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3<h2>The Deliantra MORPG Client</h2> 3<h2>The Deliantra MORPG Client</h2>
4 4
5<p>This is the new Deliantra client which was written from scratch 5<p>This is the new Deliantra client which was written from scratch
6in Perl with C bindings to SDL/OpenGL. It was written to have a more 6in Perl with C bindings to SDL/OpenGL. It was written to have a more
10 10
11<h3>Screenshots:</h3> 11<h3>Screenshots:</h3>
12 12
13<p>Screenshots? See on the <a href="screenshots.html">Screenshot page</a></p> 13<p>Screenshots? See on the <a href="screenshots.html">Screenshot page</a></p>
14 14
15<h2>GNU/Linux</h2>
16<h3>Download</h3> 15<h3>Download:</h3>
17 16
18<p> 17<p><a href="play.html">See the Play now! page</a> about the download!</p>
19<b>Version 0.992 release from 2007-10-14</b>: <a href="http://dist.schmorp.de/deliantra/deliantra-gnu-linux-x86.bin">deliantra linux</a><br />
20If you find bugs in the release, please inform us! There are indeed still some glitches and
21bugs in the client, and they are on our TODO.
22</p>
23 18
19<h3>Installation notes:</h3>
20
21<ul>
22 <li>
23 <p><b>Windows</b></p>
24 <p>
25 To start the client, run the executable, i.e. by doubleclicking on it with your left mouse button or
26 use the context menu of the right mouse button.
27 <b>Note:</b> The windows binary might take a while to start (up to some minutes), as it needs to unpack itself
28 and start up everything it needs.
29 </p>
30 </li>
31 <li>
32 <p><b>GNU/Linux</b></p>
33 <p>
24<p><b>Please note that you need glibc-2.3 and x-libs with XFT. (For amd64 you will need ia32-libs and a 32bit OpenGL driver, eg. nvidia-glx-ia32)</b></p> 34 <b>Please note that you need glibc-2.3 and x-libs with XFT. (For amd64 you will need ia32-libs and a 32bit OpenGL driver, eg. nvidia-glx-ia32)</b>
25 35 </p>
26<p> 36 <p>
27Beta release: <a href="http://dist.schmorp.de/deliantra/deliantra-beta-gnu-linux-x86.bin">deliantra linux beta</a><br />
28</p>
29
30<h3>GNU/Linux Installation</h3>
31
32<p>
33After downloading you need to make the binary <b>executable</b> like this:<br /> 37 After downloading you need to make the binary <b>executable</b> like this:<br />
34<tt style="margin-left: 2em">chmod a+x deliantra-gnu-linux-x86.bin</tt><br /> 38 <tt style="margin-left: 2em">chmod a+x cfplus-gnu-linux-x86.bin</tt><br />
35And start it like this (when deliantra-gnu-linux-x86.bin is in the current working directory):<br /> 39 And start it like this (when cfplus-gnu-linux-x86.bin is in the current working directory):<br />
36<tt style="margin-left: 2em">./deliantra-gnu-linux-x86.bin</tt> 40 <tt style="margin-left: 2em">./cfplus-gnu-linux-x86.bin</tt>
37</p> 41 </p>
38 42 </li>
39<h3>Build from source</h3> 43 <li>
40 44 <p><b>Build from source</b></p>
41<p> 45 <p>
42If you want to build the client from source there are two ways that 46 If you want to build the client from source there are two ways that
43are explained on a different page: <a href="client_cpan.html">Source installation</a>. 47 are explained on a different page: <a href="client_cpan.html">Source installation</a>.
44</p> 48 </p>
45 49 </li>
46<h2>Windows</h2> 50</ul>
47
48<h3>Download</h3>
49
50<p>
51<b>Version 0.992 release from 2007-10-14</b>: <a href="http://dist.schmorp.de/deliantra/deliantra.exe">deliantra windows</a><br />
52If you find bugs in the release, please inform us! There are indeed still some glitches and
53bugs in the client, and they are on our TODO.
