D2X-XL Q&A

Sirius · Post by **Sirius** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:39 am

Hmmm.

You probably could add extra characters to the font some way or other if it doesn't already support extended ASCII (but I'm pretty sure it doesn't); however I have my doubts that Unicode characters like some of those would work very well without some rather bad font mangling.

Or an extension of the Descent 2 font to support Unicode, which would be ... yeah, a lot more effort. It'd be easier to swap it out in favour of a TrueType font...

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 3:00 am

Basically, the fonts are bitmaps. The bitmaps of all characters of a font are packed together in a big bitmap. D2(X(-XL)) does in no way access or use OS font information.

flyhard · Post by **flyhard** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 9:27 am

BTW thx for the dual missiles fix mp! : )

Is there anyway I can set each axis (joystick deadzone) using a command line switch? something like -x joydeadzone 3, this would really help me out. Dont ask me why, its a long story lol

thx

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 10:27 am

Why?

flyhard · Post by **flyhard** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 5:22 pm

haha

Its related to that deadspot. Seriously, is there such a command? I know you have a lot of secrets up your sleeve.

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 7:24 pm

There are no secrets. If it's not in the D2X-XL doc on my D2 site, it doesn't exist.

flyhard · Post by **flyhard** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 7:28 pm

actually there is one, -joydeadzone, does something. explain this one?

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 7:35 pm

Geez, a forgotten switch! As the name suggests, you can enter a numerical value for the joystick deadzones, giving you finer control than the menu sliders.

flyhard · Post by **flyhard** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 7:40 pm

I use -joydeadzone 3 it works to some degree. If I dont use the switch, I get this big deadspot, even when I have all deadzones in menu at zero. Isn't that messed up or what. lol

flyhard · Post by **flyhard** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 7:44 pm

Thats why I asked for a way to adjust each seperate deadzone axis via dx2.in : )

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 7:45 pm

Hard to believe. I just checked that code, and it works, at least judged from the numbers used by the code.

Pumo · Post by **Pumo** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 9:38 pm

Don't know if it's a bug, so i put this post here on questions.

Why i can't see the Use Light Maps checkbox on the Render Options menu? How can i activate Lightmaps then?

I have a eGeForce MX4000 video card, this video card doesn't support lightmaps or what's happening?

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 4:58 am

If your gfx card doesn't support the required OpenGL features, you cannot use lightmaps.

spud · Post by **spud** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 11:29 am

Does anyone know if D2X-XL works with the shareware d2 datafiles? Having a freely distributable D2X-XL distribution would bring the game to a larger audience. Tracking down the orignal game files can be a bit of a challenge.

spud

Lehm · Post by **Lehm** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 11:45 am

Pumo wrote:Don't know if it's a bug, so i put this post here on questions.

Why i can't see the Use Light Maps checkbox on the Render Options menu? How can i activate Lightmaps then?

I have a eGeForce MX4000 video card, this video card doesn't support lightmaps or what's happening?

Due to the number of passes that needed to be rendered. I believe it was 4 at the time. It made more sense to implement lightmapping as a pixel shader which Geforce 2's do not support. If I could have found a way to multitexture it in it would not have been a problem.

flyhard · Post by **flyhard** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 12:52 pm

so diedel, since there is code for deadzone via d2x.ini, is there a code for each axis? You still havent answered my question. Ive tried everything I could think of.

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 2:11 pm

flyhard,

There is no switch (yet) for each joystick axis.

spud,

D2X-XL does not work with the shareware data. I will eventually get it somewhere and try to fix that.

Silencer · Post by **Silencer** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 8:52 pm

I've taken all my D1 folder contents and put them into the D2 folder where D2X-XL resides. These D1 files include the 100 or so \"Levels of the World\" included in the Descent 1 & 2: The Definitive Collection. I have been playing the D1 campaign and everything works fine, but I can't figure out for the life of me how to start one of the LOTW levels.

Aus-RED-5 · Post by **Aus-RED-5** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 12:40 am

LOTW/ multiplayer lvls = missions folder?

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 5:06 am

D2X-XL only looks for mission files (levels) in the missions folder and any subfolders it has. You can create a folder missions/LOTW and put the levels there. D2X-XL's level browser allows you browse subdirectories of the missions folder, too.

Silencer · Post by **Silencer** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 4:54 pm

Thanks, everything works now. One more question. I like to use keys for pitch and yaw. Is there a switch to adjust the sensitivity of these keys, or the degree of turn one stroke makes? I looked in the switches section of the website but didn't see one.

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 5:08 pm

Try keyboard ramping.

