Descent 3 continues this with its new game engine, which actually consists of two engines - one for rendering indoor areas and the other for rendering outdoor areas with terrain. Continuing where Descent 2 left off, the game reprises your role as the Material Defender, a mercenary hired by the Post-Terran Minerals Corporation sent to rid their.
- Descent 3 offers only ten slots for save games. Once all ten slots have been used, subsequent saves need to overwrite previous saves. Some players reuse save slots in a rolling fashion, so that the most recent save game may be in any one of the ten slots. This can make it difficult to find the save game where the player has progressed the furthest.
- Prepare To Start Your Descent.Sensory overload in 360° 3-D.Welcome to Descent™ - 27 levels of the most mind-bending, stomach-churning action game ever. Featuring true 3-Dimensional worlds with light source shading, texture mapping, 3-D morphing, directional sound effects and sizzling music, this is technology taken to the limit.
Everybody who's done or tried it before knows it already: The complete installation of Descent 3 takes at least a few days, and novice computer users have no chance at all.
When the CD installation starts, one of the first misleading things it does is make the wrong suggestions for upgrading DirectX and Flash. This may be the first, but it will by far be the last surprise potential players encounter when installing Descent 3. It's only the beginning of a long journey of outdated information and references. No wonder, the game is 10 years old.
Directly off the CD, it's not even possible to register the game, although it keeps asking for it. There is no easy way to break that circle. The standard patch, which most people are playing, for Descent 3 is the one that upgrades it to version 1.4. It takes a bit of googling, downloading, and trial and error to get it, since some distributions contain a copy of the wrong patch for the wrong localized version of the game. Outrage's online service is dead, hence it's not possible to play Descent 3 online out of the box anymore, although there still is an active online player community - They are only not that easy to find. Users need to know what they have to download and how to install it. Many Descent 3 extensions come without an installation program, and most of the ones that do have a setup that is terribly outdated. Without tweaking it a bit, the game doesn't work on Windows Vista or Windows 7.
We decided to do something about this!
We created an installer for the full version of Descent 3, which installs all required additions, modifications, the level editor, single and multi-player missions, and much much more in one go.
You can now install and configure Retribution, Mercenary, Vortex, Pyromania, Olympia Gold, Basewars, the server tool, about 750 additional missions, and everything else required for single and multi-play, for creating own levels (maps), and chatting with only a few mouse clicks.
We made Descent 3 compatible with Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and also the newer server versions of Windows, without requiring to be logged on as administrator and without any dodgy Microsoft Windows backwards compatibility mode.
It installs about 3 GiB of Descent 3 stuff (but no promo and fan-made game movies). The package is highly compressed, which means you only need to download about 1.1 GiB.
Here's an (incomplete) list of what the Descent 3 package contains:
- Descent 3 version 1.4 in English.
- The Descent 3 1.4 - 1.5 Version Switcher.
- Mercenary add-on.
- No-CD patch.
- Descent 3 mod Pyromania.
- Vortex for playing online.
- Improved reticle.
- Non-working and outdated network protocols/types removed.
- Server tool to host Descent 3 servers.
- Descent 3 level editor D3Edit.
- Tycoon's ship logo tools.
- Around 750 additional single-player and multi-player missions.
- Additional mods like ladder anarchy, Olympia Gold, Basewars, Black Pyro Justice, etc.
- Most recent file with pilot pictures.
- Level development tools.
- Additional software from Dateiliste like StartSP and modified launcher.
- Moon's saved demo games for complicated single-player passages.
- Many links to online resources.
- Startmenu shortcuts for most single-player missions.
- Optional desktop shortcuts for Servertool, Vortex, etc.
Here's what it doesn't contain: Fan-made promo films. The reason for this is that there are simply too many of them around. You can easily find another few gigabytes of fan-made promo films and music videos on the net. Since we doubt that most people would like to download and install several gigabytes of Descent 3 videos and watch them for hours, we decided not to include any in the package. If you really want to download and install them anyway, they are not very hidden on the net. Alone YouTube and Google offer tons of them. A selection of Descent 3 films can be found in the PromoFilms folder here on Dateiliste.
