04.05.2025
May the Fourth be with you! Posted by Forceflow
Hi folks,
we hope you are all having a great May the Fourth and are doing well!
It's this time again that we had really hoped to be able to release something for you, but things sadly got in the way. It turns out that even with 2024 we pretty much broke the game engine. At this point the game is pretty unstable and adding more eye candy to it is just no longer possible. We have identified the underlying issues and our local tech wizards @JeremyaFr and @blue_max are working very hard on creating new ways to push the game even further.
We hope to be able to show you more soon, but as always things will most likely take longer that we want. But if this new tech works out we'll have even more possibilities and you guys will hopefully have an even greater experience.
With that we have another small teaser for you guys. @MechDonald (creator of the incredible HD concourse images) is working on something new that will blow your minds!
Have a great day and hope to show you more, soon!
Thanks to Angel for hosting the teaser on the TFTC youTube channel!
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02.02.2025
XWAU 2025 News Posted by Forceflow
Greetings pilots! Welcome to 2025 and we are still improving this classic of a game.
One that has yet to be beaten by any new remakes too!
The XWAU Team has been quiet for some time but we are still here and still plodding on.
We've been taking time to rest our brains and enjoy other life and gaming areas etc... but the work continues.
Some news for today for you.
With XWAU 2024 we tried to optimise mission loading times and other areas.
There has been a long delay when your ship leaves the hangar into space, this is now fixed!
JeremyaFr wrote:
Hello, I've updated the hangars hook.
I've improved how the 3d models are loaded. Now there is a big reduced lag on hangar exit or reentry.
There was an issue with the Hook reading skins in the hangar causing it to keep reloading textures,
So now when you leave and land in the hangar the time will be MUCH quicker.
There is still a delay when pressing Fly to get to the hangar though.
To update your hooks follow these steps:
Open the Alliance launcher as you would to start the game.
Select the Tools Menu option
Select the XWA Hooks Update option
A command prompt will pop up and download the Hooks right to your game.
It should also keep any of your current settings that are in the Hooks.ini file too.
This fix is for XWAU 2024 only.
Do not apply it for TFTC at this point in case of older compatibility issues.
TFTC wasn't affected as much anyway.
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Right now we are working on fixing up a lot of little bugs that we have found since the 2024 release.
Including one I let slip into the installer which affects Steam installs. That might be a fix coming soon.
Steam installations have become a nightmare for XWAU, which is why we recommend the simpler GOG offline install often.
Also work has been underway to try and bring the latest XWAU improvements into the TFTC.
Apart from that we have some completed model updates ready to go!
Plus @Vince T is doing some amazing work on some of the largest and oldest models in game.
Here's a little teaser!
Thank you for sticking with us for this very long term upgrade.
We will post more updates and news when we have them
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