What OperatingSystem do you use to play Descent3?

Do_Checkor · Post by **Do_Checkor** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 11:43 am

Or even: What would you use if it would work...

Please don't vote if you are not interested in playing anymore...

ixion · Post by **ixion** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 1:55 pm

gained over 200 fps by switching to Descent in Linux.. never looked back at Windows since..

Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 2:54 pm

XP, because it's what I have. I wouldn't mind learning Linux someday, though.

(Not trying to be subtle with this poll, are you?

)

ixion · Post by **ixion** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 3:13 pm

Top Gun, what's holding you back from learning Linux? I've got some extra HDDs, how bout I ship you one (they're old, but I think they work) so you can setup a second HDD and dual-boot with Linux? That's how I started, and after I noticed the insane improvements I never went back..

Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 3:23 pm

Besides the fact that every single program/game I use is for Windows, I just really don't have any need for it at this time. Plus, I'd rather learn the ins and outs of a PC before moving on to a different OS.

Pugwash · Post by **Pugwash** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 4:21 pm

4 mac votes so far. if this were to "save" d3 on the pc there would be 200 pc votes already. 110 views and 20 votes, no one is voting because they all use windows and cant be bothered. Im not sure what this thread is going to prove other than peeps here are too lazy to vote.

Do_Checkor · Post by **Do_Checkor** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 5:27 pm

Pugwash wrote:110 views and 20 votes, no one is voting because they all use windows and cant be bothered. Im not sure what this thread is going to prove other than peeps here are too lazy to vote.

LOL Voting is only one click and usually people like to vote. Whatever. The amount of views is because people are interested in watching the results. Thats all.

What this thread is going to prove?

I want to see how many "reasons" are here to keep the running system instead of changing to illegal / halfbaked.

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 5:36 pm

Top Gun, get VMWARE and install Linux in there and play with it.

iten · Post by **iten** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 6:04 pm

Until you've played with Linux, you have no idea how you can have fun breaking your computer.

Unix · Post by **Unix** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 7:13 pm

iten wrote:Until you've played with Linux, you have no idea how you can have fun breaking your computer.

Delkian · Post by **Delkian** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 7:47 pm

iten wrote:Until you've played with Linux, you have no idea how you can have fun breaking your computer.

Very true. With Windows you don't get that experience -- it breaks all by itself.

</os-war>

BUBBALOU · Post by **BUBBALOU** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 7:48 pm

I use XP on my main rig for D3 and all the new stuff!!!

Win98SE Legacy box, for the Old Crap like D1/D2 (3dfx) and D3 Hosting

until someone finally finishes D2X

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 9:39 pm

I used to play D3 on DOS 6.xx, but with the advent of the Start Button I was forced to upgrade to Windows XP Home Edition and forfeit 300fps. I was disappointed at first... but the Start Button...

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 2:45 pm

XP Pro

Stryker · Post by **Stryker** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 6:59 pm

XP Pro x2.

I don't see why so many people down XP, it hasn't given me ANYTHING to complain about since I installed it (which was pretty danged easy).

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 7:57 pm

JMEaT wrote:I used to play D3 on DOS 6.xx, but with the advent of the Start Button I was forced to upgrade to Windows XP Home Edition and forfeit 300fps. I was disappointed at first... but the Start Button...

I'd love to hear how you got D3 to run in DOS.

MrMacMan · Post by **MrMacMan** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 10:04 pm

I plaied it on mac for some time.

It was... Well, I'm gonna get flamed for saying anything negative.

Its a great game just didn't play well on my computer.

*Javed* · Post by ***Javed*** » Wed Nov 24, 2004 12:56 am

I used a Mac for a long time for D3. On XP now =)

Peter · Post by **Peter** » Wed Nov 24, 2004 2:05 am

Pffft...

Common you guys... Never give up!

STRESSTEST · Post by **STRESSTEST** » Wed Nov 24, 2004 2:46 am

*Javed* wrote:I used a Mac for a long time for D3. On XP now =)

you should come play the "1.5 patch........" servers then

Xamindar · Post by **Xamindar** » Wed Nov 24, 2004 1:54 pm

I mostly play D3 in Linux. The way the ship moves in Linux is a little different than in windows and I must have gotten used to it therefore I prefer it. So I voted Linux. I do have Win XP installed with D3 on it but I only boot it when I want to play the levels that Linux players are excluded from (and that is a lot of them).

Top Gun wrote:Besides the fact that every single program/game I use is for Windows, I just really don't have any need for it at this time. Plus, I'd rather learn the ins and outs of a PC before moving on to a different OS.

