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kakhome1

Sorry DFW...the weapon ideas themselves I generally if not universally like, but particularly many of the primaries are overpowered IMO. Like the missile launcher and homing red energy thing (even with that not being that powerful a weapon damage wise). OTOH what LL unmodded does do is make the ...

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I'm surprised I can't find any topic at all resembling this on these forums...should be self-explanatory...

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Bahagad I agree about, Lost Levels has a few quirks but really still most levels are pretty well designed and a lot of fun to play, IMO. Better with NO weapons mod, but it's easy to delete from the hog. I'm doing it on my YouTube channel (kakhome1) in fact!

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Whose currently decently far into this one (8+ levels)? I've finished it on hotshot difficulty. It's a fantastic mission set. Level 17 and 20 are my favourite levels by far. Is it on par with some of the other D2 greats, at least Vertigo/Lost Levels/Cererian Expedition (author's previous work ...

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Whose currently decently far into this one (8+ levels)?

kakhome1

Oh, you mean Ulterior Ultima Thule? Haven't got the time to play it yet, hopefully I can give it a go during the weekend. It looks pretty nice! Yeah...that one. Just had forgot the spelling lol, sorry. Cererian Expedition should be in the D1 list, IMO. Wasn't too impressed by Revenge O' Dravis otoh ...

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There's a brand new one for D2 as well.

kakhome1

I can't believe half a year has come and gone already...

This is primarily a DooM video but I mention about it starting at 7:05...

kakhome1

D1: Levels 5 and 18. Corridor shooter snoozefest... D2: Maybe a Baloris Prime level, don't know. Theme fatigue is an issue for me a LOT in D2 but that isn't really anything against the quality of the levels. Vertigo: Of the first six levels, Level 6, too much shooting gallery. Lost Levels: Level 24 ...

kakhome1

@Tunnelcat, you're so accurately matching what my father has told me, that you could've fooled me you saw him! Yeah her loss was very sudden, and she wasn't particularly open about what doctors told her, so we will probably never know all the meat of the story. We only know for sure that she was ...

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Last Thursday (January 31) my father was going to give his wife (who had asked to sleep in the living room) a morning cup of coffee....when he began to rub the covers and pick them up to the devastating news that her body lay still and lifeless. He knew right away that after almost 40 years of good ...

kakhome1

Since XL levels are relatively small in number, how about just making a version of DLE that will read/display/save matcen data exactly the same way Rebirth reads it? That would be very useful.

kakhome1

@Lightwolf Did you get inspiration from Level 3 of Entropy (either 1 or 2; Warp Distortion/Gauss in the Shell, respectively) for the texturing/aesthetic of this level?

Anyone else notice similarities?

kakhome1

The poll at the top is just part of the topic here. I had to combined two similar titles in some cases to not exceed ten options. If at least one applies, the option can be chosen. (I did not want to combined Quake I/II because they are totally different, and I didn't want to combine every Serious ...

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1) How do I find/adjust DPI of my mouse? 4) Regardless of if you play that way or not, do you think you could beat most original Descent game levels - as well as Obsidian - on Insane NDNS or at least Ace NDNS? On that topic, who on here does commonly play NDNS Ace or above with their stated controls?

kakhome1

In more detail: Pitch/yaw mouse (Y inverted to match most FPS games) Primary/secondary fire on mouse buttons Sliding E/S/D/F Banking W/R Forward Spacebar, backward A, burner Z Bombs on B (I don't use them as much as some people) Couple quick questions: 1) What are your mouse sensitivities for ...

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The average difficulty of all levels as a whole. Like you could rate every level from 1-10 then divide the sum by 24 for CS and 20 for Vertigo. Though maybe with a little more weight on the last two-thirds, but not necessary if that is too complicated.

kakhome1

Well for now where it's necessary I'm using SDLDevil to read what the matcens should be producing and then modifying the data in DLE to match (by sector) before I save the level. This is a tedious process but seems to work. Perhaps only Vertigo will have this problem? It is possible something by ...

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Which one do you think is tougher to beat, excluding bosses? Should not be confused with my other poll - this is ONLY about difficulty - not overall quality. I'm excluding bosses mainly because six versus two would make an obvious choice - and they also are a relatively small part of the game in ...

kakhome1

What input thing? I don't get what you're referring to. Also do you know of anywhere I can get DMB2 either for free or a very low price? For now, I upgraded to the latest Rebirth with has an option that makes this edit unnecessary. Hopefully I won't run into something else I can't stand in this ...

kakhome1

This occurs with versions of DLE I tried from 2012, 2014, and 2017. So probably all within that time range up to current. I was making a quick modification to Vertigo (d2x.hog) that required resaving all the levels. To be as least intrusive as possible I exported all RL2 files then re-imported them ...

