How to play Duke Nukem 3D Online

Duke3d Online Description

About the ports
A source port is a software project based on a the source code of a computer game's engine that allows the game to be played on operating systems or computing platforms for which the game was not originally compatible with.

A list of game source ports and a way to play DOS games

Duke Nukem 3D source ports: EDuke32, Duke3dw, xDuke, icculus.org/duke3d.
Shadow Warrior source ports: JFShadowWarrior, SWP.
Descent 1 and 2 source port: DXX-Rebirth.
A way to play DOS originals: The DOSBox emulator.

Yang currently supports all those source ports.
Once you have setup your source port for the game that you want to play.
You can then find a list of these games being played on the Yang Network.

To learn more and to get Yang please click on this link

See below for some pictures of Yang and some videos of some of the source ports in action as well as the original dos versions.

Guide

xDuke 19.x I can't hear a lot of the sounds simultaneously
xDuke 19.8 Slows down at level loading screen and soon crashes
xDuke 19.8 crashes after 30 seconds everytime I record a demo
xDuke 19.8 becomes really slow and shaking screen after sometime
If I have a DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) can I reduce my PING
xDuke 19.x on Windows 7 causes color problem on the screen
xDuke v19.8 crashes with DDraw created surface with wrong size error
xDuke v19.x how do I minimize or move the screen in windowed mode

Some known problems with solutions using the xDuke port


Duke Nukem 3D Crosshair

Change your crosshairs as the DEFAULT yellow one is boring

I still use my favorite Duke Nukem 3D crosshair FDF~c-eAGLE used to use.
And have allways njoyed it over the default one.
You can download it here.
Just extract the file into your Duke Nukem 3D xDuke installation folder.
More Duke Nukem 3D crosshairs are available here.



xDuke 19.8
The full xDuke 19.8 change log can be found on the official xDuke web site
Download
Change log


xDuke Slows down at level loading screen and soon crashes
Solution
Even if it works fine in single player try updating Directx but also your graphics driver to fix this problem.


xDuke crashes after 30 seconds everytime I record a demo
Solution
Check that the demo1.dmo file is not read only

xDuke becomes really slow and shaking screen after sometime
Solution
xDuke can get laggy after some time while playing in a game and it sometimes does not operate correctly when you use other programs on your computer.

But it also doesn't work well if you are running it on a multi core unpatched CPU AMD degrading performance causing all kinds of strange things, and it's best to reboot your computer, but then close all open processes even hidden ones that you do not need running before playing any multiplayer game.

Process Explorer- lets you see what's running on your PC incase something is conflicting with xDuke.

Also to resolve any multi core problems on a unpatched AMD CPU.
Visit the AMD website to download the "AMD Core Optimizer", and this fixed my shaking problem.

After testing I allways had a shaking screen in a long game of xDuke it got worse and worse but not with the "AMD Core Optimizer".

It saves me from setting the process to 1 CPU manually in task manager by using affinity.

After testing this exe it also solves this problem for me and I have a AMD Athlon FX-62 64bit Dual Core CPU.

I believe it effects most AMD multi core processors.
You can download the patched exe below to fix some issues you might be having.

xDuke 19.8 - Not recommended - Use AMD Core Optimizer instead

xDuke v19.8 crashes with DDraw created surface with wrong size error
Solution
This I noticed happened to someone with an Nvidia Geforce 9500GT video card on his Windows 7.
Please email me @ replica@yang-online.com if you have this problem.

And let me know if downloading this CFG file fixes your problem.
Use this config file with xDuke v19.8.

Then try inside the game to press + and - to resize the screen to see if it also crashes when in full screen mode.
Apparently I found it was with the "ScreenSize = 8" default value crashed the game.

Using a value of "ScreenSize = 4" seemed to of been fine.

