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Revision: 1.28
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1 elmex 1.11 Client
2 pippijn 1.1
3 root 1.6 <h2>The Deliantra MORPG Client</h2>
4 pippijn 1.1
5 root 1.6 <p>This is the new Deliantra client which was written from scratch
6 root 1.5 in Perl with C bindings to SDL/OpenGL. It was written to have a more
7     immersive overall gameplay and to base as ground to implement new
8     features.
9     </p>
10 pippijn 1.1
11     <h3>Screenshots:</h3>
12    
13 root 1.2 <p>Screenshots? See on the <a href="screenshots.html">Screenshot page</a></p>
14 pippijn 1.1
15 elmex 1.11 <h3>Download:</h3>
16 pippijn 1.1
17 elmex 1.26 <p><a href="play.html">See the Play now! page</a> about the downloads!</p>
18 pippijn 1.1
19 elmex 1.11 <h3>Installation notes:</h3>
20 pippijn 1.1
21 elmex 1.11 <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>
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>
35     </p>
36     <p>
37     After downloading you need to make the binary <b>executable</b> like this:<br />
38     <tt style="margin-left: 2em">chmod a+x cfplus-gnu-linux-x86.bin</tt><br />
39     And start it like this (when cfplus-gnu-linux-x86.bin is in the current working directory):<br />
40     <tt style="margin-left: 2em">./cfplus-gnu-linux-x86.bin</tt>
41     </p>
42     </li>
43     <li>
44 elmex 1.26 <p><b>Mac OS X</b></p>
45     <p>
46 elmex 1.27 To start the client, just double click on the <tt>.dmg</tt> image file to open it and start the client.<br />
47     <b>NOTE: You will need an Intel CPU for this binary, it will not work with PPC CPUs!</b>
48 elmex 1.26 </p>
49     </li>
50     <li>
51 elmex 1.11 <p><b>Build from source</b></p>
52     <p>
53     If you want to build the client from source there are two ways that
54     are explained on a different page: <a href="client_cpan.html">Source installation</a>.
55     </p>
56     </li>
57     </ul>
58 pippijn 1.1
59     <p>
60     <b>For further instructions and informations look at the <i>Help!</i> button on the top!</b>
61     </p>
62    
63 elmex 1.11 <h3>News:</h3>
64 pippijn 1.1
65     <p>
66 elmex 1.21 <em>
67 elmex 1.28 2008-09-05 Next version of the client: 0.9976 comes with many fixes for Mac OS X,
68     like some fixed keyboard issues on OS X. Improved the protocol with compression
69     and fragmentation, leading to more efficent bandwidth usage. Implemented crash
70     diagnostics, which are sent to the server, for easier debugging. Important fix
71     with the default resolution, which was too small. Added theming support, with some
72     basic themes. And some other minor fixes all over the place.
73     </p>
74    
75     <p>
76     <em>
77 elmex 1.26 2008-08-27 Version 0.9975 comes with a small fix with the initial resolution and
78     a carification of the weight/value autopickup option. There is also a <b>Mac OS X</b>
79     port available now of the client!
80     </em>
81     </p>
82    
83     <p>
84     <em>
85 elmex 1.25 2008-08-01 Version 0.9974 comes with smooth scrolling for player movements,
86     workaround for a possible OpenGL slowdown, and other small fixes and enhancements.
87     </em>
88     </p>
89    
90     <p>
91     <em>
92 elmex 1.24 2008-07-07 Some minor fixes and features: IPv6 support, chat tabs have tooltips
93     again and converted to a new non-blocking API. Also fixed the CPAN distribution.
94     </em>
95     </p>
96    
97     <p>
98     <em>
99 elmex 1.23 2008-05-23 Next release: 0.9972. The map cache has been extended a bit to store more
100     map changes (fixes some minor bugs). Fixed some crashbugs when the client is
101     logged out and some UI elements were used. The server XML format is now also
102     supportet in item tooltips. The keyrepeats are ignored now in some conditions.
