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by Weyrman
Sun Nov 18, 2007 9:43 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: It's ok to hate the Jews- they killed Jesus
Replies: 30
Views: 3121

TB, In regards to Israel, its right to exist and the situation particularly with the Palestinians, you may be interested in the book \"The Case for Israel\" by Alan M Dershowitz. Every claim in it is well documented. People rail about how Israel has treated the Palestinians but very few kn...
by Weyrman
Sun Nov 18, 2007 8:47 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: It's ok to hate the Jews- they killed Jesus
Replies: 30
Views: 3121

TB, In regards to Israel, its right to exist and the situation particularly with the Palestinians, you may be interested in the book \"The Case for Israel\" by Alan M Dershowitz. Every claim in it is well documented. People rail about how Israel has treated the Palestinians but very few kn...
by Weyrman
Sun Nov 18, 2007 8:46 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: It's ok to hate the Jews- they killed Jesus
Replies: 30
Views: 3121

TB, In regards to Israel, its right to exist and the situation particularly with the Palestinians, you may be interested in the book \"The Case for Israel\" by Alan M Dershowitz. Every claim in it is well documented. People rail about how Israel has treated the Palestinians but very few kn...
by Weyrman
Sun Nov 18, 2007 8:42 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: It's ok to hate the Jews- they killed Jesus
Replies: 30
Views: 3121

TB, In regards to Israel, its right to exist and the situation particularly with the Palestinians, you may be interested in the book \"The Case for Israel\" by Alan M Dershowitz. Every claim in it is well documented. People rail about how Israel has treated the Palestinians but very few kn...
by Weyrman
Sat Feb 24, 2007 3:21 pm
Forum: Descent Old Skool
Topic: D2X-W32 -or- D2X-GL avaiable anywhere?
Replies: 14
Views: 4615

If you don't like all the \"fluff\" in XL, then turn it off. It can be done with a simple switch setting in the ini file. Have a look at the switches and commands page on the above site and try the -nostalgia or -pureD2 settings.
by Weyrman
Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:24 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Faith?
Replies: 16
Views: 2639

Bettina, your comment actually highlights a very important part of “biblical” faith Quite clearly, "faith" (as used in the Bible) is meant to convey an EARNED TRUST rather than a BLIND TRUST. Faith in your father would have been built up over your relationship with him, from as simple as &...
by Weyrman
Mon Jan 29, 2007 2:34 am
Forum: D2X-XL
Topic: Afterburner Project - by DizzyRox
Replies: 375
Views: 61540

I corrected the name of the OOF file and loaded up level 1 of CS. The vulcan ammo surrounding the vulcan cannon looks out of proportion. The shells look too big to fit in the barrel. I would like to see them shrunk to a suitable size and maybe have more shells in the clip so that the powerup doesn't...
by Weyrman
Fri Jan 26, 2007 6:16 am
Forum: DBB Feedback Forum
Topic: Problems with RSS with Firefox and FIzzle reader
Replies: 2
Views: 2193

Problems with RSS with Firefox and FIzzle reader

A few weeks ago, fizzle RSS reader in firefox started playing up only with the link for here. The new items show for a split second and then the page goes all one colour and won't work until I reload the page. I have uninstalled and reinstalled fizzle and also deleted and re-downloaded the active bo...
by Weyrman
Fri Jan 12, 2007 11:49 pm
Forum: D2X-XL
Topic: Afterburner Project - by DizzyRox
Replies: 375
Views: 61540

Yes, yes, I know. The thing is I didn't know if it was a bug. I don't consider things bugs unless I am pretty sure that something is wrong, which in this case I wasn't sure, which is why I asked for an opinion.

As it is considered to be a possible bug I will now go and post a bug report. :idea:
by Weyrman
Fri Jan 12, 2007 7:31 pm
Forum: D2X-XL
Topic: Afterburner Project - by DizzyRox
Replies: 375
Views: 61540

I loaded the above vulcan model and the gauss cannon side by side in a room under a light so I could compare the sizes. It looked to me that the vulcan model was not being lit by the light so I added a headlight and took another look. The room itself seemed light enough where the cannon was that onl...
by Weyrman
Thu Dec 28, 2006 6:32 am
Forum: D2X-XL
Topic: D2X-XL Q&A
Replies: 356
Views: 176872

No, I didn't mean spinning, I meant round as in cylindrical as in the round bodies of the missiles. I know the current ones look pretty round but you can see all the segment seams and it just doesn't look as good (eye candy wise).
by Weyrman
Thu Dec 28, 2006 4:31 am
Forum: D2X-XL
Topic: D2X-XL Q&A
Replies: 356
Views: 176872

