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lok1950 · Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 1:00 am Post subject: Vega Strike 0.5.1 r1 release

Hi guy's as loki1950 i am an admin and newbie Shepard at http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/ typo when i registered here
Well after a busy summer we have a beta of a new release 0.5 with binaries available for Windows all flavors
and Mac OSX.Sorry no Linux binaries but compiling from our subversion repository is not that difficult.

What's new:

Shader Support
*VS now supports normal maps
*(@all artists: yet another chance to contribute Wink

-- most units still need normal maps)

Integrated Multiplayer Support
*Deathmatch
*Missions, money, and upgrades

Reimplemented physics system
*Support for simultaneous simulation at variable fidelity of all ships present in a system
*Support for large numbers of active vessels per system

New and revised content
*New and restatted units, weapons, and upgrades
*New music, models, and factional textures
*Civilian traffic

Miscellaneous improvements
*Improved automation of in-system travel (simple autopilot mode)
*Pre-compressed(DXT) texture support
*Integrated sound server

Enjoy the Choice Smile

lok1950 · Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 11:03 pm Post subject: RE: Vega Strike 0.5 beta

We have a release installer available for all the platforms we support http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/getfiles there is also a package available in the Debian repositories

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lok1950 · Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 9:22 pm Post subject:

Vegastrike 0.5 is now also available as a FreeBSD ports.

http://www.freshports.org/games/vegastrike/
http://www.freshports.org/games/vegastrike-data/

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Hudzilla · Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 9:27 pm Post subject:

Hurrah! Vega Strike is a really impressive project, and I'm glad to see it coming along so well!

lok1950 · Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 9:51 pm Post subject:

We seem to be getting a critical mass of contributions Very Happy

that and the mods are moving there data sets to the new version of the engine so more bug reports for faster feedback Laughing

Shader support is also moving along.

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lok1950 · Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 10:44 pm Post subject:

We have a new version to release 0.5.1.r1 final

Changes include:

Fixed: MIP loading on rectangular textures
Fixed: tumbling capships while docking
Newer planet textures
Better more compatible shaders for Mesa (Intel DRI mostly)
Issues #3487109, #2531359, #2808586, #2812869, #2879873, #2929602 fixed

This is 0.5.1 final and marks the end of the 0.5.1 milestone. From now on, new features will be developed in trunk and 0.5.1 will only receive maintenance releases (bugfixes) until 0.5.2 is ready. Happy times Wink

For packages for various distros and further details see

General announcement and for some screenshots of the latest planetary textures http://forums.vega-strike.org/cpg/thumbnails.php?album=20

If there any questions post here on the LXF or on our forums at
http://forums.vega-strike.org/index.php

Enjoy the Choice Smile