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I was looking at the TIE's ODF because I wanted to make it into a prop, and noticed some odd stuff. Uncommented was a secondary weapon, "imp_weap_fly_tiefighter_ptorpedo" an "ExplosionCritical" (you don't die when destroyed; like the CLoud Car on Bespin), a "HitLocation = "p_crithit 1.5" (probably a weak spot, like the critical hit points on the trooptrans in SWBF2), and "StrafeSpeed = 6.5" "StrafeRollAngle = 0.05" (strafing; similar to the gunship/MAF?).

I've made a new ODF and uncommented this stuff; I hope it works. A TIE with proton torpedoes, strafing, a critical hit point, and delayed explosion would be awesome. I'll try to test it this week.

That would be super awsome! That was the lamest thing I've said in a while, but yeah...if I'm not mistaken critical hit points are in SWBF2 , so maybe this was a feature they were working on, but never made it to primary release, thus it is implemented into te sequal. Interesting...

I checked the others, and discovered that all flyers have critical hit points, the delayed explosion, and strafing. I also discovered that the Droid Starfighter originally had torpedoes. I made a new ODF for that too so I'll test that as well.

I've already tested the Droid Star-fighter's torpedos : They're nice, but their HUD's icon is wrong... (If I remind well, the icon is Grenades' one...)
Regarding the TIE, why would you want to restore its torpedos, as a real TIE does not have any ?

did a droid star fighter have torpedos?

In Episode III, Vulture Droids have such weapons... But I'm not sure for those in Episode I...

In Ep1, they had energy torpedoes (basically slow re-charging, heavy damage blasters). I think in Ep3 they had the energy torpedoes and buzz droid missiles.

As for the TIE, I just think it would be different/interesting/balanced. In SWBF2 they balanced the fighter out in the GCW by giving the TIEs protons, but I think they took it back out.

nope, TIE's still have'em

Is that right ? I thought Pandemic would respect the true properties of any star-ship of the Star Wars universe...

The best way to balance TIE's vs X-Wings & still remain true to the Star Wars universe is through sheer numbers.
X-Wings have the torpedoes and shields where as TIE's don't. TIE's are very manueverble and the Empire has superior numbers of them. (and they're not afraid to use them)

I those two star-ships were "properly" balanced, then TIEs would be destroyed at the first salvo...