If I have a DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) can I reduce my PING
Solution

There are a few things you can try.
Instead of using USB change to LAN cables.
And phone your ISP and check if your interleaving is on. If it is see if they can remove interleaving from your line.
Not all ISPS will allow you to remove it.
This can reduce your ping greatly for online gaming.
You can also check by logging into your router by Telnet, some routers do not allow you to Telnet into them or instead access your browser by logging into your router settings and checking the STATUS of the connection.
If it tells you then you will know if it's on Fastpath or Interleaving.
You will want to be on Fastpath to have a lower ping. I might write more about this later on.

xDuke 19.x I can't hear a lot of the sounds simultaneously

Open your xDuke config file default 'duke3d.cfg' in a text editor such as notepad.
Look for the line that says NumVoices.
Most likely it will be NumVoices = 8 or something like that.
Most likely you used your old dos Duke config file that could of caused this problem.
Change it to NumVoices = 32
And that should fix the problem.

If that doesn't work edit your duke3d.cfg and set the sound settings as follows.
The reason for this is mostly because you used an old cfg file from the DOS duke.

[Sound Setup]
FXVolume = 252
MusicVolume = 200
FXDevice = 8
MusicDevice = -1
SoundToggle = 1
VoiceToggle = 1
AmbienceToggle = 0
OpponentSoundToggle = 1
MusicToggle = 0
ReverseStereo = 0
NumVoices = 32
NumChannels = 2
NumBits = 16
MixRate = 44100

xDuke 19.x on Windows 7 causes a color problem on the screen in full screen mode

Please visit
http://yang-online.com/methods/methods.htm
For information on fixing the color problem you have in Windows 7.

xDuke 19.x how to minimize the screen in windowed mode or move it around

Press CTRL+M to release the mouse cursor to do it!

TOOL NAME	Description	Download
xDuke 19.8 Demo Recorder v1.1 by Replica	This records your game in xDuke 19.8.
Duke Demo Checker	Checks if a demo is for DOS Duke3D 1.3D, DOS Duke3D 1.5, or xDuke.
Duke Camera Remover	This tool can remove cameras on any of your maps you play. Now you can play demos back on your own maps that you recorded without these annoying zoom out camera views just like the No-Cam maps can. Usually only good for dos version of Duke
Duke Echo effects remover	This will remove all the echos from a specified map. This is useful for avoiding crashing bugs on certain sound cards in stages like L.A. Rumble and Red Light District. It basically replaces the music effectors with a lotag >= 1000 with a blank sprite this problem was only in the dos version of Duke.

Duke Nukem 3D videos

Above video is

Stebo Vs Replica - Hollywood Holocaust - Dukematch - Gameplay of two games played in Jan-Feb 2010

Duke Nukem Atomic - Hollywood Holocaust - Dukematch - Juras Vs. Mako

Duke Nukem 3D Dukematch - Duke Nukem 3D Atomic - LA Rumble - Mako Vs. GUIGUI

Above video is
Duke Nukem Trailer - Live action

Duke Nukem 3D [S]nooker Vs. Mako Part 1 Hollywood above video in HD

Duke Nukem 3D [S]nooker Vs. Mako part 2 in Hollywood and in HD above video

Duke Nukem 3D Above video
Part 2 of 3 Heniek Vs. Replica Duke Nukem 3D Atomic 1.5 xDuke Karnage3 Dukematch fun game played on Yang network

Duke Nukem 3D
Above video recorded using an old dos demo
00000816: Richthofen vs. c-eAGLE, 14.06.2000, E3L4 (76:35, Richthofen won)
One of the demos played in Richthofens homemap, he won of course :)
Reduced to 10 min.

Duke Nukem 3D Above video is
Zookem vs Mako Part 1 of 3



Duke Nukem 3D Above video is
Zookem vs Mako Part 2 of 3

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Zookem vs Mako Part 3 of 3

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Mako vs Unknown 2 Part 1 of 2

 

Duke Nukem 3D Above video is
Mako vs Unknown 2 Part 2 of 2

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Mako vs. Un_named demo 1 out of 2

Duke Nukem 3D Above video is
Mako vs. Un_named demo 2 out of 2

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Blood Episode 4 Intro

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