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Sometimes if I can get close up I have better luck stunlocking with Vulcan than Gauss. Gauss pushes it around a lot. Similar story about Plasma versus Laser (Laser pushes it more).

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Hydro's biggest weaknesses are the first few levels and the lack of a soundtrack. Though I can at least try and find music I like from other missions is better than the default music. Perhaps the robot won't be a huge problem in the end, but boy is it introduced in a nasty way if you aren't carrying ...

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The next level gives you Gauss right away at least. Perhaps he just wanted to introduce the robot with a bang...Not being nice, that's for sure!

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There's a robot in Project Hydro starting on Level 10 that looks worse than an IDR or Vertigo MAX. Try cold starting that level on a high difficulty! Bet you won't get anywhere, at least not in one life.

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Listed are the ten oldest well known custom missions that I can think of. Which ones still hold up as a high quality set in your opinion? I'd have liked to also have included Konflict at Karon and Obsidian (1999) & Project: Hydro and Lost Levels (2000) but poll option limit doesn't allow it ...

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Well if a level is easier than another one on a cold start, it'll definitely be easier on continous, right? It's kind of an "every A is also a B" question to me. Then again, maybe having stuff to play with right off the bat can make a bigger difference in some levels than it does in others. Anyway ...

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[please delete, accidental double post]

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13/14/24 are harder than 11/19?

kakhome1

I use the hat on my joystick to slide. The A/Z keys on my keyboard for movement. Space for afterburner I use left hand on left side of KB. Joystick is on right side of KB. My arms are about 2 feet apart. Have always played this way. A couple of quick questions: 1) What difficulty do you play ...

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That's a good list though do you have a second key binded to anything in case your finger is already busy? For instance with A/Q/Z you could not slide or bank left (A/Q) while firing secondary (Z), and also could not both slide and bank left simultaneously.

kakhome1

WSAD for sliding , numeric keypad for pitching... Pitching and turning is WSAD , as I wrote above. You had said above (as quoted) that WSAD is for sliding, numeric keypad is pitch/turn - so that leaves me completely unclear (AFAIK slide =/= pitch/turn unless you use the 'slide on' key). Which keys ...

kakhome1

I'll be glad when I can say 'but that was years ago'. Though actually far more glad when I can merely just say 'but now I've done it'. :D Lots of different alternatives to try and see which works best (I appreciate that!)...seems right now I am all alone and by myself on an island located out in the ...

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Also BTW my current control scheme (keyboard only) has been: A/Z = Forward/back Arrows = Turn/pitch (This & occasionally selecting a secondary is the ONLY thing my right hand takes care of; everything else is left hand) Left alt = Slide on S = Afterburner F = Flare T = Converter B = Drop bomb Left ...

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What is Hat and A-Z on a joystick? I've also never heard of using both Keyboard and Joystick. (Only heard of Keyboard/Mouse.) I don't know where you'd put the two to both be easily reachable. Also (to anyone on here) what are your keys to select weapons? Keyboard 1-0 might not always be most ...

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What are your Afterburner and banking keys (I take rotate as being turn; if not what are your turning keys)? And to primary/secondary fire + drop bomb? It might be worth me trying.

kakhome1

Yes, means you use that and do not use slide left/right/up/down controls.

Changed this in the relevant items to be clear.

kakhome1

The question petty much speaks for itself (though it's presumed forward/backward/turning/pitching are used at bare minimum, and are used in conjunction with any sliding/banking when appropriate); don't really think there is anything else to explain. I'm currently on the second-to-last option, but ...

kakhome1

Or just make a custom texture, like with L23. It didn't bother me though.

Where can I download the D1 palette & how to reference/use it (i.e. set a rl2 to it in DLE)? I don't know how to change palette (PIG/POG) of a rl2 with DLE currently.

kakhome1

@LightWolf: In L8 or in L13 of AF? Or another level that wasn't highlighted? I've done a couple easy levels Insane cold start no save no death: Aurora Outpost (D1 level later used in TEW): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfpG4W2-kgM And Levels 2/4 of Vertigo (music was added from some other missions ...

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