What is the benefits of having 3d models of things over graphics? I must admit that the new hi-res powerups are very nice to look at and as the models don't seem to do rounds very well so don't look as nice. I have picked up that the models have less memory load and also throw shadows. Are these the...
by Weyrman
Thu Dec 28, 2006 4:12 am
Forum: D2X-XL
Topic: D2X-XL Q&A
Replies: 356
Views: 176872

Ok, I stand corrected and humbled. As the level of difficulty goes up, the robots become more aggressive in their nature. I was too used to the small ones sniping and running and recently I have upped the difficulty level and didn't realize that this was now standard behaviour, I just considered it ...
by Weyrman
Thu Dec 28, 2006 2:43 am
Forum: D2X-XL
Topic: D2X-XL Q&A
Replies: 356
Views: 176872

I have just finished level 1 of Lost Levels and I have a question concerning robot behaviour which was really noticeable in this level but I have also noticed in standard D2. Robots, particularly smaller ones seem to wizz away, often towards me, when hit with a glancing blow from primary weapons, sp...
by Weyrman
Sat Nov 11, 2006 9:20 pm
Forum: D2X-XL
Topic: D2X-XL Q&A
Replies: 356
Views: 176872

Hey Diedel,

What are these SSE instructions that are causing the grief on win32 machines. What difference does using them make?

Just curious.

Weyrman
by Weyrman
Wed Nov 01, 2006 2:56 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: An Evolution Question
Replies: 95
Views: 7259

In reference to some of the comments above: Many of the \"errors\" in our genetic codes are, in engineering terms, within tolerance and I would say, that while \"different\" by definition, not different enough to considered \"wrong\". Also, the fact that we get our dna ...
by Weyrman
Fri Oct 13, 2006 5:59 pm
Forum: D2X-XL
Topic: D2X-XL Q&A
Replies: 356
Views: 176872

Obviously no :)
by Weyrman
Fri Oct 13, 2006 7:35 am
Forum: D2X-XL
Topic: D2X-XL Q&A
Replies: 356
Views: 176872

Ask the master :)
by Weyrman
Fri Oct 13, 2006 6:40 am
Forum: D2X-XL
Topic: D2X-XL Q&A
Replies: 356
Views: 176872

Oh, didn't think about putting it in the tech forum, anyways...... the new format of the ini file gets screwed up when I open it with notepad and descent doesn't read it. Diedel, suggested Ultra Edit, which I got, but after the trial time runs out I don't want to buy it if I can use a freeware file ...
by Weyrman
Fri Oct 13, 2006 12:56 am
Forum: D2X-XL
Topic: D2X-XL Q&A
Replies: 356
Views: 176872

Can someone point me to a freeware text editor that will edit d2x.ini without corrupting it please.

Ta
by Weyrman
Mon Oct 09, 2006 2:07 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: My faith in society took a hit yesterday
Replies: 39
Views: 10715

Some thoughts of mine: This has been a very interesting read, but referring back to the original post, the children, irrespective of age, were being taught language, and the words are either right or wrong. I have now 4 teenage children and all their life we (my wife and I) have gently corrected spe...
by Weyrman
Wed Sep 27, 2006 3:25 am
Forum: D2X-XL
Topic: Love the thruster flames!!
Replies: 3
Views: 2142

Love the thruster flames!!

Great work on the thruster flames Diedel. Every change just makes it look better and better!
by Weyrman
Fri Sep 08, 2006 8:05 pm
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: D2 Encounter at Farpoint
Replies: 0
Views: 1349

D2 Encounter at Farpoint

Hey all, I am playing through my single player games, currently doing Encounter at Farpoint. I am on the last (5th) level. It has no robots, only 1 (seemingly) inaccessable powerup and three keys. I can get to the blue key but there is no blue door, no exit door, no hidden rooms (I've checked with t...
by Weyrman
Wed Sep 06, 2006 8:47 pm
Forum: D2X-XL
Topic: D2X-XL Q&A
Replies: 356
Views: 176872

Diedel,

Will d2x-xl support a pc usb gamepad device?

I'm looking at ratting one to make a throttle with the pov hat under my thumb for slide controls.
by Weyrman
Wed Sep 06, 2006 6:06 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: To build a throttle/slide controller
Replies: 2
Views: 619

To build a throttle/slide controller

While looking at joysticks for a young friend, I saw a flight stick-throttle combo that had amongst other things a 8-way pov switch under the thumb on the throttle. It occurred to me that that would be a great setup for slide controls! I would like to try and create a throttle with the following: mi...
by Weyrman
Wed Sep 06, 2006 5:59 am
Forum: D2X-XL
Topic: Out of memory!!
Replies: 9
Views: 3020

Thanks Diedel,

I've finally got to try it with .176 and it's great to have all the hi res textures back.
by Weyrman
Mon Sep 04, 2006 5:41 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Steve Irwin killed by stingray!
Replies: 34
Views: 2765

My teenagers are still trying to be in denial. His shows were a big part of their childhoods.
by Weyrman
Mon Sep 04, 2006 4:59 pm
Forum: D2X-XL
Topic: Out of memory!!
Replies: 9
Views: 3020

Ok Diedel, here is the details you requested. I am posting this info here as I don't consider this a bug problem, just a \"lack of\" on my behalf. P3 1200 512meg ram 128meg ndivia fx5200 graphics card Stats before starting game: Physical Memory 523760 Tot 309000 Available (approx) 159752 C...
by Weyrman
Mon Sep 04, 2006 7:03 am
Forum: D2X-XL
Topic: Out of memory!!
Replies: 9
Views: 3020

Out of memory!!

