Well not anymore.
Introducing the Tour Multiplayer hook! This hook adds a ton of features and fixes a few bugs in the original game. This hook is considered as the next generation of my multiplayer patch.
Please read the readme for additional details.
Some screenshots of the visual changes:
https://imgur.com/a/2y72M
Changelog:
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2.1
- Fixed a major bug where not all missions were listed on the load screen
- Removed Dinput.dll, tactical officer and wingmen voices hooks (download them seperately)
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2.0a
- Tactical officer hook now included
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2.0
Bugs fixed/Features added:
- Combat and Racing buttons are now seperate and in different positions
- Craft selection has been fixed for both hosts and clients
- Load button on load screen is finally fixed
- Delete button removed from load screen unless its Skirmish
- Setting buttons are realigned properly
- IFF 4/Orange is now orange in the Craft and message lists
- Craft Selection can now be like XvT if the proper options are selected in the mission FG
- New quit message shown if player is to be captured during a mission
- Config now has three seperate options to change combat sim background, music and setting bar
- Hangar in Multiplayer now acts like the hangar in XvT (which is pop in and pop out with a wave loss)
- You can allow the AI to take over your craft with "Shift+M"
- You can now cycle regions if spectating in Multiplayer using shift+M(previous) and M(next) keys
- Server update rate options are now 8, 29 and 59
- Tour briefings in story mode will not use the custom background provided by the hook
- Target box color now changes to the target IFF
- Arrows in battle menus have returned and are fully functional
Features removed:
- Tactical officer code has been removed so that it can be placed in its own hook
- Mission description button removed
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- Updated patch to work with Steam XWA Vanilla
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- Updated Combat missions to make use of different tactical officers
- Included hook_tourmultiplayer.cfg
- Disabling xvt combat simulator background also restores original music
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- Tactical Officers 3-7 can now be loaded as well as having different tactical officers between Team 1 and Team 2
- Included XvT Imperial Tactical officers
- Clients on the roster screen will now see the correct FG list
- Fixed bug where the mission list scroll bar would move to the bottom in Skirmish mode
- Added Mission Description button to UI
- Imperial Wingmen voices have been removed from my hook and are now controlled by Jeremy's wingmen voices hook
- Combat Engagements mode now has the correct UI buttons on the roster screen
- Fixed a bug where the wingmen menu would be grayed out if the player had multiple waves
- Fixed bug where Skirmish mode was loaded on the roster after exiting a Tour mission in Multiplayer
Link to the download and source: XWA_TourMultiplayer_Hook
EDIT: Make sure you download the latest version of the hangar hook to prevent a startup error! viewtopic.php?p=147470#p147470
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