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- Wed Oct 31, 2012 5:36 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: CodeWeavers CrossOver Free (31 Oct 2012 Only)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1015
CodeWeavers CrossOver Free (31 Oct 2012 Only)
CodeWeavers is offering CrossOver for Linux or Macs (but not both) and a year of support and updates for free for one day only (31 October 2012). Sign up here: http://flock.codeweavers.com/ More details about CrossOver here: http://www.codeweavers.com/ If you miss this offer because of Hurricane San...
- Sun Jun 24, 2012 5:14 am
- Forum: Descent Multiplayer
- Topic: Fix for Linux Loki Checksum bug
- Replies: 78
- Views: 47004
Re: Fix for Linux Loki Checksum bug
If you are referring to this link ( http://munk.vex-server.de/d3fix/checksums ), there is one instance of it in the Wayback Machine ( http://archive.org/ ) in 2007.
- Fri Mar 30, 2012 7:54 pm
- Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
- Topic: Looking for a ClanSharks level
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2368
Re: Looking for a ClanSharks level
Is it not listed on this page (perhaps under another name)? : http://www.oocities.org/timessquare/alley/1420/levels.htm You might try checking out the original geocities site in the Wayback Machine: http://geocities.com/TimesSquare/Alley/1420/ EDIT: I found it in my archive. KoolBear used to have it...
- Tue Mar 13, 2012 7:53 pm
- Forum: Descent Single Player
- Topic: Single Player Levels ...
- Replies: 33
- Views: 138335
Re: Single Player Levels ...
Hunter is now mirroring D3 levels at Descent3 Sector. Single player levels are available here: http://sectorgame.com/d3/downloads/?nav=browse&category=Singleplayer%20Levels Also, Vision has released a D1 single player level here: http://www.descentbb.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=18491 Diedel/karx...
- Thu Apr 28, 2011 4:31 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Unmanned Trans-Atlantic Balloon Flight Attempt
- Replies: 1
- Views: 972
Re: Unmanned Trans-Atlantic Balloon Flight Attempt
Although it still isn't clear whether White Star will make another launch attempt this season, Project Blue Horizon is mobilizing for their final flight of the season tonight. Check out the PBH links above for more information. Unfortunately for PBH, high altitude winds are now out of the east, so t...
- Thu Apr 14, 2011 4:25 am
- Forum: Descent Old Skool
- Topic: Remember that PAC-MAN map?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2722
- Sun Apr 10, 2011 7:37 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: ARISSat-1 Activation on the ISS
- Replies: 0
- Views: 923
ARISSat-1 Activation on the ISS
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the first manned space flight by Yuri Gagarin, the crew of the International Space Station will activate the ARISSat-1 satellite aboard the station on 11 April 2011 at 1430 UTC (10:30 AM EDT). The satellite will continue to operate until 1030 UTC (6:30 AM) o...
- Sun Apr 10, 2011 10:51 am
- Forum: Tech Forum
- Topic: CPU-Z reading the code on the CPU
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1389
Re: CPU-Z reading the code on the CPU
Krom, I think he is asking for a general way to take the info stamped on the top of the chip that you are referring to and do a lookup. AceCombat, you can google it the same way you can any part no./type, etc. There are sites that provide specs based on that info such as the following (using your SL...
- Tue Apr 05, 2011 8:55 pm
- Forum: Descent Single Player
- Topic: Descent Plus (1995)(Interplay)(Rev)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3190
Re: Descent Plus (1995)(Interplay)(Rev)
seeker3, all of the Version 1.5 Descent CDs that I am aware of have missing music in the single player campaign after Level 7 (this is the problem that Duper is referring to). If you want to know the basis for the problem and a patch for it, check out this thread: http://vogons.zetafleet.com/viewtop...
- Thu Mar 24, 2011 7:25 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Unmanned Trans-Atlantic Balloon Flight Attempt
- Replies: 1
- Views: 972
Unmanned Trans-Atlantic Balloon Flight Attempt
A hacker space from Louisville, KY is launching an unmanned balloon this evening from Space Port Indiana in Columbus, IN. The goal is for the balloon to reach Africa in 2-3 days. Here are some links if you want to follow the flight: Primary Site: http://whitestarballoon.com/ Twitter Sites: http://tw...
- Tue Mar 08, 2011 3:55 pm
- Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
- Topic: Magnum Mines
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2216
- Sat Mar 05, 2011 4:59 pm
- Forum: Coders Corner
- Topic: The DBB needs your help ....
- Replies: 111
- Views: 20846
Re: The DBB needs your help ....
I'll say up front that I am a single player-type player myself, but I was wondering if those of you contemplating a tracker have considered more general trackers that already exist. As an example, Ronald Mercer has been running and developing Qtracker for many years: http://www.qtracker.com/ Descent...
