TFTC Project

I'm very proud to announce that TFTC v1.4 is now released to the public. Check out our brand new trailer and then also check out the update video which goes into more details! #starwars #tiefighter #gaming #vrgaming #flightsim #xwing #pcgaming #lucasarts youtube.com/watch?v=IZtHOo…

Microsoft: Now you are finally ready to go and make more DOOM, Quake and Wolfenstein games more regularly for us.

Microsoft: We want more DOOM, Quake and Wolfenstein games more regularly. Also Microsoft: Lay off 50% of id Software including core teams of people responsible for some of the quality games we got over the years. Sounds like a winning strategy to me...

I’m so sorry for everyone at id Software affected by these layoffs. I know what it feels like to leave id while id goes on. It’s a strange and painful thing to step away from a place that holds so much of your work, friendships and history. The people at id have done a great job moving that legacy forward. DOOM, Quake, and Wolfenstein are not easy names to carry on, especially in today’s industry. The last few games showed real care, skill and respect for what those worlds mean to people. A note on digital preservation: id's history is critically important to the history of games. I’ve preserved id’s complete early history from our start at Softdisk through to August 6, 1996, including materials and assets that, as far as I know, id itself no longer has. I hope someone is doing the same for the company’s ongoing legacy (the work, code, assets, stories and the people behind them). I’m thinking of everyone at id today, and everyone else affected by yesterday’s layoffs. Romero Games was there a year ago. I know how devastating it is, and my heart's with all of you.

@DJSnM Remember that tech demo they had for what would've been a sequel to this game? I was so disappointed when it was canceled. There's still elements in this game of the initial bigger scope it had I think.

This is a great, but tough spaceship RTS that’s worth playing:

@__silent_ TFTC has: 1: YT video install guide 2: Readme with install guide embedded within the installer 3: Website with full written version of the video guide. 4: Links to all the above in our Discord 5: ModDB links and guides. A few will still ignore it all and still ask basic Qs.

Every time I see someone saying "why are you complaining about digital-only consoles when PC is digital-only through Steam", I remember this message I got over a decade ago and how it permanently altered the way I think about setup instructions

An interview with original X-Wing/TIE Fighter developer Edward Kilham. Worth the listen for insights to his career and the development of the series! #starwars #tiefighter #xwing #lucasarts youtu.be/JhqcvEd5RdM?si…

Even if a game vanishes from the GOG storefront, it never leaves your library. Exactly as digital ownership ought to be.

@exQUIZitely Where it all began, 30+ years later the fruits still sprout from both us at TFTC and other modding projects from the community 🙂

While MicroProse ruled the simulation genre, one of the best air combat sims of the 90s came from an unexpected place: Lucasfilm Games, a studio famous for its adventure games. Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe (1991) brought a close to their excellent World War II trilogy, which began with Battlehawks 1942 and continued with Their Finest Hour. The game came with a huge, incredibly detailed manual packed with historical background on the Western European air war from 1943 to 1945, technical specifications for every aircraft, and real air combat tactics. It wasn’t made for casual players but a true feast for fans who loved deep, historically accurate flight simulations. Lucasfilm later became LucasArts and shifted successfully into space combat with X-Wing and Tie Fighter, but sadly they never made another historical simulation. Given how well Their Finest Hour and Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe were received, it feels like a real missed opportunity.

@ar_nimbus @OtaKing77077 Ha, I had the same thoughts when I first saw it with those red streaks 😁

@TFTCProject @OtaKing77077 That screenshot with the title "Reimagined" has, in my opinion, a very ThunderCats-like vibe!!!

The intro cutscene made for us by the famous @OtaKing77077 is still coming one day! The animation itself was completed over a year ago, its almost finished being scored, then SFX work needs doing. It will be released along with the final completion of Reimagined. #starwars

Total length of the new intro video is about 7:15 long!

Showing the new Q&A functionality added to the XWA engine which restores an OG TIE Fighter function that was sorely missing. Secret Order objectives can now be restored as hidden, optional objectives! #starwars #tiefighter #xwing #flightsim #vrgaming youtube.com/watch?v=mFKj7R…

@DiliChancen Yup!

@TFTCProject Notepad ++? :)

Exciting news for #TFTC, the final hurdle for Classic being true to the OG as possible - questions and answers that will change depending on goals completed. The Secret Order can now be moved back to being optional hidden content to be found. 1/ #starwars #tiefighter #xwing

@DiliChancen This has been made for TFTC but the feature will be available to use in the base XWAU for anyone, you just need to code it in.

@TFTCProject Such a great detail ! Is it a new feature for xwa-upgrade,something recently discovered or a patch you made for this purpose? Looking forward to seeing it ! :)

The new content this unlocks for TFTC and all X-Wing Alliance modders and mission makers for the future is amazing 🙂 /5 Fin

One final little extra, the left hand side can be either a static image or an animated one which can be changed for each question, allowing for new characters or just simply non-character based stuff like ship schematics, maps etc. /4