I'd like to use Linux more, but there are two main things holding me up... 1) I use specialised software. Most of it isn't written for Linux. 2) Trying to install or configure or bugfix ANYTHING in Linux is such a pain in the ass I can't even be bothered. Once those two things change there would be ...

When I tried running it a little while back neither D1 nor D2 would even start up, so it's not a big deal. I was only getting 30-40 fps in the SDL version of D2X though. (0.12 I think)

The reason, I suppose, is that my machine isn't fast. Or at least not fast enough to cause problems.

(I guess a P3 667 with a Voodoo 3 only has so much power.)

Last time I tried, I have had no trouble running Descent 1.4a in Windows XP through VDMSound... unfortunately D1x doesn't work because of the way it accesses the video card... The D1x Windows ports do though. Descent 2 is also fine through VDMSound. Of course for that one you have the option of the ...

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Edge of Vesuvius? O.o

No kidding... it looks like being on an acid trip, complete with psychadelic patterns and blindingly bright lights...! :]

...and if they sold their rights to Descent, would anyone pick it up?

I doubt it means anything much any more.

Well... -sort of-. To be completely accurate, ships in Descent shouldn't be able to 'slide' to start with because they have no engines with a lateral thrust.

Yeah, the Pyro-GX scenes look awesome. What we all wished D1 looked like even though it was beyond the technology of the time.

If you're really worried about it, there are Glide wrappers for OpenGL and Direct3D about... they're slow, but when reducing speed is actually the point of the exercise...

Descent 3 levels do still have some issues looking acceptable though... First off, half the multiplayer levels that have been released are just plain ugly. Honestly, there were 1996 games with better-looking environments than a few of them - bring your average 2004 player in, who is used to stuff li...

Bryce is meant for making pictures, not models. :]

I know Darkhorse has Bryce 4 and uses it on a regular basis, but not Bryce 5.

Until we find God or aliens, they don't really exist. OMFG! I never thought I'd see the day that I agreed 100% with something Suncho posted / said.... I'm feeling ill now... Do I ... need to reply to this? Heh. Okay, well, I don't, but I think an example might be enlightening. By this logic, until ...

roid - if it didn't appear to be expanding to us, how then do we know the universe has a radius of 78 billion light years and not 15 billion? I don't quite get that bit...

And yes, if it's answered there, I'm too lazy to read the article

Descent 3 had 'mip-maps' or something like that that performed essentially the same task though.

But to do this you'd need to update Descent 2, not just the mission editor.

Awesome. Some features that we really should have had long ago... well, if Descent.NET ever comes out maybe it'd have a bit more use. :) Unfortunately even Descent 2 is eight years old now. In addition, now that the source is out I guess future changes are much easier... like if we can go beyond 900...

Well hey, Stargate SG1 is at least amusing... even if it does get a bit, uh, worn out at times.

Oddly enough I've never seen Firefly, and only even heard of it thanks to the Internet. What actually is it about?

I thought it did let you do in-game objects. Heck, there are even several in Descent 3. What's wrong with doing it like that? Hit spheres or something?

The website is interesting, but it doesn't really introduce anything new to the debate, IMO. Anyone worth their salt should already know it. (anyone who thinks the universe was created in 6 literal days is blind to many facts) Just too hard to come to grips with is it? Let's face it, if the universe...

Unfortunately polls don't tell you who voted what. It's usually best to rely on them actually replying normally...

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1) Interesting, but by the sound of it not something I'd lose sleep over. It may be easy to fix though. 2) This is because of the way the level's designed - the author used reverse gravity. By the sound of it, it isn't a default D3 level, so it can't be fixed by Outrage (and might have been intentio...

#define UT nifty, but there will be better.

Why do you want the rear-view to be a mirror? Descent 2 didn't do that.

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