What You Need

To Get started using these high resolution textures you'll need to have the following pieces of hardware, software, and patches.

First you need the obvious, a computer with the Windows operating system,and to get or have a copy of Descent2.
The game needs to be patched to version 1.2 which you get get at Planetdescent and/or the Descent Network and possibly at a few other sites found under the Descent quick links to the right.

You'll need a copy of Diedels creation D2X-XL found here. He's continually updating, making it better and fixing issues that come up from system to system. We could only wish that other game developers would take a lesson from his work ethic. Very few of them give the game communitys they serve as much dedication. Hes worked hard and has hit a home run for us as I see it.
Please see his D2X-XL site for further operating system and system requirments.

Next, you'll need to get the Descent Relived Sample pack from an outstanding artist Novacron. His vision was first in line as pertains to upgrading textures for the D2X-XL project. Doing a whole game set of textures as a single person has to be a daunting task as people have lives to. He, as I understand it, is creating a music Album/CD at present, I wish him well with that.This is why Im trying to help, by working around these works he has completed. His work just blew me away and really brought back to me the fun I once had with Descent and really added an all new realism in game.

Last but not least you can download my Afterburner Textures and Models hosted at the D2X-XL Website, catagorized by type, in the downloads section off the main page, and also hosts other contributors works to the game so far as well, namely Aus-RED-5, Theftbot, Tempest, Atixtasy, Digijoe.
Thanks fellas nice work!!
Also, I will be hosting beta models and/or textures in the downloads section in the space here.