Descent data files

[Phantom]

Of course I'm not asking for illegal stuff here, but if anyone would send me an e-mail with that stuff, it might get backuped before I delete it.

[suchiaruzu]

I've got it, but it has 16 megs and i'm on 56 k...

[Paul]

surely theres an old demo floating around...

[Phantom]

Sorry, must be the full version. The sources that I have only accept the data from the full game.

[Paul]

cant you alter it to accept the demo?? after all, pocketquake runs in demo mode, why not descent? it wont be worth it if everyone has to own descent...

[suchiaruzu]

Some stupid dude is already sending them over via mail on his 56k connection...

[Matt Keys]

what a guy

[suchiaruzu]

Well, he knows that you have bought Descent several years ago, so it's legal...<br>;)

[Phantom]

Thanks shapeshifter. <br>Small update: I got the code to compile under Visual C++ (PC), so now I'm adding in EasyCE for the display stuff. Once that's completed, Descent SHOULD run in an EasyCE window on the PC. From there on, it should be a piece of cake to do a CE version. I didn't yet look at the mouse and keyboard code; that should take another day. So my current schedule is: 1 day for EasyCE / running on PC, 1 day for PocketPC conversion, 1 day for mouse / keyboard code and then perhaps some time to optimize the texture mappers (they are pure C, but done by a not-so-capable programmer).<br><br>Projected on my agenda this would mean that I can have a PocketPC version ready in about 2-3 weeks.<br><br>I'll keep you guys informed, in case I encounter any hurdles.<br><br>- Jacco.

[Paul]

man, this is cool.

[Phantom]

Well, it's showing something on the screen now (can't really tell what it is though:) ), but I'll need the 1.5 datafiles... I'll do a search on the web for them, but right now I'm stuck because of that. Video code is now in place, mouse handling should work also. I'll keep you guys informed.

[Phantom]

Does anyone have the ORIGINAL descent.exe file? Somehow I got my hands on a pirated copy, and it's keeping me from patching the game (and the data files) to version 1.5. If someone can send me the original .exe, I can patch to v1.5 with the official patches from the Descent pages.

[Paul]

[Phantom]

[Paul]