XCD Info
The default installation of X-Wing Collector's Edition CD does not place the mission files onto the hard-drive. Therefore you will need to follow a few steps to get the custom missions working.
The default installation sets X-WingCD to run the "New missions" of the Collector's Edition CD. There is in fact two different sets of missions to play.
If you start X-Wing, and at the pilot registration screen press the
If you want to play the "New missions", which include the easier versions of the "Classic missions", then you don't have to do anything. If you want to play the "Classic missions", just click the button so that it reads "Classic missions", and then press the "Ok" button to clear the menu. X-WingCD will now play the original missions that were in the floppy disk version of X-Wing.
Before you can get started running custom missions with XCD, you will need this XCD file .
Now, onto the running of custom missions:
1) Make a new directory, under where you installed X-WingCD, called either "Mission" (if you have X-WingCD set to run "New missions") or "Classic" (if you have X-WingCD set to run "Classic missions").
2) Place all your custom mission files and XCD in this new directory.
3) Rename your custom missions ".xwi" and their briefing files ".brf" to "Defect.xwi" and "Defect.brf".
4) Run XCD by entering your new directory and then typing
"XCD C".
XCD will now load into your computers memory.
5) Enter the game as you normally would, make a new pilot and go to the first mission of the first TOD. As you enter both the briefing room and then the mission hangar, you should hear a beep each time as XCD lets you know it is substituting your new files for the standard ones.
If you have any problems with getting the custom missions running (it's not very hard), please email the Trainning Officer at: