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[fgd] RT @fpgeek: Achievement unlocked: CyanogenMod 9 installed (thanks @kornf00 an...

Thu, 10 May 2012 07:55:38 GMT

RT @fpgeek: Achievement unlocked: CyanogenMod 9 installed (thanks @kornf00 and @illespal !) http://t.co/iquDF5Qx

[fgd] OpenGameArt - New Tutorials Section

Wed, 09 May 2012 19:29:43 GMT

We've just added an oft-requested Featured Tutorials Section to the Browse menu, which will hopefully some day be a huge repository of helpful information. At the moment, we have three excellent tutorials there already, which I recommend checking out. :)

People wanting to submit new tutorials should post them in the Tutorials section of the forum. Tutorials that are unique, high in quality, and well edited will be moved to the Featured section.

Bart

[fgd] cm9 rootz thread for ya http://t.co/x1qnOSHB #mt4gs #ics #android #cm9

Wed, 09 May 2012 07:21:15 GMT

cm9 rootz thread for ya http://t.co/x1qnOSHB #mt4gs #ics #android #cm9

[fgd] Irrlicht - Monthly Screenshot Contest – April 2012

Tue, 08 May 2012 09:03:35 GMT

Here is the winner of the Screenshot of the Month contest for April 2012: Escen with Overheat. While the competition submissions were regarded as very high quality, Escen won with an impressive percentage of the votes: 64%.

As always, you can find the screenshot and all contestants in the forum and the gallery.

[fgd] FLARE - 20120507

Mon, 07 May 2012 15:45:33 GMT

Conference I'll be away on a work conference the rest of the week. If this space goes quiet for a while, that's why.

[fgd] About the Liberated Pixel Cup http://lpc.opengameart.org/ !fossg

Mon, 07 May 2012 11:48:36 GMT

About the Liberated Pixel Cup http://lpc.opengameart.org/ !fossg

[fgd] RT @MBandF: Creative and provocative street art by OakoAk now on A Parallel W...

Mon, 07 May 2012 06:11:43 GMT

RT @MBandF: Creative and provocative street art by OakoAk now on A Parallel World. Please click the link for more http://t.co/JpRJ3FBY

[fgd] Cafu - Cafu 12.05 released

Sun, 06 May 2012 17:41:19 GMT

We're happy and proud to announce immediate availability of Cafu 12.05, the May 2012 binary release of the Cafu Engine!

Cafu is an open-source 3D game and graphics engine. The new version 12.05 culminates three years of exciting work into a new stable demo release: It marks the completion and first release of the new Cafu Model Editor, many structural enhancements for game developers, and the beginning of our work on the next version (which in fact already has begun — we just couldn't wait).

New Features

For game developers, we cleaned up the source code, revised the code design, improved the directory layout, added new C++ and scripting reference documentation, fixed many bugs, added support for new compiler versions and platform variants, speeded up the release cycle for source archives and development binary releases, and much more.

Several hundred changes to the source code were made, see the complete changelog for details.

The Model Editor

The highlight of the release is the new Cafu Model Editor and the new models program code. The Model Editor answers the question:

"How do I get my models into Cafu?"

It can import many file formats and provides a graphical user interface for making Cafu-specific settings and adjustments to the imported model.

The related new model code implements advanced features like automatic resource sharing, skeletal animation, seamless blending of several animation sequences, animation channels, skins, level-of-detail, submodels, GUI fixtures, and a lot more.

For more information about the Model Editor, please see:

Documentation • Video How-To • Gallery

We'd like to thank everyone who participated in development of Cafu 12.05: programmers, documentation writers (a work in progress), and testers. We also thank our user community for the dedication and support — we needed it more than ever.

Now that this version is finally released, we are grasping the future with both hands: A new series of improvements has already been prepared, and we're now eager to implement them as quickly as possible!

[fgd] Tempest in the Aether Devblog - Mac/Linux Build Updates

Sun, 06 May 2012 12:15:44 GMT

As some of you have probably noticed we only are providing a tested windows client at the moment, here is an update on the Linux and Mac client status.

