D2X-XL Q&A

BUBBALOU · Post by **BUBBALOU** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 7:53 am

BGM=BackGround Music

Not that I noticed in game

Question : recently something was changed about the joysticks... I have to go in and Configure before It takes input even though the config was not really changed

Example - go in under F2 assign button 1 to the very same button 1 now joy works, until I do that D2x-XL will not take input

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 12:49 pm

That bug has been reported and fixed - or does it still occur in v1.6.67? If it does, please try to create a new player profile and use that one. If the problem still persists, please let me know.

Aus-RED-5 · Post by **Aus-RED-5** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 6:17 am

Ummmm....

Is this what my \"Improved: Animated smoke particles\" is ment to look like in D2x-xl?

I'm sorry but from the looks of it. Seems like the pyro need an oil change or a new engine!

It just doesn't look right.

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 6:33 am

Did you extract d2x-xl.hog from the zip file to the proper folder, too?

Aus-RED-5 · Post by **Aus-RED-5** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 3:31 am

Yes.
I've extracted all files into my main D2x folder.

Unlike some. I don't feel the need to creat new folder and place different files in different folders. Everything is how it should be.

Those are my settings.
I did have everything turn all the way up. But it didn't help. Turning it down made it easier to see that the smoke particles are mine.
But as you have seen. They look nothing like your screenshot.

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 5:05 am

Aus-RED-5 wrote:I don't feel the need to creat new folder and place different files in different folders. Everything is how it should be.

If the stuff is not split into the proper folders, imho it is not.

I recommend organizing the data properly.

I cannot tell why this looks so whacked for you, but maybe it has the same reason as the other texture corruptions.

Aus-RED-5 · Post by **Aus-RED-5** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 5:17 am

Diedel wrote:
Aus-RED-5 wrote:I don't feel the need to creat new folder and place different files in different folders. Everything is how it should be.
If the stuff is not split into the proper folders, imho it is not. I recommend organizing the data properly.

I cannot tell why this looks so whacked for you, but maybe it has the same reason as the other texture corruptions.

What?
How is it that I need to move files around?

Does the d2x-xl.hog file need to be in another folder?

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 5:34 am

Actually not. You can keep everything in the main Descent 2 folder, or use only some of the subfolders. If you however use a subfolder (lets e.g. say for the savegames), then D2X-XL will look for the related data only there and not in the main D2 folder anymore.

In other words: If you are e.g. using the data folder, and have accidentally put the latest d2x-xl.hog in the D2 main folder and not the data folder, D2X-XL will only find the older version as it will not look in the main D2 folder if the data subfolder is present.

Personally, I recommend using all the subfolders because it makes tracking particular files much easier for the user. It's better to have 5 folders with 20 files each than 1 folder with 100 files, imho.

Anyway, I don't know why this problem occurs for you.

Btw, v1.6.77 available now.

Inimitable · Post by **Inimitable** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 3:52 pm

Where does one place hi-res textures (ie, the ones created by dizzyrox)? I've tried a variety of folders to no noticable success.

Weyrman · Post by **Weyrman** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 1:49 am

the hi-res textures need to go in a folder called textures.

eg c:\\games\\descent2\\textures

this is the only place that d2x-xl looks.

You also need to have

Options > Render Options > Advanced Render Options > Render Quality set to Very High or Highest for the best results.

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 2:19 am

You also need to enable hires texture usage by placing '-hires_textures 1' in your d2x.ini file.

Weyrman · Post by **Weyrman** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 5:24 am

So Embarressed! If I'm going to try and give help I must get it right!!

Sirius · Post by **Sirius** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 7:56 pm

Obviously you've pushed up the cube cap... what is it now?

I was probably going to ask for the same thing myself for slightly *cough* different reasons, but wasn't sure exactly how much I'd need, thus I elected to wait a bit. But if it can handle 4500 or so, it's probably large enough for my level.

Aus-RED-5 · Post by **Aus-RED-5** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 9:04 pm

Sirius wrote:Obviously you've pushed up the cube cap... what is it now?

I was probably going to ask for the same thing myself for slightly *cough* different reasons, but wasn't sure exactly how much I'd need, thus I elected to wait a bit. But if it can handle 4500 or so, it's probably large enough for my level.

The cap is 5000 cubes now.

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 3:25 am

Plus 2047 walls and 255 triggers.

One hint if you want to use invisible walls to block access to certain level areas, or want to avoid powerups spawn in certain (probably inaccessible locations) in multiplayer matches: Use the cube type 'blocked' instead of walls, that saves walls and makes editing the level much easier.

I use this cube type e.g. in speed boost areas with uneven walls, filling the recessed tunnel parts with blocked cubes to avoid having the player ship getting stuck there. See e.g. the big transparent tube in my level Glass House.

Chaos Death Saurer · Post by **Chaos Death Saurer** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 9:13 am

Is it possible for D2X-XL to support more than 4 music files?

[Bug report deleted - post bug reports in the SourceForge.net D2X-XL project area - Diedel]

Weyrman · Post by **Weyrman** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 7:10 am

Another multiplayer question

I have played a few games online with Aus-Red5.

This means that I can see the tracker and join games shown.

BUT

When I start a game, the system finds the trackers and I can get into the game, but no-one else can see it! Even if I start another instance of the game, I cannot see my other game unless I give it the ip address and not use tracker.

I have tried it with my firewall, zonealarm, switched off. I have forwarded the ports 28340 to 28344 on the modem to the router and on the router to my computer. The modem is a dlink DSL-302G and the router is a Belkin F5D7230-4

Anyone have any ideas??

