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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 elmex 1.32 <b>
35     Please note that you need glibc-2.3 and x-libs with XFT.
36     (For amd64 you will need ia32-libs and a 32bit OpenGL driver,
37     eg. nvidia-glx-ia32 (for NVIDIA) or fglrx-glx-ia32 (for ATI))
38     </b>
39 elmex 1.11 </p>
40     <p>
41 elmex 1.30 After downloading you need to extract the client and execute the extracted binary.
42 elmex 1.11 </p>
43     </li>
44     <li>
45 elmex 1.26 <p><b>Mac OS X</b></p>
46     <p>
47 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 />
48 elmex 1.33 <b>NOTE: You will need an Intel CPU for this binary, it will not work with PPC CPUs! Also you will need Mac OS X 10.5 or later.</b>
49 elmex 1.26 </p>
50     </li>
51     <li>
52 elmex 1.11 <p><b>Build from source</b></p>
53     <p>
54     If you want to build the client from source there are two ways that
55     are explained on a different page: <a href="client_cpan.html">Source installation</a>.
56     </p>
57     </li>
58     </ul>
59 pippijn 1.1
60     <p>
61     <b>For further instructions and informations look at the <i>Help!</i> button on the top!</b>
62     </p>
63    
64 elmex 1.11 <h3>News:</h3>
65 pippijn 1.1
66     <p>
67 elmex 1.21 <em>
68 elmex 1.37 2008-12-26 The Chrismas release of version 2.02: Hidden mapspaces are
69 elmex 1.36 marked visually by a question mark and are made as bright as the darkest
70     mapspaces. A crash has been fixed when the user clicks on the map during
71     login. New tips of the day have been introduced. And more minor stability and
72     visual fixes.
73     </em>
74     </p>
75    
76     <p>
77     <em>
78 elmex 1.35 2008-12-12 Version 2.01: The client tutorial has been rewritten, to match
79     the GUI changes of the last months. The random switching between
80     message window tabs when a new tab was opened has been fixed.
81     Fixed minor displaying bugs of the speech bubble of NPCs and other
82     minor things.
83     </em>
84     </p>
85    
86     <p>
87     <em>
88 elmex 1.34 2008-12-05 Version 2.0: Last minor fixes round up the version 2.0 of our
89     client: The Log window can't be closed anymore by Alt+x, Also wont Alt+x or
90     other Message window operations crash the client anymore directly after startup.
91     Also the invisible/cached parts of the map are darkened even more, so that
92     invisibile parts can be distinguished from dark parts better.
93     </em>
94     </p>
95    
96    
97     <p>
98     <em>
99 elmex 1.33 2008-11-09 Version 0.9978: Some minor fixes:
100     The healthbar is now correctly smoothly moved. Own text in NPC dialogues are
101     emphasized now. A crash bug in the macro dialogue has been fixed. The tooltips
102     in the Mesage Window tabs are updated correctly now. And Alt+x won't let
103     Message Window tabs disappear for ever anymore.
104     </em>
105     </p>
106    
107     <p>
108     <em>
109 elmex 1.29 2008-09-29 Version 0.9977: A race condition has been fixed that could lead
110     to client freezes or crashes on login, especially on slower systems. The
111     smooth movement is no longer choppy. The default font for messages is now a
112     (hopefully nicer looking) proportional font. Text display has been tweaked.
113     The client no longer makes unnecessary screen refreshes and uses less CPU
114     time.
115     </em>
116     </p>
117    
118     <p>
119     <em>
120 elmex 1.28 2008-09-05 Next version of the client: 0.9976 comes with many fixes for Mac OS X,
121     like some fixed keyboard issues on OS X. Improved the protocol with compression
122     and fragmentation, leading to more efficent bandwidth usage. Implemented crash
123     diagnostics, which are sent to the server, for easier debugging. Important fix
124     with the default resolution, which was too small. Added theming support, with some
125     basic themes. And some other minor fixes all over the place.
126 elmex 1.29 </em>
127 elmex 1.28 </p>
128    
129     <p>
130     <em>
131 elmex 1.26 2008-08-27 Version 0.9975 comes with a small fix with the initial resolution and
132     a carification of the weight/value autopickup option. There is also a <b>Mac OS X</b>
133     port available now of the client!