Minimum required Windows operating system for our Descent 3 version is Windows 2000. Sorry, the software can't be installed on Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT, but it runs just fine in Wine under Linux.
'Wow! That's exactly what I was looking for! Where can I buy this package?'
You can't. Sorry. Buy Descent 3 from somewhere else instead, but don't install it. Then come back to download our package and install it on your computer.
We are not entitled to sell downloadable Descent 3 licenses. You need to have a Descent 3 license yourself already before you can download the installer from here. We've compiled some instructions to get you through the process of obtaining your copy of our Descent 3 installer. It's pretty straight forward. It will save you a lot of time, and you can enjoy playing the game right after its installation has been completed, which only takes a few minutes.
Read the frequently asked questions (FAQ) (requires registration) to have some of the most common questions answered.
Download the full version of Descent 3 - Instructions step 1 tells you what you need to do to download a copy of our Descent 3 installer.
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Descent 3 continues this with its new game engine, which actually consists of two engines - one for rendering indoor areas and the other for rendering outdoor areas with terrain. Continuing where Descent 2 left off, the game reprises your role as the Material Defender, a mercenary hired by the Post-Terran Minerals Corporation sent to rid their.
- Descent 3 offers only ten slots for save games. Once all ten slots have been used, subsequent saves need to overwrite previous saves. Some players reuse save slots in a rolling fashion, so that the most recent save game may be in any one of the ten slots. This can make it difficult to find the save game where the player has progressed the furthest.
- Prepare To Start Your Descent.Sensory overload in 360° 3-D.Welcome to Descent™ - 27 levels of the most mind-bending, stomach-churning action game ever. Featuring true 3-Dimensional worlds with light source shading, texture mapping, 3-D morphing, directional sound effects and sizzling music, this is technology taken to the limit.
Everybody who's done or tried it before knows it already: The complete installation of Descent 3 takes at least a few days, and novice computer users have no chance at all.
When the CD installation starts, one of the first misleading things it does is make the wrong suggestions for upgrading DirectX and Flash. This may be the first, but it will by far be the last surprise potential players encounter when installing Descent 3. It's only the beginning of a long journey of outdated information and references. No wonder, the game is 10 years old.
Directly off the CD, it's not even possible to register the game, although it keeps asking for it. There is no easy way to break that circle. The standard patch, which most people are playing, for Descent 3 is the one that upgrades it to version 1.4. It takes a bit of googling, downloading, and trial and error to get it, since some distributions contain a copy of the wrong patch for the wrong localized version of the game. Outrage's online service is dead, hence it's not possible to play Descent 3 online out of the box anymore, although there still is an active online player community - They are only not that easy to find. Users need to know what they have to download and how to install it. Many Descent 3 extensions come without an installation program, and most of the ones that do have a setup that is terribly outdated. Without tweaking it a bit, the game doesn't work on Windows Vista or Windows 7.
We decided to do something about this!
We created an installer for the full version of Descent 3, which installs all required additions, modifications, the level editor, single and multi-player missions, and much much more in one go.
You can now install and configure Retribution, Mercenary, Vortex, Pyromania, Olympia Gold, Basewars, the server tool, about 750 additional missions, and everything else required for single and multi-play, for creating own levels (maps), and chatting with only a few mouse clicks.
We made Descent 3 compatible with Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and also the newer server versions of Windows, without requiring to be logged on as administrator and without any dodgy Microsoft Windows backwards compatibility mode.
It installs about 3 GiB of Descent 3 stuff (but no promo and fan-made game movies). The package is highly compressed, which means you only need to download about 1.1 GiB.
Here's an (incomplete) list of what the Descent 3 package contains:
- Descent 3 version 1.4 in English.
- The Descent 3 1.4 - 1.5 Version Switcher.
- Mercenary add-on.
- No-CD patch.
- Descent 3 mod Pyromania.
- Vortex for playing online.
- Improved reticle.
- Non-working and outdated network protocols/types removed.
- Server tool to host Descent 3 servers.