Regrds Weyrman

Aus-RED-5 · Post by **Aus-RED-5** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 7:31 am

zif had same prob.

He turned off zone and firewall.

He was able to host after he forward the default port 28342 TCP and UDP.

Make sure you SAVE your settings in the modem/router.

BTW... hate to say this, but I \"had\" that crap modem and it gave me hell for the longest time when it came to forwarding ports.

I got me a new D-Link G604T and port forwarding was ever so good!

Oh and one more thing....

Have you updated the firmware on that thing?

Weyrman · Post by **Weyrman** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 6:35 am

Hey Aus,

About the modem, I am getting a Netgear DG834T adsl2+ wireless router modem for father's day, so here is hoping that it solves my problems as your upgrade did.
As far as firmware is concerned, if it can, I will, so yes I do have the latest.

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 8:19 am

Chaos Death Saurer wrote:Is it possible for D2X-XL to support more than 4 music files?

You may want to make a feature request on SF.net out of this.

Sirius · Post by **Sirius** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 1:41 pm

Weyrman - it quite possibly won't, Netgear routers often struggle with peer-to-peer UDP communications. But it's worth a try.

Weyrman · Post by **Weyrman** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 1:57 pm

ok what would you recommend? I can't afford to do this twice

Testiculese · Post by **Testiculese** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 2:30 pm

Netgear works best in the trashcan

Aus-RED-5 · Post by **Aus-RED-5** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 2:22 am

Testiculese wrote:Netgear works best in the trashcan

Please be abit more helpful even if it does belong in a trashcan.

Testiculese, what would you recommend for a router?

I would say get a D-Link T604G if you can. They are soooooo easy to use its not even funny! Plus they should be much cheaper by now.

But thats me. Thats what I got and haven't regret it one bit.

Sirius · Post by **Sirius** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 3:19 am

I can't speak from experience about ADSL2+ routers because they don't have ADSL2 in this country.

simX · Post by **simX** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 3:24 am

We've usually had Xsense routers in our house, and from what I can remember, they didn't cause any problems with regards to netplay. (Now we don't use Xsense routers since our AirPort wireless Base Station handles everything.)

Aus-RED-5 · Post by **Aus-RED-5** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 4:18 am

Sirius wrote:I can't speak from experience about ADSL2+ routers because they don't have ADSL2 in this country.

The D-Link T604G is ADSL2+ ready but it also handles basic ADSL, DSL or whatever.

I myself do not have ADSL2+ "yet", but this router isn't bad for TCP and UDP connections.

The DSL-302G I used to have was crap with forwarding ports. Drove me crazy!
I gave up on using Kali and D2X-W32 when it came to playing netgames.

But since the T604G. It solved all my probs because of its easy to use port forwarding. Hell the router has a profile for Kali set in it already. All I had to do was enable it!

Then I made a profile for D2X using TCP/UDP by forwarding the default port 28342.
Works great with no probs!

Weyrman · Post by **Weyrman** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 6:05 am

Well, its done! I bought a dsl-g604t on ebay today for $99, I should have it by the weekend (I hope!)

Aus-RED-5 · Post by **Aus-RED-5** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 6:13 am

Weyrman wrote:Well, its done! I bought a dsl-g604t on ebay today for $99, I should have it by the weekend (I hope!)

Nice work mate!

Weyrman · Post by **Weyrman** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 7:08 am

Diedel,

What is a .frag file and where should it live in a multi folder scenario?

Also, what about the SDL .dll files?

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Sat Sep 02, 2006 11:01 am

.frag and .vert files are shader program source files and only needed for debugging. You don't need them for the release executable.

The SDL dlls have to reside in the Descent 2 main folder, like d2x-xl.exe.

Weyrman · Post by **Weyrman** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 8:47 pm

Diedel,

Will d2x-xl support a pc usb gamepad device?

I'm looking at ratting one to make a throttle with the pov hat under my thumb for slide controls.

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 2:33 am

I am already using a Saitek Gamepad with D2X-XL. D2X-XL believes it's a joystick, but you have all buttons and controls of the device available w/o restrictions.

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 3:09 am

can I have a link that explains what to do with this thing for Linux? I'm new at this linux stuff.. and that rar file doesn't exactly look like much Descent. I gather I need to do something like jump rope?

any help would be appreceated.. and a dictionary.

Aus-RED-5 · Post by **Aus-RED-5** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 3:56 am

http://www.descent2.de/d2x-install.html

Did you read that page on the Descent2.de site?

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 4:03 am

no.. too many different things too look at. Never found that one. getting late too. really tired.

thanks! Will do. Figured i missed something.

Aus-RED-5 · Post by **Aus-RED-5** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 4:06 am

Thats ok.

If you still have any problems.

Feel free to ask.

Oh and good luck!

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 8:10 am

Duper,

to install on Linux, you need to download the d2x-xl, sdl and sdl_mixer rar archives, extract some to your HD, and compile them all. For d2x-xl, you have to install autoconf and automake.

For sdl and sdl_mixer run './configure; make; make install' (will need superuser privileges for install)

For d2x-xl 'run sh autogen.sh; ./configure; make'

For installing timidity for midi support see the web page.

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 3:13 pm

I saw that. I got the files and I'll take a go at it a bit later. too much going on here. right now. thanks. ^_^

Ok.. couple of questions:

What is

...an apppropriate location.

I created a new folder in my personal folder for Descent and copied over the whole guacamoli.

..cd to the src folder created during that process.

what is \"cd\".

so.. just dump all the SDL stuff into the D2 folder?

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 3:38 pm

Whenever you chose. It's your time and your machine.