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<h2>Introduction</h2>
<p>
XRacer is a clone of the
Psygnosis game WipeOut.
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<p>
Start by downloading the latest
source distribution, unpack it,
and read the instructions in
the file <tt>doc/README.txt</tt>.
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<h2>News</h2>
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<p><b>Mon Mar 20 21:07:47 GMT 2000</b></p>
<p>
Version 0.96.9:
Lens flare effect working.
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<p><b>Sun Mar 19 23:47:02 GMT 2000</b></p>
<p>
Version 0.96.8:
Fixed use of xrCalculateView to be more efficient.
Added support for luminance textures.
Added a cute lens flare effect (based on
<a href="http://reality.sgi.com/opengl/tips/lensflare/">this
code</a>) which doesn't work yet. It's late.
I'll fix it tomorrow ...
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<p><b>Sun Mar 19 14:47:36 GMT 2000</b></p>
<p>
Version 0.96.7:
Added internationalization support (using GNU gettext).
I've given up fixing texture / modelling problems
until I've been to visit the Blender authors. It
looks like Linux could soon have a <i>very cool</i>
open source modelling program - much needed, I can't
wait.
</p>
<p><b>Sun Mar 12 12:59:25 GMT 2000</b></p>
<p>
Version 0.96.6:
Fixed keyboard handling bugs. Changed track shape
and played extensively with game physics - things
are a lot better, but by no means perfect. You can
change physical constants on the fly using keys Q,
A, W, S, E, D, R, F, T, G (all in caps) and dump out
the settings with X. Helps a lot when fine-tuning
things. Texture maps are completely broken and will
remain so - I'm visiting the authors of Blender
to play with their new releases and talk to them
about what game authors will require from free
Blender, so don't expect textures to be fixed
for a while.
</p>
<p><b>Sun Mar 5 18:13:23 GMT 2000</b></p>
<p>
Version 0.96.5:
Fiddling with Blender and texture support ...
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<p><b>Sun Mar 5 12:49:43 GMT 2000</b></p>
<p>
Version 0.96.4:
Fixed enterplanes. Added more scenery. Played
a lot of
<a href="http://tuxracer.sourceforge.net/">Tux Racer</a>.
</p>
<p><b>Sun Feb 27 18:42:14 GMT 2000</b></p>
<p>
Version 0.96.3:
Lots of debug added to track down problems
with the physics model.
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<p><b>Sun Feb 27 14:07:05 GMT 2000</b></p>
<p>
Version 0.96.2:
Slightly smoother track. (Still not playable).
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<p><b>Sun Feb 27 12:20:14 GMT 2000</b></p>
<p>
Version 0.96.1:
More physics tweaks. Still nowhere near
a playable game.
</p>
<p><b>Fri Feb 25 22:27:36 GMT 2000</b></p>
<p><b>XRacer status</b></p>
<p>
I've had a few people write to me complaining
that XRacer has regressed considerably over
the past few months, and yes, that is indeed
true. I've been very busy changing the interface
between the modeller and the game, and the
releases themselves haven't been playable.
In fact, since 0.96.0, I've decided to
tweak the Blender import code yet again. I'm
currently using up most of my spare time on
this.
</p>
<p>
But there is a reason for this: it's vitally
important to build XRacer on a sound basis.
Blender is an excellent modeller (and will be
even better in summer this year when it
becomes truly freeware). But providing a
simple way to design tracks in Blender and
export them to XRacer, while preserving a really
good feel, is a difficult problem. And one
that it's worth getting right now, once and
for all, rather than having to revisit this
again at some later point.
</p>
<p>
I want to make sure that before I ask anyone
to think about drawing tracks, that the interface
from modeller to game is the best it possibly
can be.
</p>
<p>
It's also fair to say that I'm in no particular
hurry. XRacer has been in development for 8
months, has been rewritten once, and as
an open source project with no deadlines
I don't mind if it takes another 6 or 12
months to complete.
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<p>
So bare with me and things will make sense,
in the end :-)
</p>
<p align=right>Rich.</p>
<p><b>Sun Feb 20 13:19:33 GMT 2000</b></p>
<p>
Version 0.96.0:
This version is <i>extremely broken</i>.
It's the first version where you can
draw an entire track in <a
href="http://www.blender.nl/">Blender</a>, export it
(if you have a C-key), and import it as a complete
track (including scenery and textures). The track
shape is described as a single mesh, and the import
tools generate an efficient BSP which maps from the
pilot's position to the correct point in that
mesh. Tracks are no longer constructed from
``segments'' and are no longer limited in shape. A
track could now be an arbitrary shape: a wide open
area or a track which divides into several
alternative routes are both possibilities.
