Sauerbraten / Cube 2

Sauerbraten, also known as Cube 2 or Sauer, is a partially (not all data is) open source Quake-like first-person shooter computer game that runs on Windows, GNU/Linux, FreeBSD and Mac OS X. The game uses OpenGL and SDL, features single-player and multiplayer gameplay and contains a built in level editor.

Sauerbraten is a branch of the computer game Cube and expands its original concept.It shares most of design goals and philosophy with Cube, but is using a new 6-directional heightfield world model. This allows much more complex level geometry and easier editing. Much like the original Cube, the aim of this game is not necessarily to produce the most features & eyecandy possible, but rather to allow map/geometry editing to be done dynamically in-game, to create fun gameplay and an elegant engine. The engine supporting the game is entirely original in code & design, and its code is Open Source (ZLIB license)

On the DVD : 3D OS Game Center Edition
Menu : Start > Games > Adventure > Sauerbraten

Among its new features added to the original Cube are:
* 3D floors (also known as Floor-over-floor)
* Editing Cubes on all six sides (including pushing/pulling faces/corners, etc.)
* Lightmaps (with shadows)
* New weapons (pistol and grenade launcher)
* New gamemodes (Capture)
* New physics (notably, grenades can bounce about)
* MD3 player-model support
* Pixel shaders
* Normal mapping
* dot3 lightmap / radiosity lightmap for normalmaps
* Separation of the gameplay and engine sourcecode
* Color coding for the console
* Better server control
* Voice announcer



Changes to the gameplay include the addition of two new weapons, the pistol and the grenade launcher. A new game mode, capture, has also been added. This mode is similar to the Domination mode in Unreal Tournament. Other gameplay changes include voice announcements for gameplay events and automatic team selection. A Browning 9 millimeter Hi-Power Ordnance pistol of the French Navy, 19th century, using a Percussion cap mechanism Derringers were small and easily hidden. ... A grenade launcher is weapon that fires or launches a grenade to longer distances than a soldier could throw by hand. ... Unreal Tournament, abbreviated UT, (sometimes referred to as UT99, UT Classic, UT1, or UT:GOTY to differentiate from Unreal Tournament 2003, Unreal Tournament 2004, and Unreal Tournament 3 is a popular first-person shooter video game. ...


Some of the changes to the server include optimized networking code, server-side demo recording, and a "master mode" allowing players to control the server. A game server is a server used by game clients. ...


The game currently has singleplayer and multiplayer modes. Multiplayer functionality is possible with LAN, Local, and Internet play, which gets its server data from a master server. Online offers deathmatch, instagib, last man standing, and "capture" gameplay (where teams vie over control of points on the map), as well as online cooperative map editing, which is one of Sauerbraten's most interesting and popular features. There are also single player modes featuring both episodic gameplay and also deathmath on multiplayer maps with AI bots instead of human opponents over the internet.



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Second Life - Virtual World

Second Life : Live Your Virtual Life in a Virtual World

Second Life, established in 2002 by San Francisco based software company Linden Lab, is an alternative online game currently hyped by the media. It is based on fully customizable avatars evolving in a virtual 3D space and and incorporates a variety social networking tools. Joining is easy: You can sign up Second Life for free.

Users, called residents, create an alter ego and enter the scene as mere standard creatures. They then get to alter their avatar according to their wishes and preferences. In order to do so, Second Life residents pay any changes to their avatar or their environment with money - called Linden Dollars.

On the DVD : 3D OS Game Center Edition
Menu : Start > Games > Online > Second Life

Unlike in the real world, everything in Second Life can be created and altered according to your wishes. Be it your body or looks, real estate or clothing – sky is the limit. Second Life residents can use their avatars to wander around in the virtual landscape or may even be teleported to various Spots using a specific SLurl, a Second Life specific address.

They meet many new people and interact on various levels. Communication is a central element. Thus among the SL features you will find chat and messaging tools. Even private encounters – and (pseudo) sexual activities are possible. Everything can happen without the restrictions of the real life. Second Life is the perfect metaverse.



