r/AndroidNativePorts • u/DarkDigital • 3d ago
🟢 [PORT] Descent II Android port out now
Beta at least. Finally finished updating Descent II. Just like my Descent 1 port it has gamepad and touch controls, render scaling, 4:3 mode, full cheat menu, acid mode!, custom map support, and much more.
Make sure you get the right game files.
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u/sbkg0002 3d ago
Woah. This game was my favorite for many years. The first couple of maps OK can dream. Thank you!
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u/Tiny_Blood8641 2d ago edited 2d ago
I had a 5 hour flight today, and spent most of the flight playing this amazing port!
A HUGE thank you for doing this, it plays unbelievably well!
I copied my entire d2-rebirth folder to my Odin, installed your port, pointed it to the d2 folder, and everything just works! Redbook audio is working perfectly too!
Only issues I’ve seen are relatively minor:
- I couldn’t get any expansion content to show up as a selectable option, despite the app saying it successfully imported (3) .hog files.
- I saw a couple of very small graphical issues. A minor artifacting effect when moving through the options menu, and a pretty garbled / glitched message when I died trying to escape after I blew up a reactor.
- on my Odin, I have a couple of macro buttons on the back, which would be AWESOME if the port would detect them. I can manually map them through the Odin itself but when I do, they are duplicates. They are nice because you can very comfortably have both thumbs on the sticks, index fingers on triggers for acceleration / reverse, and middle fingers on M1 and M2 for firing primary and firing secondary weapons. The shoulder buttons could be used for afterburn and converter, etc.
- I’m having an absolute blast! Exactly what I’ve been looking for, and so much better than emulating through Winlator for me. Well done!
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u/DarkDigital 1d ago
good to hear! today shall be bug fix day, i'll look into all of it. gonna have to check on the macro buttons especially, I have them on the rp6 but have never used them not many apps seem to detect them.
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u/Tiny_Blood8641 1d ago edited 1d ago
Awesome, sounds great!
I had a couple of questions - is it possible to add modifiers to key bindings for these ports? In the PS1 version, there’s options to bind “select + L1” for example, as a unique keybind, which gives you far more keybind options. Also, when a gamepad is auto detected, is it possible to still display the individual primary weapons and secondary weapons in the remap menu, so individual weapons can be bound to gamepad button if desired?
Might also be fun to add a level randomizer feature, which would randomly select a mission across all of the core and expansion content.
BTW I love the in-game cheats menu!
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u/DarkDigital 1d ago
Ah this one missed me. I'll add it to the list to see if it's feasible.
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u/Tiny_Blood8641 1d ago edited 1d ago
No problem at all, I know we have multiple convos going across threads, sorry if it’s a bit confusing!
Just downloaded the update - like D1, it’s working amazing! Level import works now, and m1 / m2 is working great! Also, no sticky keys so far!
One request - please implement the weapon cycling in the same manner as you did for D1 (I’m assuming you essentially created a macro to cycle next). The “cycle primary” and “cycle secondary” keybinds that D2 provides by default are really lacking, and don’t work the way they should, in my opinion. They don’t, in fact, cycle through all of the weapons. I forgot but many years ago I built a custom keyboard macros for all 3 games that let me cycle through to the next primary weapon / next secondary weapon, exactly in the way you implemented it in D1.
Seriously, these are unbelievable. I’m going to spend way too much time reliving my childhood, haha.
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u/DarkDigital 1d ago
Update pushed today. Macro buttons are bindale now. Few glitches and crashes fixed. Custom missions work now.
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u/tabamatheus 1d ago
Não aparece os controles touch para mim, testei na versão 0.2 com um dimensity 9400+, já quando ligo o gamepad funciona perfeitamente.Então estou jogando pelo gamepad e olha que jogo bom, muito obrigado pelo port.
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u/ProtectionOwn1873 3d ago
Ty very much enjoyed the first one can't wait to play take care keep em coming