What Operating System do you Play Descent 3 on?

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 3:06 pm

Just like it says. I can't remember if this was asked or not.
If you have more than 1 OS, choose the primary that you use the most.

Wishmaster · Post by **Wishmaster** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:31 am

Mostly Windows, but sometimes Linux.

DarkHorse · Post by **DarkHorse** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 1:37 am

Used to play D3 on Win95. I'm on XP now, but it's been a while since I've done anything with D3 - not to say it won't happen again, it's just looking unlikely. I'd probably be horribly rusty, since I haven't played D3 competitively since well before PXO went down.

Wheeze87 · Post by **Wheeze87** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 5:03 am

You can get D3 for newer OSX systems? !!!!!

Where??

Money! · Post by **Money!** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:10 pm

Come back and play DarkHorse, you won't regret it. While the people ain't the same, the game is just as unbelieveably fun as it was.

Find me in game or in chat for a 1v1 anytime

grizz · Post by **grizz** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 4:02 pm

Sedwick · Post by **Sedwick** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 10:38 pm

Hmmm...would have liked to have seen that Windows option broken up a little bit. XP powers my main machine; I hope to set up another with Windows 98 upgraded from Win95, and run a LAN opponent off that.

Spaceboy · Post by **Spaceboy** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 1:52 am

Windows option needs to be broken up into 95, 98, xp, me, vista.

Ferno · Post by **Ferno** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 4:16 am

nope.

Sirius · Post by **Sirius** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 7:42 am

People who use 95 are funny.

P.S. Arguably not as much as people who use Me, of course.

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:14 am

Spaceboy wrote:Windows option needs to be broken up into 95, 98, xp, me, vista.

no it doesn't. Descent 3 doesn't really care as far as whether it will run or not. Where vista is concerned.....baaawwwhhahahahaha...

The only reason I broke Mac up is because it uses two completely different code sets.

Foil · Post by **Foil** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:24 am

Duper wrote:
Spaceboy wrote:Windows option needs to be broken up into 95, 98, xp, me, vista.
no it doesn't. Descent 3 doesn't really care as far as whether it will run or not.

Yep, Descent3 will run on any Win32-compatible OS.

Duper wrote:Where vista is concerned.....baaawwwhhahahahaha...

In my experience, D3 runs better on Vista than it ever did on XP.

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:32 am

that's not what i was refering to. That's about the only thing outside of 2007 Office.

Dakatsu · Post by **Dakatsu** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 12:55 pm

I play on Windows XP.

Speaking of... I remember Descent I being distrubited on a SuSE Linux system a long time ago... is that true?

zico · Post by **zico** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:17 pm

Dakatsu wrote:I play on Windows XP.

Speaking of... I remember Descent I being distrubited on a SuSE Linux system a long time ago... is that true?

D1X-1.38, later D1X-1.43 with Shareware data files.

Nosferatu · Post by **Nosferatu** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:08 am

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:34 pm

Dakatsu wrote:I play on Windows XP.

Speaking of... I remember Descent I being distrubited on a SuSE Linux system a long time ago... is that true?

I believe that D3 1.4 is Linux compatible.

Glowhyena · Post by **Glowhyena** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 6:03 pm

I own Windows XP Home Edition.

The Lion · Post by **The Lion** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 3:32 pm

There are 2 significantly different ways to play it on GNU/Linux:
you can use the native port by Loki, or you can run the Windows
version under GNU/Linux by using wine.

The latter works perfectly for me (it runs at least as good as
it did on Windows), although I've heard a few people complain
that it didn't work for them. If it works, it has the advantages of
avoiding the level checksum bug, being able to play every mod
that runs on Windows, and not needing a separate installation
of D3 in case you have a dual-boot configuration.

In both cases you can also run D3 inside a window.

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 2:09 pm

Thanks Lion. I knew it was something like that.

The reason I've posted this is to see if Mac is worth considering (the old config) for the D3 1.5 patch. It's been one of the things holding it up.

I'm not registered on .com; maybe someone could post this there. I'll put it up on PD too. (why I JUST NOW thought of that is beyond me.) This last week or so's been kinda fuzzy.

Behemoth · Post by **Behemoth** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 4:27 pm

Duper wrote:
Spaceboy wrote:Windows option needs to be broken up into 95, 98, xp, me, vista.
no it doesn't. Descent 3 doesn't really care as far as whether it will run or not. Where vista is concerned.....baaawwwhhahahahaha...

The only reason I broke Mac up is because it uses two completely different code sets.

lol.

from what i've heard its more like
XP>98>ME>Vista

playing on ME, and xp is totally different.

Foil · Post by **Foil** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 4:36 pm

Foil wrote:In my experience, D3 runs better on Vista than it ever did on XP.

Behemoth · Post by **Behemoth** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 7:59 pm

heh, you're the first.

from what i've heard anyways.

Glowhyena · Post by **Glowhyena** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 1:12 pm

Behemoth wrote:from what i've heard its more like
XP>98>ME>Vista

playing on ME, and xp is totally different.

Windows ME was my first Microsoft computer, I've played D3 on that oldest system so much. After ME died, I got a new XP. Actually, D3 works on XP.

Windows NT sucks.

