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Descent II

Descent 2, like its predecessor, brings the idea of 6 degrees of freedom (6dof) to the first person genre. Fast-paced 3 dimensional mazes that are filled with traps and robots intent on killing anything that moves create an environment designed to leave you lost and wondering which side is up while frantically fighting to stay alive.

Game Information GOG Store Page
Game Engine DXX-Rebirth
Supported Installer setup_descent_2_1.1_(16596).exe
Installer System Windows

Requirements

Before installing this game, you must have Smoke up and running on your system. Follow the instructions from the Getting Started page.

Downloading Game

  1. Open the Chrome browser and go to your GOG Library.

  2. Select the game you wish to install from your collection to see the download options

  3. Next to the System option, select Windows.

  4. Click on the link under DOWNLOAD OFFLINE BACKUP GAME INSTALLERS.

    Example

    Download Linux Installer

  5. Once the download completes, open the Files app and go to Downloads.

  6. Move the downloaded installer to the Linux files folder.

Installing Game

  1. Place the Supported Installer file in the Linux files folder on your Chromebook.
  2. Open the Terminal App on your Chromebook.
  3. Paste the following lines into the terminal.
    cd ~/git/smoke/playbooks && ansible-playbook descent2.yml

Playing Game

Once installed, you can play this game by clicking the game icon on the ChromeOS Launcher. The following icons are created by this installer in the Linux apps folder of the Launcher listed as

  • Descent 2

Thank you

This game installer is made possible thanks to the help of many people. Special credit goes out to the following:

  • Parallax Software for the vision and creating this game.
  • GOG for making this game available.
  • DXX-Rebirth for ongoing efforts in supporting this excellent port.

Known Issues

Missing videos

Certain Descent movies are not playing, namely the robot introduction video at the beginning of each level and the descent escape videos. This is related to a known problem introduced with PhysFS 3 and the d2x-rebirth version 0.58. Details are available on the related GitHub Issue

Default keyboard configuration

Descent 2 resets all keyboard configurations for each user. Every fresh install of Descent 2 will require that the keyboard keys are re-mapped.