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2003-11-07 Bradley Bell <btb@icculus.org>
* NEWS, installation.txt: s'more documentation
2003-11-07 Steffen Pohle <stpohle@gmx.net>
* configure.ac: fix .exe extension problems

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--- Version 0.2.6 ---
- Fixed OpenGL textures under Windows and OS X
- Added optional console (not really useful, yet)
- Improved movie player
- Improved networking (especially Windows and bigendian unix)

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In addition to d2x, you need some data files to play. On un*x, these
files need to go into a shared data directory
(/usr/local/share/games/d2x by default). On Windows or DOS, they go
in the same directory as the d2x binary.
Installing d2x on Windows
-------------------------
Base Installation
-----------------
Unzip the binary release (d2x-x.x.x_mingw.zip), placing the files in
your descent2 directory (C:\GAMES\DESCENT2 by default)
You will also need the SDL and SDL_image runtime libraries.
Get SDL-1.2.x-win32.zip from here:
http://www.libsdl.org/download-1.2.php
And get SDL_image-1.2.x-win32.zip from here:
http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_image/
Unzip these files and place the DLLs in your descent2 directory, or
you can place them in your system directory if you want to use them
with programs other than d2x.
See below for data installation.
Installing d2x on MacOS X
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I guess we need to figure out the binary distribution first, eh?
Base Data Installation
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In addition to d2x, you need some data files to play.
In Windows or DOS, they go in the same directory as the d2x binary
(C:\GAMES\DESCENT2 by default).
On unix, these files usually go into a shared data directory
(/usr/local/share/games/d2x by default).
They can also go in $HOME/.d2x, or in an arbitrary directory specified
with the -hogdir option on the d2x command line.
The base install depends on which version of the datafiles you have.
d2x currently supports just about any version of Descent II, and can
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d2.mn2
Mission Installation
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Add-on Mission Installation
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d2x should be able to play any missions for Descent I or Descent II,
including the original Descent I mission (Descent: First Strike)