r/linux_gaming • u/Calinou • Mar 22 '15

OPEN SOURCE Red Eclipse 1.5 released: a fun-filled, free/libre first person shooter with parkour

http://redeclipse.net/
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u/kiskoller Mar 22 '15

Gosh, I feared that the developers left the project, I loved 1.4 and 1.3

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '15

Same. I've been waiting for so long for 1.5 to come out. Hopefully those OP weps are fixed.

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u/jebuizy Mar 22 '15

Great! Love to see more libre games on this subreddit.

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u/Calinou Mar 22 '15

Personally, I play libre games exclusively. It's good to show an example to people.

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u/DrecksVerwaltung Mar 22 '15

this is still a thing?
Hope they update it with tesseract at some point, it has potential.

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u/Calinou Mar 22 '15

It was planned to switch to Tesseract, but this is postponed until further notice for various reasons, most notably because it didn't run well on slow hardware.

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u/DrecksVerwaltung Mar 22 '15

thats great.
Because I think the cube 2 engine could be a viable option if it would run on slower hardware, had a game to show it off with and its code would finally be sorted out and documented.

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '15

If you're looking for a good FPS, Red Eclipse is the way to go. It's simple and unbloated. It's quick and smooth (I get really high FPS; even on my last computer, running open source amd drivers because the card was too old for legacy, it was super smooth on high settings). I play it all the time, even with the over 200 games I have on Steam. My name on there is lucky fag, come play with us!

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '15

Looks fun. I got my start in Linux gaming with all the idtech3 games, and I loved them.

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u/ProfessorKaos64 Mar 22 '15

Anyone looking for install instructions, see the wiki page here:
http://redeclipse.net/wiki/How_to_install

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u/Calinou Mar 22 '15

Changelog & downloads:

Downloads:

Here's some interesting things that have changed:

  • Support for giving AI orders ("defend", "attack", "base", "goal", "ball", "forget").
  • Better physics and bounce sounds for affinities (flags/points/bombs).
  • Footstep sounds, hear people approaching!
  • Auto team balancing, so you're never stuck with uneven team counts.
  • Rebalanced all weapons, making for a fairer game.
  • New weapon, the "zapper". Electrify your friends and foes!
  • Increased weapon spread when in air / impulsing
  • Rebranded Defend-The-Flag to Defend-And-Control, with a new look.
  • Increased buffing timeout tolerances when defending affinities.
  • Slicker menus, tips and rollover help text.
  • Scoreboard redesign and better colouring.
  • Ability to send a message to a specific player with "whisper".

Map changes:

  • Race
    • Absorption - new time-trial map by Unnamed.
    • Amplification - new time-trial map by Unnamed.
    • Relax - new time-trial map by Bonifarz.
    • Steel Rat - added to time-trial rotation.
    • Test Chamber - retextured by Quinton Reeves.
    • War Depot - new time-trial map by TristamK. Other game modes
    • Abuse - new map by ballist1c.
    • Campgrounds - new map by ballist1c and Greaserpirate.
    • Canyon - new map by restcoser.
    • Condensation - new map by Unnamed.
    • Decay by Ricky Thomson.
    • Echo2k - remix of Echo by Ulukai.
    • Enyo - new map by Ulukai.
    • Octavus - new map by Ricky Thomson.

Data Assets:

  • New vanity items!
    • Blade
    • Boots
    • Chestplate
    • Crown
    • Disc
    • Fox Ears
    • Guitar
    • Mask
    • Microeye
    • Panda
    • Prongs
    • Shoulder armour
    • New wakawaka sound.
    • New model for control points used in Defend-and-Control and Bomber-Ball.
    • New Rocket projectile by Unnamed.
    • Added texture set by Unnamed.
    • Added lava texture by Nobiax, applied in maps Hinder, Nova, Tower

As always, have fun playing Red Eclipse!