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by Gold Leader
Mon Mar 06, 2006 5:27 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Some 3dfx Fun
Replies: 82
Views: 9967

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by Gold Leader
Mon Mar 06, 2006 1:42 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Some 3dfx Fun
Replies: 82
Views: 9967

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Unit Lost
by Gold Leader
Mon Mar 06, 2006 1:34 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Some 3dfx Fun
Replies: 82
Views: 9967

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by Gold Leader
Mon Mar 06, 2006 11:38 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Some 3dfx Fun
Replies: 82
Views: 9967

norries Neo :)

but still the sky looks bad in d3d also glotch which is a rendering error also., no probs in Glide however.
by Gold Leader
Mon Mar 06, 2006 11:06 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Some 3dfx Fun
Replies: 82
Views: 9967

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@ obi-wan: 32 bit color doesnt work in OpenGL in D3, no matter what OpenGL always renders in 16 bit color, only direct3d works in 32 bit color. So it is no surprise 3dfx looks better in 16 bit glide then nvidia/ati in 16 bit opengl. okay but still the game was made for 3dfx Glide Direct3D doesn't l...
by Gold Leader
Mon Mar 06, 2006 4:20 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Some 3dfx Fun
Replies: 82
Views: 9967

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by Gold Leader
Sun Mar 05, 2006 5:59 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Some 3dfx Fun
Replies: 82
Views: 9967

Some 3dfx Fun

well after a few days of testing the Voodoo5 6000 in Descent3 @ 1600 x 1200 and some tother games too I made these nice shots of my 3 Voodoo5 AGP cards :) From top to Bottom: 3dfx Voodoo5 6000 AGP 128MB Rev.A 3700 [Prototype] 3dfx Voodoo5 5500 AGP 64MB Rev.A 2500 [Production Model] 3dfx Voodoo5 5000...
by Gold Leader
Sun Feb 05, 2006 9:24 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Hakkuuuhh!! hhe what do You do @Saturday Night!
Replies: 6
Views: 932

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MD-2389 wrote:/me wonders if Kenobi is related to this fellow. ;)
mkay I thought that was you lol :roll: D'oh
by Gold Leader
Sat Feb 04, 2006 7:51 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Hakkuuuhh!! hhe what do You do @Saturday Night!
Replies: 6
Views: 932

Hakkuuuhh!! hhe what do You do @Saturday Night!

haha Party party and some Hardcore and Hardstyle to teh Bone Yo!!!

and some Beer 'n' Booze and Danc'n Ladies will do fine :P :P :P

so what are your Saturday party nights like!!!

Whaaa zuuupp!!! :D :D :D :D :D :D
it's like :

Hakkuuuhhh!!!
by Gold Leader
Fri Jan 27, 2006 8:54 am
Forum: For the D3 Dev Team
Topic: Status of the D3 code/copyright
Replies: 55
Views: 65922

Re: D3 code

Descent is dead. NOOOO!!!!! DESCENT LIVES! I agree Descent will always livve for true fans @ Escorter if you think Descent is dead why would you waiste your time by playing it then, that doesn't sound like your a fan of it lol :roll: :roll: :roll: As a proud owner of the Voodoo5 6000 and descent3 D...
by Gold Leader
Thu Jan 26, 2006 4:56 pm
Forum: D2X-XL
Topic: D3X-XL?
Replies: 13
Views: 2665

Maybe we should give them a wakeup call :) Forgetting about one if the greatest games of all time would be a sad thing to see just happen :(

Oh well Let's hope that it will be ser to freedom one day so then you guys and gals can tinker with it 8)
by Gold Leader
Wed Jan 25, 2006 5:56 pm
Forum: D2X-XL
Topic: D3X-XL?
Replies: 13
Views: 2665

