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Blarget2 Apr 15, 2014 @ 3:41pm
Performance issues on I3 8GB HD3000
The minimum requirements seem to be off. In glide 3d, Opengl, and Direct3D; It has alot of frame skiping and stuff. spiratically jumping around from 12 fps to 40 fps.

There are alot of glitches as well, fusion does not charge properly, nor does a mass driver zoom properly (these are legacy glitches though, they have been there for awhile). Direct3D is also completely broken (as expected, legacy glitches, direct3D always sucked in Descent 3).

I hope to see some performace patches and glitch patches soon!
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MansLaughter Apr 15, 2014 @ 10:18pm 
Not likely. This game is a 1999 release and the studio that released it is out of business. You are pretty much stuck with what you got. PSA: Buying and playing old games on newer hardware is a crapshoot at best. On the other hand, there are community patches and the like out all over the interwebz.
Last edited by MansLaughter; Apr 15, 2014 @ 10:19pm
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Blarget2 Apr 16, 2014 @ 7:50am 
Well, the development firm that got descent 1 2 and 3 (and soon freespace) is going to update them with steam api implementation and other goodies.
They are overhauling d1 and d2 with better graphics, netplay, and the like.

EDIT: the firm is called Olde Skuul, they were in charge of finishing the battlechess remake.
Last edited by Blarget2; Apr 16, 2014 @ 7:52am
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XoLaReS Apr 16, 2014 @ 8:37pm 
Use a Glide wrapper! Nglide and so on!
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himmatsj Apr 16, 2014 @ 9:18pm 
Ya dun hav enuf grafeeks.
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XoLaReS Apr 16, 2014 @ 9:24pm 
HD3000 is fine! You can run UT3 engine on that!
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XoLaReS Apr 16, 2014 @ 9:25pm 
Descent 3 was made with Geforce 2/ Radeon 7000/ Voodoo 3/4/5 in mind
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Madd the Sane Apr 16, 2014 @ 9:48pm 
The Steam version does have a Glide wrapper bundled with it.

Hopefully the new developers will fix the graphical bugs.
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XoLaReS Apr 16, 2014 @ 10:38pm 
I can link some
http://www.zeus-software.com/downloads/nglide
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XoLaReS Apr 16, 2014 @ 10:38pm 
Then select detect video again and tick glide
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Blarget2 Apr 17, 2014 @ 1:08pm 
descent 3 already comes with nGlide, it still runs the same speed as opengl.
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XoLaReS Apr 17, 2014 @ 10:08pm 
Seems odd that the HD3000 would act slow like that!! I can get Descent 3 to work on GMA965 Laptop onboard with Windows 7 and 8. On classic PCs Geforce 256 (XP), S3 Savage 4 (98), TNT Rivia (ME), SIS 3D 9xx PCI 4MB Win95, Intel GMA810 Pentium 4 Windows 7. I Use Zacks Glide Wrapper for my Radeon R9 and other PCs http://www.zeckensack.de/glide/
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XoLaReS Apr 17, 2014 @ 10:09pm 
Uninstall Nglide! and use http://www.zeckensack.de/glide/ its faster sicne it uses pixel shaders to do the work! and rmemeber change the settings from 75hz to 60hz on the wrapper config! It also works on Diablo II and other UT99 based games Emulates a Voodoo 2 16MB
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