Descent Material Replacement Project

[vision]

The creator of this project posted on reddit so I'm cross-posting here because it looks really cool. They are reworked, hi-res textures specifically for the ray-traced version of Descent. Looks great.

https://perceptualgames.net/DMRP/

[Krom]

Tried this out yesterday after reading your post and it looks incredible.

[akula65]

Version 0.07 is out

Dec 11, 2024
Added textures that first appear in level 6 and 7. Nearly all textures for the demo version of the game are now included.

[Krom]

Just saw this updated to version 0.15, covers the textures up to level 14 and secret level 1.

[TigerRaptor]

Now this I like. Staying close to the original and it's clean looking.

[akula65]

Version 0.30 is available (3.8 GB download).

Version History
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0.30
March 15, 2020
Added textures for levels 15-27 + Secret 2 & 3. First pass of all level textures is now complete.

Also, the author has created an experimental version of DXX Raytracer based on Version 1.3.0 (available on the main DMRP page).

DXX-Raytracer ULB (Unofficial Lehm Build)
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This is a unofficial experimental build for the DXX-Raytracer open source project (https://github.com/BredaUniversityGames/DXX-Raytracer/). It includes a few additional fixes and additions.

Version History
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1.3.0+ ULB
March 18, 2025

- Fix for alpha of base texture taking precedence over alpha of overlay texture
- Improved blending between texture layers
- Added new menu option "Direct Specular Amount" to specify the amount of direct specular used in final render to reduce washed out look.
- Added a few textures to the always load list that were missing resulting in some high res textures not loading
- Added "Retrace Rays" feature to fix incorrect rendering for overlapping segments (~10% performance hit when enabled, but fixes most render artifacts due to overlapping level segments)
- Enabled rendering of mine exit tunnel through terrain to fixed ship clipping through terrain during end level sequence
- Fixed incorrect motion blur when camera outside mine during end level sequence