Star Wars X-Wing Alliance Death Star II. Tunnel Speedrun

[columbusbobby23]

Whenever i get to the central core wedge fires his missile and the hull goes to 75% and then when i fire mine it does, It does nothing and I'm left to sit there with nothing to do. I fired six missiles at the thing and nothing! Anybody know whats up with this?

[Thinkshooter]

@columbusbobby23 If I remember correctly, Wedge's missiles must reach the core first. Remember that the speed of your craft is added to the speed of the missile, so it's possible to fire later and for the missiles to still reach the core sooner. This could be one source of the problem in your case.

Or you could play with the timing the other way, i.e. not wait as long. (This has never been a problem in my case.) XWA is sometimes buggy so you may need to experiment.

[pug553]

is this on computer?



[Thinkshooter]

@pug553 Of course, XWA is a PC game :)

[yeclix]

That was too close

[iteachvader]

When I found out that the flame that follows behind you was a giant, swelling, 2D square, I began to have nightmares.

[Galimah]

Imagine to jump out of the ship, standing on its top/roof and having an epic light saber duel with a sith as u travel to the core. Wow that would have been a BLAST

[antdude]

This level was SO hard. I had problems navigating through the crowded tunnels that I had to cheat!! :(

[Gnoizic]

While I will say that that was a great speed run, there are some things I've gotta ask:

Why did you burn the missiles so much? You could've used the turrets to destroy all the pipes. (They have unlimited ammo)

What difficulty was this on? It doesn't seem like it was on a higher difficulty given the amount of damage you took hitting the walls.

Have you tried this with the X-Wing Alliance Upgrade's Millennium Falcon upgrade? It gives you the far left cockpit view, like the movies. Tough too!

[Thinkshooter]

@Gnoizic Good questions. At the max speed of 180 MGLT, the laser doesn't destroy obstacles fast enough, hence the missiles. The game was on normal (default) difficulty. If you bump into things at an obtuse angle (close to 180 degrees), the damage isn't that bad. I didn't use the XWA Upgrades since speedruns are generally played with the standard setup in order for the runs to be comparable.

[Gnoizic]

@Thinkshooter Thanks for the info! I loved this game as a kid, and downloaded it a couple of years ago to finally get this mission under my belt the right way. I'm impressed, that was one helluva run! I'd have a hard time repeating the feat! Good to see people still enjoying and excelling at this game!

[AnakinIT]

Very rarely there is a bug where you can find the main way free and go straight to the reactor ;)

[Nabbyfan00]

if you take the primary route you end up in a room where your practically seeing through the walls. you can see the laser lens for the deathstar and you have to find the exit which isn't easy.

[tsuaFzneiH]

Uh. "X-Wing" goes "Descent".

[timorekusa]

I admit it. I did every mission without cheating but I could not do the trench run - got confused a lot by so many lights...

[iteachvader]

@timorekusa It took me 2 months to get it.

[TheMusicalMonk]

i piss me off, it took me like 10 times to do that in a speed run. good job man

[rubinhood1]

@TheMusicalMonk If you speedran this tunnel at 180 MGLT in just 10 attempts, you must be really good. I did this for several hours for 2 or 3 days to finally make it. How's your shooting in dogfights? You should record your favorite mission and publish it on Youtube!

[Oatmeal1400]

I never got this far. It was real interesting to see how the death star looked from the inside :)

[vittau]

Good memories from this game, it's so awesome. They should make a new X-Wing game, with perhaps some more managing and customization options to the ships, so it feels more like a "simulator" (keeping all the action of course).

[Jaroen13tilch]

wut game is this?

[Viewindo]

Fantastic flying! This mission is so addictive, I still sometimes jump back on.

[joseluisnewyork]

One of the best games i,ve ever played.thnks for the video.

[mhalo5]

Think the Empire is going to make a Death Star III? Third time's the charm. lol just kidding.

[Dogmeat1950]

they did.but it was the old prototpye they used.

[olty49]

this is 100 times better than rogue squadron!

[pefjavier]

TOTALLY AGREEE

[SigandGibbs]

@olty49 Not this particular mission, no.

[DaCidre]

This was the hardest mission for me back then ! I wish I could fly the smaller X-wing instead for the mission

[Rocketcrab32]

Every time wedge spoke. I couldn't stop laughing. He sounded so Australian

[Thinkshooter]

Of course that would be impossible. These events took place a long time ago in another galaxy.

;)

[GarthBeatty]

@Rocketcrab32 Lando sounded funny too. Even Ackbar.

[GrifMoNeY]

I hate you.

[Horatius1981]

Superb Flying, I really struggled with this mission.

[RCEbooks]

You really did it alright: Gave a girl another reason not to date you!

[JeBuZac]

So you're speaking for all girls?

[RCEbooks]

yup!

[JeBuZac]

That is a little ridiculous.

[Ben1977820]

Im not even playing and it looks hard

[dokaw]

Boy, did I love this level.

....not >_>

[SebRhade]

A few years ago i thought i was good in this tunnel run, but i must say you're better than me!

respect man! nice flying!

[FekLeyrTarg]

Cool run.

btw there's a voice pack which replaces the stock xwa Endor voices with the ones from the movies.

[SBuitenhuis]

The way back seems a lot shorter! Great game

[moemakaveli]

I loved this game and never ever could achieve destroying the deadstar, does it has a end cutscene?? could you upload it please?? ? ?

[Thinkshooter]

The final cutscene is at the end of this video. Just forward to the last ~20 seconds at around 5:15.

This final mission is easy: on the way in, just go slow enough for comfort; at the reactor, let Wedge shoot his missiles first and then release your double salvo; on the way out, maintain at least a speed of 90.

The challenge in this speedrun video was to run the course at the max speed of 180 MGLT.

[moemakaveli]

I thought there was a larger final cutscene, it should. There were better finals in tie fighter, x-wing, and x-wing vs tie fighter.

THe mission I loved the most in this game was the one that they were attacking your calamari cruiser and you launched into the middle of the fight.

[cornrowcity]

Escaping the Death Star's destruction is the best part. I wonder why Wedge is following behind you while escaping. Because with the fireball behind him, he'd be dead in like two seconds. Shouldn't he be in front of you during the escape?

[Thinkshooter]

Don't expect too much realism in the game, or the movie for that matter... Throughout this mission, Wedge is programmed to follow your path, except at the reactor.

[JediPaladin]

Cool!! I used to avoid ALL the obstacles before finding out that I can shoot at them!