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955 2 2000-01-10 00:18:39 <em>Category:</em> Code Library<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="5"><p> <em>Description:</em> A free, portable 3D engine with a ton of features.<p> <ul> <li>There are six sexy new <a href="http://crystal.linuxgames.com/scrshots.html">screenshots</a> of a Quake 3 level converted to Crystal Space. <li>Daily <a href="ftp://crystal.sourceforge.net/pub/crystal/cvs-snapshots/">CVS snapshots</a> of the beta 0.15 version of CS are now available for those who can't or won't use the public CVS server. <li>For you chatty Cathys (Sorry. I've wanted to use that expression in a sentence for quite awhile. It's out of my system now and it won't happen again.), <i>irc.linux.com:6667 #CrystalSpace</i> is the new IRC server for CrystalSpace chat. </ul> Crystal Space news updated
956 2 2000-01-10 00:27:38 <img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/thumbs/tud_shot.jpg" align=right width=200 height=145><em>Category:</em> Strategy<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4"><p> <em>Description:</em> action-strategy networked game<p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <LI>now objects needed to build another product are subtracted (you can win the game now;-) <LI>the landscape files are no more (only levels) <LI>you can now script in the level files (best way to create new levels is to take the empty.lev and add a script) <LI>added some commands to the server <LI>moved random landscape generator into server (starting positions still must be created manually) <LI>raw materials are now returned if you stop building <LI>reorganized building stuff (a little bit better now ;-) <LI>changed autodriveto (calculates rotation now exactly - not always full left or full right) - should improve gameplay and verry slow servers (or with accelerated time) </uL> TUD (The Urgent Decision) 0.9.6 updated
957 2 2000-01-10 00:31:09 <em>Category:</em> Simulation<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4"><p> <em>Description:</em> Space oriented network game system.<p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>Added PREFIX option to each Makefile for more customizable installations. <li>Also, the standard locations for XShipWars' data files has changed from /usr/games/xshipwars to /usr/share/games/xshipwars. So if you are planning to upgrade, please delete (back up any user created stuff) the old /usr/games/xshipwars and install all the latest data files (image sets, sound sets, etc) in /usr/share/games/xshipwars. <li>The binaries for XShipWars' client and related programs are now placed in /usr/games. <li>Added bridge window resizing to optimum sizes feature, press and hold CTRL and press - or + to change the size of the bridge window. Note that - and + are the viewscreen zoom keys, if you have mapped them to other keys, then use the keys that you have mapped to. </ul> XShipWars 1.31 updated
958 2 2000-01-10 00:34:58 <em>Category:</em> Game-related Utility<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="5"><p> <em>Description:</em> <em>The</em> utility for finding out the status of internet Quake* servers<p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>Summary of Fixes <ul> <li>Quake III Arena master queries <li>Half-Life master queries <li>$(IF:GAME) was true when $GAME was blank (Tribes) <li>Improved Q3A player name translation <li>Fixed raw mode output for Unreal (minor incompatible change) <li>Updated docs for raw mode output <li>Add one to Unreal/UT port to get query port (incompatible change) <li>$GAME and "-sort g" now work for Unreal/UT </ul> <li>Summary of New Features <ul> <li>Options added for Kingpin and Heretic II game servers. These two games were previously supported with the -q2s option. <li>New options: -kps and -hrs <li>New template conditions: $(IF:KINGPIN) and $(IF:HERETIC2) </ul> </ul> QStat 2.3e BETA updated
959 2 2000-01-10 00:48:54 <a href="http://www.tuxgames.com">Tuxgames.com</a>'s <a href="mailto:michael@tuxgames.com">Michael Simms</a> announces TuxGames' new <a href="http://www.tuxgames.com/petitions">petition page</a>: <blockquote> Tux Games just added its first page for assisting the Linux gaming community. <p> <a href="http://www.tuxgames.com/petitions">http://www.tuxgames.com/petitions</a>. <p> This is to give game manufacturers an incentive to port their products to Linux, as well as to give them an idea as to how much people would pay. </blockquote> TuxGames Linux gaming petitions default
960 2 2000-01-11 11:16:19 <img src="/images/coin.gif" align=right width=117 height=113><a href="http://slashdot.org/articles/00/01/11/0818234.shtml">Slashdot</a> is reporting that <a href="http://www.lokigames.com">Loki</a> has announced five more titles they'll port from Windows to Linux: <em>Alpha Centauri</em>, <em>Sim City 3000</em>, <em>Soldier of Fortune</em>, <em>Interstate '82</em> and <em>Heavy Gear II</em>. The source of the information is somebody at <a href="http://handeye.com">Handeye.com</a>, a software reseller. No confirmation from Loki yet, but these "leaks" have proven accurate in the past. I'm still itching to hear about the RPG they've alluded to previously... New titles from Loki default
961 -1 2000-01-11 12:06:39 <em>Category:</em> Role Playing<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <font color=#ffff80 size="-1">(not yet rated)</font><p> <em>Description:</em> Rogue for KDE<p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>Uses autoconf. There should be no problems with compilation (but the sources are bigger...). <li>French translation by Pascal Audoux - not complete yet, but playable. <li>KRogue can be installed in the users home directory - no root access required (see the README file in the source archive for instructions). <li>Option to create character file - you can store the state of your game in a text or HTML file. <li>Some other small changes. </ul> KRogue 0.9.6 updated
962 2 2000-01-11 17:43:33 <em>Category:</em> Game-related Utility<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <font color=#ffff80 size="-1">(not yet rated)</font><p> <em>Description:</em> Yadex is a Doom/Doom II/Heretic level (wad) editor for X.<p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>support for multiple versions of Yadex installed simultaneously, <li>support for custom patches between PP_START/PP_END, <li>support for german edition of Doom II, <li>support for /usr/share/man, <li>support for Solaris, <li>patch viewer, <li>fix for "BadAccess" warnings. </ul> Yadex 1.3.0 updated
963 2 2000-01-12 11:22:57 <em>Category:</em> Game-related Utility<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="5"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="5"><p> <em>Description:</em> <em>The</em> utility for finding out the status of internet Quake* servers<p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>Added player ping and face to Unreal -raw output <li>Fix queries for version 405 Unreal servers <li>For the player template: $FACE The texture used on a player's face. This was added to Unreal a while back, but I didn't notice. </ul> QStat 2.3f BETA updated
964 2 2000-01-12 13:50:24 <em>Category:</em> Action<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4"><img src="http://happypenguin.org/images/star.gif" alt="4"><p> <em>Description:</em> A 3D racing game in an outer space environment<p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>Big endian compatibility <li>Begin of a widgets library <li>Win32 port </ul> Space Racer 0.2.2 updated