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zico

Between 4D rooms, enemy fire cannot really hit you crossing the overlapping space. Homings can track you, but they won't hit as well. This at least counts for the original game on the Rebirth versions. However there are other tricks and stuff how to mutate the level space... so I can't say when thes...

zico

Remember those games. Nice adaption - but the controls just suck. Remember getting both on eBay in 2005 ... one buck each game.

zico

Want ... play ... now!

zico

\"Was there a reason that you took most of the OpenGL switches out of the .ini file in the latest version?\" Actually yes: I took them out so they can now restin in the menus. I thought this is an easier and more \"clean\" way to set options. \"Tunnelcat's comments raise a q...

zico

Awesome work guys.

This looks like dozends of explosions and tons of debris. Just as I love it.

zico

-nonicefps disables the game loop sleeping. Which means: While the game is *waiting* for the next frame to render it sits in a loop and constantly checks the time to see if enough has passed to render the next frame. To save a bit CPU power there's a sleeping call which let's the game *sleep* (and n...

zico

It's also always helpful to try to use \"-nonicefps\" - this will use more CPU, but gernerally improves the performance on lower end systems. (However this may not help with the movies I think)

zico

Sorry to hear the movies still do not run correctly. Maybe it just needs to much power... You still could try to use the low resolution movies if that helps (-lowresmovies, if you have installed them). About Integrated Chipsets we had some problems with it. Mostly these show as totally messed up gam...

zico

After 8 months of development, v0.54 is finally ready for release. And a lot has been done. Here is a very short list of changes: * Heavily improved multiplayer and new UDP/IP code * Demo recording now records way smaller demos (still backwards compatible) * PhysFS support for both D1X-Rebirth and D...

zico

Sorry I do not understand ANY argumentation in direction like \"global warming is bogus\". Because: 1) Many scientists say it's not but what is more important to me 2) Even if it MIGHT BE, does that give us the right to give a ★■◆● about pollution and our environment? Somehow I do not care...

zico

Actually the management of the Joystick order and connection is done by SDL itself. However the next Version will ship with a new SDL build so probably we have some improvements there as well.

zico

Actually I am currently only waiting for our Mac maintainer to provide the latest stuff. Then 0.54 will be released. :) The BETA test for this version ran very good and we are especially proud about our new UDP/IP code. Also we have a brand new sound interface via SDL_mixer which not only allows MP3...

zico

Hmmm I was not that fast by deciding if I put a 8800GT or an 9600GT in my system. In the end I bought an 9600GT. I read on some pages about benchmarks between those two cards (specificly my own card - Club3d 9600GT). In most tests it sowed the 9600GT A LITTLE faster than the 8800GT models (nothing I...

zico

Ah, I forgot, you need to apply the command-line parameter -sdlmixer when launching the game as well.

zico

If you have timidity working, you could compile D1X-Rebirth with \"sdlmixer=1\" flag for SCons. Of course you need SDL_mixer installed for this, too. Then MIDI should play already, but it's not finished yet, so please do not expect it completly bug-free.

zico

Hey

For the next version of DXX we are planning a working implementation of SDL_mixer which will not only allow MIDI but also MP§ and OGG playback. Actually this is the last task before the release and I will spend a bit time to make it working properly.

zico

Actually it's not possible to convert DEM files to any video format since the demo files only storee object information for the game engine - not whole images.

zico

DXX Rebirth and D2X-XL are seperate projects. To my knowledge, they aim for different things, as D2X-XL seems to be to be for a modernistic approach, while Rebirth seems to be all about the old style of playing. They are different, and for someone to say one is better over the other is petty and st...

zico

Actually DXX savegames at least should be compatible with DOS version since they still both uses same data structures. As goes for D1 I've tested that successfully in DOSBox.

zico

Sure - you can also implement a whole 3D engine into a text-processing program. The question is if it's the right approach - like Diedel said a new engine would probably be a better choice for that fancy effects. On the other side I still think effects like reflections look totally out of place in a...

