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D3Server3 is small and very efficient tool to administrate Descent 3 dedicated servers. Written in C and C++ using the MFC (Microsoft Foundation Classes) it consists of more than 80 classes with over 20,000 lines of code. The software is open-source. See the images below and read the feature list for more details.

D3Server3's main window

Feature list:

• Support for an unlimited number of dedicated Descent 3 servers
• Optional automatic server port selection
• Support for selective servers; other servers shut down when one server is played
• Detection of invalid player nicknames who use a % character; they get kicked from the server automatically
• Detection of players who try to crash a server by fast observer on/off switching; they get kicked from the server automatically
• Support for disallowing players with too short nicknames
• Improved and fast Descent 3 mission info loading (only the first launch will take some time)
• Built-in remote console info server to support D3Client, a new upcoming remote console software
• Dynamic respawn times according to the number of players in a server
• Improved internal data handling to reduce loading times
• Automatic software update function
• Automatic web update of hosts.deny entries and banned nicknames
• Recovering of servers at program start
• Scheduled server starts and stops
• Detects server crashes and restarts servers automatically
• Improved reliable PXO downtime guard (user, game and irc server)
• Optional automatic switch from PXO to TCP/IP mode on PXO downtimes
• True level looping to stay in the same level out of a mission pack
• Detection of hacked player nicknames and option to kick such players from the server
• Support for a nickname list to ban players by name
• Option to start servers minimized
• Support for the Pyromania mod
• Support for all multiplayer settings and configuration types
• Support for the upcoming Descent 3 v1.5 patch
• Support for automatic execution of remote console commands at each mission/level start
• Support for logging player names and IP addresses
• Support for logging remote console outputs
• Built-in support for different game trackers (PXO, Kali, Descent.cx)
• Import of existing server configurations
• Online help for every configuration option
• Tooltips; stay with the mouse over an input field or button for a few seconds and read what it is for
• The program minimizes to an icon in the taskbar
• It's very small and consumes practically no cpu time