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by Xfing
Wed Dec 20, 2023 1:13 pm
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: The Enemy Within Descent 2 Mission Release Thread!!!
Replies: 188
Views: 165259

Re: The Enemy Within Descent 2 Mission Release Thread!!!

Glorious necro there mate <3
by Xfing
Tue May 30, 2023 5:44 pm
Forum: Descent Development
Topic: Unofficial Unauthorized Descent 2 Texture Patch (UUD2TP)
Replies: 8
Views: 16469

Re: Unofficial Unauthorized Descent 2 Texture Patch (UUD2TP)

Does this work with D2X Rebirth? Does it ever! Rebirth was the main testing environment for it, in fact. It working with vanilla in DOSBox would be a more dubious proposition than it working with Rebirth. Although in the D1 version, maintaining the PIG size was actually necessary to make it work wi...
by Xfing
Tue May 30, 2023 5:29 am
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)
Replies: 409
Views: 669426

Re: Going Rambo on D1 level 6 (And other levels)

Watching all these speedruns makes me wonder, would a 60 power Fusion have played a big role in D2 100% speedruns? Fusion is not only weak in D2, but also given to the player rather rarely, but making it 60 power again would still have made a world of difference in continuous playthroughs I think.
by Xfing
Tue May 30, 2023 5:19 am
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Sidearm regrouping
Replies: 10
Views: 12014

Re: Sidearm regrouping

Nice to know that Parallax has been able to give rise to such an urban legend. This really amplifies the fantasy of the game, although in technical terms sidearm modulas are no different than baby spiders etc. But in the pre-internet era it's wondering about stuff like this that made most games exci...
by Xfing
Mon May 29, 2023 6:29 pm
Forum: Descent Development
Topic: Unofficial Unauthorized Descent 2 Texture Patch (UUD2TP)
Replies: 8
Views: 16469

Re: Unofficial Unauthorized Descent 2 Texture Patch (UUD2TP)

Ok, finally done with version 1.1! - Implemented all the changes from UUD1TP up to version 1.5 - basically translated the fixes and tweaks to all seven D2 palettes - Made additional fixes for some textures that didn't look the best in the D1 palette, including most desert textures and Alien2 ones - ...
by Xfing
Mon May 29, 2023 5:13 pm
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: Descent 1 1/2
Replies: 2094
Views: 910978

Re: Descent 1 1/2

Aight, things are going to pick up the pace in the secret level department real nice now! And nightsurfer turns out to be Kaizerwolf, a very valued level designer. I'll make sure to adjust the handle in all mentions.
by Xfing
Fri May 26, 2023 1:05 pm
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: Descent 1 1/2
Replies: 2094
Views: 910978

Re: Descent 1 1/2

Sure, it'd be great! We'll have to do some reshuffling, since it seems Shroudeye is not available anymore and Secret Level 5 will be done by nightsurfer. Regarding the other levels, I don't think Naphtha will be doing his (gonna be a lot to get the final level from him as is), so I'll unlock his lev...
by Xfing
Thu May 25, 2023 3:51 pm
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: Descent 1 1/2
Replies: 2094
Views: 910978

Re: Descent 1 1/2

Aight folks, looks like we've only got 2 regular levels to go. The penultimate level is assigned to Sirius and he'll probably get around to making it eventually, while the for the final level I'll be trying to get Naphtha to do it, although he hasn't had much inspiration for mapping recently. Hopefu...
by Xfing
Sat Nov 26, 2022 7:33 pm
Forum: Descent Development
Topic: Unofficial Unauthorized Descent 1 Texture Patch (UUD1TP)
Replies: 4
Views: 10827

Re: Unofficial Unauthorized Descent 1 Texture Patch (UUD1TP)

1.5 is up - mostly doors corresponding to textures I'd fixed before. I think that will be it for the foreseeable future, and next stop will be translating these updates to D2. Same link
by Xfing
Wed Nov 23, 2022 6:05 pm
Forum: Descent Development
Topic: Unofficial Unauthorized Descent 1 Texture Patch (UUD1TP)
Replies: 4
Views: 10827

Re: Unofficial Unauthorized Descent 1 Texture Patch (UUD1TP)

