Hey, old pros in this thread... I'm just getting my new Sidewinder 3D Pro configered. Had a few easy questions for anyone willing to help. 1 The slider rotator at the left base of the joystick: what does it do? Does not seem to have any effct on anything. But it does respond in the CPanel\\Game ...

Bubbalou,

Planetdescent.com\\editorials\\game music refers to a D3 \" expansion pack\" that helped the music.

Just wondered what the \"expansion pack\" is the writer meant and where do I get it?

TIA

...and the music enhancement pack for D3?

I read somewhere on PlanetDescent.com that players were disappointed in the music for D3 as compared to the music of D1 and D2.

So they came out with a music patch to enhance the D3 background themes.

Is that available somewhere?

TIA

Shalom, bro and boker tov.

You and I have the same stick I believe.

If you could take the trouble could you tell me what buttons you have set up to control both the firing weapons and the critical directional and speed controls of forward, backward and AB?

TIA

I just installed a new retail copy of D3. I understand that D3 been patched many times in it's ten years of life. Which patch should I get and what does it do for me? Or is the patch totally optional? I don't do network or multi-player. Yet at least. ( Newbie, you know.) I understand there' a D3 ...

Floyd,I appreciate your help. I had never seen those screens before. I should have been more curious, I guess, to begin with. The joy stick thingy will take some practce, I can see that now. Having never used one before I'm wobbling all over the planet. As long as I have you here, do you use the ...

You may have to explain in more detail how I do what you just suggested.

\" use standard 3d pro config (copy controls). \"

and

\"put -directinput in the command line\"

I just need a little more detail how to go about this. Sorry

I appreciate your help.

Newbie d3 player here. Having difficult time with configuration of d3. I have both a new Sidewinder Pro and a Nyko AirFlow. I cannot get either to communicate with D3.( Neither are installed at the same time.) Both show in the CPanel/Game Controller Icon and respond. But when I attempt to get either ...

FlipTW

There is a NYKO Airflow installled but not showing in the CPanel/Game COntrollers control icon. Guess it would not hurt to uninstall the NYKO.

Thanks..I'll report back if you're a hero for suggesting this

Mobius, You recommend a Logitech 3D Pro. Hmmm. I just blew $30 on this new Ebay Sidewinder Pro for the stick ( about $15) and shipment $15. What a rip on the shipment costs, huh? The XP Pro recognizes it. You can see that in the C.Panel both in the Dev. Manager and the Game Controller icons. But the ...

Many thanks Diedel

This has no doubt been covered and recovered. Please point me to the resolution which is no doubt covered on this BB somewhere. XP Pro running D3 just fine now. Bought on Ebay a new Sidewinder Pro. Tried to install it with the new drivers GameENv 3.2 from MSoft. Compatability Wizard did not help ...

Diedel,

Yes, In fact I just bought the only new, unused Sidewinder Pro I found on EBay since I got no replies here.

Many thanks for following up.

That cabbie gets high marks for composure and faking his way through it.

Well, I had a good laugh. What else could I do now that I have made a fool of myself.

Tut mir Leid, Diedel!

just got a newsletter from a German shop specialized on water cooling for computers. They are offering a new product line coming from professional aquaristics (proper word?)... (Quote edited by responder) But, hey, imagine being able to brag to all your beer buddies that you have a chip set so hot ...

Grendel

Many thanks

I'll do what you suggest and get back to you with the results

Many thanks for your fast reply.

Newby here just tried to log on to the site above.

I gave my user id and password of course.

Have I been phished or is that site legit?

Hurry, please.

New to this BB.

Where to I find the binaries for D2X-XL?

It's kind of in a BETA status, isn't it?

TIA

I'm refurbing an old Win98SE machine for the sole use of running D1 and D2 on it.

Can anybody sell me a game controller that will compat with that OS?

USB or regular game controller port OK.

Thanks

Years ago when I dropped off playing Descent 2 upgraded version the next thing out was Freespace. I have a copy but never ran it.

Is it being discussed and played? I don't see it mentioned.

TIA

[quote="akula65"]Chips & Bits has the Interplay version of Descent 3 for Windows for $4.95:

Thanks, Akula.

I just grabbed what I think might be the last copy.

I think it's the OS and the OS dependant driver implementation that get in the way here. You are having some driver problem that's not directly related to D2X-XL, imho. Your gfx card is absolutely sufficient to play D2X-XL. Did you try to install the current line of NVidia drivers? Yes did get new ...

[quote="Grendel"]Get them here: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_84.21.html Gendel, Many thanks.But DX2 failed to load again. I note that the driver date on the nVidia web site was the same as mine. So there was no update. Nonetheless, I uninstalled my old drivers, reinstalled fresh drivers ...

I get that error when I install newer nVidia drivers and forget to reboot. This is presumably because some of the files are immediately overwritten by the installer, and others are waiting to be overwritten on reboot. Have you tried reinstalling your drivers and rebooting? Thanks for responding. It ...

Coming back to Descent after, lo, these many years. I left D2 in 1997 I think. Work having interupted my life. ( Don't you just HATE work?) I now have an XP Pro SP2 with 128 Meg Ram and the Vid card in the subject line above. The download of Dx2-XL bombs out with this error: ------------ nVIDIA OPEN ...