Linux

For the Linux client it is totally tested and working with dynamic linking, however there are some issues with building it so that it will work on more then one platform... The problem is that there are dependencies for the client that work just fine when built using dynamic linking, however when you try to build using static linking that's when things start to get complicated. (Yes curl we are talking about you) We are working diligently using an Ubuntu 8.04 i386 machine on working on getting those issues worked out.

Unfortunately there is a relatively small number of people in the project that understand the problem well enough to work on fixing it, that said however in the next few weeks we should be complete and have a working static build that will operate on almost all relatively new Linux platforms.

Mac

As for the Mac build that has been a bit more tricky, we were able to build a static version for 10.6+ and it is up on the site HERE, however while it -should- work in all frankness we do not have the ability to test it, as such it may or may not be working...

If you have a Mac we could use your help on testing it, please download the .dmg and let us know what your results are, hopefully it will just work.

[fgd] RT @chrisch1974: @htc please release an international unbranded version of th...

Sun, 06 May 2012 05:40:14 GMT

RT @chrisch1974: @htc please release an international unbranded version of the One XL. This would be amazing :)

[fgd] FLARE - 20120503

Fri, 04 May 2012 04:30:33 GMT

Jabberwocky 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the

[fgd] Tempest in the Aether Devblog - Tempest in the Aether Initial Gameplay Footage

Thu, 03 May 2012 08:15:35 GMT

Gameplay footage of the current tech demo for 'Tempest in the Aether', a new Open Source MMORPG game in development for Windows, Linux, and Mac! Any comments or questions are welcome.

Also follow us on twitter and facebook!

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[fgd] @cyberkiller that’s sad. Proprietary artwork has grown to be a no-deal option for me - almost as bad as proprietary software.

Wed, 02 May 2012 05:23:11 GMT

@cyberkiller that’s sad. Proprietary artwork has grown to be a no-deal option for me - almost as bad as proprietary software.

[fgd] @csolisr the #Frogatto engine is FLOSS (and always has been), but the content is closed (freeware)

Wed, 02 May 2012 04:49:13 GMT

@csolisr the #Frogatto engine is FLOSS (and always has been), but the content is closed (freeware)

[fgd] @patrickniedzielski But the artwork is decidedly non-free, which is a true shame.

Tue, 01 May 2012 20:57:33 GMT

@patrickniedzielski But the artwork is decidedly non-free, which is a true shame.

[fgd] If we get some artists on board, there could be. You probably saw that the game source code is GPLv3+.

Tue, 01 May 2012 20:47:15 GMT

[fgd] So, is there a free-as-in-freedom fork of Frogatto?

Tue, 01 May 2012 20:20:11 GMT

[fgd] A cool series on !games development using the #Frogatto engine http://ur1.ca/959o0 !lg !fossg (it's easy too!) :-)

Tue, 01 May 2012 13:05:33 GMT

A cool series on !games development using the #Frogatto engine http://ur1.ca/959o0 !lg !fossg (it's easy too!) :-)

[fgd] Tempest in the Aether Devblog - Website updates

Tue, 01 May 2012 09:30:37 GMT

As some of you may have noticed the website now scales much better. Also video's scale, check out the changes as well as nandar's great intro video HERE.

[fgd] Tempest in the Aether Devblog - Ryzom GSOC

Tue, 01 May 2012 09:30:37 GMT

As some of you may know Ryzom was accepted into GSOC again this year under worldforge, check out all the details at http://blog.ryzomcore.org/

[fgd] FLARE - 20120430

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:00:35 GMT

Isometric Tiles Tutorial Update By popular demand, I've updated my Isometric Tiles Tutorial for Blender version 2.6.

[fgd] Tempest in the Aether Devblog - Intro Video

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:30:34 GMT

Thanks to nandar we now have a start on an intro video!

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[fgd] OpenGameArt - Huge Texture Update!

