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1Client Installation 1Client
2 2
3<h2>The CFPlus Client</h2> 3<h2>The Deliantra MORPG Client</h2>
4 4
5<p> CFPlus is the new Crossfire TRT (Crossfire compatible) client which 5<p>This is the new Deliantra client which was written from scratch
6was written from scratch in Perl with C bindings to SDL/OpenGL. It was 6in Perl with C bindings to SDL/OpenGL. It was written to have a more
7written to have a more immersive overall gameplay and to base as ground 7immersive overall gameplay and to base as ground to implement new
8to implement new features. (And it's still mostly compatible with the 8features.
9original Crossfire). </p> 9</p>
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 0.99 release from 2007-09-02</b>: <a href="http://dist.schmorp.de/cfplus/cfplus-gnu-linux-x86.bin">cfplus 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>
27Alpha release: <a href="http://dist.schmorp.de/cfplus/cfplus-alpha-gnu-linux-x86.bin">cfplus linux alpha</a><br />
28<b>PLEASE NOTE:</b> As this is an alpha release! We are going to be deaf about missing features and bugs in the alpha release!
29</p>
30
31<h3>GNU/Linux Installation</h3>
32
33<p>
34After 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 />
35<tt style="margin-left: 2em">chmod a+x cfplus-gnu-linux-x86.bin</tt><br /> 38 <tt style="margin-left: 2em">chmod a+x cfplus-gnu-linux-x86.bin</tt><br />
36And start it like this (when cfplus-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 />
37<tt style="margin-left: 2em">./cfplus-gnu-linux-x86.bin</tt> 40 <tt style="margin-left: 2em">./cfplus-gnu-linux-x86.bin</tt>
38</p> 41 </p>
39 42 </li>
40<h3>Build from source</h3> 43 <li>
41 44 <p><b>Build from source</b></p>
42<p> 45 <p>
43If 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
44are 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>.
45</p> 48 </p>
46 49 </li>
47<h2>Windows</h2> 50</ul>
48
49<h3>Download</h3>
50
51<p>
52<b>Version 0.99 release from 2007-09-02</b>: <a href="http://dist.schmorp.de/cfplus/cfplus.exe">cfplus windows</a><br />
53If you find bugs in the release, please inform us! There are indeed still some glitches and
54bugs in the client, and they are on our TODO.
55</p>
56
57<p>
58Alpha release: <a href="http://dist.schmorp.de/cfplus/cfplus_alpha.exe">cfplus windows alpha</a><br />
59<b>PLEASE NOTE:</b> As this is an alpha release! We are going to be deaf about missing features and bugs in the alpha release!
60</p>
61
62<h3>Windows Installation</h3>
63
64<p>
65Just download the binary above in the <i>Windows binary</i> Section above at <b>Download</b>.
66Thats all. (To start it, run the executable, i.e. by doubleclicking on it with your left mouse button or
67use the context menu of the right mouse button :-).
68<b>Note:</b> The windows binary might take a while to start (up to some minutes), as it needs to unpack itself
69and start up everything it needs.
70</p>
71 51
72<p> 52<p>
73<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>
74</p> 54</p>
75 55
76<h3>News</h3> 56<h3>News:</h3>
57
58<p>
59 <em>
60 2008-08-01 Version 0.9974 comes with smooth scrolling for player movements,
61 workaround for a possible OpenGL slowdown, and other small fixes and enhancements.
62 </em>
63</p>
64
65<p>
66 <em>
67 2008-07-07 Some minor fixes and features: IPv6 support, chat tabs have tooltips
68 again and converted to a new non-blocking API. Also fixed the CPAN distribution.
69 </em>
70</p>
71
72<p>
73 <em>
74 2008-05-23 Next release: 0.9972. The map cache has been extended a bit to store more
75 map changes (fixes some minor bugs). Fixed some crashbugs when the client is
76 logged out and some UI elements were used. The server XML format is now also
77 supportet in item tooltips. The keyrepeats are ignored now in some conditions.
78 And crashes when the map cache is corrupted are now prevented. Also the client
79 configuration is now stored in pretty printed JSON.
80 </em>
81</p>
82
83<p>
84 <em>
85 2008-05-05 Long time no release, but now we got some fixes for you: Some issues
86 with the default sort order have been sorted out, some tooltips were fixed,
87 a long standing bug with the stats tab being empty has been resolved and some GUI
88 fixes have been done. Also the pseudo-items are now only shown in the inventory
89 and not the floorbox. Have fun!
90 </em>
91</p>
92
93<p>
94 <em>
95 2008-03-30 Release of version 0.9970: Reduced documentation memory usage, fixed
96 the stat gauge tooltips that have gone missing since 0.9966. Fixced a grave bug
97 with tile id allocation, which effectively disabled the tile cache. And last
98 but not least: The NPC Dialogs have also been fixed.
