Alientrap vient d'annoncer, via son site officiel, la sortie de la version 2.5 de Nexuiz, son FPS gratuit sous licence GPL. Près d'un an après la version 2.4.2, cette version 2.5 vient bouleverser beaucoup de choses. Tellement d'ailleurs qu'aucun patch n'est disponible et que vous aurez à tout réinstaller. Au menu des changements, la liste est considérable, on retiendra tout de même : de nouveaux effets graphiques, un nouveau mode de jeu nommé « Race » (le but étant de traverser les niveaux le plus vite possible grâce aux tricks du jeu : Rocket-Jump, etc...), de nouvelles cartes, un HUD totalement refondu, le netcode amélioré, un éditeur de cartes, de nouveaux sons, de nouveaux models et bien évidemment une liste énorme de corrections de bugs divers.


Le téléchargement du jeu peut s'effectuer depuis SourceForge pour 636 Mo.

Changes:
CHANGES from 2.4.2 to 2.5:
compat-q3a: switch crylink/hagar, as crylink is closer to BFG and hagar is closer to Plasmagun
engine: add a half-baked "commandmode" (currently it has, like messagemode, no history, no line editing)
engine: added blend and orientation commands for effectinfo.txt (overrides the defaults chosen by the particle type)
engine: added cvar sv_gameplayfix_gravityunaffectedbyticrate - off by default
engine: added shader keywords dpshadow and dpnoshadow (no parameters), these modify the shadowing properties of a mesh, regardless of its other properties
engine: allow cl_maxfps and cl_maxidlefps to be 0, meaning unlimited (like in many QW clients)
engine: Blub's "deflate" extension to the download system. Currently only provides csprogs.dat in deflated form. Compatible in both directions, compression is only done if both client and server use this new code.
engine: capturing to ogg/theora video (cl_capturevideo_ogg; requires theora and vorbisenc dlls), ogg and avi capturing are now modules in the engine
engine: cl_demo_mousegrab
engine: csqc can get bone infos
engine: cvarlist now accepts wildcards
engine: demo recording: stuff csprogs.dat files into .dem files so demos can always be played back
engine: disable DGA mouse by default
engine: effectinfo: add "stretchfactor"
engine: fix a possible bug with zym model animation (this looks like a typo, and fixing it makes the shotgun anim in nexuiz appear more consistent)
engine: fix bugs with q1bsp/hlbsp rotating submodels
engine: fixed crash with ATI drivers on shutdown or vid_restart
engine: fixed pointsound in csqc
engine: fixed several collision bug regarding non solid players
engine: fix memory corruption when using trailparticles with an effect that has a dlight
engine: get rid of skinframe loading spam on dedicated servers
engine: if in menu, make con_closeontoggleconsole.integer also enable the toggleconsole key
engine: implemented occlusion query support on corona rendering, this enables coronas to fade according to the percentage of occluded pixels around the light origin, giving a more realistic corona behavior
engine: implemented zpass shadowing, not used yet
engine: model_brush: use the same tesselation number for patches in the same LOD group (q3map2 writes the same mins/maxs for any patch inside a LOD group, and this fact is used for identifying LOD groups)
engine: mod_q3bsp_nolightmaps: do not load lightmaps, use the bad q3map2-written vertex lighting instead (you have been warned). Mostly useful for maps with HUUUUGE lightmaps on low-end systems.
engine: new command by terrencehill: "status 1" and "status 2" as alternate, more readable status displays. "status" unchanged.
engine: new tcmod: "tcmod page ", as poor man's animmap alternative (stores all frames in ONE image in a x grid, and switches to the next frame every seconds)
engine: open client sockets before video starts, so that the Windows Firewall prompt will occur before video starts (it tends to screw up graphics contexts otherwise)
engine: Q3BSP: only generate the shadow mesh if on a client. Skip that part on the dedicated server. Reduces load time and memory usage on a dedicated server.
