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Excellent news.

That is great news, Lucius. Your progress is fantastic. Keep up the great work. Any update on the editing functions? I am particularly interested in being able to apply textures in a 3d window similar ...

Can't wait for the detention level complete. There are two rooms that I was never able to get into in that level and I really want to see what is in there.

So excited about this. Played the first level (on easy for a quick look around and it looks great. I did get the occasional black line down the middle of the screen a little like an old film. Not too ...

Thanks guys for the comments.

BG, removing the master tags didn't change anything. The subsector revolves but doesn't go up and down. Hmmm, maybe I can just test the up and down bit and then see if ...

Hi All, since I have asked Burning Gundam for the use of one of his textures (one so far) I thought I would post some early work on my level. I am very inspired to DarkXL to complete a good level.

...

As an INF newb, I've have a couple of questions about INF code that I hope the experts can help with.

Firstly, is it possible to use two elevator types to affect the same sector? For example, I wou ...

Hi Guys, a few questions for the experts:

1: I made a custom texture and made part of the texture purple (252,0,252). Then I converted it to BM format using the transparent switch (2DF /B /T image. ...

Hi All,

I tried to play the Dark Tide Series today and struck some problems:

Dark Tide 1: I couldn't complete it of course but I was able to explore a lot of the level.

Dark Tide 2: As soon a ...

Hi Lucius,

I played through the Secret Base level with version 9.02 this morning and there were no adjoin errors. I did notice two things:

1: I seemed to get stuck on walls a lot more than I rem ...

Maybe make extra hard an additional choice rather than changing the hardness from the original game. Maybe there is a custom slider for enemy characterisitics in the new launcher.

While this is great news, I am having trouble downloading the file. All I get is an unknown server error. I am trying clicking the link, right clicking to save as and using DTA (Firefox addon). The do ...

That was awesome. I'm very excited about the next release. Thanks Lucius, it's gonna be great.

Dear Santa,

Please bring Lucius everything he wants for Christmas so all his fans can what they want for Christmas, too. I'm sure some of the Elves would like a special DarkXL gift in their stockin ...

Hi Guys,

Just got a new PC and I'm gonna restart an old DF project from long ago. I have a question ...

So Dark XL will support high resolution textures. Is this just a matter of creating a phot ...

Rogue Stormtrooper for me. Should be a fun project.

Hi C. Zoui, I think the manual looks good.

Aligning the page numbers in the TOC is easy in PowerPoint. Just use "tabs" to space out the page numbers rather than "spaces". The un ...

Hi Lucious,

Blow us away with a suite of new features and levels. And either way, keep up the great work, much appreciated.

Dino.

Hi Lucious, played through all three levels on hard this afternoon and it is fantastic. There is a couple of places where I got caught in doors and I also couldn't shoot through some windows when I wa ...

Thank you guys for your advice.

I live in a small country town so choice is a little limited. I picked up a nvidia FX5200 today. Performance issues mean I might have to make an investment in a new ...

Performance on Athlon XP 1600+ (1.4Ghz), 512 Meg Ram, NVidia FX5200, Creative SB live sound, report.

On build 5 the graphics seem to render fine. The sound was okay too. Unfortunately the sprite an ...

Hi All

Imagine my disappointment when my poor computer will not play the most exciting new game I've heard about in some time.

I have a Nvidia MX440 graphics card that does not support pixel sha ...

Hi all long time reader first time poster.

Was reading along here last week and noticed post regards Mattias and Dark3D. When I googled Mattias, I reached this link:
http://blogs.msdn.com/v ...