99 </em>
100</p>
101
102<p>
103 <em>2008-03-24 Release of version 0.9967 of the Client: A memory leak was fixed
104 where the messages in the message window were kept for ever and the client
105 consumed more and more memory. The highlighting of the chattabs is now red and
106 not blue. The history handling of the chat input will now not erase the
107 typed input if the down cursor key is pressed. A keyboard modifier display has
108 also been implemented, (for example to signal whether numlock is on,
109 which caused problems under windows). Also a bug with the layout font under
110 windows has been fixed.
111 </em>
112</p>
113
114<p>
115 <em>
116 2008-01-19 Another release of the Client, version 0.9965: Some bugs
117 have been fixed: A race condition was found in the database access and
118 a bug which crashed the client with nvidia drivers has been fixed.
119 Some minor bugs in the GUI, the message fontsize and chatbox label padding,
120 have also been fixed.
121 </em>
122</p>
123
124<p>
125 <em>
126 2008-01-06 First release in the new year, version 0.9963: Among the
127 changes are some minor bugfixes, optical tweaks and performance
128 improvements on the GUI. Some to the user invisible changes were
129 improvements of the server side widgets and a reimplementation of the
130 message window to allow to undock chats from the central message window in
131 future releases.
132 </em>
133</p>
134
135<p>
136 <em>
137 2007-12-25 Released version 0.9960 with some important fixes in the item animations
138 and GUI code, along with an API update to a more recent EV version the documentation
139 had some minor improvements. And last but not least the face loading consumes less CPU.
140 too.
141 </em>
142</p>
143<p>
144 <em>
145 2007-12-09 Released version 0.9959, main changes were a bugfix of the
146 audio-jingle playing (sometimes a jingle was played repeatedly if there was no
147 server-provided music available). Also some debugging hooks were added and
148 the code was updated to follow API changes in some of the modules used.
149 </em>
150</p>
151
152<p>
153 <em>
154 2007-11-27 Released version 0.9956, main changes were an improved event loop
155 for better performance and compatibility under windows,
156 and the server list has been disabled due to problems with activestate perl.
157 </em>
158</p>
159
160<p>
161 <em>
162 2007-11-03 Released version 0.9955, Main changes were adjustment of the default
163 resolution (to 800x600) and making fullscreen the default. The widget extension
164 system was also officially enabled.
165 </em>
166</p>
167
168
169<p>
170 <em>
171 2007-10-14 Released a new binary. Main feature: Rename to 'Deliantra'.
172 </em>
173</p>
77 174
78<p> 175<p>
79 <em> 176 <em>
80 2007-09-02 <b>Finally!</b> We released a non beta version of the client. 177 2007-09-02 <b>Finally!</b> We released a non beta version of the client.
81 The version 0.99 is considered mostly stable and playable now. Changes 178 The version 0.99 is considered mostly stable and playable now. Changes
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155 </li> 252 </li>
156 <li>Inventory operation shortcuts, like: ignite/thaw, inscribe and rename.</li> 253 <li>Inventory operation shortcuts, like: ignite/thaw, inscribe and rename.</li>
157 <li>Healthbars above monsters and players.</li> 254 <li>Healthbars above monsters and players.</li>
158</ul> 255</ul>
159 256
160<h3>Yet unimplemented features (for version 1.5 or 2):</h3>
161
162<ul>
163 <li>On screen player name labels.</li>
164</ul>
165
166<h3>Future features/ideas:</h3>
167
168<p>
169These are some (more or less serious) ideas we have regarding extension of the client's
170functionality:
171</p>
172
173<ul>
174 <li>Integrated IRC client.</li>
175 <li>Editor stating shortcut with automated downloading of maps.</li>
176</ul>
177
178<h3>News archive</h3> 257<h3>News archive</h3>
179 258
180<p> 259<p>
181 <em> 260 <em>
182 2007-04-22 Another windows beta has been released: A problem with map-ghosting 261 2007-04-22 Another windows beta has been released: A problem with map-ghosting
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302 </em> 381 </em>
303</p> 382</p>
304 383
305<h2>Authors/Contact</h2> 384<h2>Authors/Contact</h2>
306 385
307<p><b>The cf.schmorp.de Crossfire Development Team:</b></p> 386<p><b>The Deliantra Development Team:</b></p>
308 387
309<p><b> 388<p><b>
310 95% of the client, stuff like: protocol handling, widget toolkit, OpenGL integration, windows build, 389 95% of the client, stuff like: protocol handling, widget toolkit, OpenGL integration, windows build,
311 the map, help viewer, all the cool features and all other stuff the user never sees. 390 the map, help viewer, all the cool features and all other stuff the user never sees.
312 </b></p> 391 </b></p>
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320 Robin Redeker <a href="mailto:elmex@ta-sa.org">elmex@ta-sa.org</a> 399 Robin Redeker <a href="mailto:elmex@ta-sa.org">elmex@ta-sa.org</a>
321 <a href="http://www.ta-sa.org/">http://www.ta-sa.org/</a> 400 <a href="http://www.ta-sa.org/">http://www.ta-sa.org/</a>
322 </p> 401 </p>
323 402
324<p></p> 403<p></p>
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