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d1x multiplayer parameters?

Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2004 10:25 am
by selfdestruct
my friends and I have installed and configed d1x to actually work, but we need the parameters so we can play multiplayer.

anyone know them?

Posted: Sat Aug 14, 2004 12:03 pm
by Ferno
Got Kali?

Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2004 3:09 pm
by catch22
game parameters? go to the prompt and use the "-help" parameter. It will give you a list of all valid parameters for your executable.

(i.e. cd\games\descent <enter> D1x -help <enter>)

Not that i think your an idiot or anything. I'm just used to spelling it out word for word to people.

Valid parameters vary depending on which d1x version your running.

Ferno's right, Kali will alleviate a lot of your problems, as it takes care of all the networking for you.

BTW, if your using the milkmod version of d1x (1.43), I have had serious problems getting net games to show up in my game list. Might be the case for you.

Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 1:30 am
by Sirius
Uhm... firstly, it's Mikmod, not Milkmod... ;) Just a basic typo, but anyway.

Secondly, Mikmod support was in for longer than that - I forget whether it first appeared in 1.30 or 1.40.

Thirdly, you can turn Mikmod off and just use Allegro if you want it.

And, fourthly, I doubt a sound library will affect it. The probable reason 1.43 is so dodgy is because it is Win32 code (I think).

Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 10:24 am
by catch22
Pardon the typo, guess I hit the l when going for the k.

Guess I'm just out of date when it comes to the version.

But from the sounds of his post, I thought he was having network issues. I wanted to relay that my experience with the mikmod version of d1x gave me problems with viewing net games.

Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 9:16 pm
by Sirius
Interesting... I wonder if Mikmod is more than a sound library?