use your new "Installation CD" to install Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance on your computer by either double-clicking on The original CD label usually is: XWA_DISK_1 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.īurn 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. Instructions.html (this file may be deleted at discretion) There should be four new files in your temporary XWA folder: When asked to replace Setup.exe, confirm. 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// Let this self-extracting archive extract to that folder (eg. C:XWA_DISK_1) - about 600 MiB free space is needed.Ĭopy the contents of your Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance CD 1 to that folder. tions.html starting at:Ĭreate a temporary folder on your hard disk (eg. And my Gravis xTerminator joystick still worked as it did before! (terribly.) New updated instructions will be made available, but not yet.Īfter a couple of hours, finally got XWA working again on my Win 10 64 bit PC. If you need help installing though, please post to ask for assistance.
Edit : I have switched from the XWA original CDs to the XWA installer from Origin since I have the Basic yearly subscription.Įdit : please note, the below instructions have not been updated since 2017.