D2X-XL 1.14.65

D2X-XL 1.14.65 brings users a free port of Descent 2 to OpenGL. It is an open source project and has received a lot of enhancements compared to Descent 2.

The publisher work on this project would not have been possible if hadn't been for the people who initially implemented the OpenGL and SDL code in D2X, so my thanks to them: It is for them that we can still play this great game on modern hardware. My thanks also to the many people who have provided input for this project, be it in the form of bug reports, great ideas, logos, encouragement, or other. 

Descent 2 is a pretty old game, and further development has slowed down; so there are a few issues - some still stemming from the original Descent 2 - that have never been addressed or solved in D2X.

As I still like Descent 2 pretty much, I was always looking for a way to get rid of the things that plagued me most in Descent 2. Getting hold of the D2X source files and being able to create a MS Visual C++ 6 project for D2X finally enabled me to fix these annoyances.

 Major Features:

1. Colored lighting and lightmap support
2. Full CTF mode
3. Entropy multiplayer game mode
4. UDP/IP multiplayer code and tracker support
5. Automatic mission download
6. In-level teleports
7. Cameras and monitors
8. Speed boosts ("wind tunnels")
9. Screen resolution up to 1600x1200
10. All cockpit views available in all resolutions
11. Mission folder with sub directories to allow for improved mission file management
12. Support for playing D1 missions

Enhancements:

• D2X-XL can highlight the reticle in red when a target is in the player's line of fire (single player and coop only; install the new hires reticle textures to enable this feature)