Questions about game files for DOS versions
Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2017 10:33 am
I set up a Dropbox version of Descent 2, then added Vertigo on to it. Everything worked fine until I chose -nohighres, at which point the game wouldn't run the levels, since it lacked briefing screen files (arcan01.pcx to arcan05.pcx). In high res mode the briefings ran just fine, as the files required ended with b (arcan01b.pcx etc). But the thing is, when playing Vertigo in Rebirth, these files aren't required at all, and briefings run anyway! Also, the files contain different graphics than the ones displayed in Rebirth. For example this quite beautiful shot of the Shiva station.
I checked the installation files again and these files were on the regular Descent 2 CD, within Descent2.SOW. I copied them manually along iwth the rest of the files Weird that these files find literally no use in original Descent 2, yet Vertigo requires them to run for some reason. Also there are no low-res equivalents of these files, which makes it impossible to play Vertigo in the dos installation folder without these files and with -nohighres set upon launch. And yet in Rebirth these files aren't at all required. Could someone explain what's the deal with that?
I checked the installation files again and these files were on the regular Descent 2 CD, within Descent2.SOW. I copied them manually along iwth the rest of the files Weird that these files find literally no use in original Descent 2, yet Vertigo requires them to run for some reason. Also there are no low-res equivalents of these files, which makes it impossible to play Vertigo in the dos installation folder without these files and with -nohighres set upon launch. And yet in Rebirth these files aren't at all required. Could someone explain what's the deal with that?