🚀 go-pugleaf

karx11erx wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> for all of you looking for a way to play Descent 1 and Descent 2 again
>

[snip]

> the data there. The URL might look a little weird, but it's ok.


Good stuff, karx11erx.

Just d/led and installed on my W2K system - runs beautifully (except for the
hat :-)

Going to get on-line when I sort my IPX drivers out.

--
Steveski
[AB] Daggett

Steveski,

didn't try the coolie hat on a Win2K system, but no probs on my WinXP
machine.

karx11erx

"karx11erx" <karx11erx@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1131106404.257471.233760@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Hi folks,
>
> for all of you looking for a way to play Descent 1 and Descent 2 again
> on modern hardware under a MS Windows OS, there is D2X-W32. D2X-W32 is
> a windows-specific branch of the D2X project, containing a lot of bug
> fixes and enhancements plus full support for playing D1 missions
> including original D1 weapon physics (you simply need to copy
> descent.pig to your D2 folder). Learn more on http://www.descent2.de or
> directly on http://www.descent2.de/d2x.html.
>

For the most part it works great for me. My only problem is that I can't 
load saved games. When I try to restore a save it just sends me back to the 
main menu. Any help is greatly appreciated.

System
WinXP Pro, SP2
Intel D865PERL mobo
Intel 3 GHz P4
1 GB PC3200 RAM (2x512)
ATI AIW 9600 Pro graphics card
200 GB WesternDigital ATA100 HD
Thrustmaster Firestorm Dual Analog 2 gamepad

Please make sure you have the most recent version. There are updates on
an almost daily base, and there had been problems with the save games
due to some recent save game format changes. These bugs have been
resolved. If the problems persist for you, please send one of your save
games to karx11erx at hotmail dot com.

"karx11erx" <karx11erx@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
news:1132014333.441109.286530@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>
> Please make sure you have the most recent version. There are updates on
> an almost daily base, and there had been problems with the save games
> due to some recent save game format changes. These bugs have been
> resolved.
>

That did it!  The problem I had was with the version I downloaded two days 
ago, but the latest version fixed it  Many thanks, it's great to play the 
game again on a modern PC. 

> "karx11erx" <karx11erx@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1131106404.257471.233760@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>>Hi folks,
>>
>>for all of you looking for a way to play Descent 1 and Descent 2 again
>>on modern hardware under a MS Windows OS, there is D2X-W32. D2X-W32 is
>>a windows-specific branch of the D2X project, containing a lot of bug
>>fixes and enhancements plus full support for playing D1 missions
>>including original D1 weapon physics (you simply need to copy
>>descent.pig to your D2 folder). Learn more on http://www.descent2.de or
>>directly on http://www.descent2.de/d2x.html.
>>

This system sounds great, but...
I downloaded last night, it runs, but at about 0.4 fps - i.e. 2.5 
seconds *per frame*!  I assume I did something wrong.

I did a fresh install of D2 (windows version, not DOS - does that 
matter?) and then unzipped the d2x-xl download into the descent2 folder.

System
Win 98SE
ECS KT600-A mobo
AMD Sempron 2800+
500MB Ram
FX5200 video
Saitek Cyborg 3D Gold

Any ideas what I did wrong?

Thanks
Mark

Mark Janeba wrote:
>> "karx11erx" <karx11erx@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1131106404.257471.233760@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>>> Hi folks,
>>>
>>> for all of you looking for a way to play Descent 1 and Descent 2
>>> again on modern hardware under a MS Windows OS, there is D2X-W32.
>>> D2X-W32 is a windows-specific branch of the D2X project, containing
>>> a lot of bug fixes and enhancements plus full support for playing
>>> D1 missions including original D1 weapon physics (you simply need
>>> to copy descent.pig to your D2 folder). Learn more on
>>> http://www.descent2.de or directly on
>>> http://www.descent2.de/d2x.html.
>>>
>
> This system sounds great, but...
> I downloaded last night, it runs, but at about 0.4 fps - i.e. 2.5
> seconds *per frame*!  I assume I did something wrong.
>
> I did a fresh install of D2 (windows version, not DOS - does that
> matter?) and then unzipped the d2x-xl download into the descent2
> folder.
>
> System
> Win 98SE

D2X-xl is a 32 bit program, yes? How on earth did it even START on W98? Or
am I missing something?

--
Steveski

Steveski wrote:
> Mark Janeba wrote:
> 
>>>"karx11erx" <karx11erx@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>news:1131106404.257471.233760@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>>>
>>>>Hi folks,
>>>>
>>>>for all of you looking for a way to play Descent 1 and Descent 2
>>>>again on modern hardware under a MS Windows OS, there is D2X-W32.
>>>>D2X-W32 is a windows-specific branch of the D2X project, containing
>>>>a lot of bug fixes and enhancements plus full support for playing
>>>>D1 missions including original D1 weapon physics (you simply need
>>>>to copy descent.pig to your D2 folder). Learn more on
>>>>http://www.descent2.de or directly on
>>>>http://www.descent2.de/d2x.html.
>>>>
>>
>>This system sounds great, but...
>>I downloaded last night, it runs, but at about 0.4 fps - i.e. 2.5
>>seconds *per frame*!  I assume I did something wrong.
>>
>>I did a fresh install of D2 (windows version, not DOS - does that
>>matter?) and then unzipped the d2x-xl download into the descent2
>>folder.
>>
>>System
>>Win 98SE
> 
> 
> D2X-xl is a 32 bit program, yes? How on earth did it even START on W98? Or
> am I missing something?
> 
> --
> Steveski
> 
> 

Win32 programs are compatible with Win98.

-- 
Lance DeVooght