How difficult is X-Wing for a semi-newbie gamer? I used to play it in high school and loved it, but I'm just getting back into things and the learning curve is steep.

When starting a mission the game quits and I have to restart it. Keeps quitting whenever I start a mission unfortunately.

I've tried like every community layout on special edition and even official layouts and cannot fire the lasers on my xwing even rebinding to the buttons/keys that are meant to fire. Anyone else having this problem and or found a solution? Any help would be appreciated thanks...

Image comparison: 3D accelerated with AA http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=562788268 software http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=562791839 Solution 1: XWA Wrapper The ddraw wrapper created for X-Wing Alliance now also supports the other games in the series (thanks to Reimar Döffinger). Usage: Grab the xwing_ddraw zip file from here https://github.com/rdoeffinger/xwa_ddraw_d3d11/releases/latest and extract ddraw.dll and ddraw.cfg to the game directory ...

It's like it is becoming less and less responsive until the game stops reacting to input completely. I have to alt+ctrl+del and shut down through the task manager and restart. Joystick works fine though. Seems to happen after I engage certain functions: change weapons, transfer power reserves from lasers to shields, switch shields between front and back. Running the game on Win11....