D1X-REBIRTH(6)

👑 D1X-REBIRTH 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because we're about to talk about d1x-rebirth, which lives in section 6 of the manual (the games section, obviously, it's giving legend behaviour). This is the port of the 1995 classic game "Descent: First Strike" and honestly? iconic. periodt.

✨ NAME ✨

d1x-rebirth — port of the 1995 classic game "Descent: First Strike"

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

So DXX-Rebirth is a Source Port of the Descent & Descent ][ Engines, and the whole vibe is classical Gameplay combined with OpenGL graphics and effects, a bunch of improvements and new features. Like, it's the og game but make it glow up. no cap. 🦋✨

💅 OPTIONS 💅

🎀 System Options 🎀

• -nonicefps — Don't free CPU-cycles. she's hungry, let her eat.
• -maxfps <n> — Set maximum framerate to <n> (default: 200, available: 1-200). pick your speed, queen.
• -hogdir <s> — set shared data directory to <s>
• -nohogdir — don't try to use shared data directory. respectfully, no. 🙈
• -use_players_dir — put player files and saved games in Players subdirectory
• -lowmem — Lowers animation detail for better performance with low memory. for the girlies running on a potato 🥔
• -pilot <s> — Select pilot <s> automatically
• -autodemo — Start in demo mode
• -notitles — Skip title screens. we're skipping the intro, we know the lore.
• -window — Run the game in a window
• -noborders — Do not show borders in window mode

🕹️ Controls 🕹️

• -nomouse — Deactivate mouse
• -nojoystick — Deactivate joystick
• -nostickykeys — Make CapsLock and NumLock non-sticky. bye bestie 💀

🔊 Sound 🔊

• -nosound — Disables sound output
• -nomusic — Disables music output
• -nosdlmixer — Disable Sound output via SDL_mixer

🌸 Graphics 🌸

• -lowresfont — Force to use LowRes fonts
• -gl_fixedfont — Do not scale fonts to current resolution

🫶 Multiplayer 🫶

• -udp_hostaddr <s> — Use IP address/Hostname <s> for manual game joining (default: localhost)
• -udp_hostport <n> — Use UDP port <n> for manual game joining (default: 42424)
• -udp_myport <n> — Set my own UDP port to <n> (default: 42424)
• -tracker_hostaddr <n> — Address of Tracker server to register/query games to/from (default: dxxtracker.reenigne.net)
• -tracker_hostport <n> — Port of Tracker server to register/query games to/from (default: 42420)

🧚 Debug (use only if you know what you're doing) 🧚

bestie. read the label. use only if you know what you're doing. this is the backstage area, no tourists. 🔥

• -debug — Enable debugging output.
• -verbose — Enable verbose output.
• -safelog — Write gamelog.txt unbuffered. Use to keep helpful output to trace program crashes.
• -norun — Bail out after initialization
• -renderstats — Enable renderstats info by default
• -text <s> — Specify alternate .tex file
• -tmap <s> — Select texmapper <s> to use (default: c, available: c, fp, quad, i386)
• -showmeminfo — Show memory statistics
• -nodoublebuffer — Disable Doublebuffering
• -bigpig — Use uncompressed RLE bitmaps
• -16bpp — Use 16Bpp instead of 32Bpp
• -gl_oldtexmerge — Use old texmerge, uses more ram, but might be faster
• -gl_intensity4_ok <n> — Override DbgGlIntensity4Ok (default: 1)
• -gl_luminance4_alpha4_ok <n> — Override DbgGlLuminance4Alpha4Ok (default: 1)
• -gl_rgba2_ok <n> — Override DbgGlRGBA2Ok (default: 1)
• -gl_readpixels_ok <n> — Override DbgGlReadPixelsOk (default: 1)
• -gl_gettexlevelparam_ok <n> — Override DbgGlGetTexLevelParamOk (default: 1)

⭐ Help ⭐

• -help, -h, -?, ? — View this help screen

okay that's the whole menu, you ate 💅✨ go forth and descend, main character. 🦋

this page is d1x-rebirth, dated January 2013, and it's part of the Games manual, section 6 — love that for us. 🎀💖