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 01:18:43 GMT

In response to a thread over at freegamedev, we've made some major changes over the past couple of days to how texture browsing works. We've unpacked all of the texture archives on OGA and made the textures individually browse-able by category. A big thank you goes out to the folks who have been helping manually categorize the nearly 4,000 texture files in the arcnive. :)

[fgd] FLARE - 20120428

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 19:30:38 GMT

Accuracy? Is an "Accuracy" stat appropriate for action games? Even RPGs which are heavy action? Classic D&D had an "

[fgd] virtuous inquisition mt4gs aospish rom, Trackpad Wake flashable here http://t...

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:39:15 GMT

virtuous inquisition mt4gs aospish rom, Trackpad Wake flashable here http://t.co/04TfSxLv

[fgd] #virtuous inquisition mt4gs 4.0.2 stable is out! http://t.co/q2yXKcum Some ad...

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 05:23:28 GMT

#virtuous inquisition mt4gs 4.0.2 stable is out! http://t.co/q2yXKcum Some additional fixes to 4.0.2 beta 1 (check changelog last 2 bullets)

[fgd] OpenXcom - Community spotlight

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:59:47 GMT

Despite the current engine limitations, some fans are already planning for the future and making mods for OpenXcom in our forums, which I’m sure most of you don’t check (shame on you ) so I’d like to highlight some stuff here:

- New Terror Mission Map Blocks

Sick of the same old terror site? Want some variety in your life? Well Luke83 brings us a pack of brand new map pieces to spice up your terror sites. They’ll even be playable in v0.4!

- Hostile gangs and civilians

Remember all those times you happily blasted civilians out of your way? What if they actually fought back? Luke83 poses a dangerous dilemma for X-Com players everywhere.

- Aliens inventory

What if you could see aliens’ inventory? It… probably wouldn’t be that interesting, but regardless, luke83 has whipped up some inventory graphics just in case.

- New weapon graphics

Not enough weapons for you? Here are some interesting variations made by Chiko.

- HWPs suggestions

Have HWPs gotten too cold and lifeless for you? Do you wish you could make them more personal, change their weapon slots, maybe give them legs? Well Chiko has got you covered.

Note that most of these are just concepts, but they do give us ideas on what to add in the future. What about you, got some interesting ideas? Have you made custom maps, sprites or other mods for X-Com and would like to see them carried over to OpenXcom? We’d love to see what you got and support any fellow modding communities out there, so spread the word and show us what you got.

[fgd] fix for htc Locations app in virtuous primadonna mt4gs alpha 2 available now:...

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:22:32 GMT

fix for htc Locations app in virtuous primadonna mt4gs alpha 2 available now: http://t.co/haWG1RK7 #htc #one #ics #android #mt4gs

[fgd] http://t.co/B1UxQmfY #virtuous primadonna alpha2 is out,lots of tweaks possib...

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:20:47 GMT

http://t.co/B1UxQmfY #virtuous primadonna alpha2 is out,lots of tweaks possible now.check changelog(beats is still no go on mt4gs)

[fgd] lol, #Flare could be used for a #Matrix based game now: http://ur1.ca/92oyh !fossg

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 06:38:00 GMT

lol, #Flare could be used for a #Matrix based game now: http://ur1.ca/92oyh !fossg

[fgd] FLARE - 20120423

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:30:40 GMT

Cubicle mini tile set Who says Flare has to be Medieval Fantasy? Here's a mini Cubicle tile set.

[fgd] OGRE - [GSoC 2012] Projects announced officially

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:32:49 GMT

It is official now: Ogre has been awarded four GSoC 2012 slots this year! It took quite a bit of discussion within the team to pick our top four projects, but we finally made it and are now looking forward to this coding summer and hope that the students can help to really move Ogre forward a notch.

