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Descent III: Sol Ascent? Worthwhile?
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| It's Me Again 2004-09-08, 6:11 pm |
| I see it's avail in alt.binaries.cd.image.games. AFAIK it's not avail to
buy.
Would I have any problem getting this to run on my GE4? I haven't played
Descent for years so this could be a bit of fun over the weekend.
RRT
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| It's Me Again wrote:
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> I see it's avail in alt.binaries.cd.image.games. AFAIK it's not avail to
> buy.
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> Would I have any problem getting this to run on my GE4? I haven't played
> Descent for years so this could be a bit of fun over the weekend.
Yes, it only runs on Voodoo3. Taken from the FAQ:
[1.6] What is D3 Sol Ascent?
D3 Sol Ascent is an OEM version (i.e. commercial version, no demo) of
the D3 retail. It features levels 1-5 of the retail version whereas
level 1: Deimos is also available for download as D3 Demo 2 and level 3:
Piccu Station as D3 Demo 1. Sol Ascent also covers the multiplayer
levels of both D3 demos: The Core, Polaris & Taurus. However, this OEM-
version version is only available bundled with Voodoo 3 (3000 not 2000!)
boards and does *not* run on other boards!
There've been some unconfirmed rumours that this version has been
bundled with other hardware recently which would indicate that you could
run it on other graphics boards as well. However, I personally doubt it
and if you're interested in playtesting the game I'd still recommend the
demos since Sol Ascent is very buggy and Outrage will not release any
patches for it.
--
Moon's Descendarium - THE single-player guide to D1-D3
http://moon.descent-3.com
Maintainer of The 'Official' D3 FAQ
http://www.descent-3.com/faq/
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> [1.6] What is D3 Sol Ascent?
>
> D3 Sol Ascent is an OEM version (i.e. commercial version, no demo) of
> the D3 retail. It features levels 1-5 of the retail version whereas
> level 1: Deimos is also available for download as D3 Demo 2 and level 3:
> Piccu Station as D3 Demo 1. Sol Ascent also covers the multiplayer
> levels of both D3 demos: The Core, Polaris & Taurus. However, this OEM-
> version version is only available bundled with Voodoo 3 (3000 not 2000!)
> boards and does *not* run on other boards!
>
> There've been some unconfirmed rumours that this version has been
> bundled with other hardware recently which would indicate that you could
> run it on other graphics boards as well. However, I personally doubt it
> and if you're interested in playtesting the game I'd still recommend the
> demos since Sol Ascent is very buggy and Outrage will not release any
> patches for it.
> --
Thanks, moon. I've been out of this NG for years but still remember your
name. Descendarium was/is a great site. Anyway I did d/l it and it works
fine so far. Didn't get far beyond the initial startup and training though.
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