Hello everyone!

I've made an installer for DXX-Rebirth and DXX-Retro that will make it much easier to install. No more copying game files and such, just download, run, and go! :)

You can download the Rebirth installer here: DXX-Rebirth Installer

You can check out the source here: Rebirth Installer Github Source

And the Retro installer here: DXX-Retro Installer

It's source is here: Retro Installer Github Source

Retro is a mod of DXX-Rebirth which is geared towards the competitive multiplayer community.

Here's a bit of info on the addons available from within the installer:

1. Vertigo for D2 (This was an official expansion created by Interplay. You need the original Vertigo files to install it)

2. Descent Maximum (This is a total conversion of D2 to the PS1 version. To uninstall it delete, or change the extension of D2XR-MAXIMUM.DXA in the main D2X-Rebirth folder)

3. Mission Packs (These are collections of missions. The Rangers are the main multiplayer community currently and they have created both anarchy and co-op mission packs for people to use. The Descent Championship Ladder [DCL] is a group of highly competitive players who challenge each other to 1v1 matches. They have their own missions pack available as well)

4. Soundtracks (These are high-quality recordings of the original MIDI soundtracks in lossless format. If the MIDI music you hear isn't what you remember, one of these packs may be more similar to the soundboard you had back in the day, and therefore will sound like the way you remember it. There are also Redbook audio tracks available as well. After downloading the soundtracks you will have to manually move one of them into the main Rebirth folders from the "Soundtracks" folder to enable it.)

5. German Briefing (This is an addon that converts the text of the briefings into German)

The installer will automatically install an addon that fixes the sound from D1 assets (robots and doors and such) in D2. If you like hearing those sounds all sped up and such, just delete or rename the extension of UUD2SP.DXA in the main D2X folder.

If you find any bugs, report them here and I'll get them fixed ASAP :)

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Notes:

1. When you uninstall, you are given the option of removing the installation folders or not. If you select yes it will remove the D*X-Rebirth folders and everything in them (including any missions or anything you may have installed).

2. Though zico and Drakona maintain Rebirth and Retro respectively, I maintain the installers, so if there's an issue, bug me, not them ;)

Updated to v0.57.1 :)

*Updated. Fixed a bug with the components selection, it should now copy files from anywhere that you specify. :)

thanks !

You're quite welcome!! :) Thanks for thanking me ;) lol!

*Updated. Just added some behind-the-scenes stuff (I went through and documented all the code and such, as well as added my own little in-house revision system, to make sure I always am working on the latest version. I also re-compiled and uploaded the installer...there shouldn't be any change, but in case I somehow managed to add a bug, this'll show it)

Also I added a link to the source file in the original post, mainly because I believe in open source lol!

Thanks for this! Normally I'm good with copy and pasting files over, but this is still so much better. You're awesome!

Why thank you!! :)

Updated to 0.57.2! :)

This Installer is a godsend. Thank you.

Chrome seems to think the download is malicious in some fashion... any idea why it would think that? :)

Browsers do their best to play it safe by either checking if it's commonly downloaded (such as IE) and throwing up a warning if it's not, or in Chrome's case just flat out warning that any executable could potentially be malicious. If you want to be doubly sure this is legit, I'd recommend scanning it with your anti-virus software. Otherwise, there's always the manual method straight from the homepage of that source port if you prefer to move the files yourself to the required directories.

Just found this... Thank you so much.

Such a great way to play :D

It's too bad that GoG releases the original form of the game, rather than an unofficial fixed version, such as this.

I even got Fallout for free recently (so I can't complain), but it stopped crashing after I found unofficial patches.

Once again, thanks!

Updated to 0.57.3

Does this version fix the problem that I tried speaking of the last thread?

For some reason, the escape track I set won't play if I have the level music in the Jukebox directed to something. Kinda annoying.