DXX Rebirth Guide

Guide Author: MewLew

Requirements:

  • Xbox Series S/X.
  • External Drive - Required to store your game files and other data.
  • Dependency - Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.appx
  • Game Assets - You must own a copy of Decent to obtain the required data files.

Note: If you don’t have the original CD, you can purchase Decent from GoG.com.

Extracting Game Assets

  1. Navigate to your Decent installation directory.
  2. Locate and copy the following files to your desktop:
    • descent.hog
    • descent.pig

External Drive Setup

  1. Create a folder named decent1 (use lowercase for compatibility).
  2. Place the descent.hog and descent.pig files into the decent1 folder.

(Optional) Add Custom MIDI Sound Fonts

  1. Launch DXX Rebirth once to initialize the .ini file.
  2. Create a folder named soundfonts on your external drive.
  3. Place your .sf2 sound font file in this folder.
  4. Rename the sound font file to default.sf2.
  5. Open the descent.cfg file (located in the descent1 folder) using a text editor like Notepad.
  6. Update the following setting:
    • adl_midi_enabled = 1 → adl_midi_enabled = 0.
  7. Save the file and reconnect the drive to your Xbox.

(Optional) Add Custom Soundtracks

  1. Create a folder for your custom soundtrack on your external drive. (You can name this folder anything you like.)
  2. Transfer your custom soundtrack to this folder.
    • High-quality soundtracks from all the Descent releases can be downloaded here.
  3. In Descent Options > Sound & Music > Jukebox Options, select and set the path to your custom soundtrack folder.
  4. Change the Music Type setting from “Built-in/Add-on Music” to Jukebox.
  5. For music to play in menus and non-level areas:
    • Scroll down and add the path to specific custom tracks for Main Menu, Briefing, Credits, Escape Sequence, and Game Ending at the bottom of the Sound & Music Options menu.
  6. Your custom tracks should now play in-game and in non-level areas.

Additional Notes

  • Bind your controls on the first launch:
    • Navigate to Options > Controls > Customize Joystick.
  • Multiplayer is supported but requires port forwarding (42424) on the host’s router for online play.