- Fri Feb 25, 2011 4:24 pm
- Forum: Tech Forum
- Topic: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 is out!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2943
Re: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 is out!
I installed it this afternoon on a Compaq machine that dual boots Win 7 and openSUSE 11.3. Installation initially failed with a 0×800f0a12 error. This error has already been noted in a number of forums/blogs: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/quick-fix-for-windows-7-sp1-installation-errors/3040 http://...
- Thu Feb 17, 2011 7:28 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: DBB IRC channel?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 625
- Wed Feb 16, 2011 1:52 pm
- Forum: Descent Old Skool
- Topic: Pyro Pimps
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4840
Re: Pyro Pimps
Perhaps someone can get the Pyro Play audio files from CritterB since Midnight Squadron has stopped hosting them and do something along the lines of what TigerRaptorFX has done with the Pyro Pimps audio (with the appropriate permissions, of course): http://www.descentbb.net/viewtopic.php?p=72608 Are...
- Wed Feb 16, 2011 1:28 pm
- Forum: Descent Single Player
- Topic: Single Player Levels ...
- Replies: 33
- Views: 138335
Re: Single Player Levels ...
KoolBear, I did get your email, and I did send a reply on Monday morning. Hope you got it. Pumo, I make no claims that my lists above are comprehensive or have all of the "must play" levels, so no slight was intended by any omissions. Descentbb.net has useful "sticky threads" in ...
- Tue Feb 15, 2011 12:53 pm
- Forum: Descent Single Player
- Topic: Single Player Levels ...
- Replies: 33
- Views: 138335
Re: Single Player Levels ...
I remember trying to figure out that mystery about 5-6 years ago... Anyway, here are some links for some D1/D2 single player missions as well: Descent Single Player Missions (in no particular order) Orion Nebula Project Version 1.01 by Bradley Schneider and the ONP Team http://www.descent2.com/orion...
- Mon Feb 14, 2011 11:21 pm
- Forum: Descent Single Player
- Topic: Single Player Levels ...
- Replies: 33
- Views: 138335
Re: Single Player Levels ...
Here are download mirrors for the levels listed above as well as a few additional ones that had high ratings at PD.com or were recommended in other threads on this board. I am also including the URL for D3 Single Player levels at PD.com, so you can use it in the Wayback Machine to find additional le...
- Sun Feb 13, 2011 6:56 am
- Forum: Descent Old Skool
- Topic: Pyro Pimps
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4840
Re: Pyro Pimps
The key thing to remember is that even though PD.com is gone, most of the files are still available at dfiles.de. The original PD Pyro Pimps page was here (use the Wayback Machine to see it): http://www.planetdescent.com/site/files/general/radio.asp So using that page, I have created a set of links ...
- Tue Feb 08, 2011 11:06 pm
- Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
- Topic: Dreamspace: a D3 anarchy level
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6474
Re: Dreamspace: a D3 anarchy level
Might be Weapons Testing Complex by [TA]Black Widow:
http://www.dfiles.de/download/d3/missio ... omplex.zip
http://www.dfiles.de/download/d3/missions/tcserver.zip
http://www.dfiles.de/download/d3/missio ... omplex.zip
http://www.dfiles.de/download/d3/missions/tcserver.zip
- Wed Feb 02, 2011 9:02 am
- Forum: Tech Forum
- Topic: wingman adapter
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7767
- Wed Feb 02, 2011 8:59 am
- Forum: Tech Forum
- Topic: MS Sidewinder Precision Pro: DIY Gameport-USB adapter
- Replies: 33
- Views: 169281
The adapter circuit given in this thread has been tested and shown to work with the Logitech WingMan Gamepad Extreme (part number:863163-0000) as well:
http://descentbb.net/viewtopic.php?t=17786
http://descentbb.net/viewtopic.php?t=17786
- Mon Jan 31, 2011 1:56 pm
- Forum: Tech Forum
- Topic: wingman adapter
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7767
After re-reading the descentbb.net thread listed in the preceding post, I started to wonder if any of the gameport pins were shorted in the Logitech gameport-USB adapter as the thread participants discovered was the case for the Microsoft adapter. Lo and behold, the exact same pins (2 and 7) are con...
- Mon Jan 31, 2011 12:15 pm
- Forum: Tech Forum
- Topic: wingman adapter
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7767
At the time deepthought made the first post I had the controller sitting on top of a machine under my desk, so it wasn't really much trouble to make the resistance measurements. I normally play games on a couple of old 933 MHz Pentium III machines running Win98 SE. Just for the heck of it, I decided...
- Fri Dec 31, 2010 5:10 pm
- Forum: Tech Forum
- Topic: wingman adapter
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7767
***WARNING: The following is provided for informational purposes only. It is not a recommendation. Any damage resulting from the use or misuse of this information is not my responsibility or that of the DescentBB.net forum.*** I have an identical gamepad (same part no.) along with the USB-to-gamepor...
