Hey, I'm in there! #115... and the PPG is Pyro Pilot's Guild (how could you not know that

Lots of good players on that list.

Something I found in a coop game- the player messages are very dark- almost black- and are unreadable unless you have a light texture to read them against. Is there a way to change the text color? I vaguely remember having that option in D1x...

More on the Framecap slider- w/ version 1.1.20, the slider goes all the way to 150, however, anything over 120 simply unlocks the framcap, and I get about 500-800 FPS!! There is no difference between having the slider at 130 or 150. far too fast to control. Didn't the original D2x code limit the fra...

my framerate is whatever I set the slider to, up to 110 FPS. If I set the slider to 120, I still have 110 FPS, but that's plenty fast. Not sure if it's a hardware or software limit. This is w/ a Radeon 9800 pro 128mb, Athlon 3200+ XP, 1Gig RAM so it should not be hurtimg for processing power. I have...

I'll be out playing in the desert all day, but I'll be in kali later that night.

I have an old ISA Soundblaster 16 and an nForce2 SoundStorm, the sound during explosions is very crackly and full of static on the SB16, not so much on the soundstorm, but it is there. Using -sound11k helps a lot, but if I listen for it I can still hear it. Some good news, since making the slider fo...

Something I've noticed in the last few versions, the fusion cannon shots are almost transparent, and frequently are not even visible against a light texture background. Also, do you have any listing of all the new d2x.ini file parameters and what they do? like "-minturnrate X" what is the ...

just downloaded it again... now the version is there. Hmmm.

I just got the version you have on your web page, and I don't see any version number in the main screen...
Also, it wouldn't let me select the pilot I had used w/ the previous version- other pilots were fine.

I just downloaded the version from here-http://www.brockart.de/descent/ Seems to be some difference- the joystick is still too sensitive to use unless I turn the sensitivity slide almost all the way left, but I can make it playable by doing so! The sensitivity is too much once the slider is halfway ...

D1, D2, D3?
once all the computers are visible to eachother on the network, just start up a game on one and join from the others... IPX is good for D1 and D2.

is there a way to adjust the Y axis independent from the X? I have a 3Dpro, which works fine, but the y axis is too sensitive in relation to the X axis.

RE: my earier crash problem is fixed. Works great w/ the latest Omega drivers for Radeon 9800 pro as well. Suggestion- Joystick sensitivity on the y axis. I have a 3Dpro, the X is set for R/L turning, Z for rotation, Y for up/down. in relation to the X and Z axis, the Y seems to be about 2X as sensi...

I can't even get D2x-w32 to start, crashes back to the desktop. I have D2X-gl working fine. I took that directory and copied it, then put all the files from D2X-w32 in the new dir (replaced SDL.dll w/ the one included). I have XP SP2, D2 1.2 Vertigo, ATI Radeon 9800 pro. Why would D2X work and not D...

I remember getting awards for beating up on PPG members back during my DMC days. Didn't have very many of them, was never easy :P You failed to mention WHY it was so hard- we hardly ever played on open Kali servers, once we got our lazy butts out of IRC! :) Really, Sirian hit the nail on the head- ...

Maxtor, Seagate and WD drives (don't know about others, havn't used them) all have their own Utilities (usually come w/ the drive, or DL from the web) that make this painless.. you just hook up the new drive, boot w/ the utility disk and follow the instructions- they format the new drive and then mo...

I installed mine from DOS (boot disk, not a DOS window) w/ CD support.

tyranny: thanks for the links- good to remember that stuff occasionally.. which brings up the question- am I the only old PPG member left around here? Anyone?

I just got everything back up and working, Sirius alread gave me an invite when I was testing settings on your server, so you will be seeing me around now... though I must admit, using Kali in Windows (Heresy to any old D1 player!) and seeing reg #s with 5-6 digits has me a little freaked out ;-) Ol...

poking around in Google found me this little gem, a history of Descent by Sirian- very good read as always (Sirian is probably the most prolific Descent commentator ever .

http://www.buef.com/games/Descent/History.htm

Long live the 3D Pro! Only one thing I'd like to add to this discussion- When you've been using your 3D Pro for 6 years of hard gaming, it might be time to tighten it up and give it that new feel again. <plug> http://www.cc.utah.edu/~dlg7/sidewinder/repair.html </plug> I've been using my 3d Pro for ...

Yeah, it was Dec. 1994.. I remember it well.... I had just finished my first year of grad school finals and spent all night thrashing my fellow grad students in the Descent Demo we had downloaded on the school network. Been hooked ever since.

Wow, Vlider, you are still here! Want to put the finishing touches on that Rush level collection? :mrgreen: If this thread is all about old School Descent, then you must be talkin' Sidewinder 3d pros, and since you've been bangin' on that poor old stick for 10 years, you better head on over to my re...

Wow! Neitzl is having the same problems I am (Sure sucks being a newbie again...)!
Thanks for the thread, let's see if I can get this working.

Edit: everything is Go with D1x.. now D2x..