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:32 pm

NT was a networking platform. It was never intended for gaming.

Glowhyena · Post by **Glowhyena** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:50 pm

Duper wrote:NT was a networking platform. It was never intended for gaming.

Yeah, that's why. All gamers hate that OS, but teachers like it.

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:38 pm

Windows 2000 is also known as NT 5.0, and XP is also known as NT 5.1. So actually you have been using Windows NT all along and just didn't know it.

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 1:49 pm

yeah, I knew that. Anyone that formats a HD for either should know that.

2K and Xp have much better driver support and were meant for more than network support. 4.1 was basically in a world of it's own. (more or less)

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:44 am

Ok, that's it?

53 votes in and no \"regular\" Mac OS.

I wish we could get a more comprehensive sampling.

Grendel, could you please pass this on to Mr. bently?

Sirius · Post by **Sirius** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 5:17 pm

System 9 and earlier are horribly outdated these days.

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 9:22 pm

that was my thought. And last I heard, the \"official\" 1.5 was being held up due to Linux and Mac issues.

WhollyCow · Post by **WhollyCow** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 11:49 am

I am, I believe, the very very last lousy player using Mac OS 9 to play D3. This makes me feel a bit like the last survivor of some ancient lost civilization.

My 'gaming box' is a vintage 2002 Apple desktop machine that dual boots OS 9 and X. (However, since I'm modem-bound these days, I haven't been playing for the last few months.)

For everything besides D3, I use OS X.

There's some confusion in this thread between D3 and the D1/2 ports. Like others, I have played D2X successfully on OS X. However, I have never heard of any form of D3 running natively on OSX.* If anybody knows something I don't, please tell me!

*Emulating OS9 in the OSX Classic mode renders D3 unplayable for me. And it still uses the OS9 binary, at any rate.

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 12:06 pm

I wonder if Mac users would have better luck emulating the windows version instead.

WhollyCow · Post by **WhollyCow** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 12:12 pm

Krom wrote:I wonder if Mac users would have better luck emulating the windows version instead.

Very likely. The OS 9 version of D3 is one scary jalopy of an application, and harbors plenty of platform-specific bugs that nobody wants to fix.

I'm going to look into running Windows D3 under Wine on OS X. I'll let you guys know if I have any luck.

d3jake · Post by **d3jake** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 1:05 pm

Lets hope it does work so you can just cap your D3 and not have to worry about needing a really low resolution so your enemies are more than 2px x 3px

FunkyStickman · Post by **FunkyStickman** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:40 am

I run D3 in Linux, exclusively. I've got the Loki official port I got off Ebay. It does have it's limitations, but it's not as buggy as using the windows version under wine, which I have done.

I did extensive benchmarking, and with medium-range hardware, there was no performance difference between the Windows and Linux versions (except for odd things with Windows sound drivers). With newer hardware, I don't know, but up to a geforce 6200 and a socket 754 Athlon 3200+ there was no noticeable difference. The Windows version using DX shows sparkles on powerups... that's the only game difference I could find.

If anybody's interested, I still have the Linux-specific files (and a howto) on my webserver. This allows you to install the Linux native version using Windows install CDs.

http://www.jeffhendricks.net/D3-linux-files.tar.gz

(EDIT)
I know a few people who still use Win98 to play Descent so they can use antique game controllers... like the Space Orb 360, for one. Though I'm pretty sure it's supported under Linux now. I've got a friend with one... need to give that a shot one day.

Andyvan · Post by **Andyvan** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 11:02 pm

Descent3 is about the only game I play these days. I voted for Windows, but since FunkyStickMan has posted the Linux files, I'll soon be Linux only.

Thanks FunkyStickMan!

-- Andyvan

Kilarin · Post by **Kilarin** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 5:50 am

FunkyStickman wrote:If anybody's interested, I still have the Linux-specific files (and a howto) on my webserver. This allows you to install the Linux native version using Windows install CDs.

Oh cool! I've been trying to get d3 to work on Ubuntu without success yet.

Question, are these files actually in the public domain? No, I'm not threatening to turn anyone in, it's just that I'm a bit of a stickler for making certain I don't download illegal stuff. If I could find a d3 for linux, I'd be happy to spend cash on it.

Foil · Post by **Foil** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:24 am

Descent3 Linux (Loki) - although you might be able to find a better price somewhere else.

BUBBALOU · Post by **BUBBALOU** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:35 am

FunkyStickman wrote:(EDIT)
I know a few people who still use Win98 to play Descent so they can use antique game controllers... like the Space Orb 360, for one. Though I'm pretty sure it's supported under Linux now. I've got a friend with one... need to give that a shot one day.

They play on legacy systems because new PC Hardware is incompatible with old game controller hardware or they do not want to give up their 3dfx card or they still play in the IDL, or did not take the chance to get a Grendle USB adapter.

My question to all you 1337 LINUX D3 players:
have you ever played against a new to nix D3 linux user from any other operating system D3 install??
Repeat after me... can you say - slidshowsux, burstingsux, skippinsux, playersux from the ROOT on linux!

It's not fun for the rest of us ...just to let you know.....

So - keep it at server level only for NIX - KTHXBYE

/me prepares the cheese and crackers for the _ _ _ _ _