engine: Q3's EF_TELEPORT_BIT added, to skip interpolation for a frame
engine: r_shadows 2: cast shadows always DOWN, ignore level lighting
engine: r_showsurfaces 3 "eeepc mode"
engine: showtopspeed variable added
engine: snd_spatialization_control: earphone friendly mode, reduces spatialization for distant objects
engine: sv_status_privacy", "0", "do not show IP addresses in 'status' replies to clients
engine: vid_netwmfullscreen, optional fullscreen mode for linux/glx allowing to alt-tab away from the game
game: airshot announcer for midair hits with the mortar
game: all projectiles and their effects are clientside now, massive bandwidth reduction
game: alternate HUD is now default
game: antilag improved
game: assault bugfixed
game: ballistics for bullets (but antilagged by default), that is all bullet guns (shotgun, machinegun, campingrifle) are affected by gravity and can pierce walls and players up to a certain thickness depending on gun)
game: better visual hint for unbalanced teams
game: bots can do bunnyhopping now
game: carrying strength and shield has less of a performance impact now
game: cl_gentle, clientside gib replacement for general audiences
game: cmd maplist improved
game: colors improved (TODO credit sev in nexuiz-credits.txt!)
game: command allready
game: command "cmd records"
game: command lockteams, unlockteams
game: command movetoteam_red, ...
game: command nospectators
game: command records
game: command vlogin must be used instead of vdo login now
game: command weapbest
game: crylink tweaked (bounce does half damage, damage lowered, primary consumes 2 cells)
game: ctf capture records now can only be made on an otherwise empty server, prevents "assisted" records
game: ctf flag touching when dead bug fixed
game: ctf scoring now uses flags, not frags (added several scoring options and configs)
game: custom weapon priorities for bots
game: cvar cl_casings
game: cvar cl_showpressedkeys
game: cvar cl_weaponpriority* (up to 10 custom weapon orders can be bound to a key)
game: cvar cl_weaponpriority_useforcycling (uses the menu set weapon priority for the normal next/prev commands)
game: cvar g_balance_ctf_damageforcescale
game: cvar g_balance_electro_combo_speed (secondary balls explode delayed, in a kind of chain reaction)
game: cvar g_bloodloss - a new pointless mutator ;)
game: cvar g_bugrigs*
game: cvar g_ctf_allow_drop
game: cvar g_ctf_fullbrightflags
game: cvar g_ctf_ignore_frags
game: cvar g_domination_point_fullbright
game: cvar g_instagib REMOVED (use arena mutator with minstanex)
game: cvar g_jump_grunt
game: cvar g_maxplayers (allows to create spectator slots)
game: cvar g_pickup_respawntime*
game: cvar g_pinata
game: cvar g_showweaponspawns (shows the location of guns on the maps if trying to switch to a gun that is not carried)
game: cvar g_spawn_furthest
game: cvar g_spawnpoints_auto_move_out_of_solid
game: cvar g_spawnshield_time automatically disables itself when shooting
game: cvar g_start_delay
game: cvar g_touchexplode
game: cvar g_warmup
game: cvar g_weaponreplace_*
game: cvar sv_clones
game: cvar sv_gentle
game: cvar sv_maxidle
game: cvar sv_ready_restart_after_countdown
game: cvar sv_ready_restart_nag
game: cvar sv_ready_restart_repeatable
game: cvar sv_vote_stop, the amount of time till one can vote again after stopping ones own vote
game: cvar teamplay_lockonrestart
game: cvar timelimit_overtime, timelimit_overtimes, timelimit_suddendeath (timelimit_maxovertime removed)
game: fix a server crash exploit
game: fix flag falling through bunker
game: fix q3skoredm1
game: fix some memory leaks
game: free camera for demo playback
game: friendly fire slightly added now
game: handle sv_foginterval on the client now
game: headshot announcer for the camping rifle
game: hook attaches to moving objects
game: hook can pull players (but detaches when that player shoots you)
game: hook detaches when teleporting
game: hook is no longer "seta"
game: hook jitter-less (full client side drawing)
game: hook sky-attach bug fixed
game: hook weapon consumes cell ammo
game: improved bot ai: teamworking, items rating, weapon combos, swimming, basic handling of ladders, better handling of jumpads, better detection of dangers, recognition of doors
game: improved weapon system, new weapons Port-O-Launch, MinstaNex, On-hand hook, TAG Seeker, HLAC, Camping Rifle; now up to 24 weapons supported
game: IP ban syncing support (servers can share a ban list, can be used as a kind of global IP ban system)
game: item respawn: 20s for 50health and 25armor
game: jetpack (g_jetpack, or entities item_jetpack, item_fuel, item_fuel_regen)
game: kick banned players also when they try to talk
game: lemmings countdown ('kill' and switching teams is no longer instant)
game: log can get :time: events
game: lots of weapon content changes, new models, new animations etc.. (shot origins)
game: map voting: map preview images to help identify the maps
game: map voting: nodetail 1 as default (does not show what others voted for)
game: more crosshairs added
game: more different death types
game: new dom points by ai
game: new music track by meoblast001 (TODO nexuiz-credits.txt)
game: new particle effects
game: new tokenizer fixing weirdly split kick reasons/vote commands
game: new weapon and player sounds
game: optimize bot waypoint loading
game: performance improved (fteqcc -O3)
game: race game type (see Docs/basics.html for more details)
game: ready now toggles the ready state
game: ready status shown in the scoreboard
game: rocket launcher detonation fixed when button was pressed only for a very short time
game: scoreboard much improved
game: scores per-team
game: show the WelcomeMessage only on join for welcome_message_time seconds or when +show_info is pressed because many people did not know you can make this msg disappear with +zoom. add a line telling specs and observers about +show_info in the upper right
game: some voice command samples are used along with team messages
game: sounds: model specific player sounds
game: sv_foginterval
game: teamkill and typekill complaints and sounds
game: team radar (sv_cmd bbox, sv_cmd radarmap commands to create/debug it!)