Well, the time has finally come where the memory requirements for the ever increasing, beautiful hi-res graphics has outstripped my computer. I now have to disable hi res in order to play a decent sized level. I suppose I could remove some of the files so as to only load some of them, but which ones...
by Weyrman
Sat Sep 02, 2006 7:08 am
Forum: D2X-XL
Topic: D2X-XL Q&A
Replies: 356
Views: 176872

Diedel,

What is a .frag file and where should it live in a multi folder scenario?

Also, what about the SDL .dll files?
by Weyrman
Tue Aug 29, 2006 6:05 am
Forum: D2X-XL
Topic: D2X-XL Q&A
Replies: 356
Views: 176872

Well, its done! I bought a dsl-g604t on ebay today for $99, I should have it by the weekend (I hope!) :wink:
by Weyrman
Mon Aug 28, 2006 1:57 pm
Forum: D2X-XL
Topic: D2X-XL Q&A
Replies: 356
Views: 176872

ok what would you recommend? I can't afford to do this twice
by Weyrman
Mon Aug 28, 2006 6:35 am
Forum: D2X-XL
Topic: D2X-XL Q&A
Replies: 356
Views: 176872

Hey Aus,

About the modem, I am getting a Netgear DG834T adsl2+ wireless router modem for father's day, so here is hoping that it solves my problems as your upgrade did.
As far as firmware is concerned, if it can, I will, so yes I do have the latest.
by Weyrman
Fri Aug 25, 2006 7:10 am
Forum: D2X-XL
Topic: D2X-XL Q&A
Replies: 356
Views: 176872

Another multiplayer question I have played a few games online with Aus-Red5. This means that I can see the tracker and join games shown. BUT When I start a game, the system finds the trackers and I can get into the game, but no-one else can see it! Even if I start another instance of the game, I can...
by Weyrman
Fri Aug 25, 2006 12:13 am
Forum: D2X-XL
Topic: Creating a Hi-Res Cockpit
Replies: 6
Views: 2354

Tempest, don't get your hopes up. This is a real first for me, more wish than ability I think, but I will give it a go! :)
by Weyrman
Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:16 am
Forum: D2X-XL
Topic: Creating a Hi-Res Cockpit
Replies: 6
Views: 2354

Creating a Hi-Res Cockpit

I would like to try my hand at creating a hi-res cockpit. According to the Ctrl-Alt-Del comic definition I confess to being a real \"newb\", not to be confused with a \"noob\", at this sort of thing. :) I have found the std cockpit graphic in the GroupA.pig file using DTX2 as sug...
by Weyrman
Tue Aug 22, 2006 8:33 pm
Forum: D2X-XL
Topic: Discussion: Adding stuff to D2X-XL
Replies: 35
Views: 7255

Just a hi-res 2d cockpit would be a nice improvement.

Is the current cockpit an image that can be extracted from somewhere? Would making a hi-res one be like making hi-res textures?
by Weyrman
Tue Aug 22, 2006 3:02 am
Forum: D2X-XL
Topic: Discussion: Adding stuff to D2X-XL
Replies: 35
Views: 7255

Well said Aus-Red! There is no need for insults and bad mouthing. All of us who use this need to remember that this is 95%+ one man's effort that is being SHARED with us and enjoy it with gratitude every time we play. Make suggestions by all means, but appreciate the things that are added without co...
by Weyrman
Sat Aug 19, 2006 1:38 am
Forum: D2X-XL
Topic: D2X-XL support ticket tracker - now on SourceForge.net!
Replies: 17
Views: 4611

Diedel has mentioned that he loves this system and we know that he uses it, in fact I think he is the only one who answers it, so be patient and have good faith that each ticket is looked at and dealt with in good time.
by Weyrman
Fri Aug 18, 2006 6:56 pm
Forum: D2X-XL
Topic: D2X-XL support ticket tracker - now on SourceForge.net!
Replies: 17
Views: 4611

I can see how this system is a great help to Diedel, being able to close off fixed issues, but I also would like to be able to see what other people are posting. I have no idea what is possible but a way to simply show that other people are also having the same problem may help to show Diedel what i...