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OpenArena
FSFPS project contributors | Released Aug 19, 2005
It is an open source multiplayer first-person shooter. It uses the id Tech 3 engine source code (which is released under the GNU General Public License v2), and fills in the blank with all new media to make a playable game.
- It's not a 'scavenge the internet for stuff' compilation project, the only things scavenged are some maps, which are OKAY because their source was released under the GPL.
- Everything is strictly open source so they can be improved forever (and ever).
- The additional "Missionpack" game types and weapons are merged into the base, so you get to lay the mines in overload maps.
- There's more game types than the base game, like Domination, Last Man Standing, and what not. ("What not" does not refer to a gametype of that name - Ed)
- Uses ioq3 for various feature additions, but it is not ioq3 dependent; it's also intended to be vanilla compatible. (The only thing that won't work is ogg music)
- The art direction is different and not strictly 'gothic'. There's more of a eastern slant than the usual 'put skulls n' blood all over it's cool' you find in most games.
- It's not next-gen, and computer compatibility range is wide enough to run on that dusty Pentium II in your attic.
- There are bots, perfect for when you're stranded on an island.
- There's also people playing it on the internet.
- It is Free Software, so there's no guilt in downloading it and redistributing it.
OpenArena is licensed under the GNU GPL version 2 - data and engine. Anyone can contribute to it, if it complies with the GNU GPL.
WARNING: OpenArena contains Mature Content. I'm serious. If you don't like shooting the bloody guts and beating hearts out of voluptuous barely modest combatants then don't play it, or play without the mature pk3 file and use com_blood 0/cg_showGibs 0 (but be aware that pure servers may not agree with this).
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Latest News: 0.8.8 at desura
2 comments by noChance79 on Apr 18th, 2012
After a short delay of only several month finally the 0.8.8 release of OpenArena arrived at Desura.
Go give it a glance and maybe set up a dedicated server to celebrate this memorable event ;-)
The 0.8.8 release features a new character model called Neko and a bunch of either reworked or completely new maps for offline single player or online multiplayer games.
Next time a new version is released, it will doubtlessly arrive a little earlier over here.
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I love finally see OpenArena on Desura!
It's a great game, maybe the best shooter Q3 based.
Great job devs :)
Dec 12 2011, 7:52pm by waltercool
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I used to play this game a lot a few years ago. Now i want to play it again, but the graphics haven't aged well at all (last time i played this was in 2005 or so). Is there a possibility that you will improve the graphics some time in the future, maybe a updated version using the, now open-source, doom 3 engine?
There need to be more games like this, nowadays everyone plays this CoD ****. But with these graphics, no wonder why nobody is playing it.
Sorry bro, we don't play this game for the graphics :P
I know this game isn't about graphics. I didn't play this game for graphics in the first place.
My point is that this game could be ported to a better engine like iD Tech 4, Xreal or the engine from OverDose with very little effort, so you get all the effects, better animation system, more detailed maps, better lighting and shadows, shaders and even easier workflow for the developers.
Moving to a more advanced engine (based on iD Tech 3) is easy and has no disadvantages at all. If you have a ****** pc that can't even run a game from 1999 (what this game basically is a replica of) then you still can turn all the effects off and it will look like quake 3.
The thing is, those "more advanced engines" will actually kill a big goal of the project - *compatibility*. I know you're referring to X-ReaL, and I think that stopped being a sole engine project and more of a CC-BY media game project of it's own as far as I recall. Many people have already requested OA to move to id Tech 4 without realizing what our goals were. It's not easy and it's not worth it.
I did experiment with renderergl2 (OpenGL 2.0 module for ioquake3 with normal maps, gloss, bump, parallax, you name it) and a lot of the stuff I rely on is regressed (namely tcMod, tcGen, deformvertices, RAVENMD4), plus I am not a fan of its not-very-backwards-compatible new shader syntax. We can't make the leap to "modern" just yet. I do want to have modern features as much as the next person who wants shiny water, but I also want to keep the scope of having a low system requirement also (and I want to go even lower than Q3 at that). It can still work out for everyone.
how come?
i can run half-life 2
but this game lags
Microsoft Direct3D OpenGL wrapper from system driver I assume
install proper video drivers from your manufacturer.
After fixing some issues with my router my server is online now:
!!!!! Join {Desura}OA_Celebrations !!!!!
..... and have fun .....
Maprotation is:
am_lavaarena | ffa
mlctf1beta | ctf
oa_shine | lms
ps37ctf2 | overload
pxlfan | ffa
pul1ctf | Double Domination
am_thornish | Harvester
mlca1 | elimination
ctf_compromise | one flag capture
am_underworks2 | TDM
oa_sago2 | ctf
oa_reptctf11 | elimination
Server will be online until tomorrow morning :-D
Well, my PC is going asleep now a little bit - say: my server is offline again. I myself connected from time to time but only once got a short round against another human player - who of course pawned me at once :-P
To cut a long story short - we definetly need more OA-Players around here. Maybe we could arrange something like WoPs "Padday" using the comments or maybe even doodle or something similar to arrange a certain date (and time) when to meet and frag each other online ...
Wohoo, seems like the new version is finally on desura, big thanks to those involved!
Yes, it took quite a while - next time a new version is released, we'll make sure, it arrives a little earlier ;-)
How about celebrating this (re)release by setting up some dedicated servers at the weekend? We could perhaps name them "{desura}whatever_you_like", so people know they are joining other desura players ...
What do you think?