The selected projects are (in no particular order):

Improve ands Demo the Terrain System (covered by Xiao Xiangquan)
Forum Thread: Link
Student Profile: xiaoxiangquan

Completion of DirectX11 Render System (covered by Robert Sasu)
Forum Thread: Link
Student Profile: robert_sasu

Volume Rendering with LOD aimed at Terrain (covered by Philip LB)
Forum Thread: Link
Student Profile: PhilipLB

Implementation of Off-Screen Particles (covered by Karol Badowski)
Forum Thread: Link
Student Profile: Karol Badowski 1989

Congratulations to the four of you!

Also, we want to thank our three mentors who committed to support the students: Assaf Raman, David Rogers and Mattan Furst. They will assist the students and ensure that the agreed goals are met and will also handle the evaluations Google requests for each student.

Additionally, we encourage everyone to closely track the progress of those projects to help with testing and join the discussions along the project path to support the students and their efforts.

All those parts - highly motivated ans skilled students, very committed mentors plus an active community - should form a great foundation for yet another successful GSoC for Ogre!

So all the best!

[fgd] #Virtuous Inquisition 4.0.2 beta 1 is out with lots of community fixes, espec...

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:23:08 GMT

#Virtuous Inquisition 4.0.2 beta 1 is out with lots of community fixes, especially by socali! Enjoy http://t.co/07YPwUyZ #htc #mt4gs

[fgd] jMonkeyEngine - Happy earth day.. to our new contributors!

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:55:57 GMT

I’ll be honest, earth day is probably all kinds of awesome, but I’ll only be talking about it for as long as this sentence. For the past year I’ve been enrolled in a year long intensive study on Game Design. In the meantime. With a fancy diploma in hand, I’ll be gradually resuming my manager duties, starting with a big round of “Contributor” badge hand-outs.

Let’s have a round of applause for these humble community heroes

@phr00t – for an awesome game and jME buzz
@kwando – for patches & new features
@survivor – for patches & new features
@t0neg0d – for patches & new features
@tralala – for patches & reports
@wezrule – he’s wezrule (I’m sure he also did some cool stuff)
@phate666 – for code contributions
@Tumaini – helping users
@androlo – The Forester and more awesome incoming

Some of these have been a long time coming; we greatly appreciate your patience, and sincerely thank you for your efforts to make jMonkeyEngine an ever better project.

[fgd] OctaForge - OctaForge and Tesseract

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:00:06 GMT

Announcements

So as some of you probably already know, there is the new Tesseract renderer for Cube 2 out (http://cubeengine.com/forum.php4?action=display_thread&thread_id=2534, http://codepad.org/AksRxXjh) and OF will be merging it. My question however is,

should we keep support for the legacy Cube 2 renderer? Note that it's a lot of effort and burden for the project. The question is then, is it worth it? If we keep only Tesseract, all maps can count on it and thus use the full featureset of Tesseract. Keeping the legacy renderer is quite inferior to further development, and with introduction of physics engine, proper collisions and props, people with old hardware unable to run Tesseract won't be most likely able to run such maps anyway.

Please leave your opinion in the poll.

[fgd] FLARE - 20120421

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 21:30:34 GMT

Cathedral Structures Have another peek at some rough Cathedral art.

[fgd] http://t.co/Q4pxMCzn Fix for #Virtuous Inquisition #mt4gs browsers' occasiona...

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 19:01:30 GMT

http://t.co/Q4pxMCzn Fix for #Virtuous Inquisition #mt4gs browsers' occasional lockups. #ics #doubleshot #htc

[fgd] FLARE - 20120419

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 05:31:03 GMT

Tile Set Definitions guide If you're trying to understand how Flare's tile sets work, check out this article on Tile Set De

[fgd] RT @rmk40: A few of us from Metacloud are here at the #openstack conference. ...

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 05:23:16 GMT

RT @rmk40: A few of us from Metacloud are here at the #openstack conference. Read about our case for the private cloud - http://t.co/1N7 ...

[fgd] RT @PaulOBrien: If you're hoping for a QWERTY device from HTC you're gonna be...

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 05:22:15 GMT

RT @PaulOBrien: If you're hoping for a QWERTY device from HTC you're gonna be disappointed i'm afraid folks, nothing planned… :-( #freqs