I was thinking like a Shader Model 2.0/3.0 texture pack or so to give Descent3 Series more details and so on or DescentIV textures for Descent3 I do know that there is a PyroGX from Descent2 with DescentIV graphics, and it does look beefy, if the whole game could get those graphics with a patch or s...
by Gold Leader
Wed Jan 25, 2006 6:46 am
Forum: D2X-XL
Topic: D3X-XL?
Replies: 13
Views: 2665

D3X-XL?

hm interesting will there be a D3X-XL also for as future plans?
by Gold Leader
Tue Jan 24, 2006 9:14 am
Forum: D2X-XL
Topic: D2X-XL Bug Reports - MS Windows
Replies: 2588
Views: 829920

afaik there are 5 songs in Midi format for Descent2 and 7 for Descent 1.
by Gold Leader
Tue Jan 24, 2006 6:30 am
Forum: D2X-XL
Topic: Make Your D2x Look It's Best:
Replies: 26
Views: 9789

ah okay :) Well here's my nice screenies which I made with my XFX GeForce 6800GT AGP Dual DVI @ 1024 x 768 x32 FSAA x4 AF x16 :) http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/albums/album90/PyroGX_in_OpenGL.thumb.jpg Man Descent2 : Counter Strike looks like new and totally revamped also! 8) And here a screeny of the s...
by Gold Leader
Mon Jan 23, 2006 6:50 pm
Forum: PTMC Gallery
Topic: Death - by Kuman
Replies: 11
Views: 2662

what happened to Kuman's site, I really liked his Art, it's fantastice like Darkbishop's artist impressions of his PyroGX ships:)
by Gold Leader
Mon Jan 23, 2006 2:31 pm
Forum: Descent Old Skool
Topic: D2 : Vertigo....where to get it?
Replies: 32
Views: 8877

mja, I well I just got Descent 3 + Descent3 : Mercenary USA Edition sealed for 2.95 US Dollar @ ebay lol.

the only one's I'm look'n for is the USA versions of Descent1 and 2 :) and the Vertigo Mission disk as a sepperate item, I wonder if that ever came out sepperately...
by Gold Leader
Mon Jan 23, 2006 5:12 am
Forum: Descent Old Skool
Topic: D2 : Vertigo....where to get it?
Replies: 32
Views: 8877

well that would be nice :)

but it's hard to find really, I've tried ebay also, do you know a place where it can be purchased in retail format ?

That would be very cool then my Descent collection is complete all parts boxed :)
by Gold Leader
Sun Jan 22, 2006 6:50 pm
Forum: Descent Old Skool
Topic: D2 : Vertigo....where to get it?
Replies: 32
Views: 8877

norries there, do what you feel is best ofcourse, that is something I can't decide for you or the others. ;)

Anyways I found it with Google.nl, it was meant for the good not the bad I didn't know it was illigal, oh well I suppose now it may have been illigal.

It shall not happen again.
by Gold Leader
Sat Jan 21, 2006 5:13 am
Forum: Descent Old Skool
Topic: D2 : Vertigo....where to get it?
Replies: 32
Views: 8877

I'm not so sure since that it was free for the people that have Descent2 and since that the source code has been given freely, I wasn't so sure at all :) and if it was free why can't I download it anywhere else that is also very odd. don't feel that worried I do have all Descent versions original in...
by Gold Leader
Fri Jan 20, 2006 7:17 pm
Forum: D2X-XL
Topic: Project "Descent Relived"
Replies: 148
Views: 95671

hmm this is getting better by the day, is this an own engine you are using Novacron & Diedel? or do you just render bitmaps and use them as textures? this does intrest me not that I do 3D modelling yet or so but those textures look incredible, would it be possible to convert Unreal Engine 3.0 fo...
by Gold Leader
Fri Jan 20, 2006 8:47 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Its a BOY!
Replies: 46
Views: 4192

Congratulations Capm ;)

