Vegastrike 0.4.1 released!

charlieg · Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 11:20 am Post subject: Vegastrike 0.4.1 released!

Vega Strike 0.4.1 is ready for consumption!

This is a massive update and Vega Strike is one of the best open source games available. A great game engine - the graphics are mind blowing - with great media content - some of the models are exceptional - and a huge dynamic universe - 100s of 1000s of star systems - make for a very deep and enjoyable game.

It's like Privateer done right. Just check out those bootylicious screenshots.

[img:bca542632e]http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/albums/vs_screenshots/vs_screen1.highlight.jpg[/img:bca542632e]

For all those Star Trek fans, there's even the Vega Trek mod for Vega Strike.

[img:bca542632e]http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/albums/vegatrek/vegatrek002.highlight.jpg[/img:bca542632e]

For Wing Commander fans, there's the Wing Commander: Universe mod which is in steady development.

[img:bca542632e]http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/albums/vegastrike_mod/VSsweetCenturion6.highlight.png[/img:bca542632e]

And there's even a Babylon 5 mod which has some great models despite being a heavy WIP.

This is a brilliant example of how OS games can be done. Check it out. I look forward to it being in portage!
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neuron · Advocate Joined: 28 May 2002 Posts: 2371

installing and getting into that has been on my todo list for ages, I tested it a while ago and it looked very interesting, but I haven't had time to play it :/.

for those of you with time, I'd highly recomend testing it though

charlieg · Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 1:55 pm Post subject:

Relevant bugzilla link.

There should be an ebuild up there shortly.
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neuron · Advocate Joined: 28 May 2002 Posts: 2371

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29419

403 You don't have permission to access /show_bug.cgi on this server.

bug reporting is getting buggy

charlieg · Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 2:13 pm Post subject:

neuron · Advocate Joined: 28 May 2002 Posts: 2371

yeah it works for me too now

charlieg · Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 3:57 pm Post subject:

*bump*

I can't believe this doesn't interest more people. Everybody seems so wrapped up in empty-my-wallet games.
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Liff · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 08 Oct 2002 Posts: 111

I can't speak for everybody else, but I'm waiting for the new version to hit portage before I comment, I never played 0.3.1, and I'm not about to download and compile 98MB of stuff when there's another version on the verge of entering portage... I'll give it a thorogh run through as soon as I get it though, it looks quite nice from looking at the screenshots on the site.
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jstuart · n00b Joined: 03 Dec 2002 Posts: 57

Similar to Liff, I too am waiting for it to hit portage.

Hmm maybe I ought to get off my lazy *ss and write an ebuild for it.

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charlieg · Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2003 8:21 am Post subject:

VisionD · Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2003 10:35 am Post subject:

Hi charlieg,

Vegastrike looks awesome.

What is this game about (i only get a connection refused error trying to get the manual)??

Is it a multiplayer game or can you run it in single player modus with a storyline, plot, ...??

If it´s a multiplayer game over the internet, do you have to pay for playing??

I´m going to try it out, when i´m at home!

Thx for answers
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charlieg · Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2003 12:05 pm Post subject:

It's a single player game. You basically go around a massive dynamic universe trading, doing mercenary missions, blowing things up, etc.

I'm not overly sure that there's a story line. It's engrossing, none-the-less.

(Besides, who really played Privateer for the storyline - it kinda sucked!)
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PeteyG · n00b Joined: 23 May 2003 Posts: 44

I am waiting patiently for an ebuild for Vega Strike 0.4.1, because I REALLY want to play it on my gentoo system without having to wade through the compilation stuff.

I've been playing on my Windows partition, and it's a complete blast. This is probably going to be THE open source game. I've done a fair bit of art for it, actually... and it's starting to look and play like a commercial game.

zie · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 26 Sep 2003 Posts: 126

Version 0.3 is already great, can't wait to play 0.4.1, but the compile script doesn't work (as usual). ebuild plz....

btw, has any of you try parsec? It is the best looking open source space simulation game currently available on gentoo (haven't try vs 4.1 yet), but the project appears to be dead now. What a shame...

charlieg · Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2003 10:25 am Post subject:

The Mountain Man · l33t Joined: 03 Sep 2003 Posts: 643

With the recently announced Half-Life 2 delay, I'm itching for a new game to futz around with, and since I have been wholly unsuccessful getting my games to work with Wine, I've been looking for a solid native-Linux game to occupy my time. This could be it. Looking forward to the ebuild!

broeman · Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2003 10:30 pm Post subject:

Just played 0.3, and were pretty impressed. I don't know if I made some wrong adjustments, but the mouse-movement seemed chunky, while the keyboard was quite fast and responsive. I haven't played it much though, and I am looking forward to even better graphics in 0.4.1.
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broeman · Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2003 10:30 pm Post subject:

Just played 0.3, and were pretty impressed. I don't know if I made some wrong adjustments, but the mouse-movement seemed chunky, while the keyboard was quite fast and responsive. I haven't played it much though, and I am looking forward to even better graphics in 0.4.1.
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Xaignar · Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2003 7:31 pm Post subject:

*removed, please try again later*

garf0134 · n00b Joined: 27 Sep 2003 Posts: 1

Made a small adjustment to it where autoconf is called. Works in a bash environment.

/usr/local/portage/games-rpg/vegastrike/vegastrike-0.4.1.ebuild:

The Mountain Man · l33t Joined: 03 Sep 2003 Posts: 643

Thanks for the ebuild! Now to see what this bad boy is all about. Of course, the compilation process will take a good long time.

Edit: Whoops...the ebuild failed with the following error:

Xaignar · Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2003 10:36 am Post subject:

Argh, sorry about that. The ebuild has been fixed.
That's what happens when you make last minute changes and forget to test them... X_X

TinheadNed · Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2003 5:05 pm Post subject:

Xaignar · Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2003 5:23 pm Post subject:

I've edited my first posted and corrected the ebuild, so just use that (it also includes the correction made by garf0134).

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