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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 2008-01-06 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 a
63 improvement 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
102
103<p>
104 <em>
105 2007-10-14 Released a new binary. Main feature: Rename to 'Deliantra'.
106 </em>
107</p>
77 108
78<p> 109<p>
79 <em> 110 <em>
80 2007-09-02 <b>Finally!</b> We released a non beta version of the client. 111 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 112 The version 0.99 is considered mostly stable and playable now. Changes
155 </li> 186 </li>
156 <li>Inventory operation shortcuts, like: ignite/thaw, inscribe and rename.</li> 187 <li>Inventory operation shortcuts, like: ignite/thaw, inscribe and rename.</li>
157 <li>Healthbars above monsters and players.</li> 188 <li>Healthbars above monsters and players.</li>
158</ul> 189</ul>
159 190
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> 191<h3>News archive</h3>
179 192
180<p> 193<p>
181 <em> 194 <em>
182 2007-04-22 Another windows beta has been released: A problem with map-ghosting 195 2007-04-22 Another windows beta has been released: A problem with map-ghosting
302 </em> 315 </em>
303</p> 316</p>
304 317
305<h2>Authors/Contact</h2> 318<h2>Authors/Contact</h2>
306 319
307<p><b>The cf.schmorp.de Crossfire Development Team:</b></p> 320<p><b>The Deliantra Development Team:</b></p>
308 321
309<p><b> 322<p><b>
310 95% of the client, stuff like: protocol handling, widget toolkit, OpenGL integration, windows build, 323 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. 324 the map, help viewer, all the cool features and all other stuff the user never sees.
312 </b></p> 325 </b></p>
320 Robin Redeker <a href="mailto:elmex@ta-sa.org">elmex@ta-sa.org</a> 333 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> 334 <a href="http://www.ta-sa.org/">http://www.ta-sa.org/</a>
322 </p> 335 </p>
323 336
324<p></p> 337<p></p>
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