Aight, and version 1.4 is up now, I've fixed even more textures that had problems, including some very popular ones like rock014 and its associated door and many more. Info which ones exactly is in the readme, you'll definitely notice a difference! From what I'm seeing, that's not the end of what ne...
by Xfing
Sat Nov 19, 2022 3:49 pm
Forum: Descent Development
Topic: Unofficial Unauthorized Descent 1 Texture Patch (UUD1TP)
Replies: 4
Views: 10827

Re: Unofficial Unauthorized Descent 1 Texture Patch (UUD1TP)

Alright folks, I'm back - with not just version 1.2, but 1.3 already. And a lot of good has come this time. You can still use the link in the OP, it leads to the updated download now (which also contains an updated readme of course). TL;DR summary: there were not just 3 or 4 textures that needed fix...
by Xfing
Thu Nov 17, 2022 5:38 pm
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: ...
Replies: 2
Views: 4837

Re: D2 Earthshakers How many?

This means you ain't maxing out your Shaker carrying capacity in Counterstrike. Which is outrageous in the first place, what genius made it so that you can carry only 10 Megas with an Ammo Rack, but 20 Shakers? It should totally be reversed if anything, or both capped at 10.
by Xfing
Wed Nov 16, 2022 9:26 pm
Forum: Descent Development
Topic: Unofficial Unauthorized Descent 2 Texture Patch (UUD2TP)
Replies: 8
Views: 16469

Re: Unofficial Unauthorized Descent 2 Texture Patch (UUD2TP)

Ok, some news. Guess I'll add all that stuff after all, even though it will not be readable by DLE for now (and likely revert these textures to defaults upon opening the level), but the new editor Inferno will be able to handle them just fine. But I think before I do that, I'll also be making some i...
by Xfing
Thu Sep 29, 2022 8:55 am
Forum: Descent Development
Topic: Unofficial Unauthorized Descent 2 Texture Patch (UUD2TP)
Replies: 8
Views: 16469

Re: Unofficial Unauthorized Descent 2 Texture Patch (UUD2TP)

Is there a new mission editor in the works? This is the first I've heard of it. I would be very interested in hearing more of what ProxyOne is cooking up. I just learned Doom Builder and it is sooo much more optimized. It has been hard to go back to DLE, haha. This is a great resource! Like you sai...
by Xfing
Thu Sep 29, 2022 8:50 am
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: Descent 1 1/2
Replies: 2094
Views: 910978

Re: Descent 1 1/2

Heyy Kaizerwolf, things have been a bit slow recently. I'm still around and fully intend to bring the project to a close sometime, but I've found myself swamped with other commitments in the meantime, no idea how long it'll take to clear those up so I can fully get back to doing this. Anyway, I've b...
by Xfing
Tue Mar 15, 2022 1:46 am
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: Descent 1 1/2
Replies: 2094
Views: 910978

Re: Descent 1 1/2

I've been doing a playthrough of the demo we have (first 15 levels) and I've fixed a few small issues, mostly misaligned textures, bad lighting etc, in a few levels. But I've also added goodies to the cubes diagonal from the reactor in level 7, the ones that the lifters fly out of. I really think th...
by Xfing
Sun Feb 20, 2022 8:42 pm
Forum: Descent Development
Topic: Unofficial Unauthorized Descent 2 Texture Patch (UUD2TP)
Replies: 8
Views: 16469

Re: Unofficial Unauthorized Descent 2 Texture Patch (UUD2TP)

Alright, so I added these extra textures to Groupa.PIG and set up proper events in the HAM. Here's a screenshot from a new editor currently being worked on by ProxyOne, which is able to display these extra textures: https://i.postimg.cc/wxPgW9LN/newtextures.png Both types of lava have their exact pr...
by Xfing
Thu Jan 13, 2022 9:45 pm
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: Descent 1 1/2
Replies: 2094
Views: 910978

Re: Descent 1 1/2

Not bad, looks like it's got a theme in mind, reminds me of D1 level 25. Anyway, I was able to get in touch with Naphtha. He'll try to get both his reserved levels done by around the end of February, though he can't make any promises due to some personal stuff. I say we give him time and see what ha...
by Xfing
Mon Jan 03, 2022 3:59 pm
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: Descent 1 1/2
Replies: 2094
Views: 910978

