Diedel wrote:... improved auto-d/l stability ...

1.4.19 did the trick in one direction, and turning off XP firewall (:oops:) fixed the other.

Now, to go get a video card that can handle the lightmap enhancements ...

Just noticed that the help commandline switches (-?, -h, -help) don't ...

Go kiss your good wife, and get some sleep ... the diseased pacmen will still be there in the morning ...

Diedel wrote:pacman smileys who had their scalp shot away

Zaktly!

The game host was at the "Select up to 8 players, Press Enter to begin" screen when the "join" client would error out. I'm at a loss on the rendering glitch - it is completely reproducible here, and I don't have any rendering option referring to "lightmaps" (just downloaded 1.4.18 again; created a ...

LAN neighbors have all left for the day, and only one of my boxes has Windo$e (just for d2x!), so will test file transfers tomorrow. BTW, it was erroring out instantly, with no visible delay. The LAN is switched fast-ethernet, and the PC's are XP Pro. Did notice a change or two from 1.4.17 to 1.4.18 ...

Yes, maybe I pruned out too much redundancy in my wording, but _both_ machines are using d2x-w32 1.4.17 _and_ have the option enabled.

Haven't been able to get "Enable Auto Download" to work. Using two d2x-w32 1.4.17 clients with this option enabled. When either hosts a game using either udp/ip or tracker with a level that the other client doesn't have, the "join" client always gets the box: "The mission for that netgame is not ...

fliptw, no confusion here. Compare Nvidia's driver page: http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html with ATI's: https://support.ati.com/ics/support/KBAnswer.asp?questionID=23 Nvidia provides binary-only drivers. ATI also provides binary-only drivers, and further "supportive" information on "the open ...

Don't have even a recent generation of either vendors card on my FreeBSD desktops, but ATI seems to be more supportive of the open source driver effort than Nvidia (binary-only "support"). If D2X extensions would support it, I'd gladly buy a new Radeon and install an XP boot-partition just to play D!

The current 1.4.15 now works with multiple private trackers - thanks! Some of my feedback yesterday was incorrect (brain dead after cruising on only 2 hours sleep) - the local tracker wasn't showing up in my packet filter state table because I wasn't tracking state on local services (duh). You might ...

I trust your super-sonic coding will find and fix it in no time - as anxious as I am to get both local and remote frag fests up with old buddies, have an appointment tonight and a friend to visit in the hospital first, so need to bail - catch you tomorrow ...

Progress! Now have a session with tracker2 (when client joins multiplayer tracker), but nothing up with tracker1 ...

I can visualize how multiple trackers would work on join, but how is start implemented?

default server port 9424

"-internal_tracker 0" does turn off session w/german server, but still don't have session established with two private trackers ...

OK, it now starts up properly (shows 1.4.15 although different from the one earlier today, btw), but still only opens a UDP session w/vex-server.de and not with either my local LAN tracker, or inet tracker ...

Well, -num_trackers made a difference ... now d2x-w32 just hangs w/100% cpu utilization and doesn't open a window (or go fullscreen if so optioned) ... any ideas?

D1 teasers/trailers before D1 demo was released

older than all of the above, so we'll just say "old enough to know better, but young enough to still try" ...

Yes, using d2xtracker.pl from 1.4.14 source .zip ...

Sent you a P.M. with IP address of test server.

Diedel, trying to get d2x-w32 talking to a couple of trackers I put up on the net with no success. Have the following in client d2x.ini (among other settings which _do_ take effect): -tracker_num 2 -tracker1 192.168.1.1:28342 -tracker2 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:28342 The first and local server is up and has ...

D3 automap is _unusable_! They should have just stuck w/wire frame.

Blew the dust off 9 year old player files with Demigod status and helped a buddy get d2x-w32 running so we could dive back into the mines we knew so well a decade ago ... Descent 1 Level 10 was an old favorite, so it was the first pick for multi-player LAN action we'd had in years - but it didn't ...

Here's another one: Speed! You are violating the implied understanding of "Old Skool" - this is seriously heady stuff for us ol' D1/D2 geezers - more eyecandy than is legal, what with all the D3 textures, colorized transparent walls, camera views - my pacemaker needs a new battery! No LAN buddies ...

Enhancement request: As a vulcan/gauss junkie, Zoom is a great new feature! However, with it hard-coded to the "right-shift" key, it is too far from my custom keyboard layout to be used except as a sniper in a secure perch. If it could be added to the "Customize Keyboard" dialog box (most entuitive ...

320x200 - are you seriously using that screen res? ;) nope - but it does remind me of the 486/33 8MB machine it was first played on (without the lag, of course) :D No prob playing songs here. Did you try to increase midi volume sound? my bad - had turned midi sound off, but could still hear movies ...

BAM! Don't know how you do it, but you're sure fast! 1.4.12 looks and feels great on a rather modest machine (even with a bloated OS). Following nits don't interfere with any of the joy of old-skool gaming for me, but noticed: 1) credits page = disco strobe blink (my machine?) 2) screen resolution ...

Diedel, movement damping is restored with 1.4.11 - thanks! Unfortunately, it looks like something broke with walls and doors. First noticed it when the guide bot was free at start of Vertigo level (also confirmed in regular D2 levels), but even D1 levels allow bots to come (and shoot!) right through ...

Well ... have created new players, and fiddled with in-game options and .ini settings all to no avail. Turned off all XP "Accessibility Options" (anybody have this icon as a startup splash screen?) - no diff. A directory listing (with file md5's) of functional minimal installation (including ...

Diedel, something broke/changed between 1.4.6 and 1.4.9 with keyboard control ... now, all keyboard axis controls act like cruise is on (which isn't btw) - a tap on left sets continuous left motion until countered with a tap on right = much harder to keep baddies in cross-hairs! Haven't figured out ...