Hint for Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter
Now, this isn't totally realistic, but it's pretty realistic for some ships,
and it works for all, so here goes....
In the xvt\ivfiles directory, all the ship data is stored, EXCEPT for the
cockpit picture (key point). The cockpit files are in cp640, cp480,and cp320
if you want to mess with those. The names are kind of descriptive, but some
are tougher to figure out. All you need to do is go into this directory, and
do a little copying. Follow these steps:
1) Choose one of these ships that would most be like the one you want to be.
For instance, I chose the Assault Gunboat to be the Millenium Falcon (Y-Wing
would be good too).
ywing.opt Y-Wing
xwing.opt X-Wing
awing.opt A-Wing
z-95.opt Z-95 Headhunter
tieftr.opt Tie Fighter
tieint.opt Tie Interceptor
tieadv.opt Tie Advanced
tiebmb.opt Tie Bomber
assault.opt Assault Gunboat
2) Copy it to a backup file
copy assault.opt assault.bak
where assault.opt is the file you chose above.
3) Choose another ship from the list of OPT files
ASSAULT OPT Assault Gunboat
ASTG33 OPT Asteroid Laser Battery (LAS BAT)
ASTH44 OPT Asteroid Hangar (R&D FC)
ASTROID1 OPT Asteroid Type A
ASTROID2 OPT Asteroid Type B
ASTROID3 OPT Asteroid Type C
ASTROID4 OPT Asteroid Type D
ASTROID5 OPT Asteroid Type E
ASTROID6 OPT Asteroid Type F
ASTW21 OPT Asteroid Warhead Launcher (W LNCHR)
AWING OPT A-Wing
BARGE OPT Heavy Lifter ???
BOMB OPT Space Bomb
BOOM_N1A ACT
BOOM_NLR ACT
CAL OPT MC80a Calamari Cruiser (CRS)
CLUSTER1 ACT
CLUSTER2 ACT
CLUSTER3 ACT
CONA OPT Class-A Cargo Container
CONB OPT Class-B Cargo Container
CONC OPT Class-C Cargo Container
COND OPT Class-D Cargo Container
CONE OPT Class-E Cargo Container
CONF OPT Class-F Cargo Container
CONG OPT Class-G Cargo Container
CONH OPT Class-H Cargo Container
CONTAIN OPT Class-I Cargo Container
CORTN OPT Corellian Transport
CORV OPT Corellian Corvette
CRUSB OPT MC40a Light Calamari Cruiser (CRL)
DEBRIS1 ACT Space Debris A
DEBRIS2 ACT Space Debris B
DEBRIS3 ACT Space Debris C
DEBRIS4 ACT Space Debris D
DREAD OPT Dreadnaught
EMBBLUHR ACT
EMBER2 ACT
EMBER3 ACT
EMBREDLR ACT
ESCRT OPT Escort Carrier Transport
ESCTRP OPT Beta Class Escort Transport ???
FACTRY OPT Deep Space Manufacturing Facility (FAC/1)
FGHTA OPT T-Wing ???
FGHTB OPT Starchaser ???
FLARE OPT Flare
FREIGHT OPT Bulk Freighter ???
FRTA OPT Modular Conveyor ???
FRTB OPT Container Transport ???
GALAXY ACT Twirling Galaxy thing
HIT01 ACT Laser Hit 1 ???
HIT02 ACT Laser Hit 2 ???
INTERD OPT Interdictor Cruiser
ISD OPT Imperial Class Star Destroyer
LASERB OPT Laser Blue
LASERG OPT Laser Green
LASERR OPT Laser Red
LTFRTA OPT Muurian Transport ???
MINE1 OPT Mine Type A
MINE2 OPT Mine Type B
MINE3 OPT Mine Type C
MISSILEB OPT Missle Blue
MISSILEP OPT Missle Purple
MISSILER OPT Missle Red
MISSILEY OPT Missle Yellow
NEB OPT Nebulon-B Frigate
NXPL01A ACT
NXPL_LR ACT
PATRL OPT System Patrol Craft
PLANET1 ACT Planet A
PLANET2 ACT Planet B
PLANET3 ACT Planet C
PLANET4 ACT Planet D
PLANET5 ACT Planet E
PLANET6 ACT Planet F
PLANET7 ACT Planet G
PLANET8 ACT Planet H
PLATA OPT XQ1 Platform (PLT/1)
PLATAB OPT XQ2 Platform (PLT/2)
PLATB OPT XQ3 Platform (PLT/3)
PLATBA OPT XQ4 Platform (PLT/4)
PLATC OPT XQ5 Platform (PLT/5)
PLATCA OPT XQ6 Platform (PLT/6)
PROBE1 OPT Probe
PROBEA OPT Probe A ???
SAT1 OPT Communications Satellite
SHUTB OPT Delta Class Escort Shuttle
SHUTTLE OPT Lambda Class Shuttle
SPARK07 ACT Chaff Spark A ???
SPARK09 ACT Chaff Spark B ???
STAR1 ACT Star A
STAR2 ACT Star B
SURFHI03 ACT Surface Hit A
SURFHIT2 ACT Surface Hit B
TIEADV OPT Tie Advanced (T/A)
TIEBMB OPT Tie Bomber (T/B)
TIEFTR OPT Tie Fighter (T/F)
TIEINT OPT Tie Interceptor (T/I)
TLASERB OPT Turbo Laser Blue
TLASERG OPT Turbo Laser Green
TLASERR OPT Turbo Laser Red
TRANSB OPT Delta Class Dx-9 Stormtrooper Transport ???
TRNSPRT OPT Gamma Class ATR-6 Assault Transport ???
TUG OPT Utility Tug
UTILA OPT Combat Utility Vehicle
VSD OPT Victory Class Star Destroyer
XPLO01 ACT Explosion 1
XPLO01A ACT Explosion 1A
XPLO05A ACT Explosion 5A
XPLO05C ACT Explosion 5C
XWING OPT X-Wing
YWING OPT Y-Wing
Z-95 OPT Z-95 HeadHunter
ZAP05A ACT
ZAP07A ACT
then copy it over to the file you chose in step 1
copy cortn.opt assault.opt
3) Start up the game, and pick the ship you chose in step 1. You'll know if it
worked!!!!
NOTE: I recommend replacing the Y-Wing with the Starchaser (fghtb.opt) and the
Assault GunBoat with the Millinium Falcon (cortn.opt).
4) When the novelty has worn off and the reality of how unrealistic it is (You
can be an interdictor cruiser, but you are still ACTUALLY the size of the ship
you chose, other ships will even fly through you. That's why I chose a small
ship, the YT-1300 [cortn.opt] to be) has set in, just copy the backup file
back over the original file.
copy assault.bak assault.opt
and you're done! Back to normal.
Disclaimer: I am not responsible if you jack up your game. I jacked up mine
when I tried to be a victory class star destroyer, but when I copied the
backup back to the original everything was fine again. Remember, you can
always re-install.
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Hint #3 for Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter
Hint: Reduce your throttle when turning tight against an opponent, but not
below one-third, and you will almost always cut inside your enemy for a sweet
deflection shot.
Hint: To prevent this from happening to you, also cut speed in your turn, but
then do a half-roll and accelerate away from your enemy at a vertical right
angle to the path on which you came into the turn.
Hint: Imperial pilots should never go head-on against Rebels unless they're
flying the gunboat. TIEs should always make fast, slashing attacks from the
rear or sides only.
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