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|gogcom id = 1207658657 | |gogcom id = 1207658657 |
Revision as of 03:06, 8 March 2019
Developers | |
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Outrage Entertainment|Outrage Games|Outrage Entertainment | |
Linux | Loki Software |
Publishers | |
Interplay Entertainment | |
Engines | |
Fusion | |
Release dates | |
Windows | June 11, 1999 |
Mac OS (Classic) | November 24, 1999 |
Linux | July 2000 |
Descent | |
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Descent | 1995 |
Descent II | 1996 |
Descent 3 | 1999 |
Descent (cancelled) renamed to S.T.F.U (Ships That Fight Underground) | TBA |
Key points
- Frame rate is capped at 50 FPS;[1] use command line arguments
-framecap X
with the cap you want. - The game's source code was never released unlike all other titles in the series. This is most detrimental to Mac users as the Mac version predates OS X, thus cannot run on it without the use of the Classic Environment. The Classic Environment was removed in 10.5 "Leopard" and isn't supported on Intel-based Macs. This makes Mac gameplay tricky.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Can be removed using an officially sanctioned no-CD patch. | |||
GOG.com | Descent 3 + Mercenary. Comes pre-configured with nGlide. |
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Steam | Descent 3 + Mercenary[2] |
- Two demo versions were released
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Mercenary |
Essential improvements
Patches
- Latest patches for every game version available here
Skip launcher
Launch the game with -launched parameter[2] |
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Skip intro videos
Launch the game with -nointro parameter[2] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Outrage\Descent3\[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
Linux | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/273590/pfx/[Note 2] |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\savegame\[Note 3] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
Linux | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/273590/pfx/[Note 2] |
-
*.plt
in the installation folder stores pilot-related settings.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Widescreen resolution
Add resolution switches[3] |
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Notes
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Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
Polish | Only available in Polish retail release. 'Mercenary' expansion pack was never translated. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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LAN play | Co-op, Versus |
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Online play | Co-op, Versus |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | Use D3Server3. | |
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Issues fixed
"Error: Unable to set temporary directory to ... The directory is in use" error at launch
Delete .lock file[citation needed] |
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Mouse movement issues on Windows 8.1
- For the GOG.com version use the Windows 8.1 mouse lag fix installer on the My Games page.
Install mouse fix[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 6 | |
OpenGL | 1.2 | |
Glide | 3 | |
Software renderer |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||||
Linux | |||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
Disable motion blur
Launch the game with -nomotionblur parameter[4] |
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Disable Windows 95 compatibility (Steam)
Disable Windows 95 compatibility[2] |
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System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98, NT |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 200 MHz | Intel Pentium II 300 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | 64 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 210 MB | 500 MB |
Video card (GPU) | 4 MB of VRAM DirectX 6.1 compatible | 8 MB of VRAM DirectX 6.1 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ Applications writing to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE
will be redirected to other locations based on various criterias, see the glossary page for more details. - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (273590) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
- ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ http://www.descent3.com/patch/Readme_14.txt
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Verified by User:Suicide_machine on 2017-12-16
- ↑ Descent3 | WSGF
- ↑ Descent 3 readme