Author	Message
Topic: Crunch Time Ending
dinohog Replies: 8 Views: 2927	Forum: DarkXL News Posted: Mar 03, 2011 08:18 Subject: Crunch Time Ending
dinohog Replies: 8 Views: 2927	Excellent news.
Topic: Progress towards Build 9.08 Update.
dinohog Replies: 55 Views: 15139	Forum: DarkXL News Posted: Nov 14, 2010 11:47 Subject: Progress towards Build 9.08 Update.
dinohog Replies: 55 Views: 15139	That is great news, Lucius. Your progress is fantastic. Keep up the great work. Any update on the editing functions? I am particularly interested in being able to apply textures in a 3d window similar ...
Topic: Progress towards Build 9.08 Update.
dinohog Replies: 55 Views: 15139	Forum: DarkXL News Posted: Nov 04, 2010 20:12 Subject: Progress towards Build 9.08 Update.
dinohog Replies: 55 Views: 15139	Can't wait for the detention level complete. There are two rooms that I was never able to get into in that level and I really want to see what is in there.
Topic: DarkXL Build 9.03 Released
dinohog Replies: 13 Views: 3718	Forum: DarkXL News Posted: Oct 10, 2010 05:18 Subject: DarkXL Build 9.03 Released
dinohog Replies: 13 Views: 3718	So excited about this. Played the first level (on easy for a quick look around and it looks great. I did get the occasional black line down the middle of the screen a little like an old film. Not too ...
Topic: A couple of novice INF questions:
dinohog Replies: 4 Views: 1870	Forum: Dark Forces Levels & Editing Posted: May 12, 2010 09:39 Subject: A couple of novice INF questions:
dinohog Replies: 4 Views: 1870	Thanks guys for the comments. BG, removing the master tags didn't change anything. The subsector revolves but doesn't go up and down. Hmmm, maybe I can just test the up and down bit and then see if ...
Topic: Talon Karrde and the Emperor's Vault
dinohog Replies: 2 Views: 1672	Forum: Showcase Posted: May 08, 2010 00:51 Subject: Talon Karrde and the Emperor's Vault
dinohog Replies: 2 Views: 1672	Hi All, since I have asked Burning Gundam for the use of one of his textures (one so far) I thought I would post some early work on my level. I am very inspired to DarkXL to complete a good level. ...
Topic: A couple of novice INF questions:
dinohog Replies: 4 Views: 1870	Forum: Dark Forces Levels & Editing Posted: May 08, 2010 00:11 Subject: A couple of novice INF questions:
dinohog Replies: 4 Views: 1870	As an INF newb, I've have a couple of questions about INF code that I hope the experts can help with. Firstly, is it possible to use two elevator types to affect the same sector? For example, I wou ...
Topic: Texturing Questions
dinohog Replies: 4 Views: 2279	Forum: Dark Forces Levels & Editing Posted: May 02, 2010 00:48 Subject: Texturing Questions
dinohog Replies: 4 Views: 2279	Hi Guys, a few questions for the experts: 1: I made a custom texture and made part of the texture purple (252,0,252). Then I converted it to BM format using the transparent switch (2DF /B /T image. ...
Topic: Dark Tide Series in DarkXL
dinohog Replies: 1 Views: 3125	Forum: DarkXL General Discussion Posted: Apr 04, 2010 03:16 Subject: Dark Tide Series in DarkXL
dinohog Replies: 1 Views: 3125	Hi All, I tried to play the Dark Tide Series today and struck some problems: Dark Tide 1: I couldn't complete it of course but I was able to explore a lot of the level. Dark Tide 2: As soon a ...
Topic: Build 9.02 Released.
dinohog Replies: 12 Views: 4171	Forum: DarkXL News Posted: Mar 08, 2010 22:30 Subject: Build 9.02 Released.
dinohog Replies: 12 Views: 4171	Hi Lucius, I played through the Secret Base level with version 9.02 this morning and there were no adjoin errors. I did notice two things: 1: I seemed to get stuck on walls a lot more than I rem ...
Topic: Build 9.0 Released
dinohog Replies: 54 Views: 16377	Forum: DarkXL News Posted: Feb 15, 2010 05:50 Subject: On Extra Hard Level Settings
dinohog Replies: 54 Views: 16377	Maybe make extra hard an additional choice rather than changing the hardness from the original game. Maybe there is a custom slider for enemy characterisitics in the new launcher.
Topic: Build 9.0 Released
dinohog Replies: 54 Views: 16377	Forum: DarkXL News Posted: Feb 04, 2010 07:40 Subject: Download problems?