103     And crashes when the map cache is corrupted are now prevented. Also the client
104     configuration is now stored in pretty printed JSON.
105     </em>
106     </p>
107    
108     <p>
109     <em>
110 elmex 1.22 2008-05-05 Long time no release, but now we got some fixes for you: Some issues
111     with the default sort order have been sorted out, some tooltips were fixed,
112     a long standing bug with the stats tab being empty has been resolved and some GUI
113     fixes have been done. Also the pseudo-items are now only shown in the inventory
114     and not the floorbox. Have fun!
115     </em>
116     </p>
117    
118     <p>
119     <em>
120 elmex 1.21 2008-03-30 Release of version 0.9970: Reduced documentation memory usage, fixed
121     the stat gauge tooltips that have gone missing since 0.9966. Fixced a grave bug
122     with tile id allocation, which effectively disabled the tile cache. And last
123 elmex 1.22 but not least: The NPC Dialogs have also been fixed.
124 elmex 1.21 </em>
125     </p>
126    
127     <p>
128 elmex 1.20 <em>2008-03-24 Release of version 0.9967 of the Client: A memory leak was fixed
129     where the messages in the message window were kept for ever and the client
130     consumed more and more memory. The highlighting of the chattabs is now red and
131     not blue. The history handling of the chat input will now not erase the
132     typed input if the down cursor key is pressed. A keyboard modifier display has
133     also been implemented, (for example to signal whether numlock is on,
134     which caused problems under windows). Also a bug with the layout font under
135     windows has been fixed.
136     </em>
137     </p>
138    
139     <p>
140 elmex 1.13 <em>
141 elmex 1.19 2008-01-19 Another release of the Client, version 0.9965: Some bugs
142     have been fixed: A race condition was found in the database access and
143     a bug which crashed the client with nvidia drivers has been fixed.
144     Some minor bugs in the GUI, the message fontsize and chatbox label padding,
145     have also been fixed.
146     </em>
147     </p>
148    
149     <p>
150     <em>
151 elmex 1.17 2008-01-06 First release in the new year, version 0.9963: Among the
152     changes are some minor bugfixes, optical tweaks and performance
153 elmex 1.18 improvements on the GUI. Some to the user invisible changes were
154     improvements of the server side widgets and a reimplementation of the
155 elmex 1.17 message window to allow to undock chats from the central message window in
156     future releases.
157     </em>
158     </p>
159    
160     <p>
161     <em>
162 elmex 1.16 2007-12-25 Released version 0.9960 with some important fixes in the item animations
163     and GUI code, along with an API update to a more recent EV version the documentation
164     had some minor improvements. And last but not least the face loading consumes less CPU.
165     too.
166     </em>
167     </p>
168     <p>
169     <em>
170 elmex 1.15 2007-12-09 Released version 0.9959, main changes were a bugfix of the
171     audio-jingle playing (sometimes a jingle was played repeatedly if there was no
172     server-provided music available). Also some debugging hooks were added and
173     the code was updated to follow API changes in some of the modules used.
174     </em>
175     </p>
176    
177     <p>
178     <em>
179 elmex 1.14 2007-11-27 Released version 0.9956, main changes were an improved event loop
180 elmex 1.13 for better performance and compatibility under windows,
181     and the server list has been disabled due to problems with activestate perl.
182     </em>
183     </p>
184    
185     <p>
186 pippijn 1.1 <em>
187 elmex 1.12 2007-11-03 Released version 0.9955, Main changes were adjustment of the default
188     resolution (to 800x600) and making fullscreen the default. The widget extension
189     system was also officially enabled.
190     </em>
191     </p>
192    
193    
194     <p>
195     <em>
196 elmex 1.7 2007-10-14 Released a new binary. Main feature: Rename to 'Deliantra'.
197     </em>
198     </p>
199    
200     <p>
201     <em>
202 pippijn 1.1 2007-09-02 <b>Finally!</b> We released a non beta version of the client.
