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Alter-Fox

Hey, come to think of it... what are you thinking the hub is going to have for music? As far as I can tell you haven't got anything for it on any of the three releases.

Alter-Fox

Sounds like I might get a few more songs from Pumo for D1.5 within the next few weeks. Including the one I originally wanted for one of my maps, so, claws crossed...

Alter-Fox

Judging by the political set of *this* community... it'll be voting for a centrist president somewhere in Spain, cowering in fear lest any of us here should ever find where it's hidden itself away.

Alter-Fox

No, it would just be a case of dropping the dxa into the rebirth folder/taking it out. Or having an installer which does that.

Alter-Fox

Oh, by the way... I was assembling an unofficial hi-fi soundtrack for Plutonian Shores, for a co-op game/stream that happened this evening. While I still can't get a dxa to work only for one mission, I did find a way to have the music tracks in the dxa take precedence over the midi tracks and sng in...

Alter-Fox

Is that the pinball one?
I don't know how it got its name either. Those were some fun maps to play though.

Woulda made some good singleplayer concepts.

Alter-Fox

I got the three songs I was looking for from Jay.

They're under the name porta2note. Enceladus, Orcus, and Dacol Futyl Tunnels officially have their own tracks now. And we get some old-school cred on the OST.

He also expressed interest in possibly making a level for us if he finds the time.

Alter-Fox

Yeah, I think it might be a little bit hurtful if the first two people who comment on his video both want the music track for the same old game he probably hasn't even heard of. At the same time I would really like to include that song somewhere in the Sol system. On the plus side I sent a message t...

Alter-Fox

Hmmm... Well then we'll see we'll see
I can see you've already made a comment. That could make this kind of awkward... unless you're the one to ask I guess.

Alter-Fox

That is a really cool music track... too bad we're unlikely to get it unless you or somebody else here somehow knows the guy.

I may be able to get something similar from Jay Hoeberechts... (my spelling's a work in progress here)

Alter-Fox

...I don't remember saying that.

Alter-Fox

Exciting times. I still remember when we started this scrappy little project with just two or three levels I donated. At least one of them's still here. :) EDIT: X, I'm gonna PM you my ideas for the tycho brahe boss level. That way if I don't end up being able to make it in time (I've been working o...

Alter-Fox

The registered midi tracks aren't as much of a problem -- even if you can't find a place to download them most of the folks around here probably have them lying around somewhere and could send them to you. The only other thing you might need to get a authentic-as-possible Awe32 sound is some variety...

Alter-Fox

...I haven't the first clue.
Once you've got the midi I can think of a couple ways you could mix it together with the drum track, assuming the tempos are the same, but I honestly don't know what makes hmp different from mid except for apparently being buggier.

Alter-Fox

As long as I can get the files converted to MIDI format I can add the drums from the registered version to shareware version. The main problem is that I don't have the physical soundcards to record the result. Now that's quite an idea. You could probably use soundfonts/emulators to get very very cl...

Alter-Fox

...no, the shareware had both versions, but most of the songs were unfinished. The reason I didn't like some of them as much was that I felt as though they were missing something. The level 3 track had different instruments, and no drum track. But there's so much syncopation in the bass and other pa...

Alter-Fox

So I finally took a look around Orcus.
I think it's a really good job. If light levels were reduced in the "maze" and the reactor room it could make for a really nice darker level as well, if we still want a few of those.

I'm for including it.

Alter-Fox

Yeh, but the shareware midis were slightly different.
Personally I don't like them as much but others feel differently.

Alter-Fox

AAA graphical? Are you kidding me? I find DU is a joke compared to Overload in terms of quality. Either way, they should of advised the backers of their issue. And also taking down their website, servers etc just makes people angry. I never said I thought they were succeeding, lol. I agree about Ov...

Alter-Fox

I heard of this way back when but never saw it. I've never heard even the old-timers here talk about actually playing it so I have a suspicion it was never released but I don't know anything for sure. Huh... Obi-Wan Kenobi/Gold Leader (forget which one he goes by here) collects anything and everythi...

Alter-Fox

Overload had 300G of funding from fans. Descent had 600G. Why were they not able to do it all themselves when Overload was done with little extra money? Overload wasn't trying to make a game approaching AAA graphical quality and... I don't wanna say "gameplay" but, sorta, objectives and v...

Alter-Fox

You'd have to get somebody to redo all the robot models in a format D2X-XL can read and animate from, and probably convince Karx to resume active development.
Good luck!

Alter-Fox

To be, well, fair might be the wrong word, but @CDN_Merlin communication was never something Descendent was particularly good at. I agree with what they should have done but expecting it from them is a different thing. I was on their Strike Team so I can vouch for many of the things Eric is saying h...

Alter-Fox

If there were ever a remake of D1 in the vein of what Sol Contingency wanted to be, it would be cool if Secondary Lifter's gun actually spun like a chaingun. Would look cool on Boarshed too if the three fire points spun around each other and gave the plasma a spiral pattern. Or anything else with a ...

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Alter-Fox

I actually like that idea. Like the hub in DI... you could have the player start there before the original mission and then start a new game on it to pick the next one. Then any new Pumo Mines projects that you might or might not end up building could be added to that level as well -- you'd just nee...

Alter-Fox

Don't know all of them, but
2 is a D2X-XL only feature
The answers to 4, 5, and 6 are all no.

Alter-Fox

I believe D2X-XL has one. I should look through DLE to see what's available before suggesting anything stupid. :P Don't have time for that right now though, so the only thing I can think of at the moment is that while the reason you want to be vague about what might or might not happen in this situa...

Alter-Fox

There were some of those, true, but this is not how those complications were supposed to end.
Something didn't go the way Descendent wanted it to, that's all I can tell for sure.

Alter-Fox

Yes, but still working evenings at the hospital.
I should have a few days off next week.

Alter-Fox

So is a slow cat.

Alter-Fox

I fly phoenix and black pyro only... Magnum just makes me impatient.
Though I have used it for the final boss once or twice.

Alter-Fox

Setting guidebot to "find robot" mode helps me out most of the time... I've heard other folks have had difficulties with it leading them back to the same places over and over sometimes but that doesn't mean it's not worth a try.

Alter-Fox

I have a difficult time accessing dropbox through a phone connection and I don't have unlimited data.
Plus I'm spending lots of time at work.

Alter-Fox

I only have internet on my phone right now, it will be a little while before I have time or ability to test.

Alter-Fox

You could kill yourself with the earthshaker just as easily.
Or with the phoenix.
Or the mega in D1.

Accidental suicide via your own weapons is a long tradition in Descent.

Alter-Fox

There is already a plasma in a secret on level 10 in anticipation of this idea.
I clearly know you too well.

Alter-Fox

I think some of us (me included!) have been corrupted and co-opted by Overload's map editor especially while Revival ran the first DLC contest last year.

Alter-Fox

I think they make other robot's AI more aggressive (like setting them to snipe mode in D2), but it's difficult to notice in the stock campaigns 'cause once the robots that really show the difference between aggressive and normal modes start showing up the supervisors kinda stop. One of the Vertigo s...

Alter-Fox

Uuuh...
Class 2 Supervisor shows up in D2 a couple times.
Vertigo series has some D1 bots in places.
I thought there was at least one more crossover bot in D3 but I don't remember which one...

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