1 In addition to d2x, you need some data files to play. On un*x, these
2 files need to go into a shared data directory
3 (/usr/local/share/games/d2x by default). On Windows or DOS, they go
4 in the same directory as the d2x binary.
9 The base install depends on which version of the datafiles you have.
10 d2x currently supports just about any version of Descent II, and can
11 use almost any version of Descent I as an add-on.
13 Place these files into your shared data dir:
15 Full Version (PC or Mac):
27 If you want movies, place the .mvl files in your shared data dir:
28 intro-h.mvl and/or intro-l.mvl
29 other-h.mvl and/or other-l.mvl
30 robots-h.mvl and/or robots-l.mvl
31 The mvl files from the Mac version will not work. They are in a
34 OEM Version (Destination: Quartzon):
44 If you want movies, place the .mvl files in your shared data dir:
47 robots-h.mvl and/or robots-l.mvl
66 d2x should be able to play any missions for Descent I or Descent II,
67 including the original Descent I mission (Descent: First Strike)
69 In order to play any add-on missions, you need to have a full set of
70 textures. That is, your base installation above must be the "Full
71 Version", the "OEM Version", or the "Mac Shareware" version.
73 To install an additional mission, just place the .hog and the .msn or
74 .mn2 file into your missions directory. The missions directory can be
75 inside the system-wide data dir, or your $HOME/.d2x dir. d2x will
78 To install the original Descent I mission:
79 Place descent.hog into your data dir.
81 d2x tries to make Descent I levels look as close to the original as
82 possible, using just Descent II textures. However, if d2x finds
83 a .pig file from Descent I (except PC shareware and 1.0 versions)
84 installed in the data dir, it is able to improve the originality
85 by reading textures from there (except for animated textures).
91 Vertigo consists of both netgame enhancements (codenamed HOARD) and an
92 additional mission. To install HOARD, place hoard.ham in your data
93 dir. To play the vertigo mission, place d2x.hog and d2x.mn2 in your
95 If you want the movies that go with the vertigo mission, place
96 d2x-h.mvl and/or d2x-l.mvl in your data dir.
102 In unix, all filenames must be in _lower case_. It's important.
104 It is not necessary to run the D2 setup program to extract the files
105 you need, just use unarj to extract the files from descent2.sow on the
108 If you use the mac demo data files, and they are not auto-detected
109 (colors come out wrong), use the -macdata switch.
111 If your computer has performance problems playing the movies, you can
112 tell it to play the low resolution versions by setting MovieHires=0 in
113 your descent.cfg file.
114 You can also override this setting by passing the -lowresmovies switch
115 or by deleting all *-h.mvl files.