Welcome Aboard!!

The Errant Venture is the only place to play X-Wing Alliance and X-Wing Vs Tie-Fighter online.  So, you've either bought a new copy of X-Wing Vs Tie Fighter or X-Wing Alliance or even just found a copy lying around you forgot you had. You've completed the game and need more of a challenge, what better place to do it than on the web! Against a real, thinking, breathing opponent.

If you got this far then I'd say that this applies to you. You've tried the MSN Gaming Zone but found it no longer supports either game. Hopefully you have found this site through a friend or through a web search. Either way, I am here to guide you through playing the game in its new home, the Errant Venture!

The Venture was created by someone known only to me as Stresser after the Zone finally stopped it's support of these popular games. Yes they may be old, but they have a huge online following. Wether you want to join a club and participate in wars and tournaments, or just want to play the various missions with friends, this is the place to do it. It's simple to use and easy to find, and this site will show you exactly how to do it.

If you do have any questions then e-mail me or ask someone in the Variant. They will be happy to answer any questions on clans, wars, gaming etc.

                             

NEWS!

There are still plenty of events being played for the games so check out the EV and meet and talk with other people who have an interest in the game! Remember to CAREFULLY read the 'Using the Errant Venture' page, it has a lot of information on there that deal's with most general issues people have. If you are still having problems then just ask one of the EV players to help you, many of them have good experience in getting past router issue's etc.

TOTALLY GAMES FORUM NOW OPEN!

Totally Games, the development company behind the X-Wing series, now has a forum on their website. This forum contains sub-forums for each game the company has produced, including of course the X-Wing series. Unlike many companys, this forum is actually actively read, and responded to, by the developers at Totally Games. Incredibly, the X-Wing series forum is the most popular and has such topics as 'will there be a new game in the series' style threads as well as a 'Multiplayer issues' thread started by one of the dev's. This gives greater hope that either a new game in the series may be released if we can show support, or at least the slim glimmer of getting a patch to update the networking engine and perhaps a little graphics package.

In one reply, the developers have stated that 'there is no market for a space sim', which of course we all disagree with. If you would like to prove them wrong and add your support then I encourage you to join their forum and show your interest, as well as add to the discussion about which issues need to be addressed within the games. We have also asked if the games could be made freeware, as they are no longer produced or (at the minute) properly supported. Making them freeware would allow people to begin modding the code themselves to address the problems found in online play, as well as edit ships etc. It would also serve as a better market research resource, as the number of downloads would reflect the popularity not only of the games, but of those who still enjoy playing space sims.

To find the Totally Games forums got to http://www.totallygames.com/phpBB2/index.php re gister and post your comments.

The EV file host is currently down. To download the EV go to http://www.majesticsites.net/xvtworld/ The site is also well worth a look round for news of other Star Wars space combat games and mods.