Welcome to the one stop source for all your Descent development needs. Here you will find specs, editors, info, and other resources for Descent development. Keep in mind though, this page is run by fans. Parallax nor Interplay will offer any help or info regarding these specs and such. So, if you're feeling lost, check out one of the FAQ's or subscribe to one of the mailing lists to ask your questions there.

• File format specifications
  *.256 - Descent 2 Palette files
  *.BLK - Descent Mission Builder block files
  *.BNK - Descent 2 FM sound instrument definition files
  *.DEM - Descent 1/2 Demo files
  *.DET - Descent Manager DETLEF32 level information file
  *.FNT - Descent 1/2 Font files
  *.HAM, *.HXM - Game data attribute files
  *.HI - HighScore file
  *.HMP, *.HMQ - How to use MIDI2HMP to make good HMP music files
  *.HOG - Descent 1/2 HOG archive files
  *.MSN - Descent 1 mission files
  *.MN2 - Descent 2 mission files
  *.MVL - Descent 2 movie archives
  *.PIG, *.POG - Texture data
  *.PLR - Player files
  *.POF - Descent 1 3D data files
  *.RDL - Descent 1 level files
  *.RL2 - Descent 2 level files
  *.SGx - Savegame files
  *.TXB - Descent 1/2 briefing files
  DETLEF - Descent Manager DETLEF32 server files
  HMEL - Descent Manager HAXMEDIT32 element files (*.POL, *.ROB, ...)

• Source codes
  Descent 1 - full game source code
  Descent 2 - full game source code
  Descent Manager DSPY32 - Netgame monitor
  DEVIL Level Editor
  HXMEdit resource editor
  TXB2TXT + TXT2TXB Briefing tools
  HAMSpecs - HAM example code
  jhogu - HOG example code
  RL2Tool - RL2 example code
  D1X source code

• Tables
  Constants and definitions
  Table of Laser levels
  Table of POLYGON_MODELS
  Table of POWERUP_TYPES
  Table of REACTORS
  Table of ROBOT_TYPES
  Table of SOUNDS
  Table of VCLIPS
  Table of WCLIPS
  Table of WEAPON_TYPES

• Mailing lists
  DDL - Descent Developer's List
  Descent-Source - Descent SourceCode List

• Knowledge Base
  File Format Overview
  IDTA - PolyModel IDTA examination
  D1Source - Descent 1 Source Code examination
  Miner - Miner examination
  IPX - IPX Programming Starter's Guide
  Cool Tips - Cool effects with the game

• ...everything else
  Descent 1/2 Tools and Utilities
  Descent Developer Network for Descent 3
  Descent Developer Network for Descent: FreeSpace and FreeSpace 2
  Contact us, when you have new specs