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Tuxracer 1.0 Retail Version Finished
Nailer writes "Tuxracer 1.0 is complete Version 0.6 has been downloaded over a million times, and 1.0 looks like it will kick its older siblings arse. This latest version has a massively improved set of features compared to the earlier versions, including multiplayer support, far more detailed tracks, new hazards (giant boulders, better trees, vehicles, and entire towns with roads, houses, castles, fountains, etc) new players (a girl tux, a funky polar bear, and others), split screen multiplay, internationalization, and probably a whole bunch of other stuff. Take a look at the screenshots and trailer movie. The initial release of the game will be proprietary for Windows and Linux (and perhaps Mac), but some of the code from 1.0 will be released as Open Source. Sunspire are still looking for a publisher, but should be taking direct orders soon. And when they do, I'm buying it."
Well done slashdot / Nailer / Timothy.
is the penguin so slooowww! only 73km/h as maximum speed (at least on the screenshot) if not fun enough, i hope they will have introduced a bonus to boost it up to 300km/h :)
I sure hope Boris the polar bear (one of the playable charachters) drinks Open Cola and not coke.
John Carmack fan, browsing at +5 since 1999.
Race with the Super Mario characters.
Race with the Disney characters.
Race with the Looney Tunes characters.
Race with the Hanna Barbera characters.
Race with the Donkey Kong characters.
Race with the Star Wars characters.
Race with the Austin Powers characters.
Race with the South Park characters.
Race with the Muppet Show characters.
Race with the Disney characters again, except something went wrong and only three disney characters are there.
You know where were heading, don't you? Mary-Kate and Ashley mall racing, that's where.
God help us. God help us all.
More cool screenshots can be found at this link :
http://www.sunspirestudios.com/images/
Indeed - check out the new competitive team based mode, with voice commands and enemy taunts!
Looks like the authors have the same problem seperating the poles as Gary Larson lamented. Oh, well, it's just a game. ;-)
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
With that particular perspective of Tux going down the hill, I was wondering how they were going to differentiate between a girl Tux and a boy Tux. Looking at the screenshots, I am glad they decided on a bow and a pink snowsuit :]
FYI - Its best to whine when you have 50 karma, so after you get modded down some, you can work your way back. I call it the "Slashdot Game".
:).
Yeah - brilliant innit? I've managed to pick up some notright who gives me grief each time I post because I disagreed with groupthink at some point. Fantastic that not only are the linux freaks who live under the rocks on this site losers in real life, but they are on here too!!! Mod away MF's - another 18 points to lose
Good point! Conversely, I bought Sonic because I thought it was a game about a bunch of roller-skating waitresses in tiny skirts.
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installation for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000
Obtain the tuxracer-win32-.zip file from the Downloads page.
Unzip this file to your hard drive. You will need a program like Winzip to do this.
You're done!
installation for Linux
Make sure you have (and have correctly installed) the following libraries:
An implementation of the OpenGL API version 1.1 or greater (Mesa versions >= 3.2 work; see http://mesa3d.sourceforge.net). Note that you will need a hardware-accelerated implementation of OpenGL in order for Tux Racer to be playable.
The GLUT library, version 3.7 beta or greater. This is distributed in the MesaDemos package, so if you have installed Mesa you probably also have GLUT. Otherwise, see http://www.opengl.org.
Tcl Version 8.0 or greater.
(Optional) Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) Version 1.1.1 or greater. This is required for joystick support.
(Optional) SDL_mixer Version 1.0 or greater. This is required for sound and music support.
Obtain the tuxracer-.tar.gz and tuxracer-data-.tar.gz files from the Downloads page.
Unpack the code tarball:
shell$ tar xvfz tuxracer-.tar.gz
shell$ cd tuxracer-
Configure for your system:
shell$
Many people will be able to run configure without passing any options. The more commonly-used configure options are:
--prefix=DIR: Specify where to install tuxracer. (The tuxracer binary will be placed in DIR/bin)
--with-tcl-libs=DIR: Specify Tcl library location
--with-tcl-inc=DIR: Specify Tcl header file location
--with-tcl-lib-name=NAME: Specify Tcl library base name
--with-gl-libs=DIR: Specify OpenGL library location
--with-gl-inc=DIR: Specify OpenGL header file location
--with-glut-libs=DIR: Specify GLUT library location
--with-glut-inc=DIR: Specify GLUT header file location
--enable-stencil-buffer: Use if your hardware has a stencil buffer
--with-data-dir=PATH: Location of tuxracer data directory (can be also configured in options file later)
Run
Compile:
shell$ make
Tux Racer should compile cleanly, with few (if any) warnings. Please see the FAQ or our Support page if Tux Racer fails to compile.
Install the tuxracer binary:
shell$ make install
Unless you specified the --prefix option when you ran configure, this command will install the tuxracer binary in
Install the data files:
shell$ cd
shell$ tar xvfz
shell$ mv tuxracer-data- tuxracer
You may install the data files anywhere you wish, but tuxracer looks in
You're done!
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