DXX-Rebirth 0.52

DXX-Rebirth is the Remake of the two DESCENT ports D1X and D2X.
This version of D1X is based on PLDs RPM release of d1x-1.43. Since this version is based on the original source code of 1999 it is hard to get it working on newer distributions.
My only goal is it to bring D1X back on Linux in a small package with an user-friendly installer that provides everything, that let the game run on every Linux box out there.
Linux is being developed day for day and every software must be prepared to be compatible with this daily updates. Unfortunately D1X isnt getting developed any more and its possible, that it wont run on distributions that will come in some years.
Your see in fact I have not debugged the source and/or compiled this binaries itself. Im just the guy who searched the best working binaries, packed them together with needed libraries and stuff, searched and solved some annoying bugs, wrote a small installer and this readme.
Since i cant compile the source any more i just can try to keep all files that are necessary for this game to live on. But this is a situation we will encounter in some years and now Im proud to present you the first distribution-independent installer for D1X!
I hope youll have fun with the installer and with the game of course, too. If you have something to say about my release, feel free to contact me.
Main features:
- Provide simple and easy to handle installer packages to let the ports run on every Linux distribution out there.
- Maintain the ports as good as possible to ensure their continuity.
- Arouse the interest and orm a new community to help to improve D1X and D2X to make them better as they already are and let them live on. Everyone - especially with coder skills - is welcome to help.