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Sony PS1 Descent joystick with a USB adapter.

FunkyStickman

I believe the term is \"Grand Mall\" seizure. My mother-in-law had them years ago, and she still has trouble putting sentances together. Best wishes, and check in every now and then.

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Do you have Linux on a separate drive? That might possibly be the problem. I'm guessing you haven't changed anything either. Can you see any error output while it's booting? Hit F2 at the splash screen and see if anything looks out of the ordinary.

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As far as I see it, selective objectivity is NO objectivity at all. The NYT has *very* selective objectivity, therefore I don't trust most of what they \"report\" on.

They need a healthy dose of their own medicine.

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Bump for n00bs. Can we sticky this somewhere?

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*NECROPOST!* You've got a good point about the left stick being slow to change slide directions. I've played it with almost every config I can think of (including the Orb), and I know the dual-stick setup isn't the fastest, but it feels the \"most right\" to me. This probably explains why ...

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-I answer useles threads like this one :) -I can juggle balls, clubs, rings, and flaming torches. -I went to college for Music, was playing saxophone professionally when I was 14. I can play 15 different kinds of instruments. -I now own my own business, doing courier driving for a pathology lab in t...

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Munk, did we ever tell you how much we appreciate this? You're awesome. I haven't gotten to play D3 in a few weeks (real life sucks, don't it?) but I'm planning on upgrading my main system, and when I do, I'll be in the mines almost every night!

Thanks again.

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That was pretty funny. I personally would have made it goofier, but that's cause I'm a comedian.

FRAPS looks cool... but I doubt it'll run under wine in Linux. I might have to put my Windows game computer back together to try it.

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The \"Doctor\" will always be Tom Baker, though I did watch through one of the newer series with Colin Baker and later on Sylvester McCoy (which I really enjoyed). I haven't seen ANY of the *new* episodes, and since I don't have cable I probably never will...

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I'm with Cuda and Xam on this one... Vista can suck it. I'm running the same 3D desktop that Xam is (Compiz using Xgl in Linux) and I freaking love it. Oh, it runs smoothly on 512MB of Ram (SDRAM at that!) and a Geforce MX4000 card... and can still run games with NO performance hit in another X sess...

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Did you use the drivers the card came with, or did you update from the website?

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I still have a copy, I played it last year for fun. Mostly I just ripped off the audio taunts from it, cause they're so funny. It's not a horrible game, though the graphics tend to give me a headache after an hour or so... I don't know why it never caught on. The customizable onboard computer was a ...

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I've used BlackBox for Windows before.... heck, I've used it in Linux, too. It's fantastic in Windows, makes everything much faster and better looking, IMO. I also had problems running some things in dualview, though it was mostly in Linux. For the most part, I wound up just playing games in a windo...

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I tend to get extremely annoyed with poor grammar and spelling on the internet. I understand it fine, but as Testiculese alluded to, when somebody posts \"OIC ur not gunna go thr, r U?\" I immediately write them off as morons. I studied and thoroughly enjoyed German in high school, though ...

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If you're not experienced with Linux, I'd recommend Debian, Fedora, or Suse (all package-based distros) for ease of setup, stability, and updating. All versions of Linux support SMP, and (almost) all come with the standard network services, i.e. DNS, FTP, HTTP, PHP, SQL, SMTP, and so on. I'm partial...

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Check it out, it's linked to in this thread

And yes, Munk is teh l33t haxx0r, at least in my book.

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Yes, Munk was generous enough to create a workaround for the checksum bug. It basically uses iptables to substitute \"corrected\" checksums, and so far it seems to be working fantastically. As for the ghost weapons and ships, I've never heard of this before, though I'm no expert. And as fo...

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Hmmm... mine did the same thing also. I let it run all night, and it's not on the tracker this morning. Curious indeed.

(GG last night, BTW)

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Correct, it has an entry in there for descent.cx

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Create a file called gamespy.cfg in your main Descent 3 directory with the following contents:

Code: Select all

 0 
master0.gamespy.com:27900
 0 
tracker.kali.net:22999
 0 
tracker.descent.cx:27900

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Heck, it took me 6 months to put together a simple Howto for installing Linux D3 with Windows CD's... and it was only about an 8 hour day's work! Yeah, I had a hurricane slow me down, but man, stuff happens. I'm all about supporting game developers, especially when they're building something as cool...

