In the previous two games, the player's craft was at the center of the game grid (at coordinates 0, 0, 0) and the position of all other items was stored relative to the player craft. The game engine was completely rewritten. Technical improvements include: CD audio soundtrack, high resolutions, texture mapping to the ship models of the in-flight game engine, 3dfx support and a sophisticated pilot and mission selection system which tracks the points and awards the player accomplishments. XvT runs on Windows, and requires a joystick (the others could be played with mouse as well). Technically superior to its two predecessors, the game is multiplayer oriented.
