Descent II - D2X-Rebirth (DXX) v.0.58.1 - Game mod - Download

D2X-Rebirth (DXX) is a mod for Descent 2, created by Christian Beckhaeuser

Description:

D2X-Rebirth is a source port of the Descent 2 for Windows so you won’t need DOSBox to play the games. Additionally, it offers OpenGL graphics and effects, advanced Multiplayer, many improvements and new features.

DXX-Rebirth has every little feature you may remember from the original Descent 1 and much more.

* Full compatibility with Descent and Descent 2, including all expansions and third-party levels.

* DXX-Rebirth runs on your favourite Operating System. We officially support Linux (and other *NIXs), Mac OS X and Windows. The source code can also be compiled on many other systems!

* OpenGL provides fast and smooth rendering - even on low-end systems.

* Optionally you can enable several effects like Transparency, Colored Lighting, Texture Filtering, FSAA, etc.

* Thanks to SDL, a wide variety of Joysticks are supported. Also you can use more Joysticks, buttons and axes than you can ever operate in your state of evolution.

* Joystick, Keyboard and Mouse can be used simultaneously.

* The games can display all resolutions and aspects supported by your monitor, including an option for VSync.

* Besides MIDI and CD-Audio (Redbook), you can play your own custom Music from your hard drive or a separate AddOn.

* Both games can utilize special AddOn packs to replace or expand the original game content.

* Multiplayer via UDP protocol provides a fast and easy-to-use LAN and Online action. This includes reliable communication causing less glitches due to lost packets.

* The ingame Demo-recording system has been improved. Demos are less glitchy and smaller while still still being backwards-compatible to earlier versions of the games.

* Higher game speed will not cause glitches such as unacceptable fast homing projectiles, incredible high damage caused by several collisions or Fusion cannon, etc.

* Player files, Savegames, Demos and Missions from DOS-Versions of the games can freely be used in DXX-Rebirth and vice versa.

* Mac Command keys are now working - see F1 Help. Command-Q works much like a normal Mac program

* Even more ...

Instructions:

Since D2X-Rebirth is a source port of the original Descent 2 engine, you need to have the original game files to play it. If you already have the originals you can get the files from your CDs or from the installation directories. If you once bought the game(s) from GOG or Steam, you can use these files/installers as well.

To install D2X-Rebirth, unzip the release into a folder (i.e. C:\Games\D2X-Rebirth). You must then copy some game files from the original installation folders to your Rebirth installation folder. The default location of the game files from GOG.com are C:\GOG Games\Descent 2. The files that you will need are:

1. descent2.ham
2. descent2.hog
3. descent2.s11
4. descent2.s22
5. alien1.pig
6. alien2.pig
7. fire.pig
8. ice.pig
9. water.pig
10. groupa.pig
11. intro-h.mvl and/or intro-l.mvl (-h is high quality, -l is low quality)
12. robots-h.mvl and/or robots-l.mvl (-h is high quality, -l is low quality)
13. other-h.mvl and/or other-l.mvl (-h is high quality, -l is low quality)

Copy these files to either the main Rebirth folder (i.e. C:\Games\D2X-Rebirth) or a Data subdirector (i.e. C:\Games\D2X-Rebirth\Data). Then run d2x-rebirth.exe in the main folder, and you're all set!

NOTE: On the Descent 2 CD, these files (except the movie [.mvl] files) are archived in the file 'descent2.sow'. This file is an ARJ archive and can be extracted using 7zip: http://www.7-zip.org/ or by installing the game on a Windows/DOS system.

• Last update: Thursday, April 18, 2024
• Genre: Action
• File size: 1.7 MB