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I can't wait to hear how it works for you. Every person who uses this gives me more reason to keep doing stuff like this. I think the Descent community is one of the oldest, best, and most talented gaming groups. You guys constantly remind me of this, and guys like Munk, TopGun, Deidel, Do_Checkor, ...

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That's weird. I'm guessing you installed the dedi server on a different machine? Where did you copy over the mn3 files from? Not trying to be a pest, I'm just curious. All I did was install the rpm file, and copy over d3.hog and fury.mn3 and nothing else. I also made sure the files were all a+rx per...

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Here's what shows up in the console when I start a server: (edited for brevity) Analyzing data... Analyzing data... Setting 'PPS' variable to 8. Setting 'TimeLimit' variable to 60. Setting 'KillGoal' variable to 0. Setting 'RespawnTime' variable to 25. Setting 'GameName' variable to Multiplayer Game...

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I got mine working without any trouble. What error message does it give you when you try to connect? What distro are you using? I'm totally stoked, I'm thinking about building a machine now with a stripped down install, and the Linux Dedi server. It'd only be about 500MB for the game, and about the ...

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The SOD is basically a Java backend that listens and then launches the server as needed. I don't think it can force the Linux server to run on a different port (as the executable doesn't support it with command line switches), unless it does internal port redirecting. I'm somewhat interested in it, ...

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Well, not only does it need Munk's utility, but it doesn't allow changing ports I ran \"netstat -n -a\" and it stayed at port 2092 no matter what switch I tried. So basically, there's no functional difference between it and the full client other than being able to install it with two simpl...

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I just downloaded the 1.4 server patch from www.descent3.com Basically, it's a stripped-down install of Linux D3, and I was surprised to see it includes most of the files I put into my Linux client package. According to the readme, it's basically a functional server-only install, minus the movies, l...

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Thanks again, Xam. (Kinda reminds me of \"Play it Again, Xam!) Anyway, I'll give the Howto my final stamp of approval and upload it tonight, complete with all feedback we found here. This is one small step for man, one giant leap for... man. You know what we should do? Have a Linux vs. Windows ...

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The main reason people use the Windows version is that you can specify which port to use, and thusly run more than one server on a machine. However, with the God-given talent that is Munk's Checksum Workaround, I'm thinking a Linux dedi server isn't such a bad idea. You could even write a script tha...

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Three words: 2CPU DOT COM

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Okay, I did some testing, and this is what I found: (excuse me if somebody's already done this) The Linux client works fine hosting and connecting to games by either creating a link, or renaming the netgame file. If you just create a link, then you'll have the option of selecting \"tanarchy\&qu...

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I've never heard of this problem before, so I tested it out, and you're right. When the Windows server is running a Team Anarchy game, Linux clients can't connect (at least mine couldn't) with a \"Failed to initialize game module\" error. You create a symlink in the \"Descent3/netgame...

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I can't tell you how happy I am to be able to help the Descent community. I'll probably run through the Howto once before I consider it final. Did you run across anything that was confusing? Seriously, even if it's something stupid, I'd like to know. I *know* it wasn't perfect... :) Welcome to the D...

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Too true, I have a friend who runs Protools on a new G5, and he says it crashes once a day, no matter what. He says it never happened to his G3 running OS 9. Go figure.

(off-topic)
I'm gonna use Ardour in Linux for my recording, and get the best of both worlds

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My personal favorite \"switch\" commercial...

Switch to Linux

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Very interesting. It's not a deal-breaker, so I can live with it. If I run across anything else like this, I'll let you know. It could have just been D3 crapping out because it couldn't download it.

Again, fantastic work, keep it up.

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Man, amazing. I seriously got my butt handed to me in that game. Anytime you want to use me as fusion fodder for a video, let me know

I die real pretty.

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I'm listed as a kill in the \"Nobody\" video, but I didn't see myself anywhere in there. Awesome vids, BTW

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It was on D1.Descent.cx and the level was \"D3 Krackdown\". I was in the Pyro-GL.

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