Do you have a video card with Pixel Shader support? I think that cards without pixel shaders can't render the Hi-res texture packs. However, if you put hi-res textures in POG files (not in Textures directory) specifically for each level, it works even without pixel shader supports (I've used some ...

I've downloaded the hi-res textures from the Descent Relived site, and made the changes to my .ini file - however, they don't seem to load up...I've put the full unzipped file in the data folder of my d2x-xl install. Is there anything I'm doing wrong? I'm currently using the Mac OS X version, 1.9 ...

Well, here I am again. I'm right now in Level 12, and I seem to be running into an annoying problem - whenever I shoot one of the control panels in the room with the blue key, the game crashes. Sometimes I get an \"invalid polygon count\" error message, or it just unexpectedly quits. I've tried ...

The reason you can't switch from the Gauss to the Vulcan is because you probably have Smart Weapon Switch enabled in Gameplay Options. Turn it off, and you'll be able to switch between them fine. (It's there because there's no real reason to prefer the vulcan over the gauss if you have both, since ...

Sorry to report this but I think I have another bug... The game seems to crash when I exit Level 4 in D2. Can you reproduce this, simX? I'll try to use a fresh copy to see if a reinstall works. EDIT: Sorry, this it's Level 5, not 4. Furthermore, there's this odd thing where I can't seem to switch ...

Thanks for the help, everyone - it turns out that once I took my d2x.ini file out of my Data folder and into the root level of my D2X folder, the textures worked! Go figure.

I still can't get the custom menu screen, but it's no big problem to me.

I've been playing through the game with the latest OS X build and it works fabulously - once again, thanks for fixing the saved game bug! I don't think this is a bug, but I've tried using the hi-res textures linked on the d2x downloads section on the front page, and they don't seem to work - I have ...

Thanks, guys. If I wasn't a starving student I'd be glad to throw you guys some money. It's a pity that I am.

In the meantime, does simX still have older builds of the OS X versions around? I remember the 1.5.147 build worked very well for me.

If I remember correctly, this is caused by the new way that textures are rendered in a relatively recent version, and thus has made any past saved games incompatible. You can sort of salvage your saved games, though, but you have to beat the level in its weird black walls state, and then loading ...

I just want to start off by saying that I thank Diedel and simX for all of their work. Anyway, I've been using the 1.6.130 build and whenever I try to load a saved game in Descent 2 I get the black transparent walls bug mentioned here earlier. Is there something I could change in the .ini file or in ...