Show HN: OpenTIE and OpenXWA, Modern Ports of Tie Fighter and X-Wing Alliance
elyosh · 144 points · 30 comments · 9 hours ago · Open original
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CHchucksmash3 hours ago
Loved these games. Grew up playing them with a yoke + throttle controller my dad bought for MS Flight Simulator. Didn't have the specs for Tie Fighter to run well but X-Wing worked great. I'd angle a clock radio next to the yoke for a little more of a cockpit vibe plus to change up the soundtrack.
So much joy being at that age and in that era of computing/gaming. Hope people are able to pass that same feeling along to the current gen in some way, shape or form.
VUvunderba8 hours ago
Very nice. Looking forward to irritating the Empire again as a new recruit [1].
On a more serious note, there's also a really great conversion that ports the original TIE Fighter over to the later X-Wing Alliance engine [2].
And of course if you need copies of the originals, they still sell them over on GOG (Good Old Games).
[1] - https://imgpb.com/AoSwyrZ
[2] - https://www.moddb.com/mods/tie-fighter-total-conversion-tftc
FEfelixding7 hours ago
The original Star Wars: TIE Fighter was one of the first computer games I played as a teenager. The funny thing is, I had absolutely no idea what Star Wars was, but somehow I still thought the game was really cool and played it for quite a while.
LALarsDu8858 minutes ago
I loved these games as a kid. So much so that I made a VR clone of sorts Rogue Stargun (https://roguestargun.com)
Never quite got around to polishing it to the desired level (due to having kids), and Star Wars Squadrons ended up coming out before I even released the game.
I believe the XWA revamp project also has a VR mode
DAdarthcircuit1 hour ago
There’s also a great mod for the original x wing game that adds beautiful new models and textures. Makes it feel very modern which is impressive given how old the game is. https://www.moddb.com/mods/xwvm/news/xwvm-alpha-20251116-dow...
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Loved these games. Grew up playing them with a yoke + throttle controller my dad bought for MS Flight Simulator. Didn't have the specs for Tie Fighter to run well but X-Wing worked great. I'd angle a clock radio next to the yoke for a little more of a cockpit vibe plus to change up the soundtrack. So much joy being at that age and in that era of computing/gaming. Hope people are able to pass that same feeling along to the current gen in some way, shape or form.
Very nice. Looking forward to irritating the Empire again as a new recruit [1]. On a more serious note, there's also a really great conversion that ports the original TIE Fighter over to the later X-Wing Alliance engine [2]. And of course if you need copies of the originals, they still sell them over on GOG (Good Old Games). [1] - https://imgpb.com/AoSwyrZ [2] - https://www.moddb.com/mods/tie-fighter-total-conversion-tftc
The original Star Wars: TIE Fighter was one of the first computer games I played as a teenager. The funny thing is, I had absolutely no idea what Star Wars was, but somehow I still thought the game was really cool and played it for quite a while.
I loved these games as a kid. So much so that I made a VR clone of sorts Rogue Stargun (https://roguestargun.com) Never quite got around to polishing it to the desired level (due to having kids), and Star Wars Squadrons ended up coming out before I even released the game. I believe the XWA revamp project also has a VR mode
There’s also a great mod for the original x wing game that adds beautiful new models and textures. Makes it feel very modern which is impressive given how old the game is. https://www.moddb.com/mods/xwvm/news/xwvm-alpha-20251116-dow...