DXX-Retro

for it.) The key improvements in Retro: - homing missiles follow original trajectories (important for single player as well as multi!) - netcode fixed. Shots travel in the same direction for all players (Rebirth's compression algorithm introduced errors of up to 30 degrees in shot direction.) - gauss/vulcan ammo no longer duplicates inappropriately - raised network PPS limit (30 packets per second max; it's beautiful!) as well as other network fixes [4] - collision detection fixed. Shots which were almost exactly one frame away, and aimed at the edge of the ship, were detonating prematurely due to a vector math bug. - host options: add extra primary and/or secondary weapons, cap the number of secondary weapons allowed in the level, reduce vulcan ammo, allow players to select their own ship colors - improved calibration settings for joystick, mouse, and gamepads You can find more at the github page and the bountysource page [5]. ---------- [0] http://www.dxx-rebirth.com/frm/index.php/topic,1696.0.html [1] http://descentrangers.com/Home [2] Disclosure: I'm married to the Retro developer. [3] Video from her perspective: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLuTJz-pDaM#t=263 . That's a girls-vs-guys team game with Lioness, against the legendary "kiln" (Mr_1994) and "Arch-Angel" (Stan), at the Descent in Denver LAN in August. [4] She wrote about the netcode fix here on HN, and one of the original developers showed up to comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8401086 [5] https://github.com/CDarrow/DXX-Retro/issues and https://www.bountysource.com/trackers/2571293-cdarrow-dxx-re... . "JinX mode" is a spectator mode JinX was working on before he died suddenly last March, which has been renamed in his honor.