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Obi-Wan_Kenobi

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Great news for Descent fans!!!!
03.01.06 at 04:02:17

Well I had this "Go Back To Descent Attack" and this is what I found!

There is gonna be a relived version of Descent 1 and 2 !!! this is just outrageous Pilots!
http://novacron.sitesled.com/drelived/download.html

also Descent2 gets a new life

here some othe beefy links

http://www.descent2.de/

http://d1x.warpcore.org/

http://novacron.sitesled.com/

http://www.planetdescent.com/

this is the best site for Descent3 mods

http://rdo.unirep.ru/indexe.shtml

Pyromania 1.5 Final is a really good one:
http://rdo.unirep.ru/downloads/pyromania15g.exe

you get the Descent2 PyroGX back and all Descent 1 and 2 and 3 Weapons for Single as Multiplayer!!!!

And over here you can Download a 1500 Polygon PuroGX from Descent 2 for Descent3 Pyromania 1.2 and up and it's made by the DescentIV Graphics engine, which is converted for the Descent3 Fusion Engine !!!!!!
http://xfer13.fileplanet.com/%5E651534382/planetdescent/download/d4/misc/models/...

here how it looks like, I'm sure You'll love it:

which is based on this Sapce craft from Descent2 The PyroGX!:

Ever played Descent2 in 2D no? Well here's your chance!!!
http://rdo.unirep.ru/uploads/Descent2d.zip

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gamma742 God Member Offline 3Dfx Gamer Posts: 1668 San Diego, CA USA Gender:	Re: Great news for Descent fans!!!! Reply #1 - 03.01.06 at 05:27:15 So how does D2X-XL Look compare to D2_3dfx ?? And does it have mouse support in the game ?? I play D1X as it has mouse support in the game but D1_3dfx although looks superior, lacks mouse support
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Obi-Wan_Kenobi

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Re: Great news for Descent fans!!!!
Reply #2 - 03.01.06 at 13:41:02

well I haven't tried it yet I was surprized to find it and yes it is better I think as I read this:

D2X-XL fixes virtually all bugs found in D2X 0.2.6 and adds a plethora of new features. Here are some of the more prominent additions:

* Mouse control working properly, improved and dual joystick support
* Improved support for playing Descent 1 missions
* Fully implemented capture the flag game mode
* Entropy multiplayer game mode similar to the one found in Descent 3
* UDP/IP communication and tracker support
* All cockpit styles available in all screen resolutions
* Colored lighting, cameras and monitors, in-level teleports, speed boosts (wind tunnels)
* Increased number of cubes, walls, triggers and objects
* Support for environment areas (sky boxes)
* Triggers attached to robots

With our V6K's hehe FSAA x8 should look sweet in OpenGL as well there is even Cockpit Modes in all reso's Tongue

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gamma742 God Member Offline 3Dfx Gamer Posts: 1668 San Diego, CA USA Gender:	Re: Great news for Descent fans!!!! Reply #3 - 03.01.06 at 21:15:18 Sounds Great I'll have to give it a go this weekend 8)
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akula65 Full Member Offline Don't Feed the Trolls Posts: 155 Gender:	Re: Great news for Descent fans!!!! Reply #4 - 03.01.06 at 22:11:33 The Descent Bulletin Board has a section of their forum devoted to D2X-XL if you have questions, suggestions or bug reports: http://dbb.vonclan.net/ The author's username in the forum is Diedel. He has created Mac and Linux ports of D2X-XL as well.
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Obi-Wan_Kenobi Ex Member	Re: Great news for Descent fans!!!! Reply #5 - 03.01.06 at 22:14:18 what about Win2K Pro and WinXP Pro? Would I need an original version of Descent2 and then instal the addon or can I download the addon and then play the game right away? hehe i just came accros these wonderfull things so that is why I posted them only I never used them hehe
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Re: Great news for Descent fans!!!!
Reply #6 - 03.01.06 at 23:32:29

I use Win98 SE for all of my gaming, so I am not really in a position to say anything about Win2K or WinXP compatibility. Diedel's installation page (http://www.descent2.de/d2x-install.html) does indicate that you have to have the original D2 installed in order for D2X-XL to function.

The Descent Bulletin Board probably has the answer to your questions about Win2K and WinXP, if the documentation dosen't address this specifically. You can do searches on that board just as you can on this board.

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Obi-Wan_Kenobi Ex Member	Re: Great news for Descent fans!!!! Reply #7 - 04.01.06 at 02:31:41 hehe thanx I can always Install Win98SE on my second HDD not such a problem and thanx again for your help May The Force Be With You Always, Ben Kenobi.
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Re: Great news for Descent fans!!!!
Reply #8 - 15.01.06 at 03:14:50

Well this week I'll be testing the renewed Descent2 on the Voodoo5 5500 AGP with 4x FSAA for the meantime

My Win98SE system has been upgraded from the PII MMX 350 to an AthlonXP Barton 2600+, ASUS A7V333-R & 512MB PC3200 @ PC-2700, so it's time to play around a bit more, the other system the Thoroughbred 2700+ is waiting for it's new EPoX EP-8K5A2 mobo then I can test the 6K in Renewed Descent2 also

when the new board arrives I will test it on the Voodoo5 6000 AGP with FSAA x8 Grin

but I'm not sure if the difference is visable between FSAA x4 and FSAA x8.

