Nexuiz Gaming

[Michael]

Also having some out this morning is Nexuiz version 2.0. Features include a new single player campaign mission with advanced AI bots, five new maps, new particle effect system, weapon changes, and other improvements. Nexuix is open-source...

Phoronix News Post @ http://www.phoronix.com/?page=news_item&px=MTUwNQ

Nexuiz @ http://www.nexuiz.com/

[LinuxRocks]

This new version is alot better performance wise for me. The 1.5 version had several issue with network and video. This version seems to have fixed this...

Joe

[Armagetto]

I'm gonna give this a try.

[LinuxRocks]

Originally Posted by Armagetto

I'm gonna give this a try.

Oh yeah, I would try it out for sure. Its a great game and looks nice as well.

Joe

[Kernel Oops]

Anyone try Nexuiz on an ATI Linux box yet?

[Armagetto]

Well, much like the earlier version, and Cube as well for that matter, this game seems to suffer from that "running on a sheet of ice" feel. For some reason—and I can't quite put my finger on it—it just feels off in the control department. Maybe, it's something in the sensitivity department or the range of movement when strafejumping. Whatever it is, it needs a little tweaking.

Also, the maps are a little claustrophobic. I would suggest adding a little more headroom. A good reference for level designers can be found in the greatest DM game of all time: Quake 3. The Q3 maps are not overly large, but often seem expansive due to the design. Here the maps seem cramped.

All in all, I found this to be reminiscent of a Quake2 era deathmatcher albeit graphically updated. In particular, it reminded me alot of Daikatana's multiplayer. It is free, however, and it is a work in progress, so I can't gripe that much.

[Rob Williams]

Originally Posted by LinuxRocks

This new version is alot better performance wise for me.

Same here. The sound was incredibly muffled with 1.5 for me... so now I can finally find out what all the fuss is about.

[Shadewalker]

I tried Nexuiz out a long time ago (initial release, I think) and it performed horrible on my computer. How is the performance on lower-end cards, e.g. FX5600?

[Licaon]

game looks ok on ATI but performance wise...big nono... and laggy control...

[Michael]

2.1 is now out @ http://www.alientrap.org/nexuiz/inde...module=changes