06-10-2014, 10:05 PM
This here applies to the newest versions of both D1x and D2x.
Recently I've started using a nifty bit of software called VirtualMIDISynth, and it replaces the usual Windows MIDI renderer for practically all appliactions which would make use of it otherwise. I have loaded a rather big soundfont (over 300 MB) called Timbres of Heaven - a pretty good free soundfont.
Of course - as I found out - this also applies to Descent and Descent 2 in Rebirth, and to be quite honest - makes the MIDI music from these games sound fantastic.
However, there are two rather serious issues that I've noticed while playing both games:
1) The controls go haywire for some reason. Sometimes they're not responsive enough, sometimes they drag on commands which should terminate as soon as I let go of the key. This especially applies to the pitch and turn keys which are on the numerical keyboard in my setup
(This is slightly off-topic, but I had already noticed the "dragging on" effect earlier, it happened whenever Num Lock was active, also in both games).
2) A very long delay followed by a Windows error message when quitting the application. This is quite a bit less annoying than the previous error.
Also I think it's worth mentioning that the loading times between missions and briefings got increased quite noticeably since the game is making use of the new soundfont.
Is there anything that can be done?
Recently I've started using a nifty bit of software called VirtualMIDISynth, and it replaces the usual Windows MIDI renderer for practically all appliactions which would make use of it otherwise. I have loaded a rather big soundfont (over 300 MB) called Timbres of Heaven - a pretty good free soundfont.
Of course - as I found out - this also applies to Descent and Descent 2 in Rebirth, and to be quite honest - makes the MIDI music from these games sound fantastic.
However, there are two rather serious issues that I've noticed while playing both games:
1) The controls go haywire for some reason. Sometimes they're not responsive enough, sometimes they drag on commands which should terminate as soon as I let go of the key. This especially applies to the pitch and turn keys which are on the numerical keyboard in my setup
(This is slightly off-topic, but I had already noticed the "dragging on" effect earlier, it happened whenever Num Lock was active, also in both games).
2) A very long delay followed by a Windows error message when quitting the application. This is quite a bit less annoying than the previous error.
Also I think it's worth mentioning that the loading times between missions and briefings got increased quite noticeably since the game is making use of the new soundfont.
Is there anything that can be done?
is timbers of heaven GS combatable?