XvT-FCHG 1: ASF: Combat Collection
Battle Information
Battle Medal:
The ASF Combat
Golden Tug 2002 - Best XvT battle of 2001, Best XvT technical realization of 2001, Best XvT briefings of 2001
Battle Reviews
Simple, short, straightforward and highly enjoyable ! Four quick missions that have you participating in a capital ship on capital ship brawl for the first three, and defending one from waves of fighters for the fourth.
My hundred and fourteenth battle in the TIE Corps.
Fairly basic missions that aren't too bad to complete. They can be quite a bit of fun as you see who would win in essentially a fleet battle. Unlike the horrible SWS fleet battles though, these are actually designed to be much better.
I played on Easy. This was a very quick set of missions. I appreciate that you get to play as a few different craft in these missions. They seemed fairly well designed and I had fun playing them, even though they were over pretty quickly.
A reasonable battle with some well thought out combat sequences in my opinion. You may want to mix up the default selections that the designer has you sitting in, in order to expedite the battle (e.g. go for the GUN in mission 1 and destroy the cruiser yourself).
THis battle seems like a great big team battle for pvp. otherwise single player is pretty good, make sure to pick the right ships for each mission, otherwise youll have a hard time trying to win against the capital ships
A job well done. Maybe some time down the line we can actually try this as a PvP. Not sure how they got it to work with 8 players back in the day. Even now we struggle to do any form of multiplayer with 4 players!
Very good battle. The plotline is somewhat simple but achieves to deliver a good atmosphere. The missions are well balanced and can be approached from a variety of roles and fighters, accordingly available to the player, which is plus that shows flexibility and care for the pilot. Only one mission felt a bit nonsensical since it involved some endless dogfighting, and I chose the wrong ship for it. Besides this minor detail, the battle is excellent and definitely one to play again in my list.
I was never in the ASF during its heyday, so most of this went over my head. However, it's a well designed battle aside from some annoying stealth missiles, and it was nice to see clubs that are still alive and kicking (Renegade Wing, Gray Squadron, Rebel Squadrons) included.
This is a super fun, well-designed battle. I was great for SP and must have been great for 4v4 back in the day. I can't vouch for the goals being balanced for the teams, but the missions felt better than the stock scenarios that come with XvT.
What a fantastic battle! ;P Something to keep in mind on this one is that its made as a combat battle for 4vs4 multiplay and this means that the goal of the missions is to be _very_ balanced (in both forces and points), as to give both rebels and EH an even chance on winning. This means that vs an ASF wing you'll get a rebel wing, a squad vs a squad etc. Since its based on the ASF that'll get you at least 3 missions with the 3 wings... which will make them look simmular indeed. For the rest the goal was to make it as complete as could be and IMHO that has definitely worked out :D
To many of the mission are too similar, and battle becomes tedious after a while. The sound/voices are great, but more effort should have gone into making the missions different. The orders could also do with some refining. The battle is still worth flying
Nice Battle!!!!
Great Battle!!!!!!!!
The battle is great! Variety of (similar) :) missions which weren't too hard, but with a good idea. Heh, and it rocks to hear your own voice! :P And Rebel Squadrons get what they deserve. :D
Thats is such a dog fight in the first mission put it on hard and away you go it is like a 40 minute dogfight 1 tip for rookies dont target the mon cal and it cant launch missiles at you :) This Battle was great a marvelous dogfight trainier Big thumbs up
Battle Bug Reports
There are currently no open bug reports for this battle.
High Scores
| Battle Total: | 692,940 | COL Brucmack | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission 1: | 308,110 | COL Brucmack | |
| Mission 2: | 98,914 | VA Philo | |
| Mission 3: | 164,020 | COL Brucmack | |
| Mission 4: | 125,440 | COL Brucmack |
Top Ten
(of available records)
| 1 | 303,085 | MAJ Tuba | 2011-06-11 |
| 2 | 293,555 | CM TK-9780 | 2003-03-11 |
| 3 | 288,293 | MAJ Artyis | 2003-07-20 |
| 4 | 275,106 | COL Andrijas | 2003-12-11 |
| 5 | 273,787 | LC Savageaz | 2002-12-02 |
| 6 | 247,269 | CM Dukimar | 2003-11-10 |
| 7 | 228,482 | LC Kenath Zoron | 2002-12-01 |
| 8 | 224,139 | CM El Guapo | 2004-07-13 |
| 9 | 214,517 | CPT Jan Pieter | 2003-12-02 |
| 10 | 210,118 | LC Azazel | 2002-08-06 |
Battle Completion Statistics
This battle has been flown by 185 pilots a total of 195 times.