- Tue Dec 07, 2010 10:35 am
- Forum: Tech Forum
- Topic: Imaging Software?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1064
I use Acronis True Image 9.0 (haven't used a newer version). Incremental and differential backups simply did not work on the WinXP Home and Professional systems I tested it on. However, the partition/disk imaging capability works quite well. I use it for backups of 32-bit WinXP Home and Professional...
- Thu Sep 02, 2010 8:12 am
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Death Announcement - Bama
- Replies: 90
- Views: 27214
Click the My Very First Descent LAN in 1998 link on this page:
http://web.archive.org/web/200503080417 ... shaker.htm
It may take a while for the photos to load, so be patient.
http://web.archive.org/web/200503080417 ... shaker.htm
It may take a while for the photos to load, so be patient.
- Sun Jul 18, 2010 8:19 am
- Forum: Descent Multiplayer
- Topic: Planet Descent ? and where to download mission files?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5549
I don't know if you are referring to the fact that it can't be found on servers or the mission itself is hard to come by, but the files are still available here: http://www.red.game-server.cc/Missions/toc-index.html am-ar-2.zip amar3m.zip amateur3.zip am-arena.zip am-arena3M.zip Amateurs Arena 2.1.zip
- Mon Jun 28, 2010 10:52 am
- Forum: Tech Forum
- Topic: Linux Descent 3 (Loki) error at start of level 5
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2056
d3fix-1.6-2.i386.rpm 1,571,040 bytes MD5 4204233828c4537a5dd34bab2adf09fc d3fix-1.6-2.i386.rpm SHA1 89bd9c278fa493021d7a5d0f0e2acdb9c4cc7a02 d3fix-1.6-2.i386.rpm SHA256 4a58e59e633485c6fa6160e6ad47ed66196550f8c135ccd319e3658e039bba2b d3fix-1.6-2.i386.rpm d3fix-1.6.tgz.gz 1,570,671 bytes MD5 465500c2...
- Thu Jun 17, 2010 2:56 pm
- Forum: Tech Forum
- Topic: Looking for Linux (Loki) Descent 3 checksum bug fix
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1552
- Mon Jun 14, 2010 8:11 pm
- Forum: Tech Forum
- Topic: Linux and Descent 3
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3264
- Tue Jun 08, 2010 5:03 am
- Forum: Descent Development
- Topic: D1 and D2 Resource Links
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2646
- Mon Jun 07, 2010 12:16 pm
- Forum: DBB Feedback Forum
- Topic: errorz!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2049
- Mon Jun 07, 2010 12:10 pm
- Forum: Descent Development
- Topic: D1 and D2 Resource Links
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2646
D1 and D2 Resource Links
Here are a few links that may be useful to D1 and D2 developers. Some pages have tool downloads, and others are tool homepages or resource sites. Even though better tools may be available, you still may find useful information about file formats and other topics. http://descent.brainware.net/ Descen...
- Fri Jun 04, 2010 3:54 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: AT&T - something small to think about
- Replies: 39
- Views: 3652
And if what both of you are saying is true, then it reflects a fundamental policy change with regard to customers, and I don't recall any sort of notification about it. If somebody institutes a policy change that cuts your speed by 16%, then that merits a bold-type notification on billing statements...
- Fri Jun 04, 2010 3:34 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: AT&T - something small to think about
- Replies: 39
- Views: 3652
Krom, those are exactly the speeds both before and after. Xamindar, we DID get 1.5 mb/sec on a very consistent basis for years. Virtually every single time I would run something like Speedtest.net it was reporting bang on 1.5 mb/s from any server within a few hundred miles. If a download was not rat...
- Fri Jun 04, 2010 2:17 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: AT&T - something small to think about
- Replies: 39
- Views: 3652
- Thu Jun 03, 2010 9:00 pm
- Forum: Descent Development
- Topic: Adding breifings for D1 Levels
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3210
The DTX homepage is still up and the tools are still available:
http://www.cybertrash.com/shareware/dtx/
http://www.cybertrash.com/shareware/dtx/
- Thu Jun 03, 2010 8:50 pm
- Forum: DXX Rebirth
- Topic: Wishlist - what do you want to see in DXX-Rebirth
- Replies: 79
- Views: 46512
The relevant page to use in the Wayback Machine is:
http://www.interplay.com/descent/descent.html
There is a section toward the bottom titled \"Having trouble with Level 7?\". The savegame is still downloadable.
http://www.interplay.com/descent/descent.html
There is a section toward the bottom titled \"Having trouble with Level 7?\". The savegame is still downloadable.
- Mon May 17, 2010 7:06 pm
- Forum: PTMC Cafe
- Topic: Anyone who has played Eduke32
- Replies: 3
- Views: 564