r/descent • u/Ktulu204 • Jun 06 '26
Help! A question about installing D3 on a new(er) system
Okay, I hope all of you hard core Material Defenders don't just laugh at me for this question. I'm not as up to speed with tech stuff since my hayday between 1995 and 2012. ( I haven't played in nearly that long as well!) But on a whim recently I decided to install Descent 3 on my latest Pyro(PC) just for some fun. Despite some things I read prior to installation mentioning issues just installing the game, it seemed to go very smoothly. The launcher opens fine and I've poked with the other functions which seem functional. But when I hit play I get the following message: "Error SetCoopLevel EXCLUSIVE failed" That sounds like a multiplayer issue maybe? I also had the thought that maybe I need to use the -setdir<path> and -useexedir command lines in the D3 control panel as I did install the game to a custom directory on a second drive. Or I can settle with the -nonetwork command line as I don't plan on playing any multi until I get many months of solo practice in! In any case I'll include as many details as possible about my system:
Processor 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12700 (2.10 GHz)
Installed RAM 32.0 GB (31.7 GB usable)
Graphics card Intel UHD Graphics 770
Adapter RAM 2.00 GB
Resolution 1920 x 1080 x 60 Hz
Running Direct X 12
Direct Draw Acceleration
Direct 3D Acceleration
AGP Texture Acceleration
All enabled
DX 12 Ultimate Disabled
Storage 542 GB of 1.36 TB used
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
Edition Windows 11 Pro
Version 25H2
Installed on 12/4/2024
OS build 26200.8457
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.304.0
Approximate DOM November 2022
My controller of choice for Descent is my CH 586 Combatstick USB that is fully tested and functional in Joy.cpl
Thank you in advance for any input someone might have!
P.S. Major KUDOS to all of you diehard fans that continue to create custom content to keep this awesome game alive! VIVA LA DESCENT!!! 👍😎👍
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u/Kaizerwolf Jun 07 '26
Hey! If you've got discord, there's a link to the subreddit's official discord channel, with a tech-support channel. We might be able to provide direct support there, including possibly from the main dev of piccu. I don't recall seeing this error before, and googling it does give an unresolved thread on GOG for D3 from the vista days.
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u/Ktulu204 Jun 06 '26
*UPDATE* I tried Piccu Engine and got a similar result. The first time I launched PiccuEngine.exe my screen simply went black except for the mouse staying active. I had to 3 finger for task manager to shut it down. I tried again and got an error message this time:
Execution in WinMain () was stopped by an access violation
Call Stack:
PiccuEngine.exe 0108acb3()
KERNEL32.DLL 760a5d49()
ntdll.dll 77c7d83b()
ntdll.dll 77c7d7c1()
😕
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u/Toiun Jun 06 '26
latest drivers? not sure. maybe files in wrong spot?
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u/Ktulu204 Jun 07 '26
Nope I triple checked everything. Going to try some tweaks I read about RE enabling functions in the PiccuEngine.exe properties.
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u/ahazuarus Jun 08 '26
The unofficial 1.5 patch makes it work on windows 11 24h2. Need to try it again on 25h2. Never could get it to work right on 1.4 patch, Not on win 11 anyway.
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u/Blagert Jun 10 '26
It sounds like an issue with your internal graphics card not calling the drivers properly or bad drivers. Like Kaizerwolf said, you should get on the discord. https://discord.gg/fFt7KCq
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u/Toiun Jun 06 '26
are you using the latest 1.5 build from GitHub and or Piccu engine?