Latest News - 27/02/26: TFTC v1.4 Released! - Click here for more info.
Click the button below to download the X-Wing Alliance Installer Manager from the XWAU Website.
If you have any difficulties downloading the files via the Manager, you can manually download the installer packages by expanding this section, but you will still require the XWA Installer Manager to run them. Please see the Installation Guide under 'Manual Installation' for further details.
Download TFTC Classic v1.4 Installer Package - You still require the XWA Installer Manager to extract the files and install. Please see the Installation Guide under 'Manual Installation' for further details.
Download TFTC Reimagined v1.4 Installer Package - You still require the XWA Installer Manager to extract the files and install. Please see the Installation Guide under 'Manual Installation' for further details.
If you also require them, the XWAU 2025 v1.0.0 and v1.1.0 install packages are available for manual download from the XWAU Website.
Overview
The TIE Fighter Total Conversion (TFTC) project is a free, fan-made port of the original classic 1994 LucasArts game TIE Fighter, into the 1999 X-Wing Alliance (XWA) engine. Based on the original TFTC from 2005 and built upon the X-Wing Alliance Upgrade (XWAU) project, this is a complete overhaul of the game from graphics to gameplay. All 13 original Tour of Duty campaigns and their training missions have been ported over, including all original voiceovers, cutscenes and even most of the original medals and Secret Order tattoo awards.
But alongside this are also 9 reimagined Tour of Duty campaigns. Taking advantage of the much improved XWA engine, TFTC Reimagined attempts to envision what TIE Fighter could have been if the technology of the time had not limited it. Reimagined takes the Classic campaigns and puts a new spin on them, adding many more ships, greater scale and scope, brand new missions, a more fleshed out story, better narrative continuity between missions and all new voiceovers.
The complete, original TIE Fighter experience with all 13 tour of duty campaigns and expansions (Defenders of the Empire and Enemies of the Empire), all 28 training missions and even the old demo mission!
A reimagined campaign experience with currently 9 tour of duty campaigns available to play. The remaining battle campaigns are still being worked on but ultimately the aim is to have a complete reimagined experience of the entire TIE Fighter campaign.
This currently makes for just over 150 unique missions total across both TFTC Classic and Reimagined!
A complete visual overhaul and upgrade of the X-Wing Alliance (XWA) engine thanks to the X-Wing Alliance Upgrade (XWAU) project. The XWA engine now looks almost comparable to modern day games and new features and upgrades are continually being worked on. TFTC uses and requires the XWAU project as its foundations for the visual overhaul of TIE Fighter.
Full VR support. Yes you can play the entire TIE Fighter experience through your VR headset and even interact with your cockpit displays directly!
A fully remastered TIE Fighter soundtrack along with three original MIDI soundtracks available to choose from when installing. The MIDI soundtrack versions included are the Roland SC-55, Gravis Ultrasound (GUS) or the Sound Blaster AWE32.
Two additional soundtracks were recently added to v1.4, the TIE Fighter Remastered soundtrack by Alexey Savelyev and allowing the choice of using the vanilla XWA soundtrack which is more the usual John Williams Star Wars fare.
Rank up your pilot, collect memorabilia and earn medals in your Pilot's room accessible through the main Concourse hangar. Don't forget to check your e-mails too!
Join the Secret Order of the Emperor as you play through and rank up those tattoos, just like the original.
Requirements
To install and play TFTC, you will require the following:
A copy of the game X-Wing Alliance
XWA on GOG (Recommended!)
Original CD Version - Extra installation step required, check the installation section for more information.
The XWA Installer Manager available from the XWAU website download section.
The XWAU 2025 mod which is obtained and installed via the previously mentioned Installer Manager.