D2X-XL Worklog

Notes on features and problems from the development of D2X-XL, newest first.

Fog, Water and Lava

D2X-XL has been able to fill parts of a level with fog, water or lava haze for a while; for 2.0 I have rebuilt this.

There are four media: water, lava, light fog and dense fog. Connected segments holding the same medium form a volume, and everything in and behind such a volume is tinted depending on how much of it you are looking through.

The medium is not uniform anymore: wisps of it drift through the volume, each medium with a flow of its own.

Fog is also lit now. It picks up the light of the lamps around it and of lights that change, so a shot lights up the fog it flies through.

Level authors tag the segments in DLE and set color and view range for each medium there. In the game, fog can be switched off in the effect options.


News

A new D2X-XL update fixing broken screen resolution persistence is available

There is yet another D2X-XL update is available (the new Pumo Mines broke a few things ...)

Believe it or not: There's a new D2X-XL version online!

Uploaded updated D2X-XL and library source code that compiles with Visual Studio 19

After a really long time, another new DLE version is available

A new DLE version is available (hear, hear!) :D

A new Max OS X version of D2X-XL is available!

D2X-XL now offers a cartoon style render mode!

New D2X-XL and DLE versions are available

Blarget has got his own area in the level spotlight

New D2X-XL and DLE versions are available

A couple of levels have been added to the level spotlight

Hooray! We're finally having a new Mac OS X version of D2X-XL!

D2X-XL now features an observer mode for multiplayer games

A new D2X-XL version with improved multiplayer synchronization is available

A new D2X-XL version fixing out of sync problems in multiplayer games is available

A new D2X-XL version with many multiplayer bug fixes is available

Added high quality (ogg) Descent 1 and 2 music to the downloads area

A new D2X-XL version with important bug fixes is available

D2X-XL compiles and runs on Linux again!

Descent 1 and 2 high res textures are now available as complete downloads

A new DLE version with a ton of bug fixes and improvements is online

A new D2X-XL version is online

A new D2X-XL version with a much needed bug fix is online

A new DLE version is online

Published another DLE version with more bug fixes and improvements by Sirius

Published a new D2X-XL version

Published a new DLE version with tons of bug fixes and improvements by Sirius

D2X-XL now supports Oculus Rift 3D headsets!

Updated DLE and D2X-XL to support new level features requested by Pumo

Added an article about DLE's new tunnel generator to the worklog

DLE's new tunnel generator is finished

Added a new article to the worklog

Published a new DLE version

Added a new article to the worklog

Added two new articles to the worklog

D2X-XL and DLE-XP now support triangular segment sides!

DLE-XP has an OpenGL render and 1st person view!

New DLE-XP version available

Wrote a new worklog article

Check out DarkFlameWolf's level spotlight section!

New DLE-XP and D2X-XL versions are available

A new DLE-XP version is available

Added a worklog article about the way point feature

Added way point support to DLE-XP and D2X-XL

Posted a bunch of new screenshots

Posted a bunch of new screenshots

A New version of DLE-XP is available

New OS X version of D2X-XL is available!

Added article about lightmaps to worklog.

New article and video added to worklog.