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In article <3l5h0e$m...@news.primenet.com>,
   brian jacobosky <brian jaco...@primenet.com> wrote:
>   Has anyone else noticed a strange sound accompanied with a green 
x?
>I have only noticed it with the regisered version. Here's how it 
goes.
>
>   I'll be flying around, minding my own business, when all of the 
sudden
>this noise I've never heard before comes out of my speakers. At the 
same 
>time a green X appears on the wall, sometimes in one place, sometimes 
in 
>another. I can't always make it reappear but in one level I could 
make it
>happen pretty regularly. That level is the one where you have to go 
in 
>and back out of the three doors to make the generator open up.
>
>   I sent a demo of this phenomenon to the guys at Interplay. I guess 
>they thought I was on drugs cuz they never replied. SOOO, anyone else
>out there seen this too? Any explanations?
>
>BrianJ

I'd like to see the demo if isn't too big.

James



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brian jacobosky <brian jaco...@primenet.com> writes:

>   Has anyone else noticed a strange sound accompanied with a green x?
>I have only noticed it with the regisered version. Here's how it goes.

>   I'll be flying around, minding my own business, when all of the sudden
>this noise I've never heard before comes out of my speakers. At the same 
>time a green X appears on the wall, sometimes in one place, sometimes in 

I think what you were experiencing was power-ups disappearing.  This 
happens if they haven't been picked up for a while, especially concussion 
missiles.  It makes a green flash and an unusual noise.  (Originially I 
thought it was one of those intelligence robots and chased the sound 
around for 15 minutes)

K.C.

ba...@best.com (Kenneth C. Baltz) wrote:

> I think what you were experiencing was power-ups disappearing.  This 
> happens if they haven't been picked up for a while, especially concussion 
> missiles.  It makes a green flash and an unusual noise.  (Originially I 
> thought it was one of those intelligence robots and chased the sound 
> around for 15 minutes)
> 
> K.C.
> 


Ken,
	Thanks! I hadn't thought of that one. I guess I can sleep better now :-)

Brian Jacobosky

brian jacobosky (brianja...@primenet.com) wrote:
:    Has anyone else noticed a strange sound accompanied with a green x?
: I have only noticed it with the regisered version. Here's how it goes.

:    I'll be flying around, minding my own business, when all of the sudden
: this noise I've never heard before comes out of my speakers. At the same 
: time a green X appears on the wall, sometimes in one place, sometimes in 
: another. I can't always make it reappear but in one level I could make it
: happen pretty regularly. That level is the one where you have to go in 
: and back out of the three doors to make the generator open up.

	It's probably one of the items, like a missile or a powerup or 
something, disappearing after being there for so long.
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brian jacobosky <brian jaco...@primenet.com> writes:

>   Has anyone else noticed a strange sound accompanied with a green x?

This is the sound & electrical effect that occurs when a powerup "times
out."  Dropped powerups that have been around too long (5 minutes or so)
will remove themselves from the game.  This only happens to energy and
shield powerups (and possibly lasers... not sure).  It's explained
in the README.TXT that came with Descent.

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