Speaking of Tutorials, Jake Troxell wrote a tutorial on lighting techniques. Also, Saberworks has updated with a ton of new screenshots recently. One amazing part of X-Wing Alliance is the sound.
Lasers sound just like lasers.
Proton torpedoes sound exactly how you think they should. Enemies flying by sound just like they ought to. I had the CIH Virus that hit 12 midnight on April 26th. I am finally getting everything back to normal here. My whole hard drive was reformatted, please re-submit any news I have missed.