134     </em>
135     </p>
136    
137     <p>
138     <em>
139 elmex 1.25 2008-08-01 Version 0.9974 comes with smooth scrolling for player movements,
140     workaround for a possible OpenGL slowdown, and other small fixes and enhancements.
141     </em>
142     </p>
143    
144     <p>
145     <em>
146 elmex 1.24 2008-07-07 Some minor fixes and features: IPv6 support, chat tabs have tooltips
147     again and converted to a new non-blocking API. Also fixed the CPAN distribution.
148     </em>
149     </p>
150    
151     <p>
152     <em>
153 elmex 1.23 2008-05-23 Next release: 0.9972. The map cache has been extended a bit to store more
154     map changes (fixes some minor bugs). Fixed some crashbugs when the client is
155     logged out and some UI elements were used. The server XML format is now also
156     supportet in item tooltips. The keyrepeats are ignored now in some conditions.
157     And crashes when the map cache is corrupted are now prevented. Also the client
158     configuration is now stored in pretty printed JSON.
159     </em>
160     </p>
161    
162     <p>
163     <em>
164 elmex 1.22 2008-05-05 Long time no release, but now we got some fixes for you: Some issues
165     with the default sort order have been sorted out, some tooltips were fixed,
166     a long standing bug with the stats tab being empty has been resolved and some GUI
167     fixes have been done. Also the pseudo-items are now only shown in the inventory
168     and not the floorbox. Have fun!
169     </em>
170     </p>
171    
172     <p>
173     <em>
174 elmex 1.21 2008-03-30 Release of version 0.9970: Reduced documentation memory usage, fixed
175     the stat gauge tooltips that have gone missing since 0.9966. Fixced a grave bug
176     with tile id allocation, which effectively disabled the tile cache. And last
177 elmex 1.22 but not least: The NPC Dialogs have also been fixed.
178 elmex 1.21 </em>
179     </p>
180    
181     <p>
182 elmex 1.20 <em>2008-03-24 Release of version 0.9967 of the Client: A memory leak was fixed
183     where the messages in the message window were kept for ever and the client
184     consumed more and more memory. The highlighting of the chattabs is now red and
185     not blue. The history handling of the chat input will now not erase the
186     typed input if the down cursor key is pressed. A keyboard modifier display has
187     also been implemented, (for example to signal whether numlock is on,
188     which caused problems under windows). Also a bug with the layout font under
189     windows has been fixed.
190     </em>
191     </p>
192    
193     <p>
194 elmex 1.13 <em>
195 elmex 1.19 2008-01-19 Another release of the Client, version 0.9965: Some bugs
196     have been fixed: A race condition was found in the database access and
197     a bug which crashed the client with nvidia drivers has been fixed.
198     Some minor bugs in the GUI, the message fontsize and chatbox label padding,
199     have also been fixed.
200     </em>
201     </p>
202    
203     <p>
204     <em>
205 elmex 1.17 2008-01-06 First release in the new year, version 0.9963: Among the
206     changes are some minor bugfixes, optical tweaks and performance
207 elmex 1.18 improvements on the GUI. Some to the user invisible changes were
208     improvements of the server side widgets and a reimplementation of the
209 elmex 1.17 message window to allow to undock chats from the central message window in
210     future releases.
211     </em>
212     </p>
213    
214     <p>
215     <em>
216 elmex 1.16 2007-12-25 Released version 0.9960 with some important fixes in the item animations
217     and GUI code, along with an API update to a more recent EV version the documentation
218     had some minor improvements. And last but not least the face loading consumes less CPU.
219     too.
220     </em>
221     </p>
222     <p>
223     <em>
224 elmex 1.15 2007-12-09 Released version 0.9959, main changes were a bugfix of the
225     audio-jingle playing (sometimes a jingle was played repeatedly if there was no
226     server-provided music available). Also some debugging hooks were added and
227     the code was updated to follow API changes in some of the modules used.
228     </em>
229     </p>
230    
231     <p>
232     <em>
233 elmex 1.14 2007-11-27 Released version 0.9956, main changes were an improved event loop
234 elmex 1.13 for better performance and compatibility under windows,
235     and the server list has been disabled due to problems with activestate perl.
236     </em>
237     </p>
238    
239     <p>
240 pippijn 1.1 <em>
241 elmex 1.12 2007-11-03 Released version 0.9955, Main changes were adjustment of the default
242     resolution (to 800x600) and making fullscreen the default. The widget extension
243     system was also officially enabled.