MAJ Ace - 2002-12-27
HA Anahorn Dempsey - 6 times, last on 2021-03-29
COL Andrijas - 2003-12-11
GN Andrzej Mezynski - 2005-01-07
MAJ Arid Foxtrot - 2003-11-16
CM Armagon - 2004-12-20
MAJ Artyis - 2003-07-20
CM Asen Starlancer - 2022-10-08
LC Azazel - 2002-08-06
LCM Benji Tandor - 2023-07-30
CPT Carren "Angel" Hiles - 2002-08-14
LC Choosh - 2003-01-30
LC Chris Cox - 2002-08-08
GN Coranel Both - 2 times, last on 2023-09-17
COL CrimsonFury - 2003-04-30
CPT Dante - 2003-08-17
CPT Derek Dan - 2003-01-07
COL Drak - 2004-10-26
CM Dukimar - 2003-11-10
GN Dunta Polo - 2 times, last on 2013-11-27
CPT Dweezil - 2003-08-04
CM El Guapo - 2004-07-13
GN Elwood the Brave - 2 times, last on 2022-10-02
CM Epicedion - 2021-03-07
LCM Felix Anthraxson - 2002-12-02
COL fr0Zen - 2021-03-07
RA Genie - 2021-10-20
AD Gidda - 2003-08-18
COL Gyssler - 2003-08-14
AD Hav Antiel - 2020-09-20
MAJ Hermann - 2 times, last on 2021-10-09
MAJ Hunter - 2003-01-01
CPT Jan Pieter - 2003-12-02
CM Jayden Halcorr - 2023-06-07
LCM Jon Ardan - 2003-04-11
LCM Josi - 2003-08-05
GN Kaisin Mirtez - 2009-02-15
LC Kenath Zoron - 2002-12-01
FA Khadgar - 2003-02-02
COL Lenvik - 2005-02-01
COL Loor - 2002-08-25
CM Mach Blader - 2004-07-21
Mayk Wolverine - 2003-04-22
COL Miles Prower - 2009-11-22
COL Moagim Daar - 2005-03-06
HA Pete Mitchell - 2019-12-08
COL Phalk Sturm - 2021-10-06
COL Phantom - 2003-10-27
AD Phoenix Berkana - 2021-10-20
FA Pickled Yoda - 2 times, last on 2022-10-30
MAJ Prost Varsis - 2023-04-09
COL Raith Sienar - 2005-02-15
LC randyrumrnr - 2021-03-07
CM Sabbath - 2003-10-19
LC Savageaz - 2002-12-02
LC Solohan50 - 2021-10-21
LC Steve Strangelove - 2005-05-31
AD Stryker - 2021-04-08
MAJ TheBlackxRanger - 2021-10-20
LC Thorn - 2003-01-03
AD TK-2107 - 2002-12-09
CM TK-9780 - 2003-03-11
MAJ Tuba - 2011-06-11
CPT Tvan'Oris - 2003-07-09
MAJ VinDoros - 2002-09-17
CPT Von Predator - 2004-09-27
GN Wil Striker - 2002-12-13
CPT Witchblade - 2021-10-20
CPT Wolve Excelsior Berkana - 2021-10-31
CPT Xura Verr - 2002-12-02
LCM Zhil - 2002-09-15
COL Zystem Fryar - 2003-06-15
X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter Combat Missions
Battle Name: "ASF Combat Collection" version 1.0
Created By: COM/VA Ender mBind/Wing XV/ISD Vanguard
(a.c.w.t.zwegers@bk.tudelft.nl)
Release Date: 01/jul/2001
Ships: All Flyable Craft
Difficulty: Playable.
Combat Missions: 4 including two briefings each and custom wavs
SP Missions: 4 including briefings and custom wavs
XWA Skirmishes: 4
Medal: the ASF Combat Medal (included + ribbon)
Filename: combatxvt.zip
File contents: xvtc08f01.tie, xvtc08f02.tie, xvtc08f03.tie, xvtc08f04.tie,
xvts01f01.tie, xvts01f02.tie, xvts01f03.tie, xvts01f04.tie,
xvts01f01.lst, xvts01f02.lst, xvts01f03.lst, xvts01f04.lst,
xvtc08f01.lst, xvtc08f02.lst, xvtc08f03.lst, xvtc08f04.lst,
Imperial.lst, Imperial.lst, Rebel.lst, Mission.lst,
a directory called wave/xvtc/ filled with 16 wavs per mission,
a directory called XWA Skirmishes filled with 4 XWA Skirmish versions
of the missions, readme.txt, asfcombatmedal.jpg, asfcombatribbon.jpg
Hardware used: Celleron 450Mhz, GForce II Ultra, 194Mb
Software used: XvTEd, XvT, Notepad, Windows Media Recorder, CoolEdit, Paint Shop Pro.
THESE LEVELS ARE NOT MADE, DISTRIBUTED, OR SUPPORTED BY LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY.
ELEMENTS TM & (c) LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY.