Re: Descent 1 1/2

Alter-Fox wrote: Sun Jan 02, 2022 1:32 pm Have a slow weekend at work, I started playing around in DLE with combining mars-ish textures with the brimspark palette, something that might turn into a suitable replacement for Naptha's tracking station if I can manage to finish it.
Sounds interesting! Post some screens?
by Xfing
Wed Dec 22, 2021 5:00 pm
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: Descent 1 1/2
Replies: 2094
Views: 910978

Re: Descent 1 1/2

I think it's probably worth re-opening that one level slot Naptha's still got claimed, yeah. Does it need to be fire-themed, or was that just the way he had planned to do it? Nah, it's the penultimate one that's fire themed, and Sirius is doing that one. The last one I thought should be mostly gray...
by Xfing
Wed Dec 22, 2021 12:21 pm
Forum: Descent Development
Topic: What's the longest time it has taken you to build a level?
Replies: 8
Views: 9697

Re: What's the longest time it has taken you to build a level?

Probably months, considering I had to learn the entire editor while doing it. It was fun though
by Xfing
Wed Dec 22, 2021 12:12 pm
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: Descent 1 1/2
Replies: 2094
Views: 910978

Re: Descent 1 1/2

We can do a pass over all the levels and add reactors in, so as to have this out of the way. They don't need to be sensibly placed at all, what counts is that they're there in the first place. But yeah, that'd be for anarchy mostly. People don't want to get distracted by having robots with so much f...
by Xfing
Sun Dec 19, 2021 5:54 pm
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: Descent 1 1/2
Replies: 2094
Views: 910978

Re: Descent 1 1/2

Ah, alrighty then! Carry on :P
by Xfing
Fri Dec 17, 2021 10:43 am
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: Descent 1 1/2
Replies: 2094
Views: 910978

Re: Descent 1 1/2

Well I can change it, I just didn't understand from your wording what exactly you wanted changed - is the issue with metl139 or the underlying texture? I can definitely see how combining the X-shaped grate with the white and red reactor power line texture is a bit unorthodox, but I don't see anythin...
by Xfing
Mon Dec 13, 2021 11:55 am
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: Descent 1 1/2
Replies: 2094
Views: 910978

Re: Descent 1 1/2

By the way, I looked at the modifications to level 45 and there is one thing that must change and one thing that could change. The one that must change is that the placement of the reactor needs to be lower because at the moment it is floating. The one thing that could change is the texturing of th...
by Xfing
Fri Oct 22, 2021 8:23 am
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: Descent 1 1/2
Replies: 2094
Views: 910978

Re: Descent 1 1/2

Ohhh right, I think I may have added that myself. Then again, I'll have to check again lol As for shakers, those could be dispensed earlier in the level as well. There is a very contrived secret sequence in the level that is tricky to figure out, and the whole secret area is quite extensive - someth...
by Xfing
Fri Oct 22, 2021 6:08 am
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: Descent 1 1/2
Replies: 2094
Views: 910978

Re: Descent 1 1/2

Definitely agree that Fusion can come in late in the mission, but with enough levels to actually have fun with it - unlike what Revival did with the Lancer in Overload. D1 had all weapons available by level 10, which is exactly 1/3 of the game (or slightly more than that if you don't play the secret...
by Xfing
Thu Oct 21, 2021 1:11 pm
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: Descent 1 1/2
Replies: 2094
Views: 910978

Re: Descent 1 1/2

Yeah, and the diamond claws are there to mix it up. BTW there are only certain places that trigger the matcens and Descent is pretty much not doable without foreknowledge anyway, so I think it should be fine. Either that or make the matcens one-shot. But I do think it'd be cool to have the two main ...
by Xfing
Thu Oct 21, 2021 10:50 am
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: Descent 1 1/2
Replies: 2094
Views: 910978

Re: Descent 1 1/2

Yea, I suppose the intention was to have them spawn cloaked lifters and diamonds, but TRUE just forgot to redo the bots. Obviously, we're not going to keep class 1 drones there. I've, let's call it, "submitted a monit" to Sirius regarding that DLE update that would allow us to see extra te...
by Xfing
Thu Sep 23, 2021 7:03 am
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: Descent 1 1/2
Replies: 2094
Views: 910978