244     </em>
245     </p>
246    
247    
248     <p>
249     <em>
250 elmex 1.7 2007-10-14 Released a new binary. Main feature: Rename to 'Deliantra'.
251     </em>
252     </p>
253    
254     <p>
255     <em>
256 pippijn 1.1 2007-09-02 <b>Finally!</b> We released a non beta version of the client.
257     The version 0.99 is considered mostly stable and playable now. Changes
258     from the last release are: Better compatibility with OpenGL drivers,
259     better face caching, background music and spatial sound effects,
260     more default keymappings and the item descriptions are in the tooltips
261     now (eg. in the inventory).
262     </em>
263     </p>
264    
265    
266     <p>
267     <em>
268     2007-05-09 <b>Big news!</b> There is a <b>Linux binary</b> now too! Get it and play with it! :-)
269     </em>
270     </p>
271    
272     <p>
273     <em>
274     2007-04-24 Next windows beta with following changes is out:
275     Better character creation dialog and item descriptions in the inventory
276     are now in the tooltip rather than spread over the message window.
277     </em>
278     </p>
279    
280     <p>For older news look at the bottom of this page.</p>
281    
282     <h3>Features:</h3>
283    
284     <p>
285     These are the features that are already implemented and work (minus bugs).
286     </p>
287    
288     <p><b>Technical:</b></p>
289     <ul>
290     <li>Runs on GNU/Linux and Windows.</li>
291     <li>
292     Uses hardware acceleration if it exists (but also runs without as
293     long as you have OpenGL).
294     </li>
295     <li>
296     Windowed/Fullscreen mode in multiple resolutions
297     with scaling invariant user interface.
298     </li>
299     <li>Smoothing and fog of war.</li>
300     <li>Very nice font rendering with pango (gtk's font renderer).</li>
301     <li>Sound and background music.</li>
302     <li>Face prefetching for the game graphics.</li>
303     <li>Integrated documentation browser with linking and images.</li>
304     <li>Server side widgets (these are server side defined dialogues).</li>
305     </ul>
306    
307     <p><b>Gameplay:</b></p>
308     <ul>
309     <li>
310     A minimap which keeps track of explored territories
311     and helps you to navigate on the worldmap.
312     </li>
313     <li>Easier key binding with the ability to <b>record</b> actions.</li>
314     <li>Gained experience is shown in the statusbox.</li>
315     <li>Reporting of stat-changes (stats, resistancies and other stuff) in the statusbox.</li>
316     <li>Online wiki style help.</li>
317     <li>Message window entry with history.</li>
318     <li>
319     Command completer, eg. completes 'cbh' to 'cast burning hands', which
320     eases the input of commands.
321     </li>
322     <li>Command repetition with '.'.</li>
323     <li>
324     There are tooltips all over the GUI which help a lot.
325     </li>
326     <li>Spell list with key-binding shortcuts and tooltip descriptions of the spells.</li>
327     <li>Skill list with quick key binding.</li>
328     <li>
329     NPC dialog system makes chatting with NPCs a lot easier and
330     improves overall game interaction.
331     </li>
332     <li>Inventory operation shortcuts, like: ignite/thaw, inscribe and rename.</li>
333     <li>Healthbars above monsters and players.</li>
334     </ul>
335    
336     <h3>News archive</h3>
337    
338     <p>
339     <em>
340     2007-04-22 Another windows beta has been released: A problem with map-ghosting
341     was fixed and other bugs werde fixed. Also a texture cache workaround for buggy
342     opengl drivers was implemented (which could reduce the memory leak inside the
343     driver).
344     </em>
345     </p>
346    
347     <p>
348     <em>
349     2007-04-14 Another windows beta has been released: Support for smoothing
350     on crossfire+ servers has been implemented along with the support for the
351     large 64x64 tileset!
352     </em>
353     </p>
354    
355     <p>
356     <em>
357     2007-01-25 Next beta released to the world: loads of bugfixes, added
358     'bind apply ...' to the context menu of the inventory, improved local
359     database handling, rework of the whole keybindings (much easier now!).
360     </em>
361     </p>
362    
363     <p>
364     <em>
365     2006-12-03 Released next beta, further bug fixes. Pickup flesh has been implemented too.