dinohog Replies: 54 Views: 16377	While this is great news, I am having trouble downloading the file. All I get is an unknown server error. I am trying clicking the link, right clicking to save as and using DTA (Firefox addon). The do ...
Topic: Still not dead.
dinohog Replies: 54 Views: 14017	Forum: DarkXL News Posted: Jan 22, 2010 22:34 Subject: Still not dead.
dinohog Replies: 54 Views: 14017	That was awesome. I'm very excited about the next release. Thanks Lucius, it's gonna be great.
Topic: Ho Ho Ho Happy Grimble
dinohog Replies: 0 Views: 2885	Forum: DarkXL General Discussion Posted: Dec 16, 2009 10:49 Subject: Ho Ho Ho Happy Grimble
dinohog Replies: 0 Views: 2885	Dear Santa, Please bring Lucius everything he wants for Christmas so all his fans can what they want for Christmas, too. I'm sure some of the Elves would like a special DarkXL gift in their stockin ...
Topic: How to produce hi-res graphics for Dark XL
dinohog Replies: 7 Views: 5036	Forum: DarkXL General Discussion Posted: Sep 26, 2009 01:03 Subject: How to produce hi-res graphics for Dark XL
dinohog Replies: 7 Views: 5036	Hi Guys, Just got a new PC and I'm gonna restart an old DF project from long ago. I have a question ... So Dark XL will support high resolution textures. Is this just a matter of creating a phot ...
Topic: DXL Community Project - POLLS CLOSED
dinohog Replies: 24 Views: 14707	Forum: DarkXL General Discussion Posted: Jan 27, 2009 06:51 Subject: DXL Community Project - POLLS CLOSED
dinohog Replies: 24 Views: 14707	Rogue Stormtrooper for me. Should be a fun project.
Topic: DarkXL Manual (Draft)
dinohog Replies: 19 Views: 12925	Forum: DarkXL General Discussion Posted: Nov 18, 2008 22:40 Subject: DarkXL Manual (Draft)
dinohog Replies: 19 Views: 12925	Hi C. Zoui, I think the manual looks good. Aligning the page numbers in the TOC is easy in PowerPoint. Just use "tabs" to space out the page numbers rather than "spaces". The un ...
Topic: A question of build size and frequency.
dinohog Replies: 21 Views: 8552	Forum: DarkXL General Discussion Posted: Sep 09, 2008 00:22 Subject: Big Builds I think
dinohog Replies: 21 Views: 8552	Hi Lucious, Blow us away with a suite of new features and levels. And either way, keep up the great work, much appreciated. Dino.
Topic: DarkXL Update 9 - DarkXL Alpha Released!
dinohog Replies: 144 Views: 61756	Forum: DarkXL News Posted: Aug 18, 2008 08:01 Subject: Absolutely Awesome!!!
dinohog Replies: 144 Views: 61756	Hi Lucious, played through all three levels on hard this afternoon and it is fantastic. There is a couple of places where I got caught in doors and I also couldn't shoot through some windows when I wa ...
Topic: Imagine my disappointment ... ...
dinohog Replies: 7 Views: 5095	Forum: DarkXL General Discussion Posted: May 02, 2008 10:03 Subject: Thank you for advice
dinohog Replies: 7 Views: 5095	Thank you guys for your advice. I live in a small country town so choice is a little limited. I picked up a nvidia FX5200 today. Performance issues mean I might have to make an investment in a new ...
Topic: DarkXL Update 5 - Alpha Demo 1 Release!
dinohog Replies: 432 Views: 177116	Forum: DarkXL News Posted: May 02, 2008 09:57 Subject: Alpha Demo Build 5
dinohog Replies: 432 Views: 177116	Performance on Athlon XP 1600+ (1.4Ghz), 512 Meg Ram, NVidia FX5200, Creative SB live sound, report. On build 5 the graphics seem to render fine. The sound was okay too. Unfortunately the sprite an ...
Topic: Imagine my disappointment ... ...
dinohog Replies: 7 Views: 5095	Forum: DarkXL General Discussion Posted: May 01, 2008 09:09 Subject: Imagine my disappointment ... ...
dinohog Replies: 7 Views: 5095	Hi All Imagine my disappointment when my poor computer will not play the most exciting new game I've heard about in some time. I have a Nvidia MX440 graphics card that does not support pixel sha ...
Topic: Dark Forces on Windows XP solved.
dinohog Replies: 4 Views: 1932	Forum: General Discussion Posted: Dec 02, 2005 11:54 Subject: Dark Forces on Windows XP solved.
dinohog Replies: 4 Views: 1932	Hi all long time reader first time poster. Was reading along here last week and noticed post regards Mattias and Dark3D. When I googled Mattias, I reached this link: http://blogs.msdn.com/v ...