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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.

Thanks for responding, Raymond.

Actually I downloaded this patch and then downloaded the 1.4 patch, but
I still get the "Invalid CDROM!" error.

Descent 3 worked fine when I was using windows 98, but I haven't been
able to get the game to run since I've upgraded to Windows XP.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks,

Matt


Raymond Martineau wrote:
> 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.

Well it works fine here under XP sp2, what I would do first is update the 
firmware on your cd drive, and try compatibility mode.  Also, try disabling 
the Cryptographic Service using msconfig.  This has fixed issues with other 
games for me.

My problem with D3  using my explorer mouse, is the lack of acceleration 
slowdown when trying to aim, i.e. I should get more precision when bringing 
the mouse to a stop, which doesn't happen, and it makes it very difficult to 
actually hit anything .

rms 

Thanks for your response, RMS -

Actually I finally got it to work by using the second CD drive on my
machine.

Everything works great now . . . except for my mouse.  For some reason
I can't assign pitch to my mouse directions.  I click on the pitch I
want, slid my mouse a few times in the direction I wanted, but it
didn't take the assignment.  But this is minor as I can assign the
pitch back to keys on my keyboard.

I must say, even after several years, this game still rocks!  ; )

BTW, I thank Mr. Moon for his website.  I've used it a lot when I have
been stumped.

Matt



rms wrote:
> Well it works fine here under XP sp2, what I would do first is update the
> firmware on your cd drive, and try compatibility mode.  Also, try disabling
> the Cryptographic Service using msconfig.  This has fixed issues with other
> games for me.
>
> My problem with D3  using my explorer mouse, is the lack of acceleration
> slowdown when trying to aim, i.e. I should get more precision when bringing
> the mouse to a stop, which doesn't happen, and it makes it very difficult to
> actually hit anything .
> 
> rms

mgbailey@hotmail.com wrote:

> Everything works great now . . . except for my mouse.  For some reason
> I can't assign pitch to my mouse directions.  I click on the pitch I
> want, slid my mouse a few times in the direction I wanted, but it
> didn't take the assignment.

It may sound too obvious but have you checked that the mouse is enabled in
Config?

--
Steveski
[AB] Daggett

LOL!  Yes, it seems too obvious . . .  and no - it was not enabled.
Thanks for the kind reminder!  Mouse seems to work fine, now.

Matt

Steveski wrote:
> mgbailey@hotmail.com wrote:
>
> > Everything works great now . . . except for my mouse.  For some reason
> > I can't assign pitch to my mouse directions.  I click on the pitch I
> > want, slid my mouse a few times in the direction I wanted, but it
> > didn't take the assignment.
>
> It may sound too obvious but have you checked that the mouse is enabled in
> Config?
> 
> --
> Steveski
> [AB] Daggett

Hi, forget the mouse, get a Saitek  joystick Cyborg Evo , works great in xp 
.

Doug
www.lynncomp.com


<mgbailey@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
news:1119451464.550343.239950@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> LOL!  Yes, it seems too obvious . . .  and no - it was not enabled.
> Thanks for the kind reminder!  Mouse seems to work fine, now.
>
> Matt
>
> Steveski wrote:
>> mgbailey@hotmail.com wrote:
>>
>> > Everything works great now . . . except for my mouse.  For some reason
>> > I can't assign pitch to my mouse directions.  I click on the pitch I
>> > want, slid my mouse a few times in the direction I wanted, but it
>> > didn't take the assignment.
>>
>> It may sound too obvious but have you checked that the mouse is enabled 
>> in
>> Config?
>>
>> --
>> Steveski
>> [AB] Daggett
>