Runs even on an EEE netbook. Although textures of destroyed screens spread over surrounding tiles for some reason.

Ten times size the size of the original levels? Who would want that?!

I got lost in those so often when i was young, i'm probably scarred for life.

This looks really interesting.

want to pick up descent but im still on the fence lol i love anything to do with ships and such and this is high on my wishlist but i may get addicted to this >.>

this mod may push me over the edge hehe

These levels are HUGE and complex. And the game looks great! i will try that mod someday, thanks for info, GOG.

You apparently skipped over that part of the article.

"There is a detailed installation guide on its website to help new users get it going; if that isn't enough, friendly volunteers from the community are willing and able to provide help and support on the D2X-XL forums."


-Khalaq

i have never played Descent before and was wondering this mod does it replace the game or is it like say Neverwinter Nights where i can choose it from a list like play 1 or 2 /expansion/ and mod?

Works well on XP, really good; lots of options you can change. The article may have a typo, Vertigo isn't included in the Descent 1+2 pack as suggested at the end of the article. You CAN get Descent 1+2 from here, but NOT the Vertigo expansion.

Somebody mentioned the size of the levels and I agree, they are big enough.

PS: The setup is the same as Zdoom, you just need certain files from the Descent 1+2 game. You can also play the PS1 Descent game through this mod too.

And for those of you who missed it the first time around, the alternative to D2X-XL is this:

http://www.gog.com/en/news/descents_dxx_rebirth_mod_spotlight

can someone help me with installation? i have donwloaded installer and extracted all files to GOG descent 2 folder but when i try run it d2x-xl.exe and its require some other files from Descent 1 why this need files from descent 1 if i want it for descent 2? how i should instal it? should i put mod to different folder and copy some files from d1 and d2 ? can someone do step by step installation?

You just need to extract it to the Descent 2 folder, when you start it it mentions which files have and have not been detected. If it can't find the Descent 1 files (which are in another directory) you simply can't play those levels.

On another note, I've just tried them both and so far I very much prefer the Rebirth one.
D2XL has way more options, but that also makes configuration kind of annoying.
Rebirth immediately works with music, movies and high resolutions working.

"Levels having up to ten times the size" can also translate into massively increased detail. Many D2X-XL levels utilizing the increased amount of segments (like Pumo's "Kartsal Motivation" demo, Yokelassence's "The Sphere" or my mission "Boiling Point") rather use them for that than for making the levels more expansive. Sirius "Anthology" and Yokelassence's "Dimensional Intersect" on the other side have just massive dimensions, but also are tremendously thrilling and fun to play. I recommend to play all these missions before making a judgement here. :)

The Vertigo data indeed isn't included in GoG's Descent 1+2 data (I wonder why that is), but if you ask around in the D2X-XL forum, someone might help you with that until GoG changes that (which I hope they will do - I have prompted them to that issue already, and as far as I know them they are very constructive guys :)).


@SladeStrife,

D2X-XL replaces the original program, but you still need to own the original game data.


@DukeNukemCZ,

D2X-XL just issues a warning about these files not being present, but you won't need them to play Descent 2 missions. I have added that feature (of D2X-XL warning about missing files) because so many users complained about not being able to play D1 or Vertigo levels with it and couldn't figure why; so D2X-XL tells them that certain files are missing in the hope they will understand that due to that they will not be able to play missions requiring them.


@Smannesman,

D2X-XL comes with a useful options preset, and music, movies and high resolutions work out of the box there, too (D2X-XL even automatically choses the highest native resolution your hardware offers). These things are just a matter of course.

But what do you want? XL also has way more features, and I have boiled the options down to the essential ones anyway - and there have still been a lot of people complaining that I have removed some of the more technical options. Those that are available allow every user to fine tune D2X-XL to his hardware, and most users appreciate that (Rebirth may not need that due to its low requirements, but that also means it doesn't offer much in terms of visuals or additional gameplay). D2X-XL's options are also nicely grouped into rendering, effect, gameplay, physics and effect options. That's not so many options that you would get lost in them. Above that, D2X-XL has an integrated help function: Press F1, and an explanation of the currently highlighted option will be displayed.


@ShadowCat,

I find it unfitting to post Rebirth advertisements here. The only reason I had posted in the Rebirth spotight was that GoG.com had used D2X-XL screenshots to garnish it (and I only posted there two years after it had been published).


@All,

The following Youtube videos will give you an impression of how it is to play Descent with D2X-XL:

Descent 1: First Strike level 1
Descent 2: Counter Strike level 1
Descent 2: Counter Strike level 2
Scenes from D2X-XL levels

I've installed these mods and they are incredible. Descent truly is revolutionary, addicting, and fun. It wasn't that confusing to install...you just need to copy files from GOG's directory into D2X's directory and follow the directions online. It would be nice if GOG added Vertigo to the Descent goodies stash but you can also find it online.

Kudos to this awesome mod and to GOG for spotlighting it so everyone can know about it.