====== Descent 3 ======
This may be completely obsolete thanks to <del>a [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/project-descent-33611585|fresh new port]] by Ryan C. Gordon !
A recent native SDL2 port of the game is now available on Steam for 9.99$</del> the release of the [[https://github.com/DescentDevelopers/Descent3|game source code]] under GPL-3 !

===== Install & patch the game =====

To install the required 32 bits libraries :
<code>
# apt-get install libsmpeg0:i386
</code>

To install the game, mount your CD & run the installer with ''linux32'' from the ''util-linux'' package :
<code>
# mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom
$ linux32 bash /media/cdrom/setup.sh
# umount /media/cdrom
# eject
</code>

Copy the movies files from CD2:
<code>
# mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom
$ cp /media/cdrom/movies/* <installation-directory>/movies/
</code>

[Optional] Install the official expansion [[https://ftp.lokigames.twolife.be/pub/updates/descent3/mercenary-1.0.run|Descent 3: Mercenary]]
<code>
# mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom	 
$ mkdir -p ~/.loki/installed
$ cat > ~/.loki/installed/descent3.xml << EOF
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<product name="descent3" desc="Descent 3" xmlversion="1.0" root="/home/twolife/descent3" update_url="localhost">
  <component name="Default" version="1.4" default="yes">
    <option name="Base Install">
      <file md5="a4cfff7ba298023c1114e526241ea295" mode="0644">d3-linux.hog</file>
      <file md5="62bf8884ac14cc1b16377479f2fdbfb7" mode="0755">descent3</file>
    </option>
  </component>
</product>
EOF
$ linux32 bash mercenary-1.0.run
</code>

Apply the first [[https://ftp.lokigames.twolife.be/pub/updates/descent3/descent3-1.4.0a-x86.run|patch]] :
<code>
$ linux32 bash descent3-1.4.0a-x86.run
</code>

Apply the last released [[https://ftp.lokigames.twolife.be/pub/updates/descent3/descent3-1.4.0b-x86.run|patch]] :
<code>
$ linux32 bash descent3-1.4.0b-x86.run
</code>


===== Game crash =====
''./descent3.dynamic'' greets you with //"SIGNAL 11 caught, aborting"// 

This is due to a change in ''libgcc'' that broke some binaries that where compiled with gcc 2.95 in an unusual way (like compiling C++ code with ''gcc'' instead of ''g++'').

==== Option a ====
You can use a little [[https://github.com/twolife/lokishim|shim]] that add back functions required by a bunch of old games like this one. 

<code>LD_PRELOAD="/path/to/lokishim.so" ./descent3.dynamic</code>

==== Option b ====
The missing function can be found in a //very// old ''libstdc++'', and you can use ''libstdc++-3-libc6.2-2-2.10.0.so'' from [[https://www.improbability.net/loki/loki_compat_libs-1.5.tar.bz2|https://www.improbability.net/loki/]]

<code>LD_PRELOAD="./libstdc++-3-libc6.2-2-2.10.0.so" ./descent3.dynamic</code>