D2X-REBIRTH(6)

💖 D2X-REBIRTH 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because we're talking about d2x-rebirth — a port of the 1996 classic game "Descent 2: Counterstrike". yes. the actual legend. it lives in section 6 of the manual (games, obviously, it's giving gamer) and it's literally everything.

✨ NAME ✨

d2x-rebirth — a port of the 1996 classic game "Descent 2: Counterstrike" 🚀

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

so DXX-Rebirth is a Source Port of the Descent & Descent ][ Engines, and it serves you the classical gameplay you know and love combined with OpenGL graphics and effects, plus a whole bunch of improvements and new features. it's the glow-up. it's the main character arc. it ate and left no crumbs. 💅✨

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

🖥️ System Options 🖥️

• -nonicefps — don't free CPU-cycles, babe. let them run wild.
• -maxfps <n> — caps your framerate at <n>. default is 200, and the available range is 1-200. pick your vibe.
• -hogdir <s> — sets the shared data directory to <s>, like a lil home base.
• -nohogdir — nope, don't even try to use a shared data directory.
• -use_players_dir — drops your player files and saved games into the Players subdirectory. organized queen behavior.
• -lowmem — lowers animation detail so it performs better on low memory. she's thrifty 💀
• -pilot <s> — auto-selects pilot <s>. no scrolling, no clicking, just you.
• -autodemo — starts you off in demo mode 🎬
• -window — runs the game in a window. cozy.
• -noborders — no borders in window mode. clean edges only.
• -nomovies — skip the movies entirely. sorry to the cinematic girlies 😭

🕹️ Controls 🕹️

• -nomouse — deactivates the mouse.
• -nojoystick — deactivates the joystick.
• -nostickykeys — makes CapsLock and NumLock non-sticky. the keys finally chill out.

🔊 Sound 🔊

• -nosound — disables sound output. silent era. 🙈
• -nomusic — disables music output.
• -sound11k — uses 11KHz sounds. retro crunch.
• -nosdlmixer — disables sound output via SDL_mixer.

🎨 Graphics 🎨

• -lowresfont — forces the use of LowRes fonts.
• -lowresgraphics — forces the use of LowRes graphics.
• -lowresmovies — plays low resolution movies if available, for the slow machines out there 🐢
• -gl_fixedfont — does not scale fonts to the current resolution. fixed. unmoved. iconic.

🌐 Multiplayer 🌐

• -udp_hostaddr <s> — uses IP address/hostname <s> for manual game joining. default: localhost
• -udp_hostport <n> — uses UDP port <n> for manual game joining. default: 42424
• -udp_myport <n> — sets your own UDP port to <n>. default: 42424
• -tracker_hostaddr <n> — the address of the Tracker server to register/query games to/from. default: dxxtracker.reenigne.net
• -tracker_hostport <n> — the port of the Tracker server to register/query games to/from. default: 42420

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

fr fr bestie, this section is only for people who know what they're doing. like, genuinely. no cap.

• -debug — enables debugging output.
• -verbose — enables verbose output. she will NOT stop talking.
• -safelog — writes gamelog.txt unbuffered. use this to keep helpful output around for tracing program crashes. your crash receipts, basically 🧾
• -norun — bails out after initialization.
• -renderstats — enables renderstats info by default.
• -text <s> — specifies an alternate .tex file.
• -tmap <s> — selects texmapper <s> to use. default: c, available: c, fp, quad, i386
• -showmeminfo — shows memory statistics. numbers girlies rise.
• -nodoublebuffer — disables doublebuffering.
• -bigpig — uses uncompressed RLE bitmaps.
• -16bpp — uses 16Bpp instead of 32Bpp.
• -gl_oldtexmerge — uses the old texmerge, which uses more ram, but might be faster. tradeoffs, bestie.
• -gl_intensity4_ok <n> — overrides DbgGlIntensity4Ok. default: 1
• -gl_luminance4_alpha4_ok <n> — overrides DbgGlLuminance4Alpha4Ok. default: 1
• -gl_rgba2_ok <n> — overrides DbgGlRGBA2Ok. default: 1
• -gl_readpixels_ok <n> — overrides DbgGlReadPixelsOk. default: 1
• -gl_gettexlevelparam_ok <n> — overrides DbgGlGetTexLevelParamOk. default: 1

❓ Help ❓

• -help, -h, -?, ? — views this help screen 🫶

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 💜 this one's d2x-rebirth, from the manual, dated January 2013 — shoutout to the source and version, mwah, ilysm 🎀✨🦋