Star Wars Rebellion in 2025 - 25th Anniv Patch + Fix + FR patch + Guides

[metasharp]

Hello all,

In order to help most of you enjoying this wonderful game. I decided to pull of a list of the information you should know as of today.

1- Fix your game weird behaviors (not needed if you plan to install 25th anniversary patch, since a more frequently updated 1.02 patch is included there) :
After installing the game you should install the community 1.02 patch available from here:
swrebellion.net/files/file/260-star-wars-rebellion-update/
Not only will it fix weird sprites and purple 3d ships display, but it will also, if you follow the whole install instructions, allow you to run the game full screen while preserving its ratio, even on ultrawide screens such as Odyssey G9 and alike. If problems persist, try to use a DisplayPort cable instead of HDMI, it can help.

2- If you want the game in french you can extract these files in the game folder:
swrebellion.net/files/file/258-star-wars-rebellion-patch-francais-officiel/

3- If you want to try the latest community editor (that I created and made available opensource) to adjust the game behavior to your liking, you can check here:
github.com/MetasharpNet/StarWarsRebellionEditor.NET/
But don't forget first to install the latest .NET framework from Microsoft page as explained on the github page (after the screenshots)

4- If you want to play with the latest community patch we made for the 25th anniversary of the game (made for english version but could work on other languages, not tested though), you can run the latest version of the above editor available here:
github.com/MetasharpNet/StarWarsRebellionEditor.NET#25th-anniversary-installation-guide

The 25th anniversary patch contains :
- a whole new galaxy map updated with latest official star wars information (included Anaheim 2022 star wars convention latest canon map) relying on a selection of top 200 known planets/locations of the galaxy mostly canon with a few legends ones
- 80 high definition sprites for space fighters (X-wing, ...)
- 200/200 new systems sprites (initially the game used 26 for 200 planets)
- 200/200 new systems encyclopedia pictures
- 200/200 new systems tactical sprites
- 200/200 new encyclopedia descriptions
- 61/61 enhanced character sprites that include their base stats average
- 29/29 higher definition 3d models for capital ships

Screenshots :
github.com/MetasharpNet/StarWarsRebellionEditor.NET/

5- Fast game start :
- rename ALBRIEF.DLL to ALBRIEF.DLL.OLD
- rename EMBRIEF.DLL to EMBRIEF.DLL.OLD
- This will skip new game's 5 minute briefings.

6- The game guides :
- GameFaqs community guides : gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/198776-star-wars-rebellion/faqs
- Official Prima guide available here : archive.org/details/star-wars-rebellion-guide/mode/2up

7- The community :
swrebellion.net/
swrebellion.link/discord

Have fun, bon jeu!

Don't hesitate to join us on discord to share your feedbacks!

PS to moderators : a pin would be nice!

[metasharp]

Alliance and Empire capital ships being completely revamped are now visible in the preview screenshots at :
https://github.com/MetasharpNet/StarWarsRebellionEditor.NET/blob/master/README.md#screenshots-

[Malbeefance]

Works just fine for me. So, I'm either extremely lucky (highly doubtful) or there is an issue with the differing PC systems and/or graphics cards OR the author is correct and we have a user error.

[Biggs]

i apologise to @metasharp, i have now found the exe file, at first didnt see it but now found it, and it is currently patching my game. but btw my windows didnt come with the software to run these files, needed to download it, but the file itself downloaded it for me so im ok. i will test out the new mod. although i find the game on intermediate difficulty ultra hard. i really hate the alliance. they got all in my face last game. invading my planets, i was like all innocent just doing diplomacy, and they bombarded also. hmmmmmmm good game deserves some love. man i was so invested in this game. it crashed of course and i didnt save, but now i might train myself to save game every 10 turns.

[metasharp]

No, there's no patch.exe anywhere in instructions or the download.

