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Revision as of 03:10, 18 December 2017

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Descent 3
Descent 3 cover
Developers
Outrage Entertainment|Outrage Games|Outrage Entertainment
Publishers
Interplay Entertainment
Engines
Fusion
Release dates
Windows June 11, 1999
Mac OS (Classic) November 24, 1999
Linux 1999
Descent 3 guide on StrategyWiki
Descent 3 on Wikipedia
Descent
Descent 1995
Descent II 1996
Descent 3 1999
Descent (upcoming) 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 not released unlike the earlier titles in the series. This is most detrimental to Mac users as the Mac version predates OS X, thus cannot run on it without the use of the Classic Environment. The Classic Environment was removed in 10.5 "Leopard" and isn't supported on intel Macs. This makes Mac gameplay tricky.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows
Mac OS
Linux
GOG.com
DRM-free
Descent 3 + Mercenary
Windows
Steam
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Descent 3 + Mercenary[2]
Windows
Two demo versions were released

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Mercenary
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

Latest patches for every game version available here

Skip launcher

Launch the game with -launched parameter[2]

Skip intro videos

Launch the game with -nointro parameter[2]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/273590/pfx/[Note 1]
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/273590/pfx/[Note 1]
*.plt in the installation folder stores pilot-related settings.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings.
Video settings.
Detail settings.
Detail settings.

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Widescreen resolution

Add resolution switches[3]
  1. Go to the shortcut/launcher properties:
    • If you are skipping the launcher, right-click the MAIN.EXE shortcut and choose Properties.
    • If you are using the launcher, run it and go to Setup, Misc.
  2. Add your resolution in the following format: -width 1920 -height 1080 -aspect 1.78
    • -aspect should be 1.78 for 16:9 or 1.6 for 16:10
  3. Click OK to save your changes.

Notes

If the output is pillarboxed in-game use the key to the left of ← Backspace to zoom in.
Higher resolutions like 2560x1440 will crash the game; use dgVoodoo 2 to remove resolution limits.

Input settings

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Audio settings

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Polish
Only available in Polish retail release. 'Mercenary' expansion pack was never translated.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Co-op, Versus
Online play
Co-op, Versus

Connection types

Issues fixed

"Error: Unable to set temporary directory to ... The directory is in use" error at launch

Delete .lock file[citation needed]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\custom\cache\
  2. Delete .lock
  3. The game should now start normally.

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]
  1. Install the Descent 3 mouse fix.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 6
OpenGL 1.2
Glide 3
Software renderer
ExecutablePPC16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Linux
Mac OS (Classic)

Disable motion blur

Launch the game with -nomotionblur parameter[4]

Disable Windows 95 compatibility (Steam)

Disable Windows 95 compatibility[2]
1. Go to <path-to-game> and edit descent3install.vdf with a text editor.
2. Replace the install script with:
installscript"
{
	"firewall"
	{
		"Descent 3"		"%INSTALLDIR%\main.exe"
	}
}
"kvsignatures"
{
	"installscript"		"ae6f36bbf6850d924011583c9a45f397d815843cb8aa9e03b04367c4563bebd81dc1104a1b27bda3699bff37cbcda2c2277b94558559994a055fe20da5d65710611ed3335789a2ecc6210350c503dfa1b366b4a6a8d3807e8351e27f698df33c4b2d6ee3b3eeec1c65b699efb437b15c4dc2cd726a0b9c1eae6d7f7855469b0f"
}
3. Save the changes.
4. Right click on descent 3.exe and choose properties.
6. In Compatibility tab disable Run this program in compatibility mode with and click OK.
7. Right click on main.exe and choose properties.
8. In Compatibility tab disable Run this program in compatibility mode with and click OK.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 200 MHz
System memory (RAM) 32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 210 MB
Video card (GPU) 4 MB of VRAM
DirectX 6.1 compatible

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/273590/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (273590) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References