game: texturecompression for lightmaps off (workaround for OS X bug)
game: timeout/in feature
game: turrets
game: vote call is now possible for server admins too
game: weapons rebalanced according to frag statistics
game: zoom unlagged, detect zoom scripts (for spectating/demos)
map: aggressor supports keyhunt
map: all maps recompiled, now with external lightmaps which look way better
map: new maps accident, desertfactory, racetrack
mapping: added egyptsoc textures
mapping: allow mins/maxs specification for brush entities instead of models (as alternative)
mapping: armor_big (50 armor)
mapping: automatic shader generator script
mapping: entities.def updated
mapping: entity func_breakable
mapping: entity func_door: make DOOR_NOT_LINK work
mapping: entity func_door_rotating
mapping: entity func_pointparticles
mapping: entity func_sparks
mapping: entity func_train now supports -1 wait on path_corner, making it NOT wait
mapping: entity info_null now removes itself (as it should); this DOES break some maps that need fixing now
mapping: entity info_player_start now triggers other entities when someone spawns
mapping: entity misc_follow
mapping: entity misc_gamemodel, func_illusionary replacing misc_models
mapping: entity misc_laser changed and improved
mapping: entity target_spawn (BEWARE OF THE)
mapping: entity trigger_flipflop, trigger_monoflip, trigger_multivibrator
mapping: entity trigger_heal
mapping: entity trigger_hurt now can set a message2 as death message for push-kills
mapping: entity trigger_items
mapping: field nottargeted overrides targetname checks in e.g. func_door (so it can be used for misc_follow without needing an extra trigger)
mapping: field team on items, and cnt as weight
mapping: filtering by gametype: "gametypefilter" "+ctf,kh"
mapping: LOD for misc_models and similar entities
mapping: mapname.cfg is deprecated. Use clientsettemp_for_type and cdtrack in mapname.mapinfo
mapping: randomizing origin, angle or angles fields: "originjitter", "anglejitter", "anglesjitter" fields
mapping: target2, target3, target4 as extra target fields
mapping: team field in trigger_teleport and trigger_push
mapping: triggers now MUST be common/trigger; their exact shape now works (no longer their bbox)
mapping: turrets
mapping: zeroradiant support, bugfix patchset updated
map: reslimed: less distracting fog
map: some more TDM map settings
map: starship and silvercity: no CTF
media: new weapon system (see cl_weaponsystem.qc comment about model formats)
menu: blueplastic skin
menu: channel mixer
menu: cvar list editor
menu: demo browser
menu: game type in server browser
menu: input box margin now in chars, not percent
menu: more settings
menu: mouse fixed in -game pro (now havoc)
menu: multicampaign is back
menu: new playermodel previews (sev)
menu: play button in map info
menu: server favorites
menu: server info
menuskins: big buttons as extra graphics
menuskins: COLOR_SCROLLBAR_C
menu: skin selector
menuskins: HEIGHT_DIALOGBORDER
menu: weapon priority dialog
menu: wicked skins (7 different)
misc: +exec benchmark.cfg
misc: new color codes ^xRGB
models: new flag model
models: specop now knows that she is female
rcon2irc: disconnect fix
rcon2irc: irc_trigger