🚀 go-pugleaf

RetroBBS NetNews Server

Inspired by RockSolid Light RIP Retro Guy

Thread View: alt.games.descent
6 messages
6 total messages Started by Ohmster Tue, 17 Oct 2006 22:32
Map on Descent 1? (Using d2x-xl)
#89695
Author: Ohmster
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 22:32
30 lines
3017 bytes
I just started playing Descent again and found d2x-xl. Wow! Holy freaking 
crap, 1200x1600 and as fast as you can imagine! Unbelievable, considering 
how slow D1 was when I first played it when it first came out.

Anyway, I have D2 and D1 loaded in d2x-xl and since D1 plays so freaking 
well, I decided to play that one first. Now the map works just fine with 
D2, press Tab to bring it up, but in D1, I can only get the map by pressing 
Alt F1 and F2 as radar windows. This is not helpful, I need the full map so 
that I can see it and move it around to see where I am going. D1 came on 
floppies and I was smart enough to back up the disks on CD and so I can 
still play, but I have not manual for that game, or if I did, it is long 
gone now. How the heck do you bring up the full automap in D1?

And last question, are there any good walkthroughs around for D1 and D2? I 
really cannot find any. A long time ago, Moon had some kind of Descendarium 
page that was freaking awesome with pictures and demos to show where the 
secret levels are and how to beat bosses, but I cannot find Moon's site 
anymore. Any good maps, walkthroughs, or guides to show where the secret 
levels are in a pinch? I try not to use walkthroughs as that is like doing 
a crossword puzzle with the answer sheet in front of you, but I really do 
not want to miss important stuff like the secret levels. Any good sites or 
help out there?

This rocks so freaking hard, thanks guys!
Moon, if you are still around, your site was the best, will it come back?
-- 
~Ohmster
theohmster at comcast dot net
Put "messageforohmster" in message body
to pass my spam filter.
Re: Map on Descent 1? (Using d2x-xl)
#89696
Author: karx11erx
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 22:01
36 lines
3083 bytes
Ohmster wrote:
> I just started playing Descent again and found d2x-xl. Wow! Holy freaking
> crap, 1200x1600 and as fast as you can imagine! Unbelievable, considering
> how slow D1 was when I first played it when it first came out.
>
> Anyway, I have D2 and D1 loaded in d2x-xl and since D1 plays so freaking
> well, I decided to play that one first. Now the map works just fine with
> D2, press Tab to bring it up, but in D1, I can only get the map by pressing
> Alt F1 and F2 as radar windows. This is not helpful, I need the full map so
> that I can see it and move it around to see where I am going. D1 came on
> floppies and I was smart enough to back up the disks on CD and so I can
> still play, but I have not manual for that game, or if I did, it is long
> gone now. How the heck do you bring up the full automap in D1?
>
> And last question, are there any good walkthroughs around for D1 and D2? I
> really cannot find any. A long time ago, Moon had some kind of Descendarium
> page that was freaking awesome with pictures and demos to show where the
> secret levels are and how to beat bosses, but I cannot find Moon's site
> anymore. Any good maps, walkthroughs, or guides to show where the secret
> levels are in a pinch? I try not to use walkthroughs as that is like doing
> a crossword puzzle with the answer sheet in front of you, but I really do
> not want to miss important stuff like the secret levels. Any good sites or
> help out there?
>
> This rocks so freaking hard, thanks guys!
> Moon, if you are still around, your site was the best, will it come back?
> --
> ~Ohmster
> theohmster at comcast dot net
> Put "messageforohmster" in message body
> to pass my spam filter.

I found no problems when viewing the automap in a Descent 1 mission
using D2X-XL. The Descendarium has moved; find the link in my Descent
site's (http://www.descent2.de) links section.
Re: Map on Descent 1? (Using d2x-xl)
#89697
Author: Ohmster
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 01:11
16 lines
2077 bytes
"karx11erx" <karx11erx@googlemail.com> wrote in 
news:1161295306.779182.126310@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com:

> I found no problems when viewing the automap in a Descent 1 mission
> using D2X-XL. The Descendarium has moved; find the link in my Descent
> site's (http://www.descent2.de) links section.

HOW do you view the map of D1 with D2X-XL??? What keys do you press to view 
the map? IU cannot figure it out unless mine is broken or something, hard 
to believe as the game runs so well...

-- 
~Ohmster
theohmster at comcast dot net
Put "messageforohmster" in message body
to pass my spam filter.
Re: Map on Descent 1? (Using d2x-xl)
#89698
Author: karx11erx
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 14:27
19 lines
2077 bytes
It's freely configurable in the keyboard configuration screen.

Ohmster wrote:
> "karx11erx" <karx11erx@googlemail.com> wrote in
> news:1161295306.779182.126310@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com:
>
> > I found no problems when viewing the automap in a Descent 1 mission
> > using D2X-XL. The Descendarium has moved; find the link in my Descent
> > site's (http://www.descent2.de) links section.
>
> HOW do you view the map of D1 with D2X-XL??? What keys do you press to view
> the map? IU cannot figure it out unless mine is broken or something, hard
> to believe as the game runs so well...
>
> --
> ~Ohmster
> theohmster at comcast dot net
> Put "messageforohmster" in message body
> to pass my spam filter.
Re: Map on Descent 1? (Using d2x-xl)
#89699
Author: Ohmster
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 18:57
17 lines
2150 bytes
"karx11erx" <karx11erx@googlemail.com> wrote in 
news:1161354421.276756.161130@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com:

> 
> It's freely configurable in the keyboard configuration screen.
> 

There is NOTHING specifically relevent on the configuration screen for 
Decent 1 automap. Would it be possible, any way in hell possible, for you 
to post the way that YOU got it to work, in other words, how are you able 
to view the Decent 1 automap, on YOUR machine, when YOU play?

-- 
~Ohmster
theohmster at comcast dot net
Put "messageforohmster" in message body
to pass my spam filter.
Re: Map on Descent 1? (Using d2x-xl)
#89700
Author: Ohmster
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 00:04
15 lines
2174 bytes
Ohmster <notareal@emailaddress.> wrote in
news:Xns98639820656F8MyBigKitty@216.196.97.131: 

> There is NOTHING specifically relevent on the configuration screen for
> Decent 1 automap. Would it be possible, any way in hell possible, for
> you to post the way that YOU got it to work, in other words, how are
> you able to view the Decent 1 automap, on YOUR machine, when YOU play?

automap is in the keyboard config, right where you said. Thanks.

-- 
~Ohmster
theohmster at comcast dot net
Put "messageforohmster" in message body
to pass my spam filter.
Thread Navigation

This is a paginated view of messages in the thread with full content displayed inline.

Messages are displayed in chronological order, with the original post highlighted in green.

Use pagination controls to navigate through all messages in large threads.

Back to All Threads