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The Lion

Hi there. I've just released a C library that provides functions
to read, parse, and write Descent 3 demo files. It also has
bindings to the Lua scripting language.

You can find it, and further info on it, on this descentforum.de
thread. Enjoy!

The Lion

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Are you suggesting that Clinton had sex with \"that woman\" but didn't realize it?

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Thanks for recording that final guys.

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That's more likely because of the latency (lag) between you and the server; from its point of view you're not yet past the corner, so effectively the weapon is closer than it appears. It may also go around the corner while from the player's point of view it hit the wall, thereby creating the \"...

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Well that certainly sounded like a challenge... and there's still a spot left!

I'd participate in some of these tourneys if only they would start a little
earlier than 3am CET...

Demo the final please.

14:02 < IsAB> maybe he's left handed?

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Why has no one mentioned the word \"missile\" or \"secondary\"? Turning on accurates definitely makes it harder to hit people with primary weapons, but it's not going to affect missiles much - giving players yet one more reason to do the usual stuff: enter the room, bounce around...

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Yeah the driller was annoying, but also cool. The Descent 1 AI is the only one that can give you nasty surprises like that, even if you know the level well. Descent 2 has bots that can snipe but they were just annoying. Descent 3 is even worse. Most of its bots can only kill you because they're so d...

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How about the fact that Vista was initially supposed to have full support for `` trusted computing '' (as well as some other features like WinFS)? I'm guessing that, given the magnitude of TC, at some point they realized they had no chance of ever completing it in under (say) 10 years, or even at al...

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Gekko, please do some research. Your claim about incentive is a myth that has already been debunked by the GNU manifesto over 20 years ago . Licenses that prohibit commercial (re)distribution do not qualify as free software or even open source licenses. Take a look at some commercial GNU/Linux vendo...

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The only issue would be the Descent trademark, which is why the game isn't going to be called OpenDescent. So... there are several projects now which intend to develop a new 6DoF from scratch: GeoCore, currently being kept alive by psion; OpenDescent, progressing very slowly through its design phase...

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Smart missiles - for use in dark alleys and to eliminate any surprises waiting around the corner. The RIAA and like-minded associations would make good targets for any available black sharks, although they should be applied with a bit more care. The Transmogrifier Tonic from Guild Wars would also be...

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There are 2 significantly different ways to play it on GNU/Linux: you can use the native port by Loki, or you can run the Windows version under GNU/Linux by using wine . The latter works perfectly for me (it runs at least as good as it did on Windows), although I've heard a few people complain that ...

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Why are you so surprised at something that can be easily explained by greed?

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Ah sorry forgot the topic, d2 weapons yes.

I checked the fusion in D2 multiplayer on rebirth 0.53 (just checked again in fact);
a single uncharged fusion blob does 15 damage; a full uncharged hit does 30.

It's half the damage of the D1 fusion.

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I thought quad 4 from D1 was the most efficient... 52 damage for a full hit. Beats quad 6 from d2 which is 50. D2 Fusion only uses half of the power compared to D1. However in D1 multiplayer it switches to D2-like level. Huh? D1 fusion is 30 per blob uncharged compared to 15 in D2, I checked very re...

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When movie studios get to take their pick, we get the standard with more DRM...

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...which brings us back to the original topic.

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What an idiot. This guy first disambiguates the word "violence" and acknowledges the misunderstanding in the Quran, and then proceeds to keep it and just forget about it as if there was none in the first place. He also tries to keep attention away from the difference between spanking someo...

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Got a demo too?

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AFAIK your network connection was fine. This seemingly \"instant change of direction\" is what I meant by the agile ship movement. I notice the same thing when watching Javed, and he's also accused of cheating by a lot of people. Perhaps you could record a short (2 minutes or so) video of ...

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Yeah but he sponsors the server, in fact I think he's the one who leased (/register/whaddyacallit) it; you try convincing the admin to drop his rights. Fortunately, he's not a complete idiot, merely a bit paranoid. So the matter can be resolved with a bit of diplomacy. Also, as I understand it most ...

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In the DeepBlue case: I don't think it was the trichording (in fact I didn't see you trichord much for speed of movement), but the lightning reflexes and agile ship movement. Very few pilots can do that and some players may think it's just impossible so they cry hax. Maybe you should record a demo o...

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With wine you can also make it run in a window, but yeah that's not windows...

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I used one for D3 for a while, but it didn't take long before it started drifting which is rather annoying. Didn't have any other problems with it although players who use the hat switch to slide (which I don't) tend to break it. :) My current joystick is a Thrustmaster Fox 2 Pro which has worked we...

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So who's gonna record the final between Behe and Zero?

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They probably mean that \"we\" only use some 10% of our intellectual
capacities. Consider the bitching you so often see in d3 games while
everyone still keeps playing it.

D1 / D2 / Forsaken anyone...?

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[RED]

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Oh man what have I done?

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Imagine that you had to incinerate your Guidebot at the end of the game.

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Google \"d3-linux-files\". Go up a few directories.

I should note that D3 runs perfectly well under wine though (at least for me it does).

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$2 million for causing emotional distress? Think of the opportunities.

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I found this DBB post using a google query...

viewtopic.php?p=199635#199635

...in which supersheep explains the .oof format.

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The demoscene community offers tons of artwork for free, including music.

http://www.scene.org/
http://www.pouet.net/

Apparently scene.org recently got a $4000 donation from Pixar.

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Maximize throughput for downloading; minimize delay for real-time online games; maximize reliability for VoIP.

Somehow I doubt if it will actually matter. You can always experiment...

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They used it for the Inferno mod.

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Wasn't DTX an old 16-bit win3.11 program? :-)

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Sometimes, I find myself being attacked by three guys, all firing homers, smarts, and mega's at me with whatever else they have up their sleeve. Just sometimes? You're lucky. Being able to shoot down missiles sounds like a really nice idea now. Hmmm... I don't think any weapon can actually hit anot...

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I mostly agree with Krom on the damage vs long range effectiveness stuff. That's also why I'm a bit skeptical about the XRP; I hope you can really avoid making it into another MD. The overexposure effect and reload won't matter if someone (with a good aim) flies around with the thing fully charged; ...

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I just googled around a bit; took a while indeed but eventually I found the level.

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