Planet Descent

Community => Mess Hall => Topic started by: RaginCajun72 on March 03, 2016, 04:51:09 AM

Title: New to Planet Descent, Not new to Descent
Post by: RaginCajun72 on March 03, 2016, 04:51:09 AM: Long time player here. Though I only recently found D2X-XL and was about to knock off the dust of my CDs, I thought it would be better to just download the D2 from GOG or Steam...until...well, I just now noticed that they disappeared. After googling why, I found you guys! Then saw this really cool Coffee mug on Zazzle. --------->

Anyway, thought I'd donate and get me a 6DoF Frosty one and just thought I'd drop in and say Hi.

I had already purchased 1 and 3 digitally in the past. Can't say why I didn't do the same for 2 at the same time. Guess I was always just more of a fan of 1 more than the other two. I tried really hard to like 3 but the mouse-look controls were always 'too fast' and made game play difficult. I'm sure if I browse the files here I'll find some fixes for 3 and probably go ahead and re-download it again.

Now I have purchased Descent:Underground, under the impression that they will indeed release a single player campaign to go with it, but now that I saw Overload is in the works.....I'm excited all over again.
Title: Re: New to Planet Descent, Not new to Descent
Post by: Kaiaatzl on March 03, 2016, 05:17:38 AM: I know I know so much good stuff.
Good to see(-ish) a new face(-ish) around here, we don't get too many on this site any more.

By the way I go by Splotchie over on Descent: Underground and the Overload boards. And everywhere else by... many other names.
Title: Re: New to Planet Descent, Not new to Descent
Post by: RaginCajun72 on March 03, 2016, 05:49:28 AM: :) Nice to meet you. I'm currently offshore for the last time, and do not have an internet connection I can download games from. So I will definitely download D:U when I get back home and look you up. I'm also on Steam as well: hjguillory
Title: Re: New to Planet Descent, Not new to Descent
Post by: -<WillyP>- on March 03, 2016, 07:49:53 AM: Welcome to Planet Descent!
Title: Re: New to Planet Descent, Not new to Descent
Post by: RaginCajun72 on March 03, 2016, 11:00:39 AM: Thanks WillyP. I'm glad I took the time to join up.
Title: Re: New to Planet Descent, Not new to Descent
Post by: Scyphi on March 03, 2016, 05:37:44 PM: Welcome. Seems you're just in time for something of an extensive Descent revival, so you're timing's pretty good. ;D

Apologies there isn't more activity around here. PD's ranks aren't as numerous as they once were. :-\ But...we still try to make the best of it. :)
Title: Re: New to Planet Descent, Not new to Descent
Post by: RaginCajun72 on March 04, 2016, 05:40:38 PM: Thanks for the warm welcome. If that's the case...then I'll make myself at home and help keep the place a bit more active.....Time to get started with another run through of D1. I never finished D2, so I might just tackle that too...
Title: Re: New to Planet Descent, Not new to Descent
Post by: VANGUARD on March 04, 2016, 06:36:20 PM: Welcome to Planet Descent!
Title: Re: New to Planet Descent, Not new to Descent
Post by: Scyphi on March 04, 2016, 08:19:56 PM: Quote from: RaginCajun72 on March 04, 2016, 05:40:38 PM
I never finished D2, so I might just tackle that too...

Oh good, so I'm not the only one. :P
Title: Re: New to Planet Descent, Not new to Descent
Post by: Pumo on March 04, 2016, 10:42:40 PM: Hey welcome RaginCajun!

By the way, if you still haven't got the chance to, you should definitely play Descent 2 Vertigo.
It's much better than the main D2 campaign and a must play for every Descent fan! ;)
Title: Re: New to Planet Descent, Not new to Descent
Post by: RaginCajun72 on March 05, 2016, 03:17:26 PM: I'm looking it up now, on online to see where I can buy it. I used to have the CD set pack of all of them, but since I never beat D2, I never made it to Vertigo. I think the set pack might have been sold in one of our Garage sales. :'(

Oh heck, nevermind....I found the mission files here (http://www.gog.com/forum/descent_series/the_definitive_collection/page1), on GOG's forum. I hope that this isn't a 'pirate' download.
Title: Re: New to Planet Descent, Not new to Descent
Post by: -<WillyP>- on March 06, 2016, 07:45:30 AM: There a link above labled 'files'...

Vertigo for Descent 2 (http://www.planetdescent.net/index.php?action=tpmod;dl=item51)
Title: Re: New to Planet Descent, Not new to Descent
Post by: RaginCajun72 on March 06, 2016, 12:14:07 PM: ::thumbs up::
Title: Re: New to Planet Descent, Not new to Descent
Post by: -<WillyP>- on March 06, 2016, 03:57:55 PM: There are lots of other missions you might be interested in also, have a look around.
Title: Re: New to Planet Descent, Not new to Descent
Post by: PyroJockey on March 08, 2016, 11:28:34 PM: Greetings.
Title: Re: New to Planet Descent, Not new to Descent
Post by: RaginCajun72 on March 15, 2016, 05:16:15 AM: Oh yeah! My mug came in! and she's a beauty! 360° of frosty glass awesomeness! Can't wait to get back home from this trip and start filling it up with some delicious coffee or tea!
Title: Re: New to Planet Descent, Not new to Descent
Post by: D2Disciple on March 15, 2016, 05:28:21 AM: Welcome, and glad to have you here!

Definitely finish D2... That's my favorite single-layer campaign of the 3 (if you couldn't tell by my callsign ::)). Other recommendations are Vertigo, as was mentioned, DarkFlameWolf's incredible D1 mission set "Descent Vignettes," which really pushes the boundaries of what could be done geometrically with the original D1 and D2 engines, and the Descent Maximum campaign, which was ported by a fan to the PC version of the game.

There are plenty of others as well... Trust me, you could spend the next five years working through some of the custom missions, especially if you check out some of the D2X-XL specific missions. ;D
Title: Re: New to Planet Descent, Not new to Descent
Post by: Scyphi on March 15, 2016, 08:03:04 AM: We'll let you get through some of those first, but I can also suggest some fun custom missions as well, especially in the D1 range, of which there's plenty. ;)