54</p>
55
56<p>
57Beta release: <a href="http://dist.schmorp.de/deliantra/deliantra-beta.exe">deliantra windows beta</a><br />
58</p>
59
60<h3>Windows Installation</h3>
61
62<p>
63Just download the binary above in the <i>Windows binary</i> Section above at <b>Download</b>.
64Thats all. (To start it, run the executable, i.e. by doubleclicking on it with your left mouse button or
65use the context menu of the right mouse button :-).
66<b>Note:</b> The windows binary might take a while to start (up to some minutes), as it needs to unpack itself
67and start up everything it needs.
68</p>
69 51
70<p> 52<p>
71<b>For further instructions and informations look at the <i>Help!</i> button on the top!</b> 53<b>For further instructions and informations look at the <i>Help!</i> button on the top!</b>
72</p> 54</p>
73 55
74<h3>News</h3> 56<h3>News:</h3>
57
58<p>
59 <em>
60 2008-01-06 First release in the new year, version 0.9963: Among the
61 changes are some minor bugfixes, optical tweaks and performance
62 improvements on the GUI. Some to the user invisible changes were
63 improvements of the server side widgets and a reimplementation of the
64 message window to allow to undock chats from the central message window in
65 future releases.
66 </em>
67</p>
68
69<p>
70 <em>
71 2007-12-25 Released version 0.9960 with some important fixes in the item animations
72 and GUI code, along with an API update to a more recent EV version the documentation
73 had some minor improvements. And last but not least the face loading consumes less CPU.
74 too.
75 </em>
76</p>
77<p>
78 <em>
79 2007-12-09 Released version 0.9959, main changes were a bugfix of the
80 audio-jingle playing (sometimes a jingle was played repeatedly if there was no
81 server-provided music available). Also some debugging hooks were added and
82 the code was updated to follow API changes in some of the modules used.
83 </em>
84</p>
85
86<p>
87 <em>
88 2007-11-27 Released version 0.9956, main changes were an improved event loop
89 for better performance and compatibility under windows,
90 and the server list has been disabled due to problems with activestate perl.
91 </em>
92</p>
93
94<p>
95 <em>
96 2007-11-03 Released version 0.9955, Main changes were adjustment of the default
97 resolution (to 800x600) and making fullscreen the default. The widget extension
98 system was also officially enabled.
99 </em>
100</p>
101
75 102
76<p> 103<p>
77 <em> 104 <em>
78 2007-10-14 Released a new binary. Main feature: Rename to 'Deliantra'. 105 2007-10-14 Released a new binary. Main feature: Rename to 'Deliantra'.
79 </em> 106 </em>
157 NPC dialog system makes chatting with NPCs a lot easier and 184 NPC dialog system makes chatting with NPCs a lot easier and
158 improves overall game interaction. 185 improves overall game interaction.
159 </li> 186 </li>
160 <li>Inventory operation shortcuts, like: ignite/thaw, inscribe and rename.</li> 187 <li>Inventory operation shortcuts, like: ignite/thaw, inscribe and rename.</li>
161 <li>Healthbars above monsters and players.</li> 188 <li>Healthbars above monsters and players.</li>
162</ul>
163
164<h3>Yet unimplemented features (for version 1.5 or 2):</h3>
165
166<ul>
167 <li>On screen player name labels.</li>
168</ul>
169
170<h3>Future features/ideas:</h3>
171
172<p>
173These are some (more or less serious) ideas we have regarding extension of the client's
174functionality:
175</p>
176
177<ul>
178 <li>Integrated IRC client.</li>
179 <li>Editor stating shortcut with automated downloading of maps.</li>
180</ul> 189</ul>
181 190
182<h3>News archive</h3> 191<h3>News archive</h3>
183 192
184<p> 193<p>

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