*"Xonotic":http://xonotic.org* will place focus on the things we love about Nexuiz, but also extend our goals to become the game that many thought Nexuiz should have been.
-While functionality-wise being a direct successor to Nexuiz, the *"Xonotic":http://xonotic.org* project is a rethink and reorganization of how a community creates an open source video game and organizes the services around it. The idea is to bring game development and design under community control and improve the contribution process. The organizational structure will make sure that no single person ever maintains total control of the project.
+While technically being a direct successor to Nexuiz, the *"Xonotic":http://xonotic.org* project is a rethink and reorganization of how a community creates an open source video game and organizes the services around it. The idea is to bring game development and design under community control and improve the contribution process. The organizational structure will make sure that no single person ever maintains total control of the project.
Some of the plans so far include:
*Combining some ideas from V5 and V6*
-We would like to formally announce the arrival of *"Xonotic":http://xonotic.org*, a free (GPL), fast-paced first-person shooter that runs on Microsoft Windows, Mac OSX and Linux, and is a direct successor to the *"Nexuiz Project":http://alientrap.org/nexuiz*. This departure came about after Nexuiz recently underwent some troublesome *"changes":http://dev.xonotic.org/projects/xonotic/wiki/Faq#What-prompted-the-split-from-Nexuiz* that has left many of the core contributors feeling the project has been *"mishandled":http://alientrap.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=6043*. As a result, we felt the need to organize a departure to start with a clean slate.
+We would like to formally announce the arrival of *"Xonotic":http://xonotic.org* - A free (GPL), fast-paced first-person shooter that works on Microsoft Windows, Mac OSX and Linux. Xonotic is a direct successor of the *"Nexuiz Project":http://alientrap.org/nexuiz*.
-*"Xonotic":http://xonotic.org* will place focus on the things we love about Nexuiz, but also extend our goals to become the game that many thought Nexuiz should have been.
+Xonotic came about in the wake of recent troublesome *"changes":http://dev.xonotic.org/projects/xonotic/wiki/Faq#What-prompted-the-split-from-Nexuiz* to the Nexuiz project, changes that have left many of the core contributors and community members feeling that the project has been *"mishandled":http://alientrap.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=6079*. As a result, we felt the need to organize a departure to start with a clean slate.
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+*"Xonotic":http://xonotic.org* will place focus on the things we love about Nexuiz, and extend our goals to become the game that many thought Nexuiz should have been.
-While technically being a direct successor to Nexuiz, the *"Xonotic":http://xonotic.org* project is a rethink of the Nexuiz project that recognizes the community around it as its principle driving force and will restructure itself to respect that. This means that there will be no single person with total control over the project. In addition to the stronger focus on the community, Xonotic will also pursue a clearer agenda including the following:
+While technically being a direct successor of Nexuiz, the *"Xonotic":http://xonotic.org* project is a rethink of the Nexuiz project that recognizes the *community* around it as its principal driving force and will restructure itself to respect that. This means that there will never be a single person with total control over the project. In addition to the stronger focus on the community, Xonotic will also pursue a clearer agenda including the following:
*Game Changes:*
-# new set of player models and animations
-# new set of sounds
-# new music
-# default maps will get a makeover
+# A new set of player models and animations
+# A new set of sounds
+# New music
+# Default maps will get a makeover
# New stronger bot AI
-# new names for weapons and gamemodes (especially ones using the "nex" prefix)
-# Low quality textures will be dropped and replaced with higher quality ones
+# New names for weapons and gamemodes (especially ones using the "nex" prefix)
+# Low quality content will be dropped and replaced with higher quality ones
*Project Changes:*
-# use of GIT versioning system instead of SVN
-# better attention to marketing and public relations
-# a more defined artistic direction
-# more emphasis on recruiting
-# better organization of contributors
-# more focus on community activities (tournaments, contests, etc)
+# Use of GIT versioning system instead of SVN
+# Better attention to marketing and public relations
+# A more defined artistic direction
+# More emphasis on recruiting
+# Better organization of contributors
+# More focus on community activities (tournaments, contests, etc)
# More frequent releases
# Global player stats tracking system, supporting anonymous player as well
We look forward to creating a game that everyone can feel a part of. You are very much welcome to help in any way you can. We appreciate all of your support.
The Xonotic team.
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-h1. In-game announcement script by MirceaKitsune
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-I made an announcemnt script that can be used on pubic servers, for notifying players in-game.
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-To use, copy the script below in your autoexec.cfg. If you don't already have one, create a file called autoexec.cfg in your Nexuiz data folder and put the script in it. Type "news" in the console (~ button) to echo the message while playing.
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-Please read the comment lines, especially the one about spamming! Feel free to share and modify the script to spread the information. Here it is:
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-<pre>// Nexuiz name changing announcement. To use, write "news" (without "") in the console while playing on a public server, or bind it to a custom keybind in the menu.
-// DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES SPAM THIS!!! Never post it more often than 20 minutes on the same server! The purpose of this announcement is to inform players, not to annoy them. Thanks.
-alias news_1 "say ^1Important! ^2Although the news has reached many players, Nexuiz is being renamed and continuing as a new project called Xonotic."
-alias news_2 "say ^2Players must eventually switch to the new branch as Nexuiz is being discontinued. For more information visit xonotic.org or dev.xonotic.org/projects/xonotic/wiki. Thank you."
-alias news_enable "alias news \"echo ^1Remember, don't spam this! Only post it again 20-30 minutes from now (unless you switch servers);news_1;defer 8 news_2;news_disable\""
-alias news_disable "alias news \"echo ^1News announcer: Please wait at least 3 minutes between posts to avoid accidental spam.\";defer 180 news_enable"
-news_enable</pre>
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