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Blood Frontier Alpha

by Acord on 09/20/2007 03:31, 344 messages, last message: 07/10/2008 09:56, 212898 views, last view: 05/16/2024 21:27

The Blood Frontier alpha is almost finished. I need one more thing: A master server. If anyone is interested, please contact me so I can change the necessary code to the IP address/ports required etc.

I will also need skilled people to try and compile the finished code for Macintosh and *nix. I've added no new files, but did remove ALL of the RPG related source code, so remember to do that before compiling. Also, make sure to rename the EXE or equivalent file and set it up so that it does not install over top of Sauerbraten.

This was developed under windows, but it should work with everything. I've *tried* to avoid windows specific stuff in the code, but I'm far from an expert coder.

Changes:
*Changed movement and gravity
*Added regeneration. Players do not constantly regenerate health, only after several seconds of non-combat actions such as shooting, being shot, or reloading.
*Health pickups/enhancements removed in favor of regeneration
*ALL NEW CONTENT. If I left anything that belongs to someone else/forgot to change it, please let me know so I can rectify it immediately.
*Most weapons have infinite ammunition, but must be reloaded when the clip is empty.
*Grenades have limited ammunition, but are very lethal.
*Most weapon behaviors are slightly different.
*Weapons now affect your actual aim when fired.
*Added a built-in snipe mode for the rifle, which will eventually become part of a secondary fire mode for almost all weapons. Bound to RMB by default.
*Removed RPG components
*Locked FOV to make gameplay fair. This may be changed in the future.
*Locked first person mode to make gameplay more fair, as third person mode allows you to see around corners.
*Added reload functionality, bound to the middle mouse button by default. So is repammo.
*All power-ups were removed. A self-regenerating player with infinite ammunition is pretty powerful already.

Gameplay:
If I'm thinking correctly here, the gameplay should become more centered around using cover and laying down suppressive fire. Could be wrong though - we'll just have to see what turns out.

This release is multi-player only - very little of the single player version is ready, except for the models and some stats. As a result, I'm leaving them out of this release.

I'm not educated as to how the -k switch works yet, so this is a *stand-alone* release. Hopefully, the next one will be under the aegis of Sauermod.

No new gamemodes yet, I want to get feedback first. There will be forums set up on the Blood Frontier sourceforge page for this.

Keep in mind that this is an *alpha*, and as such there are a lot of things missing, such as single player and some maps are not fully populated with models and ambient sounds yet. There is one known and annoying bug with the rocket launcher, being that it doesn't always damage the owner.

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#1: Knoppix

by Morosoph on 09/20/2007 03:41

You could do worse than compiling Blood Frontier under Knoppix.

http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html

You can create a persistent file (say 2GB) to save state between boot-ups. Copy the files into your home directory before you start!

Really, the answer is to dual-boot; coders should be competent in a diversity of environments. In particular, they should be comfortable with the command-line.

Good luck!