Required patches
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none
Installation instructions
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1] Double click the .EHM file, the EH Battle Launcher will install the battle
2] Check the Misc folder in your XvT one for additional material like patches, sounds etc.
3] Install the custom audio files according to the instruction in the wav package
4] Press the X-wing vs TIE Fighter button on the EHBL to start the game
5] Create a new pilot and fly the Imperial training missions
note: the original .lst files in your train and combat files will be overwritten,
you will not loose access to your exsisting Combat missions but because of EHTAC
regulations the Training missions are replaced.
IMPORTANT! ONLY USE THE SINGLE PLAYER MISSIONS (TRAINING MISSIONS) FOR HIGH SCORE SUBMISSION.
COMBAT NOTE:
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For these missions to work in MP, all players must have them installed on the same mission
numbers, in this case "100" to "103". Preferably do not change these numbers.
FCHG NOTE:
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TAC won't let you fly Combat Missions or XWA Skirmishes for FCHG Points, use the Single
player mission for all TC flying outside of combat competitions.
Story Line
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MISSION 1: "ISD Vanguard vs CRS Liberty"
The ISD Vanguard of the TIE Corps had planned for a training operation with
the Aggressor Strike Force elite squadron as their sparring partner.
The CRS Liberty of the Renegade Wing had been in contact with Alliance HQ
about getting resupplied on foodstuffs, water and an amount of smallarms for
the footsoldiers onboard.
No problem you'd say - except that the location and time for both operations
was exactly the same: The Antjeh Deeps. It was a miracle of navigation that
both ships didn't hit each other frontally on coming back into real space. Not
being prepared for the confrontation, both started to retreat back into hyperspace,
but that would take time - in which their contacts would arrive too, unknowingly
into hostile territory... First Strike Policies on both sides now have created a
situation where both ships have launched all of their fighters - and bombers.
MISSION 2: "Avenger Squadron vs Gray Squadron"
Imperial Squadron Avenger and Rebel Squadron Gray face off in an asteroid field
near the Minos Cluster. Both are equiped with a VSD Command ship and X-Wing Bombers!
Which Squadron will survive with its Command ship still intact? And how many fighters
will that cost?
MISSION 3: "ISD Intrepid vs. ISD Chimaera"
After the Empire's fall from its set of power on Coruscant, and the following
Rebel take-over, many individuals struck out on their own, determined to carve
their own little niche of power in the Galaxy... this was called the "Time of
the Warlords", all calling themselves Grand Admiral and the true Heir of the Empire.
In these times it became not uncommon for Imperial fractions to battle amongst eachother
over even the most trivial things, but usually just to keep the other party down.
This is the Battle of Jah'Ree, where the "Galactic Empire" attacked a weapons lab
working mostly for "the Emperor's Hammer". The independent weaponslab called in for
EH help and now you've got two equally equipped Stardestroyers battling it out.
Can the EH stop the GE attack or will the GE liberate the region from a bit more EH
influence?
MISSION 4: "Rebel Squadrons Attack the ISD Grey Wolf"
The Imperial Star Destroyer Grey Wolf is being attacked by six squadrons of Rebel
starfighters while awaiting the arrival of BGCOM Cyric. Prevent serious damage to
the Grey Wolf or it will have to flee and Cyric will be most displeased!
NOTE
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You need the XvT (or at least all the ships involved there), as far as i know
no other patches are needed. To fly in Combat all players need the same version,
make sure you all have the update by lucasarts installed.
For the XWA skirmishes you need XWA, if you want to fly the Capital Ships you'd
need to updated Shiplist file. To fly in Combat just the host needs to have it installed,
make sure you all have the update by lucasarts installed.
Soundfragments
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Voice acting by The Z, Tarkin, Brucmack, Dae, Dax Corrin, Strahd, Death, Hev Randrowan,
jdf1984, Duncan Idaho, Damon Kast, Wes Janson, Tomaas Banys, Kyle, Kyle Katarn...
All other wavs generated by At&T labs and Bell Labs Text to sound generators.
All have been reduced to at max. 11.025Hz 8bit Mono (EH TAC requirement) with
Windows Media Recorder, sometimes editted with CoolEdit Pro (trimming, amplification).
Release Information
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0.1b This is the First release. Bugs could arrise - please
mail me if they do - also if you have hints, death threats,
questions or apraisals.
1.0 Fixed briefings and goals, added custom wavs by pilots and changed messages.
first non-beta version.
note: for Combat flying all players should make sure they have the same version.
COM/VA Ender mBind/Wing XV/ISD Vanguard
GS/SiSx2/BS/PCx5/ISMx13/LoC-PSx74/DFC/CoL/CoB/LoA/OV [DRAG]
{IWATS-SM/2-XTT-XTM-M/1/2-IIC/1/2/3-GFX}
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Tested and corrected by LC Marcin Szydlowski
-minor briefing bugs corrected
-waypoints bug corrected
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