D2X-XL is an OpenGL-port of Descent II. Supported platforms are Linux, Mac OS X and Windows.
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v1.15.132
Fixed: The mission download didn´t work reliably and could even hang
v1.15.131
Fixed: Server address information got mixed up when the program queried several servers from a tracker
Improved: Mission download is now done via TCP which is much more reliable than UDP
v1.15.130
Fixed: The game host was flooding the other players with ping requests while waiting for them to join during level transition
Fixed: In multiplayer games, players often took a long time to connect or to enter the next level during level transition
v1.15.129
Fixed: Mines weren´t lit in nostalgia/pureD2 mode
Fixed: The textured automap was available in pureD2 mode
Fixed: Level songs from mods weren´t played when a global playlist was present
Fixed: No secret level songs from mods were played (these should have the name ´slevel##.ogg´, where ´##´ is a two digit, zero padded level number)
v1.15.128
Fixed: A few menu help messages were off, and others were too long w/o line breaks
Fixed: The HUD equipment icons were miscolored in levels that were using another than the default palette
Fixed: When changing the player profile, you could gain access to all the levels the previous player had reached even if you hadn´t reached them yourself
Fixed: Demo recordings taken in levels containing effect objects were broken (effects will intentionally not be displayed during demo playback though)
Fixed: Directed exits didn´t work in a mission´s last level
Fixed: Players were sent to the next level in the level sequence when dieing after destroying the reactor or last boss regardless of any directed exits in the level
Fixed: When a level couldn´t be entered while trying to enter a multiplayer game, the program could crash
Changed: Moved the mission download controls to the miscellaneous options menu
v1.15.127
Fixed: Due to a typo, the ´-enable_freecam´ switch didn´t work
Fixed: The advanced collision detection didn´t work reliably
Improved: You cannot drive parts of the player ship into objects by rotating it around an axis
v1.15.126
Fixed: Errors in robot info data (submodel joint and angle info) could cause program crashes (e.g. in ´Descent: The Enemy Within´)
v1.14.125
Fixed: The update function used an outdated URL to access and download program updates
Fixed: The built-in multiplayer tracker URL was outdated