You would be suprized at how many linux copies/equivalants there are for your windows programs. Linux would also force you to learn the ins and outs of your PC, trust me.

Stryker wrote:XP Pro x2.

I don't see why so many people down XP, it hasn't given me ANYTHING to complain about since I installed it (which was pretty danged easy).

Explorer always crashes on me if I click the "wrong" thing or do too many things at once. Annoys me enouph not to want to use it. Possibly SP2s fault? Who knows.

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Wed Nov 24, 2004 2:09 pm

Xamindar wrote:Explorer always crashes on me if I click the "wrong" thing or do too many things at once. Annoys me enouph not to want to use it. Possibly SP2s fault? Who knows.

OT: Had the same problem after SP2. Cleaning the registry w/ RegSeeker eased it quite some, reinstalling XP w/ a streamlined SP2 got rid of it.

iten · Post by **iten** » Wed Nov 24, 2004 6:03 pm

Xamindar wrote:I mostly play D3 in Linux. The way the ship moves in Linux is a little different than in windows and I must have gotten used to it therefore I prefer it.

Really? I never noticed that, how so?

Xamindar · Post by **Xamindar** » Wed Nov 24, 2004 7:45 pm

iten wrote:Really? I never noticed that, how so?

Well, it is very slight, and hard to explain. In Linux the ship turns a bit more snappy. Like you hardly move the stick and the ship turns fast. This used to really annoy me when I first started playing it under Linux but I must have gotten used to it because now it annoys me to play under windows. In windows it seems to have more of a gradual rate of turn, move the stick a little, turn a little, move the stick all the way, turn as fast as is possible. Again, it is very slight, but noticable.

SSX-Thunderbird · Post by **SSX-Thunderbird** » Wed Nov 24, 2004 8:19 pm

Perhaps it's a different keyboard ramping setting (assuming keyboard use)?

I use Linux myself.

Xamindar · Post by **Xamindar** » Wed Nov 24, 2004 8:57 pm

No, not the keyboard. I was talking about the joystick.

But I do know what you are talking about with the keyboard thing. When you hold the "forward" button down the ship stutters forward and moves slow, then fast, then slow, then fast and so on. I don't seem to be having that problem now thank goodness.

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Thu Nov 25, 2004 10:12 am

CDN_Merlin wrote:I'd love to hear how you got D3 to run in DOS.

I actually had to overclock my CMOS but it was running within spec, so no biggie.

SkyNet · Post by **SkyNet** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 12:24 am

I put in a vote for Linux as well.

BAAL · Post by **BAAL** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 10:59 am

Didja have to add another mobo battery to achieve that OC Jmeat?

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 2:54 pm

Yeah it was a messy solder job, but I really didn't need all those extra PCI slots anyway.

Clayman · Post by **Clayman** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 9:01 pm

Clayman · Post by **Clayman** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 9:03 pm

XP.

Edit: Hmm, the last two times I've needed to delete a post the box for doing so has disappeared. Please delete this post.

Sapphire Wolf · Post by **Sapphire Wolf** » Fri Nov 26, 2004 9:28 pm

I choose XP!

Tyranny · Post by **Tyranny** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 5:55 am

Played it in Win98SE, WinME, Win2K Pro, and now WinXP Pro. I got a significant performance boost switching from Win98 & FAT32 to Win2K & NTFS. Also noticed a slight performance increase from Win2k to WinXP. This held true for all of my games.

So, it's easy to say I prefer it on WinXP.

Fusion · Post by **Fusion** » Sun Nov 28, 2004 8:45 pm

D1-3 Mac OS 8.0-9.2.2, until just recently. Now in XP Pro.

Fus

Inari · Post by **Inari** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 12:33 am

Awesome. I'm in the smallest group that still uses Win '98.

Vertigo · Post by **Vertigo** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 6:40 am

I'm in an even smaller group.

I use Win2k3

thwart · Post by **thwart** » Fri Dec 03, 2004 6:01 pm

I use Linux also. Why because...well....it's better. It reminds me of something else I support. Libertarians. I keep hearing the same old mindset from people. I know it would be better if I used/supported Linux/Libertarians but I don't because it is not popular.

Whatever happend to that pioneer spirit?

I got my wife to switch to Linux for something a simple as a better solitaire game

Richard Cranium · Post by **Richard Cranium** » Fri Dec 03, 2004 11:37 pm

Vert, me too.

Vertigo wrote:I'm in an even smaller group.

I use Win2k3

Darktalyn1 · Post by **Darktalyn1** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 2:22 pm

I remember my fps dropped considerably when I switched from Win98 SE to WinXP Pro.

On Win 98 I used to get 250-500 fps, on XP it went down to about 150-250

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