Unable to play
Unable to play
Hi All
Have been away for a few years and now want to play on line again, but PXO has gone!!!!
Have downloaded gamespy and managed to play a couple of games there but most of the time i get \"no response from server\" and also get the same from the \" D3 cx\" launcher.
I have avast on my systen to protect it and have switched it off so my system works as a server but still no play.
Things were much better when you could see the games once inside D3 and not need to reload it every time just to be kicked back.
Please help me
Have been away for a few years and now want to play on line again, but PXO has gone!!!!
Have downloaded gamespy and managed to play a couple of games there but most of the time i get \"no response from server\" and also get the same from the \" D3 cx\" launcher.
I have avast on my systen to protect it and have switched it off so my system works as a server but still no play.
Things were much better when you could see the games once inside D3 and not need to reload it every time just to be kicked back.
Please help me
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Personally, I use vortex. It has a level download feature and is stable.
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Personally, I use vortex. It has a level download feature and is stable.
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But Vortex sucks because it's not a full-blown IRC client!!!! Therefore you shouldn't use it at all even for game browsing. Far better to use the d3.descent.cx website (which doesn't have chat, level download, and only has a basic server info feature), or kquery, which is buggy and wierd, and also does NOT feature level download, or chat.
And it also sucks that Vortex features chat integration features like level join and return announcements and launch-links.
/sarcasm
But Vortex sucks because it's not a full-blown IRC client!!!! Therefore you shouldn't use it at all even for game browsing. Far better to use the d3.descent.cx website (which doesn't have chat, level download, and only has a basic server info feature), or kquery, which is buggy and wierd, and also does NOT feature level download, or chat.
And it also sucks that Vortex features chat integration features like level join and return announcements and launch-links.
/sarcasm
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ditto...
It's hard to believe that certain idiots out there are telling people to use d3.descent.cx & MIRC instead, because vortex \"sucks\". But they are.
Multiple Choice-
Q: \"Hi, I'm (new to d3)/(coming back after a long absence), and I don't know how to join games. How do I join games and chat?\"
1) You simply download an .EXE file from a website game listing and it will launch d3 for you!! As for chat you are a n00b unless you use MIRC. And it had better be the correct script, or you're a lamer. Oh, and before trying to join a game, you'd better check your missions folder manually, and if you don't have the level, download it from Planetdescent (if it's there, that is), or the game won't launch, and worse, it won't just say \"level not available\", nooooo, it'll give you some incomprehensible error so you won't even know what's wrong.
2) Use a program called Kquery. As for chat you are a n00b unless you use MIRC. And it had better be the correct script, or you're a lamer. Oh, and before trying to join a game, you'd better check your missions folder manually, and if you don't have the level, download it from Planetdescent (if it's there, that is), or the game won't launch, and worse, it won't just say \"level not available\", nooooo, it'll give you some incomprehensible error so you won't even know what's wrong.
3) Use Vortex and avoid all of the above hassles (except the elitist idiots calling you a \"noob\" or \"lamer\" for not using their preferred chat client)
(hint: the correct answer is \"3\")
It's hard to believe that certain idiots out there are telling people to use d3.descent.cx & MIRC instead, because vortex \"sucks\". But they are.
Multiple Choice-
Q: \"Hi, I'm (new to d3)/(coming back after a long absence), and I don't know how to join games. How do I join games and chat?\"
1) You simply download an .EXE file from a website game listing and it will launch d3 for you!! As for chat you are a n00b unless you use MIRC. And it had better be the correct script, or you're a lamer. Oh, and before trying to join a game, you'd better check your missions folder manually, and if you don't have the level, download it from Planetdescent (if it's there, that is), or the game won't launch, and worse, it won't just say \"level not available\", nooooo, it'll give you some incomprehensible error so you won't even know what's wrong.
2) Use a program called Kquery. As for chat you are a n00b unless you use MIRC. And it had better be the correct script, or you're a lamer. Oh, and before trying to join a game, you'd better check your missions folder manually, and if you don't have the level, download it from Planetdescent (if it's there, that is), or the game won't launch, and worse, it won't just say \"level not available\", nooooo, it'll give you some incomprehensible error so you won't even know what's wrong.
3) Use Vortex and avoid all of the above hassles (except the elitist idiots calling you a \"noob\" or \"lamer\" for not using their preferred chat client)
(hint: the correct answer is \"3\")
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I too use MIRC (with the invision script) for chat. Can't argue with your choice there I've never seen either of you hassle anyone for their choice of chat client, so you're not elitist idiots.punisher wrote:I use mIRC with the Invision script and the DescentCX browser (which, by the way does have a convenient link to download levels). I won't give up mIRC because it has functionality that Vortex lacks and an interface that I like. I must be an elitist idiot.
I submit to you that for someone who doesn't know all the ins and outs, Vortex is far superior to d3.descent.cx as a D3 game browser, and it's also much better than kquery IMO. Given that it is an effective, useful, and above all FUNCTIONAL "all-in-one" solution for people who are just looking to talk about or play Descent 3, you should be recommending it, IMO.
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I use them all
mIrc by default with Kquery
once every a month I will launch Vortex to clear out all the online garbage from playing multiplayer in my D3 / D3_15 net/audio/graphics folders
mIrc by default with Kquery
once every a month I will launch Vortex to clear out all the online garbage from playing multiplayer in my D3 / D3_15 net/audio/graphics folders
I seem to have a better workout dodging your stupidity than attempting to grasp the weight of your intelligence.