Descent 3
Patch 1.4.0b
January 25, 2000

This patch for Descent 3 for Linux contains the following
improvements upon version 1.4.0a of the game:

- Removed frames-per-second check that was in version 1.4.0a; if your game runs too slow, you're now on your own to figure it out. :)
- Added --glinfo (-I) option to dump the glString() calls' text to stdout.
- Glide users no longer use --gllibrary (or -g) to specify non-default libGlide.so files. They now use --glidelibrary (or -l).
- Pressing ALT-Enter (or Alt-Return) will cause the game to flip between windowed and fullscreen mode. Only tries to flip if using the OpenGL renderer. Don't try this on a Voodoo or Voodoo2, even in OpenGL mode.
- Fixed multiplayer ship logo configuration. It would try to write the logos to the game's installed directory, where the user likely doesn't have write permission. Now it tries to write them to $HOME/.loki/descent3/custom/graphics, where they belong.
- File dialogs now lists "hidden" files and dirs, that is, ones that start with a period, including the "." and ".." directories.
- Added --nogamma commandline option for buggy Voodoo drivers in Xfree4.
- Added -P as a shortcut for --tempdir (running out of letters, here!)
- Statically linked against newer SDL, etc.
- Dynamically-linked binary also released.
- Fixed some single-char command line arguments to work correctly.
- When checking for files on CD, the game's base path is first checked. Now, the preference path is also checked before the CD. So if Descent3 is looking for the intro movie, it will check these before prompting for a CD:

/where/i/installed/d3/movies/intro.mve
$HOME/.loki/descent3/movies/intro.mve
/where/cd/is/mounted/movies/intro.mve

- MPEG support. When playing a .MVE file, Descent3 will check for an MPEG version. For example, if playing intro.mve, Descent3 will look for intro.mpg first. If it exists, Descent3 will play that instead. This will help with systems that cannot play the higher quality movies at full speed. (The MPEG versions are available as a seperate, free, and large download.)

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