203     The version 0.99 is considered mostly stable and playable now. Changes
204     from the last release are: Better compatibility with OpenGL drivers,
205     better face caching, background music and spatial sound effects,
206     more default keymappings and the item descriptions are in the tooltips
207     now (eg. in the inventory).
208     </em>
209     </p>
210    
211    
212     <p>
213     <em>
214     2007-05-09 <b>Big news!</b> There is a <b>Linux binary</b> now too! Get it and play with it! :-)
215     </em>
216     </p>
217    
218     <p>
219     <em>
220     2007-04-24 Next windows beta with following changes is out:
221     Better character creation dialog and item descriptions in the inventory
222     are now in the tooltip rather than spread over the message window.
223     </em>
224     </p>
225    
226     <p>For older news look at the bottom of this page.</p>
227    
228     <h3>Features:</h3>
229    
230     <p>
231     These are the features that are already implemented and work (minus bugs).
232     </p>
233    
234     <p><b>Technical:</b></p>
235     <ul>
236     <li>Runs on GNU/Linux and Windows.</li>
237     <li>
238     Uses hardware acceleration if it exists (but also runs without as
239     long as you have OpenGL).
240     </li>
241     <li>
242     Windowed/Fullscreen mode in multiple resolutions
243     with scaling invariant user interface.
244     </li>
245     <li>Smoothing and fog of war.</li>
246     <li>Very nice font rendering with pango (gtk's font renderer).</li>
247     <li>Sound and background music.</li>
248     <li>Face prefetching for the game graphics.</li>
249     <li>Integrated documentation browser with linking and images.</li>
250     <li>Server side widgets (these are server side defined dialogues).</li>
251     </ul>
252    
253     <p><b>Gameplay:</b></p>
254     <ul>
255     <li>
256     A minimap which keeps track of explored territories
257     and helps you to navigate on the worldmap.
258     </li>
259     <li>Easier key binding with the ability to <b>record</b> actions.</li>
260     <li>Gained experience is shown in the statusbox.</li>
261     <li>Reporting of stat-changes (stats, resistancies and other stuff) in the statusbox.</li>
262     <li>Online wiki style help.</li>
263     <li>Message window entry with history.</li>
264     <li>
265     Command completer, eg. completes 'cbh' to 'cast burning hands', which
266     eases the input of commands.
267     </li>
268     <li>Command repetition with '.'.</li>
269     <li>
270     There are tooltips all over the GUI which help a lot.
271     </li>
272     <li>Spell list with key-binding shortcuts and tooltip descriptions of the spells.</li>
273     <li>Skill list with quick key binding.</li>
274     <li>
275     NPC dialog system makes chatting with NPCs a lot easier and
276     improves overall game interaction.
277     </li>
278     <li>Inventory operation shortcuts, like: ignite/thaw, inscribe and rename.</li>
279     <li>Healthbars above monsters and players.</li>
280     </ul>
281    
282     <h3>News archive</h3>
283    
284     <p>
285     <em>
286     2007-04-22 Another windows beta has been released: A problem with map-ghosting
287     was fixed and other bugs werde fixed. Also a texture cache workaround for buggy
288     opengl drivers was implemented (which could reduce the memory leak inside the
289     driver).
290     </em>
291     </p>
292    
293     <p>
294     <em>
295     2007-04-14 Another windows beta has been released: Support for smoothing
296     on crossfire+ servers has been implemented along with the support for the
297     large 64x64 tileset!
298     </em>
299     </p>
300    
301     <p>
302     <em>
303     2007-01-25 Next beta released to the world: loads of bugfixes, added
304     'bind apply ...' to the context menu of the inventory, improved local
305     database handling, rework of the whole keybindings (much easier now!).
306     </em>
307     </p>
308    
309     <p>
310     <em>
311     2006-12-03 Released next beta, further bug fixes. Pickup flesh has been implemented too.
312     </em>
313     </p>
314    
315     <p>
316     <em>
317     2006-11-07 Another beta release: The off-by-one bug in the map displaying has finally been found
318     and fixed! This hopefully also fixes other problems with the map :) Have fun and please tell us
319     about your experience with the CFPlus client!
