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AlexanderBorisov

Really impressive... Once someone says it cannot be improved you make it 15 or 20 secs faster... I like how you deal with the red hulk at 2:08 without cloak, not taking any damage, is it a bit of luck or you can do it every time?

AlexanderBorisov

L15 in D2 version has even more dangerous mechs, but not so bad if taken slowly. IMO the level design is very cool and even those cramped corridors in the central rock are fun. But not if you speedrun it of course, and probably some of the D2 robots are easier to corner snipe. How you dealt with red ...

AlexanderBorisov

Don't you want to just make a good walkthrough of Vignettes, Ironstar, or Ironblade? Would be nice to see good runs even if they are not the fastest ones possible.

AlexanderBorisov

So do I, hitting a red hulk at the distance (like this one in the middle hole on the video thumbnail image), for me is lottery with 1/3 chance, dunno how Marvin manages to do it every time.
But at least I've learned to use it at moderate or close range.

AlexanderBorisov

Obviously unjustified violence is not OK in any scenario. But unfortunately it is a part of our life and everyone should learn that it is so. So what really matters is not seeing/doing the violence but your attitude to it. Obviously violence is ok in self defence, or if it is your duty - like a ...

AlexanderBorisov

I'd like to share my impressions of full version of Plutonian Shores - see the Insane cold start no save no death walkthrough at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbb6h-TUY58&index=1&list=PLbp0p_f9yduVI1xN68s3E-DknIh9waQ-s Like the others said - aesthetically all the levels are top class design and ...

AlexanderBorisov

I recorded Vertigo Insane difficulty cold-start walkthrough https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbp0p_f9yduUmNu1IFTivHAWd1BVeSuOL it was quite interesting and challenging on cold-start, probably a bit more so than CS... I underestimated it in the past Will upload regularly, now 4 levels uploaded ...

AlexanderBorisov

Very impressive! Catching a homer when cloaked in the beginning is never a good thing, but the rest more than compensated for this! Similar story with last Vertigo level that I was recording, super bad luck, like boss teleporting right on my head and killing me !while cloaked! in the same spot - for ...

AlexanderBorisov

Update : managed to beat it in 15 or so more attempts, and no I don't want to try to do it 100+ HP, like I do with more predictable levels, because it's a stupid lottery...

AlexanderBorisov

That's true, red hulk strikes back there, Calmarius even said that there are dozens of them in this level, in fact, only 3 (one is completely harmless however). Well "the fear has big eyes" like our proverb says... 17 is relatively tame, you get a lot of weapons quickly (Omega, Vulcan, smart mines ...

AlexanderBorisov

Just try Vertigo level 8 on cold start on Ace or Insane, you'll get the idea what is "annoying level". Catwalks where you get a lot of random damage, cleverly placed MAX robots where you cannot approach them safely, no afterburner or Gauss cannon, thief bot is everywhere and if it steals your Vulcan ...

AlexanderBorisov

Thanks a lot! Although the page didn't changed when I reloaded it (probably cached or smth else), I changed dash to minus manually, it worked. And I found that nasty boss bug at last, problem is that Last_teleport_time is never reset except in teleport_boss function, and as you restart the level ...

AlexanderBorisov

Arne, I tried it, first thing scons -j3 option does not work scons: *** Do not know how to make File target `–j3' (/home/Sasha/d2x-rebirth_.58.1-src/–j3). Stop. without -j3 it gives the following error gcc.exe: error: ▒fwrapv: No such file or directory Should be smth trivial, but I was unable to Goog ...

AlexanderBorisov

I was meaning to go through the five levels today and try for some fine tuning on the enemies but I've wound up spending most of my spare time this week working on an Overload project with Sirius, DH, Krusty and Shroudeye to get it finalized in time for the second community DLC. If all goes well I ...

AlexanderBorisov

My point was to make at least one place that can kill the player in L5, like that 4 Lou guard hall earlier. Not sure you can achieve it with cloaked hulks, but if you don't want to use Lou guards, adding a few cloaked hulks can help. Although they can work in blue key area and the yellow one, I don ...

AlexanderBorisov

Music is extremely good, reminds me of Jean-Michelle Jarre, Space etc... Too bad I never seen or heard this earlier... Probably one of the best game music I've ever heard.

AlexanderBorisov

Cool, maybe Winnipeg mosquitoes are in snipe mode

The ones here just try to take you by numbers. You kill one and 10 more are around you.

AlexanderBorisov

Agree on cloaked hulks in L5 . They could be used around the blue and yellow keys, or in the big chamber near the boss where the diamond claws are . About Lou guards, it was nice to have them because the rest of the level was rather easy, also they blend well with the surrounding. And I like seeng ...

AlexanderBorisov

I've been on this DBB a long time, and I think what Alex may not realize is that no other player has taken insane cold starts for the challenge nearly as far as he takes them for fun on a regular basis. When I say he is the best, at least at the singleplayer game (and among people who talk about it ...

AlexanderBorisov

Well I played L4 and 5 again in the new version, and I'd say both were almost trivialized by those nerfs. And I see downwards difficulty curve from L4 to L5. And as far as I remember levels 2 and 3 were harder than L4 too (at least they featured more dangerous robots like ITDs and ITSC's), don't ...

