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Open Source Shooter Nexuiz 2.5 Released

Posted by Soulskill on from the let's-blow-something-up dept.

Michael writes "A new version of Nexuiz, a GPL-licensed, first-person shooter, has been released. There are over 3,000 changes in Nexuiz 2.5, including new maps, new game-modes, enhanced graphics, new audio, and other major changes. Phoronix has posted a preview of this Nexuiz 2.5 release, with screenshots showing the impressive graphics and how it has raised the bar for open-source gaming. Details about the Nexuiz project are available at SourceForge."

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  1. Re:Awesome, lets hope it works now! by Artemis3 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Don't use full screen mode (use windowed) and it works. Hopefully this has been fixed...

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  2. Re:Bizzaro-UT by Firehawke · · Score: 3, Informative

    Well, I certainly recognized Facing Worlds, but I saw a lot more Q3 than UT in the videos in the map overall.

  3. Re:Bizzaro-UT by esteel · · Score: 3, Informative

    Actually there are only two q1/q3 alike maps in Nexuiz, all the other 20+ included maps are new to Nexuiz. Quite a few custom mappers were inspired by ut/q3 maps though.

  4. Re:OMFG Based off of Quake 1 engine by TheSambassador · · Score: 3, Informative

    Actually, I found the mouse lag to be due to Vsync. Try turning it off.

  5. Re:Cheating? by K.os023 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Netrek, an ancient unix game, had a primative form of DRM to prevent cheating ages ago.

    While interesting, that statement is very poor in actual information. At the very least, a link to some page will let people easily see what you're talking about. Actually saying that it had "an anti-cheating mechanism using an RSA-based public key cryptography authentication system that also attempts (with limited success) to detect and prevent Man-in-the-middle attacks." is even better, especially if you give references. Now I know wikipedia is not the best source but it does give more information than simply saying it had a primitive form of DRM.

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  6. Re:First PS by AKAImBatman · · Score: 3, Informative

    Try again. Ever hear of HoverTank 3D, Ultima Underworld, or Catacomb 3D?

    Wolfenstien was the first popular FPS.

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