The Official DXX-Rebirth Installer

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The Official DXX-Rebirth Installer

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Hello everyone!

I've made an installer for DXX-Rebirth that will make it much easier to install. No more copying game files and such, just download, run, and go! :)

You can download it for the latest release here: DXX-Rebirth Installer

You can check out the source here: Github Source

Here's a bit of info on the addons available from within the installer:

1. Vertigo for D2 (This was an official expansion created by Interplay. You need the original Vertigo files to install it)

2. Retro Mod (This is a modification of Rebirth for the competitive community. Several changes have been made to certain elements [particularly multiplayer elements] to make it even more like the original. Most of these changes should be merged into the official Rebirth code in the next release, so Retro may or may not be needed then. As it stands now though, most competitive play is done with the Retro Mod)

3. Descent Maximum (This is a total conversion of D2 to the PS1 version. To uninstall it delete, or change the extension of D2XR-MAXIMUM.DXA in the main D2X-Rebirth folder)

4. Mission Packs (These are collections of missions. The Rangers are the main multiplayer community currently and they have created both anarchy and co-op mission packs for people to use. The Descent Championship Ladder [DCL] is a group of highly competitive players who challenge each other to 1v1 matches. They have their own missions pack available as well)

5. Soundtracks (These are high-quality recordings of the original MIDI soundtracks in lossless format. If the MIDI music you hear isn't what you remember, one of these packs may be more similar to the soundboard you had back in the day, and therefore will sound like the way you remember it. There are also Redbook audio tracks available as well. After downloading the soundtracks you will have to manually move one of them into the main Rebirth folders from the "Soundtracks" folder to enable it.)

6. German Briefing (This is an addon that converts the text of the briefings into German)

The installer will automatically install an addon that fixes the sound from D1 assets (robots and doors and such) in D2. If you like hearing those sounds all sped up and such, just delete or rename the extension of UUD2SP.DXA in the main D2X-Rebirth folder.

I would recommend getting the Retro Mod (because many in the multiplayer community use it), all the mission packs (although if bandwidth is an issue, don't worry about the co-op ones), and whichever soundtracks you prefer.

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Notes:

1. When you uninstall, you are given the option of removing the installation folders or not. If you select yes it will remove the D*X-Rebirth folders and everything in them (including any missions or anything you may have installed).

2. This is now considered official, however I'm still the maintainer, so if you have any issues contact me, not zico.

3. Thanks to zico for hosting my installer on dxx-rebirth.com! :)

4. If you previously had Rebirth installed in a folder (i.e. C:\Games\D*X-Rebirth) the installer will move your old installation into a DXX-Rebirth subdirectory (i.e. C:\Games\DXX-Rebirth\D*X-Rebirth). It will also remove the uninstall files that were originally left in the install folder (i.e. C:\Games).

5. There was a bug in an older version of the installer that would place the demo data into the main installation folder whether or not you wanted it installed. This bug has been fixed, however there was no way to reliably fix this problem with existing installations. You will have to delete the demo files manually. For D1 the files are descent.hog and descent.pig in the main folder (your actual data files should be in the /Data directory). For D2 the files are d2demo.ham, d2demo.hog, and d2demo.pig. You may also want to delete the d*x-rebirth-retro.ico file if you don't have the Retro mod installed (this is just the icon file and won't do any harm by being there, but just for completeness sake I decided to mention it). As I said, this bug has been fixed, so if you use the current version of the installer it will only install the shareware files if you select them in the components dialog (and only install the retro icon if you install the mod).

6. If, when you update your installer it says the new revision is 999 it means you are updating from a pre-download-overhaul installer to a post-download-overhaul one. Just so you know.
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Re: Unofficial DXX-Rebirth Installer

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*Updated. Fixed a bug with the components selection, it should now copy files from anywhere that you specify. :) Thanks go to MathewG (from the GOG forum) for finding this bug!
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Re: Unofficial DXX-Rebirth Installer

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*Updated to 0.57.2
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Updated to 0.57.3
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Re: Unofficial DXX-Rebirth Installer

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Updated! Now with the option to download AddOn packs during installation, as well as option to remove everything when uninstalling.
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Re: Unofficial DXX-Rebirth Installer

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Dude, this might be quite handy. Have you already advertised this on the Rebirth forum? Maybe zico will incorporate this officially.
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Re: Unofficial DXX-Rebirth Installer

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I'm glad you've found it handy! And yeah I talked to zico, and it's now on the official download page :)

Also, I just updated it with some bug fixes and the ability to extract .sow files :)

EDIT: MAJOR update!! I've added all kinds of fun things, such as:

Improved install from CD (it now makes sure you have time to switch CD's if installing from multiple using one drive)
.hog file size checks (it will now warn you if you're installing with a .hog filesize that Rebirth doesn't recognize)
Vertigo expansion is now an option checked at the beginning of the install
File exist checks (it will now make sure it can find the data files in the directory specified)
Improved version scheme (differentiate between installer revision and Rebirth version)
Copy Demos (the install everything option now installs demos as well)
Lots of little bugfixes
Probably a few more things I forgot lol

Anyway, try it out, and let me know what you think!
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Re: Unofficial DXX-Rebirth Installer

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Fixed a bug with the shareware data files as well as a few other minor things. (Also read the notes in the first post, as they've changed).
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Re: The Official DXX-Rebirth Installer

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Long time since I've posted here...

Basically I've continued to update the installer. Lots of new soundtracks and the ability to extract the data files from the GOG installers without running them.
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