Third part of Descent saga, this version brings even more explosions, spaceships and flights. An unforgettable 3D-action experience, with innovative 360-degree technology, new control system and advanced collision detection. Forget about gravity, and fly in many, beautiful areas - subterranean strongholds and more. Descent 3 brought many improvements, such as open areas and great graphics improvements - while Descent 2 was still using the old, original engine, the third part of the series brought it into a new dimension. This game was undoubtedly one of the greatest hits of 1999. This includes the Descent 3: Mercenary expansion.

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D3Tweaks

D3Tweaks

D3 Tweaks Other

This is a collection of weapon / ship / robot balance tweaks that I personally enjoy playing with on Ace difficulty. In the readme there's a more detailed...

Descent 3 SDK 1.4

Descent 3 SDK 1.4

SDK

This is the official Descent 3 SDK. Intended for use when making custom modifications for the game.

Descent 3 Edit 1.1

Descent 3 Edit 1.1

Mapping Tool

Download the official 1.1 version of the editor today. Includes source code.

Descent 3: Demo 2

Descent 3: Demo 2

Demo

Here is the Descent 3 Demo 2. Demo 2 is a one-level demo of Descent 3 that we created to give everyone a taste of all the great stuff we did since we...

Descent 3: Demo 1

Descent 3: Demo 1

Demo

This is the original Descent 3 Demo we released for Thanksgiving of 1998. Demo 1 is the two-level demo of Descent 3 that the public their first taste...

Descent 3: 1.4 patch

Descent 3: 1.4 patch

Patch

This is the official 1.4 update for Descent 3. It was the final patch released for the game.

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LithTechGuru
LithTechGuru - - 419 comments

Descent 3's source code has been released officially: Github.com

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Re-synthesizer
Re-synthesizer - - 141 comments

I used to own this game back in the early 2000s: It is an awesome game; very unique -- as far as I know a similar type of game has never come out since. Are there any mods, patches, or means to bring Descent 3 up to date and make it compatible with Windows 10? Also are there any mods, patches or means to give it a widescreen resolution of 1366x768?

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GodfatherPablo
GodfatherPablo - - 16 comments

You can change the resolution with launch options on Descent 3.exe

just use -width 1366 -height 768 -aspect 1.78

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Sectorgame
Sectorgame - - 11 comments

Just added a new mod added today: Silent Fury, a 5-level space-shooter campaign. If you're having trouble finding stuff for Descent 3 due to dead links, try this: Sectorgame.com - It has most, if not all levels and mods for the game.

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max-damage
max-damage - - 257 comments

Does anyone have the pyromania 1.2.1 mod?

Sadly dateiliste.com is gone and that was the only location on the net for the pyromania files :(

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Daskaloto
Daskaloto - - 279 comments

looks great

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RC1162
RC1162 - - 1 comments

Okay, there are several Descent sites where you can find more than just mods, but the 2 places I know of to get the Pyromania mod for Windows are Descentforum.net , there is a list of files and mods for D3, Pyromania is the first on the list. The other site to go to is www.planetdescent.com where you can find out anything about any descent game and download/upload everything ever made for descent.

About the mod, though. Pyromania should be installed in the folder descent is installed in. It will make its own executable through which you can play the game. The movies are disabled when using Pyromania, but the advantage of it is that you can play through all the levels of Descent 3 with 3 new ships and all the weapons of Descent 1 & 2. For multiplayer there are 3 extra ships in addition to the 3 ships usable in single-player mode. The 6 total ships are named as follows: Black Pyro (MP), Black Star (SP), Pyro-GX (SP) Pyro-SX (SP), Pyro-GE (MP), and the Starhawk. The Black Pyro and Starhawk have Dual-Missile launching capability. I may upload the installer later once I find out if it's legal to distribute it.

Also, Pyromania, along with the graphics, works better with patch v1.4 or better.

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xgmx
xgmx - - 14 comments

Pyromania can be found online or you can buy it in the store

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War_Bringer
War_Bringer - - 8 comments

I had forgotten how good the graphics were on this one, considering it was 1999 when it came out.

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TheNailer
TheNailer - - 2 comments

if you can find it, the two disk version works on everything from 98 to XP, even when unpatched, but i sugest going to www.descent3.com and get the double jewl fix and get the official 1.4 patches

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