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 1:06 pm

Moved:

bear wrote:I have been playing through the Descent1 missions
with D2X-xl v. 1.5.127 and in one of the levels
(level 26) some textures will flicker,turn black
or disappear. (This has only happened to me with
level 26, no other levels.)
My graphics card is a fx5700 and I am using the
v81.98 forceware drivers. Are there any graphics
settings I can use to eliminate this?

P4 2.8, 1gb ddr ram, fx5700 video,
WinXP sp2, Directx9.0c

bear · Post by **bear** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 9:07 am

Diedel wrote:Moved:

bear wrote:I have been playing through the Descent1 missions
with D2X-xl v. 1.5.127 and in one of the levels
(level 26) some textures will flicker,turn black
or disappear. (This has only happened to me with
level 26, no other levels.)
My graphics card is a fx5700 and I am using the
v81.98 forceware drivers. Are there any graphics
settings I can use to eliminate this?

P4 2.8, 1gb ddr ram, fx5700 video,
WinXP sp2, Directx9.0c

Forget it

Aus-RED-5 · Post by **Aus-RED-5** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:34 am

D2X-XL v1.5.142
I'm lost with this UDP/IP Tracker stuff.

I want to host a game through the tracker option, but when I select \"Start a UDP/IP Netgame via Tracker\".
I end up with a \"No trackers are available\". Ummm no kidding... I haven't even started one, let alone even looking for one!

Even if I was looking for one. I end up with the same message box.

Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 9:08 am

D2X-XL looks for available trackers when you select that type of mp game mode. And if it doesn't find any, it tells you so and doesn't start that connection type.

Suncho · Post by **Suncho** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 7:39 am

Does D2X-XL differentiate between missions using the mission name listed in the msn file or the name *OF* the msn file?

Basically, I have some MSN files that have the same name, but different mission names listed inside. If I put these in separate subdirectories of the missions folder, should they load properly as separate missions?

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:36 am

Seriously, I don't know.

RoBoT · Post by **RoBoT** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 4:53 pm

Every time I try to go online, I get an error telling me my version of Descent 2 doesn't match the one hosting the netgame. Is anyone else getting this?

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 7:33 pm

Does it tell you the Descent 2 version doesn't match, or the level version doesn't match?

Suncho · Post by **Suncho** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 9:00 am

What is a Multicast UDP/IP netgame and how does it differ from a normal UDP/IP netgame?

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 5:26 pm

Afaik multicast is a network mode where requests and replies are broadcasted through the entire network w/o naming any specific receiver. All network clients need to check such data whether it is determined for them. This is only suitable for LANs and a very convenient communcations method there as you do not need to keep track of those clients' IP addresses that actually connect to your application. I haven't checked whether this option works though.

Valin Halcyon · Post by **Valin Halcyon** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 8:46 am

Using a GeForce2 Ultra, I tried the lightmaps option once, and all it did was make the level go really ugly with lots of white textures all over the level. What exactly was it supposed to do? 0_o

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 8:58 am

Blend transparent colored textures over the areas close to lights (supposedly) having some color.

flyhard · Post by **flyhard** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 2:28 pm

What causes d2 textures/objects to go fuzzy (out of focus)when turning the ship? It's also happening at very slow turning speed, and is more intense with horizontal movement. Its very noticable and i've tried 3 lcd monitors and upgraded to ati x850pro.
I've tried omega and ati drivers, nothing seems to affect this.

When using a regular crt monitor, I see \"object motion blur\", like traces when firing, focus is excellent but i get traces...so i dont think its the lcd monitor. hell i dont know what it is. oof!! Does anyone else have these problems?

help plz, thx

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 2:54 pm

I cannot observe this, but if you are using LCD monitors you will very likely experience blur in fast scene changes, unless you have a very fast switching TFT.

flyhard · Post by **flyhard** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 3:08 pm

Well i've tried viewsonic 3ms response, and now im on samsung 8ms, but the samsung seems tad better. If you want a better picture of this, use smart shader in the ati tray tools set it to \"extreme blur\", if you stay still without turning the ship, that is the same effect as me turning without smart shader. Problem happens at very very slow turning speeds. Can you recomend a 17\" lcd if this is the case?

thx

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 3:31 pm

Oops. Your TFT should be fast enough. As I said never observed this problem on a CRT (Sony Trinitron and two different Eizos).

A remote possibility would be that it's not your monitors, but your eyes. I had such effects when I was extremely exhausted and a little sick, up to the level of seeing only a big white blurry spot where the monitor image was.

flyhard · Post by **flyhard** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 4:09 pm

no, my wife sees it too, its very noticable staying still and turning slow. it doesnt make sense.

p4 2.4
directx 9.0c
p4p800 mb , newest bi

$25 to the one who can fix this. Im serious.

thx

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 4:36 pm

Did you happen to play around with the ATI smart shaders? You could try to uninstall and reinstall your gfx drivers.

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