zico

Didn't they say in the briefings some robots were \"*modified* for unknown resons\" (or rather obvious)? I guess this left some freedom for the modelers which created those nightmares. I remembered being shocked by the sounds these bots (lifters and drillers) produced when attacking. Uuuuh...

zico

OpenGL 3.0 is still a bit ahead but I read about some API changes - but I do not know about compability issues. I think the time will reveal what may happen then.

zico

DXX is nothing without the ppl playing it. You're welcome.

zico

At the moment it's no big deal to provide Support for at least OpenGL 1.1. However I am not sure how long I can keep this since OpenGL 3.0 will also introduce some API changes. I always try to keep the game compatible and also those API changes are not too serious but I can't tell for any time of th...

zico

Thanks for the nice words. :) Let me know how it works for you. I know we have a pretty bad documentation at the moment so it's good if you ask so I can see how to improve this. By the way: from next version you will probably not need to folder anymore - if everything goes okay, the Hires content wi...

zico

Heyhey

Dunno if I forgot to update the README files, but you need to place them in a subdirectory called \"hires\" (/usr/local/share/games/d1x-rebirth/hires/) into your sharepath (not the home path - ~/.d1x-rebirth).
Then it should work just fine.

zico

I tried both the data folder and the main directory. And since I know nothing about Mac, I have no idea how to start a game out of a console... And is D2X Mac compatible with D2X Rebirth on Windows? It won't detect my games I set up on any computer... The original D2X UDP/IP code isn't even working...

zico

Hmm as I am not managing the official MAC port, try to put them to the main directory. Maybe I've broken the subdir reading somewhere in 0.53. We fix this asap. Also may be wise to start the game out of a console and see what output it spits out. May help me with the debugging.

zico

Normally I try to keep compability as good as possible. Primary to the Original games. If you could send me these files, I could take a good look at it. Thanks.

zico

Hey, thanks for your Feedback.

Actually we are moving a bit slow here on development, but I think with a bit of luck you may be able to play the next version on you old Win98 PC as well. Probably not with FSAA, but we are currently optimizing the whole sourcecode to work much faster.

zico

Dakatsu wrote:I play on Windows XP.

Speaking of... I remember Descent I being distrubited on a SuSE Linux system a long time ago... is that true?

D1X-1.38, later D1X-1.43 with Shareware data files.

zico

Yep Nexuiz is very cool. Love it.

Also pretty good Open Source shooters:
OpenArena (http://www.openarena.ws/?about)
Warsow (http://www.warsow.net/)

zico

Agreed. I was pretty scared, when I saw this first time. However when seeing this clip I notice, I've never seen any uncut version of this on TV (germany). The shots on her fact are completly missing until she opens her eyes. At least I do remember it this way. But it was still freaky. However if I ...

zico

Thanks for that hint.

I'll update the file for the next release.

@ tunnelcat: I've fixed the slow menus now, too. Will all be ready in 0.54.

zico

This is more than ridiculus. Making MP Fusion have the same power as SP, was a D1X addition. Nothing a D1 developer ever did. I also do NOT talk about D2 code (where SP and MP Fusion have the same scale). So before you talk about stuff that isn't right, just to flame around, just do everyone a favor...

zico

As written - In SP this is a good value, but in MP it's too much. However I have *fixed* that some weeks ago...

zico

I thought quad 4 from D1 was the most efficient... 52 damage for a full hit. Beats quad 6 from d2 which is 50. D2 Fusion only uses half of the power compared to D1. However in D1 multiplayer it switches to D2-like level. Huh? D1 fusion is 30 per blob uncharged compared to 15 in D2, I checked very r...

zico

Sirius wrote:I would guess 200% would be about the same as D1.

As written - right.

zico

Sounds like an idea.

Had ideas for a D1-Weapons-mode in D2 for a long time, however.

zico

I disabled D2 Fusion from autoselect, in D1 Fusion is definitely an uber-weapon, but in D2 it is a totally useless nerf gun. In D1, all but two types of mech (and the bosses) can be killed by a single charged Fusion shot, it mows through everything in your path like no other weapon in the game. Def...

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