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Diedel

WOW! Nice!

There will not be a splash screen, but the logo will be used on my web site and the about dialog of DLE-XP.

Could you create an icon, too?

Diedel

I haven't got any e-mail from you, at least not at my home e-mail account. Check your PM.

Diedel

Re: layout The alternative layout leaves much less space for the mine view, did you notice? Re: cycling through tabs If you press the key I have assigned to the tab cycle function, the tool dialog that gets activated gets the input focus and will not process further cycle tab keys, no matter what m...

Diedel

KoolBear wrote:Diedel,

will you need a closed forum to discuss the beta test cycle? I could set you one up on koolbear.com

Thanks for the offer, but for the time being I think this here will do.

Diedel

Thunderbird,

you are correct - almost.

The demo also does not save block files (as with the extended block file format you could easily circumvent not being able to save levels).

Diedel

Well ... tab cycling doesn't work because of focus issues.

But I have added an alternative UI layout (not what Tyranny proposed). Set it in the prefs dialog, and restart DLE-XP to see it.

Diedel

On another note, shading should be off by default. Everytime I close and re-open DLE-XP and then open a new level shading is on by default which since the level isn't lit, let alone complete it is kind of pointless IMO. Of course, I must admit that this might be because I have the demo version and ...

Diedel

Mouse wheel: Have to look into this.

Cycle tabs key: Feasible.

I am using 19" monitors @ 1152x864, and I just *hate* the render window being cluttered by dialogs.

Diedel

Because of the speed and the bug fixes?

Diedel

Afaik my D2X project is based on current D2X sources from icculus.org. The guys from icculus.org haven't been working much on D2X during the last few months though. I had contacted Bradley Bell from icculus.org/d2x for some help and had only gotten a reply when I had almost forgotten I had ever ask...

Diedel

Knowing what I currently do, though, I would really suggest that you bring back keyboard shortcuts for Cube, Side, Line, and Point modes. Unless I'm just oblivious to it, they aren't there anymore and are now governed by the setting at the top panel. Diedel, he is refering to the shortcuts... C = C...

Diedel

I have fixed the crash in the joystick config when assigning handle axis to a control. There is a bug in in joystick_read_raw_axis() from arch/sdl/joy.c: for (i = 0; i <= JOY_NUM_AXES; i++) axis = Joystick.axes .value; i is running to far due to the "<=" comparison. It should be "<&q...

Diedel

I haven't yet created (or even attempted to create) a level because I've been busy, and because one of my hands is currently all bandaged up so I can't really do a lot on the computer (I can mostly type OK, but not for extended periods of time.) :shock: Gotta tell me what has happened when your han...

Diedel

Time is tight. I question if I'll have the time to get around to it. Knowing what I currently do, though, I would really suggest that you bring back keyboard shortcuts for Cube, Side, Line, and Point modes. Unless I'm just oblivious to it, they aren't there anymore and are now governed by the setti...

Diedel

You haven't even agreed to the beta testers' DLE-XP terms of use, do you?

Btw, do you think 900 cubes wouldn't be cool, or a level you build wouldn't be cool?

Diedel

I am using the latest SDL software, and once I post my D2X_W32 for download, I will post that SDL DLL as well. Joystick support afaik is basically a matter of the OS and the SDL. The current problem with joystick setup in D2X is that it's crashing, and probably that joystick sensitivity is too low ...

Diedel

I've got one bug report so far ... one ... I wonder whether I should at least have every beta tester build a really cool 900 cube D2 single player mission ...

Diedel

I have a Saitek 4 axis USB force feedback stick, and the D2X joy config crashes when I am rotating the handle (roll function) ...

Diedel

OMG - I've made it! No slow mouse on high fps any more! Am I good, or am I good?

Diedel

The problem is how D2X handles the input. I am currently trying to fix the problem of mouse sensitivity depending on frame rate, and it's not as straight forward as it should imho be.

Diedel

Thanks for the hints, but I will never fix those joystick problems - because then you will whoop my butt again in D2X! (/me = mouser)

Ok, j/k.