A new Pyro Pilot is born 8)
May The Force Be Strong With Him and hope all will turn out very well ;)
by Gold Leader
Thu Jan 19, 2006 8:20 pm
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: God Damned Guidebot
Replies: 47
Views: 10494

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I tried to destroy him using only splash damage... 30 Mega missles later he still wasn't dead... :x Pain in the ASCII... 30 megas and you couldn't kill him? wow.... :roll: :P or maybe 20 Earth Shakers should do the trick :) I did loos my GB once when I was in a secret room with it I found a cloakey...
by Gold Leader
Thu Jan 19, 2006 7:53 pm
Forum: D2X-XL
Topic: Make Your D2x Look It's Best:
Replies: 26
Views: 9789

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In the profile, I've basically got everything maxed for my card and any sort of optimization with even negligible quality loss disabled: Antialiasing: 8xS Anisotropic: 8x Image settings: High quality Vertical sync: On Trilinear optimization: Off Anisotropic mip filter optimization: Off Anisotropic ...
by Gold Leader
Thu Jan 19, 2006 6:44 am
Forum: PTMC Gallery
Topic: what happened to darkbishop?
Replies: 0
Views: 978

what happened to darkbishop?

Hello all Do any of you know on what happened to darkbishop aka Daniel Leontiev ? He had great Descent, Descent2 and Descent3 wallpapers of Pyro's and so on and now I can't seem to find anything of his great 3D art. Does any of you have wallpapers of this artist? if you do please post them here May ...
by Gold Leader
Thu Jan 19, 2006 6:13 am
Forum: D2X-XL
Topic: D2X-XL Bug Reports - MS Windows
Replies: 2588
Views: 829920

well I found out that D2X-XL does ot work great with 16:10 Wide screen aspect ratio's sad to say, yet wide screens with aspect ratio's of 16:9 is not a problem, since that my laptop has a 16:10 aspect ratio screen with an ATi M18 the game will not cope properly with the Original ATi drivers as origi...
by Gold Leader
Wed Jan 18, 2006 8:07 pm
Forum: Descent Single Player
Topic: I need more games LIKE Descent 1, 2 and 3! No Freespace
Replies: 20
Views: 4292

Descent2 is still the best hehe I'm a an ole skool bloke :) Descent3 misses things from Descent 2 like the Phoenix cannon, that cannon is great fr shooting around corners and the Helix Cannon great for clearing large rooms. The levels design of Descent3 is also totally different to that of 1 and 2 t...
by Gold Leader
Wed Jan 18, 2006 7:10 pm
Forum: D2X-XL
Topic: D2X-XL Bug Reports - MS Windows
Replies: 2588
Views: 829920

yeah I do, I always use the Omega Catalyst, for better game performance in Flight Simulator 2004m FarCry and Call Of duty2, they are games i do at lans around here, I tried to get the people to play at least Descent3 or so, but they said it's too difficult lol anyway's it's running great here on the...
by Gold Leader
Wed Jan 18, 2006 5:34 pm
Forum: Descent Old Skool
Topic: How old is everyone and how long have you played Descent
Replies: 213
Views: 59240

well I started D1 demo on the day it was released somewhere in Q3 1994and a few weeks later I bought the game Retail, it hooked me, and made me very addicted :) :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

hmm I'm 29 now I was 16 back then oh man makes ya feel old when you think about it hehe :lol:
by Gold Leader
Wed Jan 18, 2006 5:14 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: The 2006 Post your PC's and Workstations Thread
Replies: 38
Views: 18818

well yeah it did take like 20 mins hahaha after that it cleared up :)