Extracted editor folder content should look like this:
https://i.ibb.co/mDzVnMY/BB19-D0-F6-539-F-472-E-955-A-DA3-E804-C7-E6-F.png

Then in the editor, if you follow instructions there are 2 patch buttons:
https://i.ibb.co/YybRqNX/F37-D943-E-60-BA-491-F-937-A-38-F1-D2399-C08.png

[Biggs]

metasharp の投稿を引用：

No, there's no patch.exe anywhere in instructions or the download.

Extracted editor folder content should look like this:
https://i.ibb.co/mDzVnMY/BB19-D0-F6-539-F-472-E-955-A-DA3-E804-C7-E6-F.png

Then in the editor, if you follow instructions there are 2 patch buttons:
https://i.ibb.co/YybRqNX/F37-D943-E-60-BA-491-F-937-A-38-F1-D2399-C08.png

i found it. played a patched game. it is legit.

[Malbeefance]

Biggs の投稿を引用：

hmmmmmmm good game deserves some love. man i was so invested in this game. it crashed of course and i didn't save, but now i might train myself to save game every 10 turns.

I have gotten in to the habit of having a save for every 10 and 25 turns and then a third save for the turn prior to when I know I will be entering battle. I have found that the transfer to the battle screen is the place where the game mostly crashes for me. I haven't had this issue since Metasharps update but I'm still in the habit.

[Biggs]

Malbeefance の投稿を引用：

Biggs の投稿を引用：

hmmmmmmm good game deserves some love. man i was so invested in this game. it crashed of course and i didn't save, but now i might train myself to save game every 10 turns.

I have gotten in to the habit of having a save for every 10 and 25 turns and then a third save for the turn prior to when I know I will be entering battle. I have found that the transfer to the battle screen is the place where the game mostly crashes for me. I haven't had this issue since Metasharps update but I'm still in the habit.

i thought the patch fixes it after i start useing it. it makes it a bit more stable but the game still crashes. found that out yesterday in a game where i didnt save it.

[metasharp]

bump, new updates

[Biggs]

metasharp の投稿を引用：

bump, new updates

i patched the game again using the editor. what did you change / update?

[Russian Orthodox Revolution]

WOW!!!

[Russian Orthodox Revolution]

You might want to update this link :
Youtube content about Star Wars Rebellion : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5i5AnRuz-czXmxYoAEkW_g

My old YT channel about Praetor Pyro and SWR was nuked after the State Department started demanding that YT ban every YT channel that had good things to say about Russia. Due to the fact that the gaming channel was linked to that Google account, that account also ended up being blocked. So, this channel no longer exists despite having been a helpful repository for SWR info.

[JapLance]

I just realised you had kept updating the 25th anniversary patch, so I went for it (I had the first released version).

This post is just to give a warning to anybody trying it in 2025 that in the instructions to install, there is a requirement to run the editor/patcher that is a link to the latest .NET Desktop runtime (currently 9.0.2), which WON'T WORK.

I had to get the one linked in the editor .exe window that warns you that you need it (version 8.0.13). With this one everything worked fine.

[Reconjack85]

What a wonderful update to the classic game! So thankful to everyone who put in work to keep SW Reb alive for over a quarter century! Great memories of my childhood on my Pentium II with a wopping 3GB Hard drive at the time playing this game. I even did a class presentation about it, I love how RebEd still works so you can tweak little aspects, but this 25th ann. version with the new sectors and planets is so cool! As JapLance said above, upon install, it requires that you download and use Desktop Runtime v. 8.0.13, not the newest 9.0 or 10.0 versions. It all worked just dandy, perhaps the instructions could be updated so as not to confuse anyone. This is all on my Win 10 64bit current system. Now what'd be awesome is a graphics overhaul!

[metasharp]

I'll fix it to make it work on v9

@Russian Orthodox Revolution, give me you new channel (or create one with just SWR content and i'll link it)

[Dax]

Haven't given this a whirl yet but makes me really happy someone has put some effort into revamping this game. Excellent work!