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Alien Arena 7.72 released on Flathub (linux only)
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Alien Arena 7.72 released on Flathub (linux only)

Alien Arena 7.72 is now available on Flathub

Release notes:

  • Project 100: optimized the game to support at least 100 FPS framerate, 100 FPS server tickrate, 100 PPS packet rate, and mouse polling rate that aligns with the framerate, this greatly improves the smoothness and responsiveness of the game
  • Extended single player mode with more game modes: CTF and Tactical, and weapon modes: Insta and Insta/Rockets
  • Added fairer antilag calculation based on one-way ping with server-side configuration options and diminishing effect on very high pings
  • Optimized mouse movement logic (this is under cvar m_direct, recommended to set m_direct to 1)
  • Added centered message about who killed you
  • Drop old particles if the particle buffer is full
  • Check ragdoll buffer before creating new ragdolls
  • Fixed bug with crashing clients when lots of rockets were fired
  • Fixed bug with duplicate ragdolls
  • Fixed bug with ragdolls hanging in mid air
  • Fixed bug with disappearing flag in CTF mode when people quit the match or disconnected
  • Added command teamselect to the list of available commands

https://flathub.org/en/apps/org.alienarena.alienarena

For now it's only available to linux users, other platforms will follow later, but old clients will already benefit from the updated servers.

u/jar-el — 2 days ago
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Is Alien Arena still being developed?

Yes, it certainly is: introducing Project 100, supporting the smoothest Alien Arena gameplay experience yet!

The game engine and net code have had many improvements to fully support a smooth and responsive game experience for at least 100 FPS framerate, 100 FPS server tickrate, 100 PPS packet rate for client-server communication, and mouse polling that scales with your framerate (100 Hz at 100 FPS, 200 Hz at 200 FPS, etc.).

With this, the gameplay should remain smooth even with older hardware or high ping, now fully lifting the game from its Quake 2 legacy of 10 server ticks per second to a modern game.

Along with this, we've also improved the lag compensation.

This will become available in the next release: 7.72. Along with many other improvements and bug fixes to aim for 100% stability.

You are welcome to beta test the updated servers or, for the most optimal performance and responsiveness, also the latest client code.

To play using the new client, we currently support only Linux. You can download the latest source code from SVN or GitHub and then build the client.

How to do that is explained on https://www.alienarena.org

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u/jar-el — 1 month ago