Descent II

Descent 1&2 are DOS-era shooters from Parallax Software and Interplay, where you pilot an experimental fighter through a series of maze-like mines, fighting maverick robots and rescuing hostages.

Support summary

	Support	Method	HUD
Widescreen:	Hor+	Hack	Stretched
Ultra/Super-Wide:	Hor+	Hack	Stretched
Multi-Monitor:	Hor+	Hack	Stretched
4k UltraHD:

Rendered Cut-Scene:	Hor+
FMV Cut-Scene:	Static Aspect

Game information

Game status:

Released

Release Date:

Monday, 1 January, 1996

Tested Version:

D2X-Rebirth v0.58.1 (Windows)

Play styles:

Setting:

Sci-Fi

Genre:

FPS

Developer:

Links:

⋅ Wikipedia ⋅ PCGamingWiki

Store Links:

Steam,

GOG,

Comparison Screenshots

4:3 Screenshot
16:10 Screenshot
16:9 Screenshot
Ultra-Wide (21:9) Screenshot
Super-Wide (32:9) Screenshot
Eyefinity / Surround Screenshot

Solutions & Issues

Baseline (Widescreen) Solution & Issues

Use D2X-Rebirth or D2X-XL. Resolutions are listed in-game.

The HUD and 2D backgrounds are stretched. Text, 3D elements, and 2D sprites in the world have the correct aspect ratio. FMV cutscenes are pillarboxed.

No anomalies that don't fall under "HUD stretch." The game has several alternate HUD modes; doom bar, cockpit, minimalist, and letterbox (my names). There is also a map mode, and a robots info screen. Here's comparisons of all of them except for the minimalist mode and cockpit mode, which are shown in other screenshots of this report.

Ultra/Super-Wide (21:9/32:9) Specific Solution & Issues

Use D2X-Rebirth. Resolutions are listed in-game. Stretching/scaling is the same as regular widescreen (above).

D2X-XL works but there are some scaling issues (HUD text is slightly too big).

Eyefinity / Surround Specific Solution & Issues

Use D2X-Rebirth. Resolutions are listed in-game. Stretching/scaling is the same as regular widescreen (above).

D2X-XL works but there are major scaling issues (HUD text is far too big while cutscene text is too small).

4k UHD Specific Solution & Issues