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Re: Great news for Descent fans!!!!
Reply #9 - 15.01.06 at 06:10:46

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when the new board arrives I will test it on the Voodoo5 6000 AGP with FSAA x8 Grin

but I'm not sure if the difference is visable between FSAA x4 and FSAA x8.

On my V5 5500 AGP in heavy battle in D3 with all the eye candy turned on @ 1024 X 786 X 16 w/FSAA X 4 it would start to chop "in heavy battle". That doesn't happen on the V6K 8) Don't use 8 X FSAA as I'm too busy eradicating the mines to look at the difference (nice for screenies though).

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Re: Great news for Descent fans!!!!
Reply #10 - 17.01.06 at 14:59:23

D2X-XL has been built for Win32. Though it should run Win98, in case of problems I recommend using the original D2, or d2_3dfx if you own a 3dfx card.

You need to original game data for D2X-XL, as it only replaces the executable.

If you know of a OpenGL ICD for the V5 that works properly with D2X-XL, would please give me a link to it? There is a guy who has a V5, but cannot run D2X-XL with his current driver.

If you get D2X-XL, don't miss all the great D2 missions I have gathered on my D2 site, and those I have built myself (there are a few utilizing all the new D2X-XL features). See the side menu for the various levels sections.

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Re: Great news for Descent fans!!!!
Reply #11 - 17.01.06 at 16:55:14

well I got it working on my Voodoo5 5500 AGP 64MB with the latest Raziel64 Evolution Driver and MesaFX 6.2.0.2 for the OpenGL32.dll

but it seems that when I start or finnish a game the cutscenes won't run instead if running them the games moves me directly back to Windows desktop.

here my system config:

AMD AthlonXL barton 2600+
ASUS A7V333-R Rev 1.04
1x 512Mb PC-2700 Samsung Original
3dfx Voodoo5 5500 AGP 64MB Rev.A 2500
C-Media Sound card

Raziel64 Evolution Driver
Expert Edition V1.01.16 (Lite)
http://www.traumatic.de/pphlogger/dlcount.php?id=FalconFly&url=http://www.falcon...

Koolsmokey's Voodoo Control Ver 1,82Beta as control pannel for the Voodoo5
http://www.traumatic.de/pphlogger/dlcount.php?id=FalconFly&url=http://www.falcon...

Windows 98SE NL + Unofficial Sefvice PAck 2.03.
http://faq.tweakers.net/wos/hosted/win98/sesp203nl.exe

here the english one, which is version 2.1a:
http://download.freewarefiles.com/files/sesp21a-en.exe
Direct X 9.0c

I used this version of D2X on my Descent2 1.0
http://www.descent2.de/resources/d2x-xl-w32-1.5.91.zip

anyways is there something I did wrong maybe? I also used the High settings for the movie quallity, I gave that a go also with and without High settings also by enableing and disabling the undertitile for the films.

That didn't help either. What does work is when I play a movie in the menu it's self, but even when I create a new piolt and I want to start a new single player game the games won't start instead I land in the Windows desktop.

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Re: Great news for Descent fans!!!!
Reply #12 - 17.01.06 at 17:57:18

The only thing I would have proposed is to turn high movie quality off (on does some extra filtering not available on older gfx cards), but if you tried that already, all you can do is to specify '-nomovies' in d2x.ini to skip the movies altogether and be able to play.

Ummm ... you are using Win98? That might cause problems, too.

Thanks for the links.

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Obi-Wan_Kenobi

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Re: Great news for Descent fans!!!!
Reply #13 - 17.01.06 at 18:11:35

well I'm using Win98SE because that is the most advised Operating system for 3dfx cards for the best peformance since Descent2 won't run inder 2K neither XP which is the main problem here also. It won't install either.

And yes I found something turned off in your d2x.ini file.

"nomovies 1" was your setting I changed that to "nomovies 0" Wink

Well now when I start a new game I see the movie run but after that it returs to the desktop and when I finish my old saved game I see the PyroGX scene fly out of the mine with the explosions in the back ground and after that I get the scoreboard after that I press enter and I return also back to my Windows Desktop.

but saved games can be launched without probs only when you finish them they won't load the other missions that come after it

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Re: Great news for Descent fans!!!!
Reply #14 - 17.01.06 at 22:34:21

Try '-nomovies 2' or just '-nomovies'.

And read the page about the D2X-XL switches. Wink

You could also use d2_3dfx, but then you won't have UDP/IP multiplayer and all the other gimmicks ... Roll Eyes

Btw, I recommend accessing the Descent BB via http://www.descentbb.net/index.php, because otherwise you may run into problems with the login info the forum stores in cookies.

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