thanks for the clue. however,I am still clueless about which direction to go. couldn't quite follow the arrows or the signs on the floor. I spent a good 15 min flying around 3 chambers, even went back to the mine shaft... yours truly, dim bulb

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it seems that i can't get to the priest's icon. does anybody have an idea how to disable the automatic force field feature? thanks... by the way, re previous request about lightening towers..shoot smaller mid sections...thanks

thanks for the help. i figured out the lightining control(e)sic thing... that bandit is a bear 8) moving right along. @ the icon collector(?) stage after you come out of the ground what do you do? i've shot everything i can think of & been back to the entrance shaft.oh yes i even had the packet ...

how do you get to the lightening controle room? guidebot direction leads nowhere...
how do you use "inventory"? went to config. can't seemto get good results. thanks

how do you insert a key?
i've collected two keys. when i am asked to insert correct key how do you do it? thanks.

finally. after having done all the deleting & patching i could do, i wildly inserted d3 in the dvd tray. voila'. as mentioned above my basic skills level w/ the pc are minimal at best. i just muddle thru... i usually find wher i want to go...it just take a while. thanks to all who have aided my ...

rec'd new copy of d3m3 from amazon. tried to install.exact same issues. ...while originally trying to install. i went tooooo fast a screen that said i couldn't uninstall.... so now i get "C:\games\descent3\uninst.isu is not valid or data has been corrupted.uninstall will not continue." hav...

thnx again... i have a 1 yr old dell w/ xp home w/1.99gig intel4 processor 512ram(sic) nvidia rage card etc.120gig harddrive 10% full .. i know this is wierd... i'm not sure what the issue is. i'm going to re-down load the demo so i can have something to do in the meantime till i get this thing figu...

i have followed your instructions fully .this is almost maddening!!! i get the same results as before i do appreciate your help v.much. thanx

i uninstalled merc3. i had to throw d3 in the recycle bin.."uninsallation log file:"c:\games\descent3\uninst.isu is not valid ,or data has been corrupted. uninstsllstion will not continue." who'd a thunk it? however as per your instructions step #2 started install...as the bar got to ...

guys, i've downloaded the patches& current stuffit."are you sure you wish to patch D3";yes. tried to unzip 1.0-djfix"cant create output file:\Games\D3\main.exe." i then try 1.4 patch & i get error x "old file does not exist."... i also went thru the setup option...

thanks for the help. i am going to make a go of it this p.m. .i am soooooooo illiterate w/ my dell. i hope i can pull this off. i'll be in touch if this doesn't work. descent3,to me,(all i know is the demo so far) is the perfect game! again, thanks.

been playing descent3 demo for a while; lovit. just purchased from interplay.com descent3/descent mercenary. after attempting to install these i get to the choose play screen i click play: i then get an error message: "unable to set temporary directory to C:\Games\Descent3\Custom\cache". i...