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Multiplayer – Saitek III User Manual

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Crates
Crates are often found throughout the facility. Destroying them will
sometimes reveal hidden supplies.

Frag Crates
Look out for these guys! Weapon fire upon a Frag crate will spray the area
with shrapnel that will damage anything in its path.

Napalm Barrels
Destroying a Napalm Barrel will spray lethal contents in every direction.

MULTIPLAYER

GENERAL MULTIPLAYER INFO
You can play multiplayer games of Descent 3 on a LAN (Local Area Network),
over the Internet via your modem connection to an ISP (Internet Service
Provider), or directly against another single computer via a modem or serial
cable connection. If you're playing over the Internet, you can use the free
matching service from Parallax Online ("PXO" for short) to find other Descent
3 players on the Internet to play against. PXO works with when connecting to
the Internet via modem, cable modem, ISDN, or other connection.

This section contains details on how to start (or join) a multiplayer game, and
also contains troubleshooting suggestions, and all the details on the many
multiplayer menus and options available while playing.