Descent 3
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Developers | |
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Outrage Entertainment|Outrage Games|Outrage Entertainment | |
Linux | Loki Software |
Mac OS, OS X | Graphsim Entertainment |
Publishers | |
Interplay Entertainment | |
Engines | |
Fusion | |
Release dates | |
Windows | June 11, 1999 |
Mac OS (Classic) | November 17, 1999 |
Linux | July 2000 |
macOS (OS X) | March 8, 2002 |
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 isn't supported on Intel-based Macs due to the removal of PowerPC support in 10.7, making 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 |
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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 |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||||
macOS (OS X) | |||||
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