I have one problem. Every time when Im near to yellow doors in level 25, the game shut down. Doyou have some idea how to eliminate it? I use D1x-rebirth... Btw I have really fun with this levels so hope someone can help me:)

Its a bug in the rebirth program that causes this, its been noted. And Zico has currently fixed this bug but as of yet, I do not believe he's released the fixed version yet. Why? I'm not entirely sure.

because his releases generally include a great assortment of fixes. I've not known him to do \"micro release\".

ok, thx, finally I did with a really lot of loads and saves again and again until it worked:)

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yeah, sorry about that, until he finally releases a new version of Rebirth, you're just going to have to suffer through the bug in level 25. It sucks, but oh well. :-/
d2x-xl doesn't have this problem though. But last I checked (I haven't downloaded a new version since .144 because its so stable and later versions (up to .150+) that I've tested seem to break that, so I can't verify its continued existence), you couldn't get into secret level 1 in Vignettes without d2x-xl crashing. So you pick and choose which you think is worse.

Tested secret level 1 on 1.14.193, no crash.

I used the astral cheat on level 25 to fly directly to the boss room, the D1X crashes got too frusterating...but kudos, it *is* incredibly well made.

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Amg! It's on every post and it WON'T GO AWAY!!

Its a bug in the D1 engine itself based on robot path-finding. I guess that particular layout of the level screws with robot path-finding when they are finding routes to get to you and it crashes. This was verified by Zico when he fixed it in an upcoming version of d1xrebirth which should have the bug non-existant by that point.

Oh... that's interesting to hear.

I know, this bug was apparently fixed in the interim between Descent 1 and Descent 2's release.

It was actually intentional. Interplay knew that people might be able to beat the game on insane, so they added an even harder difficulty. See, the robots stopped trying to shoot at you, and are instead using software beams to lock up your game. It's quite an innovative idea actually.

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Amg! It's on every post and it WON'T GO AWAY!!

What's the title of the level 19 music? I really liked that one. I remastered it in FL Studio, and I want to give it its correct title. (Knowing DFW's missions I would have looked in the credits, but the mission doesn't seem to have them. I guess in D1 it might need to have briefings for that?)

Good one!

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APPLAUSE

I try.

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Amg! It's on every post and it WON'T GO AWAY!!

All videos are now available for Vignettes!

Many thanks to DarkFlameWolf and his crew for releasing new and extremely high quality mission packs.

I've just finished Vignettes and I really liked it!

The dog fighting element of these levels is really fun!

Please keep up the good work!

And here was I thinking her gender was not that well-kept a secret

I won't even bother correcting.

Regardless, I'm glad you like the level set. I tried my best to make each level have at 'least' one dogfighting room. Because you simply do not get enough of that fun-ness in the original Descent campaign.

How embarrassing for me... Sorry about that DFW!

lol. don't feel bad. i think we've all done that at one time or another.

Must... Download...

you haven't gotten this yet Xfing?

Ok, I've played through this. Difficult as hell, but also beautiful as hell. These levels are some of the most stunning D1 levels I've ever played, they eclipse even Descent 2 levels with their design to be honest. The textures offered by Descent 1 are more matter-of-fact and give a great industrial feel - also congratulations for using the fuel center doors, as they were not included in the original 30 levels. Perfect job in general, I applaud you, DFW.

Except level 25 of course, because it tends to crash in quite a few points. I'll probably wait 'til Rebirth fixes this problem, as I don't play on XL.

that can't be helped, its actually a bug in the Descent 1 robot pathfinding code that causes level 25 to crash. That's a mistake on Parallax's part, not ours. However, that bug was fixed in Descent 2 and in the latest versions of D2X-XL. Rebirth is taking forever to get a new version out which fixes this bug, so right now, D2X-XL is the only program out there that can run this entire set smoothly.

I've got the newest version of XL. The graphics are indeed stunning, but the sound is a mess. Just my machine's problem, most likely. I recommend XL only to those with substantial experience playing vanilla.

Your sound problems might have to do with the -hires_sound 2 switch located in the d2x.ini file.

If you don't have hires sounds installed?
Then you need to either download them or change the switch from:

-hires_sound 2 (44 khz sounds ('sounds2' subfolder) to

-hires_sound 1 (22 khz sounds ('sounds1' subfolder).

Further help regarding XL would be better suited at the XL forum.

No need to continue to derail this thread anymore.

Agreed.

So I'd like to say I loved the ice themed Vignettes. Question for DFW, how did you make that Observatory Tubes gimmick with non-retaliating robots? Didn't know that could be scripted...

It can't - they just can't see you, so don't try to shoot you.