320     </em>
321     </p>
322    
323     <p>
324     <em>
325     2006-09-29 New beta is out! Changes: minor bugfixes, added documentation and a 'tip of the day' dialog.
326     </em>
327     </p>
328    
329     <p>
330     <em>
331     2006-09-21 Another update of the cfplus.exe is online now. Changes: Fix in the NPC speech bubble code.
332     </em>
333     </p>
334    
335     <p>
336     <em>
337     2006-09-20
338     And again: A <b>new CFPlus beta</b> is out! The ghosts on maps have been fixed, along with other
339     minor bugfixes. NPC speech bubbles were also added!
340     </em>
341     </p>
342    
343     <p>
344     <em>
345     2006-08-14
346     A <b>new CFPlus beta</b> is out! <b>Healthbars</b> are in!!! Players and Monsters now
347     have a healthbar on top of them, which shows their actual health status.
348     This renders the 'probe' spell mostly useless, but we will find other ways to
349     replace it!
350     </em>
351     </p>
352    
353     <p>
354     <em>
355     2006-08-14
356     The <b>next CFPlus beta release is out!</b>: Inscription and renaming shortcuts have been
357     added to the Inventory. The interface got line frames to be more eye pleasing.
358     On top of that the documentation browser has been greatly improved and the documentation
359     improved also a bit. And other minor stuff has been implemented and fixed.
360     </em>
361     </p>
362    
363     <p>
364     <em>
365     2006-07-30
366     The long awaited beta release! The last bugs we wanted to fix and features we wanted
367     to add are done and CFPlus is ready for the first more serious testings. Please make sure to read the
368     documentation and the tooltips if there is something not yet clear. Although the documentation
369     is far from complete at the moment, it might be helpful.
370     </em>
371     </p>
372    
373     <p>
374     <em>
375     2006-07-24
376     Lots of detail work was done now, and there are still some minor issues that
377     need to be cleared until the client is ready for a beta release. We were working mainly
378     on the documentation the last two days. There is light on the end of the tunnel.
379     </em>
380     </p>
381    
382     <p>
383     <em>
384     2006-07-03
385     Finally: The alpha release! Lots has changed since 2006-06-12 and
386     we are happy to present the first test release!
387     </em>
388     </p>
389    
390     <p>
391     <em>
392     2006-06-12
393     The new NPC dialog system has been added, and character creation
394     helper dialogs. Along with many other bugfixes and improvements.
395     </em>
396     </p>
397    
398     <p>
399     <em>
400     2006-06-02
401     Added pickup configuration. The window titles work again and
402     some other bugs and enhancements went into the gui toolkit.
403     Shift-middle click lock/unlocks items in inventory now. First version
404     of the spell dialog is in and a context menu item has been added to the
405     inventory to allow to get/drop a specified count of items.
406     </em>
407     </p>
408    
409     <h2>Authors/Contact</h2>
410    
411 root 1.5 <p><b>The Deliantra Development Team:</b></p>
412 pippijn 1.1
413 pippijn 1.3 <p><b>
414 pippijn 1.1 95% of the client, stuff like: protocol handling, widget toolkit, OpenGL integration, windows build,
415     the map, help viewer, all the cool features and all other stuff the user never sees.
416 pippijn 1.3 </b></p>
417 pippijn 1.1 <p>
418     Marc Lehmann <a href="mailto:schmorp@schmorp.de">schmorp@schmorp.de</a>
419     <a href="http://home.schmorp.de/">http://home.schmorp.de/</a>
420     </p>
421    
422 pippijn 1.3 <p><b>The remaining 5%, stuff like: client theme graphics, (some) dialogs, key bindings, inventory and some 'concept' code</b></p>
423 pippijn 1.1 <p>
424     Robin Redeker <a href="mailto:elmex@ta-sa.org">elmex@ta-sa.org</a>
425     <a href="http://www.ta-sa.org/">http://www.ta-sa.org/</a>
426     </p>
427 pippijn 1.3
428     <p></p>
429 root 1.5