DescentBB

I found download links for the newest version of DLE but it won't download when I click on it (it says to right click and save target as if you have trouble but that option isn't available in my browser and when I try save link as it comes up as an html file) and one for the DMB II demo which is apparently the same as the full version except it only lets you save smaller levels but when I downloaded it and tried to install it I got an error message saying it wouldn't run on my PC. Help please?

Yeah the link's broken. It should point to: http://www.descent2.de/files/dle-1.12.28.7z
I'm currently waiting on the webmaster to upload a newer version which will hopefully come with a fixed download link, but my guess is he's been busy and hasn't gotten back to it yet.

Thanks, it's much appreciated!

EDIT: Now is there a tutorial somewhere on how to use this thing?

Best resource I know of is this video series:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... 0zEhEZu_5n

Awesome, thanks! After fooling around for a bit, I've made my first mission (at least since I started doing this again after like 20 years). It's called Drown in Fire.

https://nofile.io/f/37FQmZUnFbN/drowninf.zip

Here is the download link.

Warning: It's really hard.

Congratulations, Darth Wang. You may have created something to match Doom's 1999 "Wow" WAD here.

Xfing wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2018 3:45 pm Congratulations, Darth Wang. You may have created something to match Doom's 1999 "Wow" WAD here.

Yeah it's not very good. But here is a better one:

https://nofile.io/f/zoFrjnBooWz/linear.zip

If it really is better the amount is so imperceptible to be pointless.

If you really want to improve your skills you need to put some time in, and challenge the skills you have, and you're not doing that. I'd be very surprised (and sad) if you told me you put more than half an hour into either of these. If all you want to do is kill a few minutes and put some robots in a hallway, then that's great for you; if you're having fun doing it then that's fine. But only for you -- expecting anyone else to care about something with so little depth is trolling them, whether or not you want it, mean it, or think it to be trolling.

Yeah. Lightwolf actually put some minor effort into his early levels (which were sub-Maximum in size), but that still can't be compared to a single fricking hallway of cubes that takes literally a few seconds to map out.

Well I've started working on another one that's 100 times better than both of my previous ones put together, and you know it's going to be better because It's taking a lot longer to make!

I hope so, but just wanna point out, 100 times zero is still zero...
Try actually deforming a cube this time? That is kind of the entire backbone of this game...

I hope it goes well Darth.
If you need a couple pointers from one whose first billion levels were like that (trust me, X, you haven't seen the worst of it), just let me know.

Alter has a good first step: Deform a cube. But don't get caught in the trap I did of making a level unplayable in the name of deforming cubes.
Also try experimenting with a level that contains keyed doors and a reasonable difficulty.

From here, it's learning the tricks of the editor and engine and you're on your way!

My new level is coming along great! It will have a really surprising twist!

You mean a hallway that turns?
I guess that's a kind of progress...

Alter-Fox wrote: ↑Fri Mar 02, 2018 8:46 am You mean a hallway that turns?
I guess that's a kind of progress...

It has tons of twists and turns! And even a reactor room!

Bad News: The mission file I'm working on somehow got corrupted and the editor now crashes every time I attempt to open it. Too bad too since it was looking really good.

Have you got a backup?

You should automatically have two files with the same name as the mission but the extensions .bak1 and .bak2 (or something similar). If you rename the extensions to .hog they're automatic backups of the mission.

If you have a copy of the crashing mission I might be able to investigate what the cause is... though it's impossible to guarantee the mission is recoverable.