Re: Descent 1 1/2

Ok, thanks. I commented on his latest vid, he should notice :P
by Xfing
Wed Sep 22, 2021 11:38 am
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: Descent 1 1/2
Replies: 2094
Views: 910978

Re: Descent 1 1/2

I've already contacted Sirius on the boards regarding his level, so that leaves two unaccounted for - both reserved by Naphtha. The final one isn't technically reserved at the moment, but he did express interest in making it. I wonder if Naphtha's still around, I sent him a priv here on the boards b...
by Xfing
Mon Sep 13, 2021 3:55 pm
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: Descent 1 1/2
Replies: 2094
Views: 910978

Re: Descent 1 1/2

Thanks for the review. Quick question, which puzzle did you find the hardest? I'm just curious because there are a couple of difficult ones. I'm fine with the crediting, it was your idea after all. :D I couldn't open the final part of the secret leading to the two shakers visible from the starting ...
by Xfing
Mon Sep 13, 2021 2:23 pm
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: Descent 1 1/2
Replies: 2094
Views: 910978

Re: Descent 1 1/2

Aight, we've got level 39 ready, completed by TRUEpiiiicness. Great job as always, the level is definitely going to be very memorable! It's indeed short, but not as short as it initially seems and is very appropriate for a boss level. Best of all, it feels busy even without the robots - it's just go...
by Xfing
Mon Sep 13, 2021 1:54 pm
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: Impressions on Descent: Insane, cold start, no-death, 100%
Replies: 298
Views: 426915

Re: Impressions on Descent: Insane, cold start, no-death, 100%

Ok, it's been a while but I actually went and tackled Vertigo lvl 1 in the meantime. I'll put up demos when I've beaten several levels, but I can give my impressions. Oh, it's worth mentioning that I'm playing this via DosBox now, so as not to have any distortions of the experience introduced by sou...
by Xfing
Sun Aug 29, 2021 5:56 am
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: Descent 1 1/2
Replies: 2094
Views: 910978

Re: Descent 1 1/2

I have sent you my impressions via DM, good job overall, as always :D
by Xfing
Sun Aug 29, 2021 5:06 am
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: Pumo Mines official release thread - Current: v1.1
Replies: 13
Views: 13388

Re: Pumo Mines official release thread - Current: v1.1

Oh well, guess I'm gonna have to make an XL folder now :P
by Xfing
Wed Aug 25, 2021 4:52 pm
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: Descent 1 1/2
Replies: 2094
Views: 910978

Re: Descent 1 1/2

I wish I could test, but how you open .dxa files? Google says that dxas store video frames but this isn't that. They're just renamed ZIP files, you can enter them as if they were folders if you just click them (at least in software like Total Commander) - if that can't be done using the regular Win...
by Xfing
Wed Aug 25, 2021 3:35 pm
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: Descent 1 1/2
Replies: 2094
Views: 910978

Re: Descent 1 1/2

I've also noticed the texturing issues. Its definitely the ham because it happens with just the sound patch. It also completly messes up custom robots. (Decided to play The Enemy Within.) It's mostly the eyes that get borked. Reinstall the files and you should be fine now. Hopefully :D I may have m...
by Xfing
Wed Aug 25, 2021 1:23 pm
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: Descent 1 1/2
Replies: 2094
Views: 910978

Re: Descent 1 1/2

Okay, SaladBadger found out what was causing the issue - turns out it's actually caused by D2W - it switches around the numbers of certain v-clips when recompiling descent2.ham - it's not a problem for native robots, but ones form v-hams start matchign to wrong indices then and that's why we get Ver...
by Xfing
Wed Aug 25, 2021 12:05 pm
Forum: Descent Level Spotlight
Topic: Descent 1 1/2
Replies: 2094
Views: 910978

Re: Descent 1 1/2

Well, I made the early edits to the HAM using Haxmed32, so I may have screwed something up in the process. D2W is much clearer in its interface so it's a bit harder to ruin something you don't intend to. But I know I didn't touch anything that related to Vertigo bots (in d2x.ham I only changed some ...