It's the next issue on my list.

Diedel

Heya, news for all die-hard D2 fans: I have managed to create an MSVC project for D2X and build a working D2X executable. It's way smaller than the official one and even has it's first bug fix. I will continue to try to fix any known problems with D2X and offer a d/l link for my D2X Windows version...

Diedel

I had these project files too, and they didn't work for me - for whatever reason. So I took a look or two (at least :roll:) in the Makefile, figured the dependencies and required libraries, and built everything myself. Which modifications did you add to your D2X copy? I'd probably like to integrate...

Diedel

The question is whether you have been using the some public license compiler and the makefiles, or whether you have complete and working Microsoft Visual C++ work and project files. I have created MSVC projects and workspace for D2X, and afaik there's none publicly availabe. I've fixed the first pr...

Diedel

Well I've got it to compile and run now.

Unfortunately, D2X CTD's even when run from the debugger in certain situations, probably due to a problem in an external component like a driver. That's really bad, because it's very hard to debug.

Diedel

Krom wrote:In a lot of the levels pilots like me tend to leave a massive trail of carnage and distruction behind us during the manical persuit of that blasted theifbot. I think it is secret level 4 that has theif always respawn, I could camp that level for weeks.

ROFL - that's true!

Diedel

Ok then. np.

Diedel

Thunderbird, check your e-mail. Jeff, Falcon: I need you to agree to the agreement like Thunderbird did first. ;) Jeff, I'd also like to have a better e-mail address from you than a gmx account please. Check my profile for an e-mail address you can send it to if you don't want to post it here, or u...

Diedel

Heh, np. I figured you mistook the reactors for robots. Understably enough, as they shoot at you.

Now you know that a reactor is peanuts compared to a boss robot.

Diedel

Kyouryuu wrote:I never got an e-mail?
kyouryuu@planetdescent.com

I had sent you two e-mails already, but I will send another one.

Actually, I have sent access codes for dle-xp to all beta testers by e-mail, so if anybody else hasn't received them, please post here.

Diedel

Do you have Tyranny already?

Diedel

Tyranny wrote:http://missions.dyndns.org/

Oooooh, that's a beautiful site! Very well done indeed!

Diedel

I haven't had FTP access nor the ampition to work on this site for quite some time, but we've got a mess of D1/2 levels and what not at http://archives.descent.cx/ Nice site, but what is a search function w/o level list good for, if you do not know what to search for (and actually aren't looking fo...

Diedel

Gremalcon, if you are not playing a modified version of the D2 main single player campaign, this simply cannot be. I have played it myself, and there are only 5 boss robots in the complete robot set of D2. I also have just built the newest version of the official level editor created by Bryan Aamot...

Diedel

Your whole site redesign looks like an aweful lot of work ...

Diedel

No wait, you didn't! It's in shokwave.zip!

KoolBear, As I have fixed and greatly enhanced that mission since then, you might eventually want to post wshock19.zip there instead.

You're cool, man!

Diedel

You forgot my SP mission ... :roll: The reason is that it was kicked from the contest because one of the judges had the first level crash, which I could not reproduce. DMB2 never told me about any bugs in that level. I only found out two months ago why it had crashed (trigger with a non-existant ta...

Diedel

There is an especially big, tough and mean robot every 4 levels in the D2 single player campaign. That's what I call 'boss'. Killing that robot will end the level, instead of destroying a reactor. There is definitely not a boss robot in every level, usually the levels are ended by destroying a reac...

Diedel

If that's all the weaponry you got, hit and run. I dimly remember there being a spot where you descend to the (water) boss' lair, where the boss would wait for you to appear behind a door at a short tunnel. That's a nice place to fire away at it and hide quickly. You will probably need to save and ...

Diedel

I don't have a huge level collection (see PD or KoolBear's for these), but some pretty solid D2 SP & MP missions. Find them here.

Find another list of a few very well designed D1 & D2 missions by Grant Hallman and Lars A. Christensen here.

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