FreespaceDeveloper(s)Publisher(s)Year introducedGenre(s)Descent is a series of shooters known for its full freedom of movement in all three dimensions. The source code for the first two games in the series has been freely available since the late 1990s.Descent 4 has been in and out of development several times in the decade since the release of Descent 3. Since 2009, Interplay is considering bringing the series back, due to announcements that they would focus on exploiting some of their existing intellectual property, including Descent. Two projects started on Kickstarter, both involving staff from the original series, and both games will be released in 2018 ( and ).
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Play Descent II with D2X-RebirthDescent 2 is, like it's quite playable with DOSBox. But again, the resolution is very low. There's also a source port available for Descent II and it's called D2X-Rebirth! All information can be found on the project page:. You can play the game on Linux, MacOSX and Windows. In this guide we focus on Windows.So, in short, what do you need to play Descent II on Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Vista or XP in any resolution? Installation of D2X-Rebirth.
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and open D2X-Rebirth program files in zip file. Copy the contents of that zip file to a folder of choice, for example f:Games, after which the D2X files are in:. Version 0.58 or earlier: f:Gamesd2x-rebirthv0.xx.x-win (see image). Version 0.60 (beta) or later: f:GamesD2X-Rebirth. Create a folder called data in the D2X-Rebirth folder (where also the missions folder is). Get the Descent 2 game data files:. Download the (PC interactive demo) or.
Do you have the original CD-Rom? You'll find the game files - except the Movies (.mvl) - archived in the file DESCENT2.SOW on the Descent2 CD-Rom in the D2DATA folder. This is an ARJ-archive and can be extracted with WinRAR or 7Zip or by installing the game on a 32 bit Windows or DOS system. If you want to install the original game on a 64 bit version of Windows, use DOSBox. Copy the following Descent II game data files to the data folder:. Registered version: ALIEN1.PIG, ALIEN2.PIG, DESCENT2.HAM, DESCENT2.HOG, DESCENT2.S11, DESCENT2.S22, FIRE.PIG, GROUPA.PIG, ICE.PIG, INTRO-H.MVL and/or INTRO-L.MVL, OTHER-H.MVL and/or OTHER-L.MVL, ROBOTS-H.MVL and/or ROBOTS-L.MVL, WATER.PIG.
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Demo version: D2DEMO.HAM, D2DEMO.HOG, D2DEMO.PIG. Read the README-D2X.txt file from the D2X-Rebirth zip file for additional information about mission packs, addons, multiplayer etc. Start and configure D2X-Rebirth. Start the game by double clicking the d2x-rebirth.exe file in the D2X-Rebirth folder, in this example:. Version 0.58 or earlier: f:gamesd2x-rebirthv0.xx.x-wind2x-rebirth.exe. Version 0.60 (beta) or later: f:GamesD2X-Rebirthd2x-rebirth.exe.
Select options in the main menu. Select Screen resolution., select the desired resolution, press the space bar and press escape to return to the options menu. Select Graphics options., set texture filtering to anisotropic, check these checkboxes: transparancy effects, colored dynamic light, vsync, 4x multisampling. Press escape twice to return to the main menu.Descent II: The Vertigo SeriesA year after the release of Descent II, an expansion pack with new missions and enemies was released: The Vertigo Series. You can play these missions too with the D2X-Rebirth engine!. You have D2X-Rebirth operational (see above). Copy the following Vertigo game files to the data folder: d2x-h.mvl and/or d2x-l.mvl, hoard.ham.
Copy the following Vertigo game files to the missions folder: d2x.hog, d2x.mn2When you start D2X-Rebirth, you can choose between the Counterstrike (original) and Vertigo missions. Youtube tutorialWanna see how to play Descent 2 on Windows 10?
Check out our Youtube vid.
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