20 Years of XWA Upgrade: New Imperial Starships and other great things!


On August 14 2000 the XWAU released it's first big update: the Rebel Fighter Patch . The actual website was around for a little longer but this was the first XWAU milestone you could say. Many talented people have contributed to the XWAU over the years and 20 years on we are still here! Because this anniversary seemed too good to pass up the team put together this week of celebration. All of the previews and more I have posted this week are now live and in the Downloads page for you to enjoy.

Imperial II-class Star Destroyer v2.0

This Starship has been a while in the making and many hands have been hard at work on the Opt. Originally converted from SW Galaxies by Driftwood, DTM tuned it and added cool Flightgroup colours. But, this wouldn't be a Star Destroyer with me getting my hands dirty on it, at least a bit. So I chimed in and did some overhauling of my own, improving various bits and pieces here and there to make it more screen accurate where possible. The new model features brand new engines, authentic ISD2 Octuple Barbette turrets and remodeled shield generators all of which more closely resemble what you see in the movies.

The ship comes with four great Flightgroup colours created by DTM: Default Imperial Clean, Rebel Alliance, New Republic, ISD Chimaera plus a neat bonus FG, the Errant Venture, which loads of cool advertising billboard banners all over the hull.
 
 
Along with that I also created a brand new inflight hangar which severely improves on the ridiculously oversized previous version and features a complete TIE Rack conveyor system complete with catwalks and observation decks as well as a highly detailed movie-accurate exterior bay. In addition, Ual002 has been going to town with recent Hook improvements from JeremyaFr on the Hangar map placement and created a fully lived-in Hangar full of Imperial ships and Fighters.
 

Victory II-class Star Destroyer v2.0

I have been teasing this one for a while and after the VSD1 release, this was a no-brainer. Like the VSD1 it's a complete remake with a highly detailed model and completely revamped HD textures. There are two key differences to the V1:
- Instead of the wingless design, I have added a pair of solid closed wings, matching most contemporary canon depictions.
- I have removed the quartet of typical hyperdrive engines to make it more distinguishable from the ISD.
It also comes with a set of new flightgroup colors: Default Imperial Clean, Task Force Nightfall, Rebel Alliance, Damaged, as well as a fifth, shiny-glowy TRON Flightgroup.
 

XWAU Shipyard by Warb_Null

Warb Null has released his beautiful recreateion of the Shipyard, first introduced in XvT: Balance of Power, the perfect Station for a Starship assembly line. You can see more pictures in the Showcase section and discuss this release on the Forum.


XWA VR and Effects Mod v1.1.1.4 by blue_max

The latest full release of the VR & Effects Mod is now available! Some of the new features are:
- Fully-metric and distortion-free SteamVR mode. 
- SteamVR Performance Improvements. 
- Head Tracking in the Hangar and Concourse. 
- Cockpit Shadows/Shadow Mapping. 
- Reticle placement in VR. 
- SteamVR Mirror Window. 
- Wireframe targeting computer mode.
- POV Offsets.

XWA VR and Effects Mod v1.1.1.4 by blue_max

Last but not least, Ace Antilles has updated his Crew Quarters remake with a few new goodies, including a pair of flash new dueling swords! 


That's all for now, now get out there and have fun!



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