My plane is the Lufthansa B747-412 in the rear :)I was on my way to china back then from Schiphol Amsterdam to Guanzhou - China a realtime flight of 10 hours and 5 mins.
by Gold Leader
Wed Jan 18, 2006 4:25 pm
Forum: D2X-XL
Topic: D2X-XL Bug Reports - MS Windows
Replies: 2588
Views: 829920

well I think it's something else, my laptop has a 16:10 15.4\" TFT and I think that maybe the problem, because even with the clean install the problem still occurs, very odd. on my other system the Dual OpteronDP 244 and GeForce 6800GT there is no problem at all all nice @ 1024 x 768 x32 FSAA x...
by Gold Leader
Wed Jan 18, 2006 2:00 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Ultra-high res Monitor?
Replies: 5
Views: 683

well if you want the nicest CRT Monitor go for the Sony GDM FW900 24\" http://www.gamepc.com/images/labs/rev-fw900-screen.jpg * PC and Macintosh compatible * Virtually flat viewing surface * 22.5-inch viewable screen * 2,304 x 1,440 x 32 maximum resolution @ 80Herz * 0.27-millimeter dot pitch y...
by Gold Leader
Wed Jan 18, 2006 1:26 pm
Forum: D2X-XL
Topic: D2X-XL Bug Reports - MS Windows
Replies: 2588
Views: 829920

well I wanted to play D2X-XL on my laptop again @ 1280 x 800 and now I get black screens everytime I choose my pilot name or I get this: http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/6287/d2xxlfuckedup7go.jpg i get flipped back to my desktop @ 640 x 480 yay :r and here the CPU load :| http://img503.imageshack....
by Gold Leader
Wed Jan 18, 2006 12:49 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: The 2006 Post your PC's and Workstations Thread
Replies: 38
Views: 18818

yeah I love that game so much hehe, That painting [only the PyroGX it's self] took me about 2 days. http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/albums/album93/Sveta_my_Voodoo5_5500_AGP_machine_b.jpg the other side are ships from Descent: FreeSpace2 from top to bottom: Shivan Carrier \"The Shavanah\" Versud...
by Gold Leader
Wed Jan 18, 2006 11:07 am
Forum: Descent Old Skool
Topic: D2X-XL + Voodoo5 5500 & Win 98SE.
Replies: 7
Views: 2657

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I know where you're from. ;) Actually you can simply copy your D2 installation from a Win98 machine to your XP machine and install D2X-XL there. It should work fine then, as it completely replaces the Descent 2 executable and doesn't use its config files either. okay thank you for your help Diedel ...
by Gold Leader
Wed Jan 18, 2006 11:00 am
Forum: Descent Old Skool
Topic: D2X-XL + Voodoo5 5500 & Win 98SE.
Replies: 7
Views: 2657

well actually I'm from www.falconfly-central.de there we do everything with Voodoo cards we collect them, we test drivers, and we try to run everygame possible on them, even the Prototypes have thier runs. and Win98SE seems to be the best OS for the 3dfx cards, unless Win2K shouldn't be a problem. W...
by Gold Leader
Tue Jan 17, 2006 9:22 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: The 2006 Post your PC's and Workstations Thread
Replies: 38
Views: 18818

PC.1 FIREFOX Dual AMD K8 Opteron DP SledgeHammer 244 S940 @ 2x 1800Mhz, 1MB L2, 800Mhz FSB ::) MSI MS-9130 K8T Master2-FAR, VIA K8T800 chipset 1x Corsair TWINX 2x 512MB PC-3200LLPT ECC Reg ATi Radeon X850XT Platinum Edition AGP 256MB GDDR3 1.6ns 3dfx Voodoo5 5500 PCI 64MB 6ns Rev.A1 2900 Creative L...
by Gold Leader
Tue Jan 17, 2006 9:03 pm
Forum: Descent Old Skool
Topic: D2X-XL + Voodoo5 5500 & Win 98SE.
Replies: 7
Views: 2657

D2X-XL + Voodoo5 5500 & Win 98SE.

Hello all Today I have been testing the Voodoo5 D2X-XL with Descent2 and still no sucess only with saved games there is no problem, but when I start a new game I get the intro and then I can choose my Pilot that all goes very well, then I start a new game, then you get to see the intro and after tha...