Re: Descent 3 and Windows XP

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From: Raymond Martineau
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 00:46

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On 14 Jun 2005 07:53:32 -0700, mgbailey@hotmail.com wrote:

>Greetings,
>
>I am having difficulty in playing Descent 3 now that I am using Windows
>XP.
>
>I have the "Dual Jewel" edition and I have tried installing the latest
>patches, but I still get the "Invalid CDROM!" error when I try to play.
> My game CD's are legal and are not pirated copies.

IIRC, there was a fan-made patch required for this version:
http://www.dfiles.de/download/d3/patches/d3usdjfix.zip
http://www.planetdescent.com/site/files/d3/patches/

Once you download the patch Dual-Jewel patch, you can then patch as normal.

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