AlexanderBorisov

Could not find it in the original post because the link is hidden under the word "here", that is of the same color as surrounding text... Not hard to find if you know exactly where it is, like some of the Descent secrets :) Too bad the levels keep getting easier, level 4 was already quite hard in D2 ...

AlexanderBorisov

Could you please share the link to the demo again, or pin it somewhere? Probably it is in some 3x or 4x page of the topic, but it gets too hard to find... Would also like to test the level 5. It's in the OP, at the bottom :P Tried to guess what OP means; no luck :) Probably P is page but here I ...

AlexanderBorisov

Could you please share the link to the demo again, or pin it somewhere? Probably it is in some 3x or 4x page of the topic, but it gets too hard to find... Would also like to test the level 5.

AlexanderBorisov

True, the grated room with stuff and secret teleporter is opened by the switch near the blue key, possible to hit through the grate near the 1-st shaker secret. LOL, I even forgot there is a secret teleporter and invulnerability, which can make the level a bit easier! About the Super Hulks, never ...

AlexanderBorisov

Ok thanks! I tried the numeric counter, great! Was able to beat the problematic AF L12 boss with it, only problem (very minor) is that in "no cockpit" mode the counter is not right at the top. But it does not really matter until someone really integrates it into dxx release. Instruction to compile ...

AlexanderBorisov

Did not tried it (never had a stick), should be the same speed, it has the advantage that you can fly better but some people say aiming is more accurate with the mouse... Worth trying anyway.

AlexanderBorisov

Anyway I prefer mouse, gives better aim and control, and with some practice you can learn to rotate the ship as quickly as with the keyboard - of course, if you have no bugs with mouse or game port :). You can practice a bit and see how many turns you can do with mouse and kbd in given number of ...

AlexanderBorisov

I'd try dxx-rebirth too, original DOS version has problems with mouse controls... In general, you should learn to turn the mouse steadily, as there is rotation speed cap in Descent, and faster mouse movement just has no effect which is a bit counterintuitive...

AlexanderBorisov

Thanks a lot Arne!! Will try it on weekends, having quite busy week... Would be nice if you can write a small instruction to compile D1/D2 on Windows (I have Windows 7 x64 if it makes any difference), starting from where to get 0.58.1 version code. Probably I will try it for figuring out one ...

AlexanderBorisov

In fact he spawns (sometimes) cloaked diamond claws that drop the cloaks. Another misleading thing about this boss, I never figured out when a shaker hit counts as full direct hit (it is 1000 damage based on Calmarius AF L12 vid where he added numeric boss HP counter - quite easy for him as he plays ...

AlexanderBorisov

Use smart mines, there is a pack in the room with 2 Lou guards, there is a 4 guided missile pack there, too, and probably some other secret (which I ignored)

AlexanderBorisov

You just quickly run past this boarshead (possibly, trichord) to the energy center. I also tried different way, but fighting spider, 2 boarsheads and diamond claws in the other room above with red lasers did not work well - given you have no space to avoid enemy fire. Even if you win (which happens ...

AlexanderBorisov

I personally don't care about any advantage given by robot counter or boss HP counter, if I record any kind of 100% run I check the level in the editor anyway, otherwise I only care if I finished the level or not. When it gets too difficult, again I first check the editor if I missed important ...

AlexanderBorisov

Tried the Calmarius route for level 21 but it's going even worse for me than my own previous solution. Guess I'll stick to that and keep trying. Spiders oughta be fun in D1,5 when we bring the concussion missile damage back to 40 or whatever it was in D1, lol Strange,I used his route and it worked ...

AlexanderBorisov

Here is my run of L20, clearing the reactor room matcens 3 times on cold start. Nothing interesting happens after 10 min, where I start to hunt remaining Gophers in the starting room. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd3mWd2wQaw Level 3 run is great, quite large level to make it so fast, I remember ...

AlexanderBorisov

Ok, thanks a lot! tested the boss HP counter, first thing - it does not appear immediately when I see the boss, probably only on the first hit? If so, it is ok. And yes, numeric counter is essential. I tried a fight against AF L12 boss, hit with all my missiles and stil did only 50% damage to it ...

AlexanderBorisov

Thanks, will check the thing tomorrow, and I also agree that numeric boss HP counter should be present (as it will be hard to see whether an earthshaker did 900 or 1000 damage looking on the bar in the middle of the fight...).

AlexanderBorisov

What if there were a speedrun mode that activated level timers, robots remaining, etc.? Nice idea! One can have an option in game settings, this way it won't break Rebirth be-true-to-original-game paradigm... Also, is it possible to make this thing for D2 (preferably for version 0.58.1 as it is ...

AlexanderBorisov

Yes, probably does not worth it - you can lose much more time just because of bad luck... BTW at last I did this level myself insane cold start clearing the reactor room matcens 3 times, will upload it soon. It was a hell of a challenge, too! Spent couple of days learning the level itself and how to ...

AlexanderBorisov

Amazing run, but I still think you can be even faster if you will avoid returning for 2 smart missiles. Ofc you can lose much more than gain due to randomness of the level and increased chance to die in the reactor room, but still looks like a chance to improve time.

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