Ohmster wrote:
> I just started playing Descent again and found d2x-xl. Wow! Holy
freaking
> crap, 1200x1600 and as fast as you can imagine! Unbelievable,
considering
> how slow D1 was when I first played it when it first came out.
>
> Anyway, I have D2 and D1 loaded in d2x-xl and since D1 plays so freaking
> well, I decided to play that one first. Now the map works just fine with
> D2, press Tab to bring it up, but in D1, I can only get the map by
pressing
> Alt F1 and F2 as radar windows. This is not helpful, I need the full map
so
> that I can see it and move it around to see where I am going. D1 came on
> floppies and I was smart enough to back up the disks on CD and so I can
> still play, but I have not manual for that game, or if I did, it is long
> gone now. How the heck do you bring up the full automap in D1?
>
> And last question, are there any good walkthroughs around for D1 and D2?
I
> really cannot find any. A long time ago, Moon had some kind of
Descendarium
> page that was freaking awesome with pictures and demos to show where the
> secret levels are and how to beat bosses, but I cannot find Moon's site
> anymore. Any good maps, walkthroughs, or guides to show where the secret
> levels are in a pinch? I try not to use walkthroughs as that is like
doing
> a crossword puzzle with the answer sheet in front of you, but I really
do
> not want to miss im****tant stuff like the secret levels. Any good sites
or
> help out there?
>
> This rocks so freaking hard, thanks guys!
> Moon, if you are still around, your site was the best, will it come
back?
> --
> ~Ohmster
> theohmster at comcast dot net
> Put "messageforohmster" in message body
> to pass my spam filter.
I found no problems when viewing the automap in a Descent 1 mission
using D2X-XL. The Descendarium has moved; find the link in my Descent
site's (http://www.descent2.de)
links section.
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