Free FPS adds over a hundred new features and changes

Jun 19, 2008 07:44 GMT  ·  By

Mac owners, gamers, and players of Albert Mayer's Sauerbraten should be happy to hear that a totally new version of their favorite game is available for free download straight away. Sauerbraten CTF Edition allows gamers to play both offline and online, and to enjoy dynamic map/geometry editing. Dozens of new additions are available with the new Sauerbraten CTF Edition.

Requirements call for a 32MB video card so you shouldn't have any problems there (unless you're using an Apple-1).

Sauerbraten is also known as Cube 2. The free first-person shooter, that includes both multiplayer and single player game modes, was built as a major redesign of Cube. Needless to point out, the new game borrows a lot from its predecessor. Therefore, the main focus is not to produce the most features & eyecandy possible, but rather to allow map/geometry editing to be done dynamically in-game. The engine Sauerbraten is also being used for an upcoming role playing game (RPG), the developer notes, adding that Proper Games Ltd is the first to use the engine commercially.

Sauerbraten is currently at version 2008_06_17. As noted above, the CTF Edition brings tons of extras. Some highlights include:

New Additions:

- MitaMAN's new SP campaign: "Private Stan Sauer"; - Fanatic's new 10-song soundtrack "Spontaneous Failure"; - geartrooper's new MD5 character model: Mr. Fixit; - ctf and insta ctf game modes; - support for cloud boxes and cloud layers over sky box; - in-game text editor for editing cfg files; - texture browser now displays glow, rotation, and offsets; - console message filter (controlled via "confilter" and "fullconfilter" vars); - "follow" command now works in first-person (can spectate in third-person via "thirdperson" var or 9 key); - support for Cube Server Lister extended information; - support for Mumble positional audio (contributed by The Conquerors clan).

Tweaks:

- optimized water reflection/refraction with scissoring and tighter frustum culling; - made teammate crosshair show when aiming at a teammate (toggled via "teamcrosshair" var); - players can now reconnect to private games when disconnected, as long as their IP matches.

Click HERE to download Sauerbraten CTF Edition now.

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