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Re: TIE Fighter in 3-D?!?!

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From: wpet... Wayne Peterson
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 00:00
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In article <6hrh2p$9...@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net>, 
cir...@worldnet.att.net says...
> On Fri, 24 Apr 1998 07:23:38 -0400, "Mike Evans"
> <mikea...@mindspring.com> wrote:
> 
> >They already have a 3D patch for XvT, but I guess this new version is using
> >a completely new game engine.
> >
> 
> Yeah, I downloaded and installed the patch for XvT, but I'm just
> exicted about a new 3-D engine for good ol' X-Wing or TIE Fighter.
> 
> I'm very anxious to see the results.
> 
> The only misgivings I have are:
> 
> 1.  I already own X-Wing CD, TIE Fighter CD, and XvT.
> 2.  Besides the engines, what else will be new?  Anything?
> 
> Although I must confess that I've never been able to get either game
> to work quite right under Windoze 95.  Had another version of DOS on
> my old computer that worked just fine for those older games, but I
> haven't bothered with my new computer yet.  Hopefully they will have
> tweaked both games to work in a Win95 environment without any
> problems.

Isn't Lucasarts just using an enhanced XvT engine for X-Wing and TIE 
Fighter?  If so then it should work fine in Win95.  I hope that they 
update the cutscenes in the games to the level of the ones in Rebellion.  
The ships in those scenes look close to the quality of the movies.
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From: w_pet...@hotmail.com (Wayne Peterson)
Subject: Re: TIE Fighter in 3-D?!?!
Date: 1998/04/28
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