D2X-XL v1.18.7

D2X-XL v1.18.7 is released. D2X is a port of Descent 2 to OpenGL. It is an open source project and has received a lot of enhancements compared to Descent 2. My work on this project would not have been possible if hadn't been for the people who initially implemented the OpenGL and SDL code in D2X, so my thanks to them: It is for them that we can still play this great game on modern hardware. My thanks also to the many people who have provided input for this project, be it in the form of bug reports, great ideas, logos, encouragement, or other.

Descent 2 is a pretty old game, and further development has slowed down; so there are a few issues - some still stemming from the original Descent 2 - that have never been adressed or solved in D2X.

As I still like Descent 2 pretty much, I was always looking for a way to get rid of the things that plagued me most in Descent 2. Getting hold of the D2X source files and being able to create a MS Visual C++ 6 project for D2X finally enabled me to fix these annoyances.

D2X-XL v1.18.7 Changelog:
- Improved: Since energy spark rendering can significantly reduce framerate, spark amount can now be adjusted in the effect options menu
- Fixed: Ship module integrity values of the advanced damage model overlapped with other elements of the miminalist HUD
- Fixed: The lock indicator of the full screen HUD overlapped with the graphical module integrity indicator of the advanced damage model

Download: D2X-XL v1.18.7
Source: Here