- Descent 3 level editor D3Edit.
- Tycoon's ship logo tools.
- Around 750 additional single-player and multi-player missions.
- Additional mods like ladder anarchy, Olympia Gold, Basewars, Black Pyro Justice, etc.
- Most recent file with pilot pictures.
- Level development tools.
- Additional software from Dateiliste like StartSP and modified launcher.
- Moon's saved demo games for complicated single-player passages.
- Many links to online resources.
- Startmenu shortcuts for most single-player missions.
- Optional desktop shortcuts for Servertool, Vortex, etc.
Here's what it doesn't contain: Fan-made promo films. The reason for this is that there are simply too many of them around. You can easily find another few gigabytes of fan-made promo films and music videos on the net. Since we doubt that most people would like to download and install several gigabytes of Descent 3 videos and watch them for hours, we decided not to include any in the package. If you really want to download and install them anyway, they are not very hidden on the net. Alone YouTube and Google offer tons of them. A selection of Descent 3 films can be found in the PromoFilms folder here on Dateiliste.
Minimum required Windows operating system for our Descent 3 version is Windows 2000. Sorry, the software can't be installed on Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT, but it runs just fine in Wine under Linux.
'Wow! That's exactly what I was looking for! Where can I buy this package?'
You can't. Sorry. Buy Descent 3 from somewhere else instead, but don't install it. Then come back to download our package and install it on your computer.
We are not entitled to sell downloadable Descent 3 licenses. You need to have a Descent 3 license yourself already before you can download the installer from here. We've compiled some instructions to get you through the process of obtaining your copy of our Descent 3 installer. It's pretty straight forward. It will save you a lot of time, and you can enjoy playing the game right after its installation has been completed, which only takes a few minutes.
Read the frequently asked questions (FAQ) (requires registration) to have some of the most common questions answered.
Download the full version of Descent 3 - Instructions step 1 tells you what you need to do to download a copy of our Descent 3 installer.
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Descent 3 Game Resolution
is absolutely beautiful. Descent 3 is veritible eye candy filled with lots of special lighting effects and optical effects, such as specular mapping and mirrored surfaces. But be forewarned, Descent 3 REQUIRES 3D acceleration. Descent 3Descent 3 Game Download
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is based on a 3DFx glide acceleration running on a Voodoo 3 2000 (PCI) graphics card. One of Descent 3's most oustanding graphical features is it's general handling of lighting effects. Much of the action takes place in small rooms or corridors where there's very little ambient light. This presents an excellent backdrop for showcasing the light source shading used in the game.Descent 3 Game Review
There are several ways to light up your surroundings and be able to enjoy the yumminess of this eye candy. One fairly straight forward and obvious way is to simply turn on the headlight equipped on your Descent vehicle. You also have a seemingly endless supply of projectile flares. These are not long lasting, but allow you to light up an area without facing it. For a laugh, tag one of your enemies with one of these flares... they won't sneak up on you easily for a little while, anyways! These projectile flares can also serve a more tangible function. Open a door and fire one of these flares into a door jamb, and the door won't be able to close until the flare is completely out. Another cool way to light up the dark is to simply fire your weapons. As your shot speeds off away from you, it will light up everything around it. Lastly, there's your guidebot. He may flit around like a two year old strung out on caffeine, but at least he does generate light, which will light up the room when he's around you.
The sound effects and background sounds in Descent 3 are fantastic, as well. Descent 3 supports several different audio configurations, including surround sound(?), stereo, A3D, and DirectX Sound(?). Crank this baby up and run it through an A3D compatible card, a slew of speakers, and preferably an Intensor thrown in for good measure, and you can get lost and forget where you are. When you finally quit playing, you'll have to get used to level ground again. (No, I'm NOT kidding.)
Both the graphics and the sound in Descent 3 are top notch and work together to provide a very rich and emmersive environment. NOTE: If you experience lag while playing Descent 3 or short, intermittent drops in frame rate, and you are using a 3DFX based accelerator, you should download new drivers from 3Dfx.com. I had this problem originally, but once the new drivers were installed, the game ran beautifully.
