dxx-rebirth
Descent Rebirth - enhanced Descent 1 & 2 engine
Descent 1 is a classic first-person shooter released in 1995 by Interplay and Parallax. Descent 2 released for the PC in 1996. It, along with its predecessor, was one of the first games with true 3-dimensional graphics, 6 degrees of freedom in movement, light sourcing, and the capability to join multiplayer games on-the-fly. D1X-Rebirth and DXX-Rebirth are modifications of the original Descent 1 and 2 sources that was released by Parallax (and are based on the D1X and D2X sources). It offering OpenGL graphics, advanced multiplayer, new features, and cross-platform compatibility. Now code bases of D1X-Rebirth and DXX-Rebirth merged and released as DXX-Rebirth.
homepage ↗ github: dxx-rebirth/dxx-rebirth
Available in
| Overlay | Newest | Ebuilds | Last activity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gentoo gitweb ↗ | 0.61.0_pre20240630 | 2 | 14 h | details › |
Versions & arches
Use flags of 0.61.0_pre20240630
- +d1x Install Descent 1 resources and executable
- +d2x Install Descent 2 resources and executable
- +data Ensure some game levels are present; if the full game's level data is not already installed then install the playable demo data (i.e. shareware levels)
- debug Enable various debugging code paths and sanity checks, not just output. Some of these checks date back to the retail build, and choke on some custom levels because the game was never coded to sufficiently distrust inputs
- editor Enable level editor support
- +flac Add support for FLAC: Free Lossless Audio Codec
- ipv6 Add support for IP version 6
- +joystick Add support for joysticks in all packages
- l10n_de Provides German translations for the game's briefings, robot descriptions, and outro of the original campaign
- +midi Enforce that SDL-mixer is used and has midi support
- +mp3 Add support for reading mp3 files
- +music Enable music support
- +opengl Add support for OpenGL (3D graphics)
- opl3-musicpack Include alternate version of the game's music, recorded with the Yamaha YMF262 OPL3 soundchip
- +png Add support for libpng (PNG images)
- sc55-musicpack Include alternate version of the game's music, recorded with the Roland Sound Canvas SC-55 MIDI module
- sdl2 Use libSDL2, SDL2-mixer instead of libSDL-1* and SDL-mixer-1*
- tracker Enable support for the PHP-based multiplayer game tracker
- valgrind Enable annotations for accuracy. May slow down runtime slightly. Safe to use even if not currently using dev-debug/valgrind
- +vorbis Add support for the OggVorbis audio codec