366     </em>
367     </p>
368    
369     <p>
370     <em>
371     2006-11-07 Another beta release: The off-by-one bug in the map displaying has finally been found
372     and fixed! This hopefully also fixes other problems with the map :) Have fun and please tell us
373     about your experience with the CFPlus client!
374     </em>
375     </p>
376    
377     <p>
378     <em>
379     2006-09-29 New beta is out! Changes: minor bugfixes, added documentation and a 'tip of the day' dialog.
380     </em>
381     </p>
382    
383     <p>
384     <em>
385     2006-09-21 Another update of the cfplus.exe is online now. Changes: Fix in the NPC speech bubble code.
386     </em>
387     </p>
388    
389     <p>
390     <em>
391     2006-09-20
392     And again: A <b>new CFPlus beta</b> is out! The ghosts on maps have been fixed, along with other
393     minor bugfixes. NPC speech bubbles were also added!
394     </em>
395     </p>
396    
397     <p>
398     <em>
399     2006-08-14
400     A <b>new CFPlus beta</b> is out! <b>Healthbars</b> are in!!! Players and Monsters now
401     have a healthbar on top of them, which shows their actual health status.
402     This renders the 'probe' spell mostly useless, but we will find other ways to
403     replace it!
404     </em>
405     </p>
406    
407     <p>
408     <em>
409     2006-08-14
410     The <b>next CFPlus beta release is out!</b>: Inscription and renaming shortcuts have been
411     added to the Inventory. The interface got line frames to be more eye pleasing.
412     On top of that the documentation browser has been greatly improved and the documentation
413     improved also a bit. And other minor stuff has been implemented and fixed.
414     </em>
415     </p>
416    
417     <p>
418     <em>
419     2006-07-30
420     The long awaited beta release! The last bugs we wanted to fix and features we wanted
421     to add are done and CFPlus is ready for the first more serious testings. Please make sure to read the
422     documentation and the tooltips if there is something not yet clear. Although the documentation
423     is far from complete at the moment, it might be helpful.
424     </em>
425     </p>
426    
427     <p>
428     <em>
429     2006-07-24
430     Lots of detail work was done now, and there are still some minor issues that
431     need to be cleared until the client is ready for a beta release. We were working mainly
432     on the documentation the last two days. There is light on the end of the tunnel.
433     </em>
434     </p>
435    
436     <p>
437     <em>
438     2006-07-03
439     Finally: The alpha release! Lots has changed since 2006-06-12 and
440     we are happy to present the first test release!
441     </em>
442     </p>
443    
444     <p>
445     <em>
446     2006-06-12
447     The new NPC dialog system has been added, and character creation
448     helper dialogs. Along with many other bugfixes and improvements.
449     </em>
450     </p>
451    
452     <p>
453     <em>
454     2006-06-02
455     Added pickup configuration. The window titles work again and
456     some other bugs and enhancements went into the gui toolkit.
457     Shift-middle click lock/unlocks items in inventory now. First version
458     of the spell dialog is in and a context menu item has been added to the
459     inventory to allow to get/drop a specified count of items.
460     </em>
461     </p>
462    
463     <h2>Authors/Contact</h2>
464    
465 root 1.5 <p><b>The Deliantra Development Team:</b></p>
466 pippijn 1.1
467 pippijn 1.3 <p><b>
468 pippijn 1.1 95% of the client, stuff like: protocol handling, widget toolkit, OpenGL integration, windows build,
469     the map, help viewer, all the cool features and all other stuff the user never sees.
470 pippijn 1.3 </b></p>
471 pippijn 1.1 <p>
472     Marc Lehmann <a href="mailto:schmorp@schmorp.de">schmorp@schmorp.de</a>
473     <a href="http://home.schmorp.de/">http://home.schmorp.de/</a>
474     </p>
475    
476 pippijn 1.3 <p><b>The remaining 5%, stuff like: client theme graphics, (some) dialogs, key bindings, inventory and some 'concept' code</b></p>
477 pippijn 1.1 <p>
478     Robin Redeker <a href="mailto:elmex@ta-sa.org">elmex@ta-sa.org</a>
479     <a href="http://www.ta-sa.org/">http://www.ta-sa.org/</a>
480     </p>
481 pippijn 1.3
482     <p></p>
483 root 1.5