Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance

A game by LucasArts and Totally Games

*Unofficial* MSI Setup v1.0.0.0 by Markus Egger

Installation instructions

• Prerequisites - download and install from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/
  (refer to Add/Remove Programs whether they are already installed on your machine):
  • Windows Installer 3.1 Redistributable
  • Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86)
    (grab the one with the latest Service Pack level - SP1 at the time of this writing)
• Create a temporary folder on your hard disk (eg. C:\XWA_DISK_1) - 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. C:\XWA_DISK_1).
• When asked to replace Setup.exe, confirm.
• There should be four new files in your temporary XWA folder:
  • Alliance.ico
  • X-Wing Alliance.msi
  • Setup.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. Nero). The original CD label usually is: XWA_DISK_1
• Use your new "Installation CD" to install Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance on your computer by either double-clicking on
  • Setup.exe or
  • X-Wing Alliance.msi directly.
• Obligatory: Install the official X-Wing Alliance v2.02 (or later) patch. You may get it at http://www.lucasarts.com/support/update/alliance.html.
• 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.
• A little goodie for Creative Labs ALchemy users:
  [Star Wars X-Wing Alliance]
RegPath=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC\X-Wing Alliance\v1.0\Install Path
Buffers=5
Duration=10
• Launch/enjoy the game!

Disclaimer

This setup is Freeware and a gift for the community. It shall ease the pain of all fellows in misery failing to install this game on Vista x64 (and maybe other modern Windows operating systems). It is neither supported nor endorsed by LucasArts. Use at your own risk! Original CDs required (developed/tested using X-Wing Alliance English version - may or may not work with localized editions).
MSI tested under Vista Ultimate x64 and Windows XP Pro SP2.

You may only redistribute the original archive when done free of charge and all files are left intact (no additions, removals or alterations).

The MSI is fully Standards-compliant: It passes all ICE validation tests except ICE66 - which is an irrelevant warning since the MSI is not meant to be Vista-only (tested with WiX Light v3.0.3022.0 and Orca v4.0.5299.0).

Created by Markus Egger <markus@NOSPAMmarkusegger.at> using Visual Studio 2005 Standard and the Microsoft WiX 3 Toolkit/Votive.

Star Wars, X-Wing Alliance, LucasArts, Totally Games, Microsoft, Windows, Vista, XP, Visual Studio, Visual C++, Windows Installer, WiX, Orca, Nero, Creative Labs, ALchemy are (C) and/or (TM) of their respective holders.