> Incidentally, how do you pronounce "Nexuiz"? Nex e (long) us
John F > I looked at the screenshots and this game looks really really purty. I will > give > a performance > report after running it on my aging "games machine" (GeForce4, Athlon XP1600, > etc). Doom 3 gave me > about 5 FPS on that box, with settings turned down I got 10-12... we'll see > how > Nexuiz compares. > > Incidentally, how do you pronounce "Nexuiz"? > > -Max > > T. Joseph CARTER wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 05, 2005 at 01:09:15AM +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >>http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/nexuiz/nexuiz.zip?download > >> > >>A new video game that is a direct decendant of the port of the Quake source > code > >>that our own Joseph Carter worked on is was released on May 31st. > > > > > > Nexuiz uses DarkPlaces. That doesn't descend from any engine I was > > responsible for (either QuakeForge or Project: Twilight), but yes my hands > > have been on the code. The primary developer of DarkPlaces is a guy known > > as LordHavoc. Any Amiga fans on the list might actually know him, he's > > pretty local. > > > > > > > >>On one server that I was playing on lastnight a tournament clan member, > >>(not > the clan) remarked that it reminded him of counterstrike. Can't say with any > accuracy how popular it will get, but I think it has definite potential to > attract a lot of attention to open source and even Joe Sixpack to linux. > >> The download includes amd-64-linux binaries, and windows and Mac > binaries. > >>For a second opinion just ask MRO, he fragged me right off the map several > times > >>tuesday evening. > > > > > > I should note that I probably couldn't even play Nexuiz on my G5 without > > changing the defaults a bit--it plays like Doom 3 in terms of graphics > > requirements. If you're into FPS gaming, it's impressive stuff--more so > > for a Quake engine. > > > > And um, don't send me bug reports? =) I haven't had my hands on any of > > the Quake engines in nearly two years. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > EUGLUG mailing list > > euglug@euglug.org > > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > euglug@euglug.org > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug