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Article #89008Re: Descent III: Sol Ascent? Worthwhile?
From: Josh
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 01:18
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 01:18
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> [1.6] What is D3 Sol Ascent? > > D3 Sol Ascent is an OEM version (i.e. commercial version, no demo) of > the D3 retail. It features levels 1-5 of the retail version whereas > level 1: Deimos is also available for download as D3 Demo 2 and level 3: > Piccu Station as D3 Demo 1. Sol Ascent also covers the multiplayer > levels of both D3 demos: The Core, Polaris & Taurus. However, this OEM- > version version is only available bundled with Voodoo 3 (3000 not 2000!) > boards and does *not* run on other boards! > > There've been some unconfirmed rumours that this version has been > bundled with other hardware recently which would indicate that you could > run it on other graphics boards as well. However, I personally doubt it > and if you're interested in playtesting the game I'd still recommend the > demos since Sol Ascent is very buggy and Outrage will not release any > patches for it. > -- Thanks, moon. I've been out of this NG for years but still remember your name. Descendarium was/is a great site. Anyway I did d/l it and it works fine so far. Didn't get far beyond the initial startup and training though.
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