Linden Lab also created Teen Second Life targeted at adolescents from 13 to 17 as a response to many underage registrations. According to official Second Life statistics, about 3,5 million accounts have already been created with about 10% being weekly users.

Just like Ebay, Second Life seems to become a money generator for many of its members. More than 20,000 people actually earn more money than they spent inside the game: They create and sell items, clothes, houses – virtually everything you can imagine. It thus gives a certain twist to the entire game. Especially, because registration is completely free of charge.


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Alien Arena 2008 v7.21 released

Do you like fast paced deathmatch? How about rich, colorful, arcadelike atmospheres? How about...retro Sci Fi? Then you're going to love what Alien Arena 2008 has in store for you! This game combines some of the very best aspects of such games as Quake III and Unreal Tournament and wraps them up with a retro alien theme, while adding tons of original ideas to make the game quite unique.

On the DVD : 3D OS Game Center Edition
Menu : Start > Games > Online > Alien Arena

Alien Arena is a fast paced, furious frag fest with arenas ranging from the small, to the massive. With a large built-in player base, it's never hard to find a good match going on, at any hour of the day. The community is friendly, as well as prolific. Dozens of maps, models, and various accessories have been created by community members to add on to the game experience.

Alien Arena has running tournaments and you can organize your own at TournamentFront
Current tournament is Qexpo 2008 Aliens For Animals 1v1 Tourney.

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Online Games Linux : Savage - The Battle for Newerth

Online Games Linux : Savage - The Battle for Newerth is a fantasy / science fiction computer game that combines aspects of real-time strategy and First-person shooter in a game. The producers of the game described as a 'Real Time Strategy Shooter', or 'RTSS. " The consultations will take place in the distant future, when man has (after an apocalypse) rebuilt society, but is threatened by intelligent beasts.

The goal of Savage is to destroy your opponents Stronghold / Lair, because that's the main point where the Soldiers spawn (they can also spawn of garrisons / sublairs (which can be built) and spawn flags (which can not)).

On the DVD : 3D OS Game Center Edition
Menu : Start > Games > Online > Savage Newerth

Savage is played entirely online with other human players. The game has two or more teams (mostly humans vs. animals, but other configurations, such as Human vs. Human, its possible). Each team has a commander, who plays the game as a Real-Time Strategy game. She weapons research, city buildings are constructed, and of course commands everyone. Anyone who clicks on the button first to proceed to the Commander, which can naturally lead to a number of problems with bad commanders and the like. To combat the team can call an impeachment vote (removal of the current commander), or they can vote for the election of a new commander. It is also easy for new players to go and learn to command on empty servers.

The remaining 1 to 63 players in the team are the soldiers, and they play as a First-Person Shooter, although most of the fighting is done in a Third-Person Melee combat style. Most of their work concerns the killing of the enemies, but they can also help build buildings and collection of funds. Some soldiers can be promoted to the rank of officer by their commander. Officers can assist in coordinating the other soldiers, and can cooperate with the commander to coordinate attacks that the commander failed to meet their fate. These slowly officers regenerate their own health as that of any other team-mates close to them.

There are also more than ten workers on both team, but they are directly controlled by the commander, and are usually used for the construction and resources, although they may be ordered to attack (but not much damage).

The soldiers fighting with a melee weapon, which is unique to their unit, and a selectable ranged weapon, which no unit restrictions (The beasts can choose to melee weapon as an alternative to the use of a weapon ranged). They have three slots to hold items. For humans, these items are Med Packs, Ammo Packs, Land Mines, Demolition Packs, Immobilizers, sensors, disrupt, and Relocaters. The beasts can choose between Mana Crystals, "Frenzy" crystal, sixth sense, Snare, Fire Wards, Sacrifice, Storm Shields, and Mist shrouds.

Each race has unique strengths and weaknesses. The beasts are proficient at melee attacks, as stressed by their ability to jump towards their enemies and by the fact that their first line weapon is completely melee based. Humans, on the other hand, focus on ranged attacks more, as evidenced by their lack of special melee weapons, and their ability to do something for them.
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