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<p><b>Sun Feb 6 23:15:55 GMT 2000</b></p>
<p>
Version 0.95.31:
Fixed the BSP bug.
</p>
<p><b>Sun Feb 6 16:50:02 GMT 2000</b></p>
<p>
Version 0.95.30:
After about 12 hours work, fixed two
painfully small bugs in blender2track
(the BSP tool). It <i>still</i> doesn't
work ...
</p>
<p><b>Sat Feb 5 11:40:35 GMT 2000</b></p>
<p>
Version 0.95.29:
Substantial MPEG library cleanups. Some
problems remain with static variables,
but this is now basically turned into
a standalone library. We get about 45 fps.
</p>
<p><b>Mon Jan 31 23:10:11 GMT 2000</b></p>
<p>
Version 0.95.28:
The new BSP code still isn't working.
However, I imported the
<a href="http://www.mpeg.org/MPEG/MSSG/#source">MPEG
Software Simulation Group's</a> MPEG-2 decoder,
so now XRacer can play MPEG-2 files in the
intro sequence. Try compiling this version
and copying
<a href="ftp://mm-ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/pub/multimedia/mpeg/movies/jet.mpg">a random MPEG-2 file</a>
to <tt>$PREFIX/share/xracer/video/intro.mpeg</tt>
after installing XRacer. If the MPEG is in
a suitable format, then XRacer will play it
until you press a key. Frame rates are not
so good at the moment -- I get between 18 and
20 fps. However, the code isn't even slightly
optimized yet, and I think getting 50 fps
shouldn't be a problem once I remove some
of the more gratuitous copying. Obviously
what I'm missing now is an actual MPEG to play.
If anyone is interested in submitting an
intro video, I'll put them up on the site and hold
a small vote for which one goes in the game.
Before starting to design an intro video, <i>please
contact me</i> so that I can tell you some of the
more technical requirements.
</p>
<p><b>Sun Jan 30 08:30:02 GMT 2000</b></p>
<p>
Version 0.95.27:
Small mouse patch. In case people think I'm
sitting around doing nothing, take a look
in the tracks/simple2 directory and the
tools/blender2track directory. Scary code
to build BSPs (non-working :-).
</p>
<p><b>Sun Jan 23 17:07:14 GMT 2000</b></p>
<p>
Version 0.95.26:
Wrote a Python program which exports Blender tracks
in a certain format. Nothing useful yet - I have to
now modify all the Perl scripts to be able to read
this export file and generate tracks as before.
Read the important announcement below.
</p>
<p><b>Blender Announcement</b></p>
<p>
Ton Roosendaal, author of <a
href="http://www.blender.nl/">Blender</a> has
generously sponsored a <a
href="http://www.blender.nl/complete/index.html">Blender
C-key</a>. The Blender C-key enables various
critical extra features in Blender, namely <a
href="http://www.blender.nl/complete/scripting.html">Python
scripting</a>, which will help greatly in <a
href="http://www.q-bus.de/Blender/">exporting</a>
Blender tracks into XRacer.
</p>
<p>
Blender C-key features migrate to the
free version of Blender about 6 months
after they have been added. In addition,
a fully freeware (GPLed) release of Blender
is planned for the summer this year.
</p>
<p>
You <i>don't</i> need a C-key in order to
compile or run Blender. If you are designing
tracks, then a C-key is not required, but
highly recommended, until the free release
of Blender appears.
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<h2>Screenshots</h2>
<p align="center"><i>(Click for a larger image)</i></p>
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<h2>Download</h2>
<p>
All source code, graphics and sounds are
distributed under the terms of the
<a href="COPYING"><b>GNU General Public License</b></a>.
By downloading, you agree to the terms
of this license.
</p>
<p>
XRacer changes very frequently. If
the links below are broken, then
hit [Shift] and [Reload] to get the
latest version of this page.
</p>
<p>Latest version: <b>0.96.9</b></p>
<ul>
<li> <a href="files/xracer-0.96.9.tar.gz">xracer-0.96.9.tar.gz</a>
</ul>
<p align="right"><a href="files">Old versions ...</a></p>
<p>Patch to latest version:</p>
<ul>
<li> <a href="patches/patch-0.96.9.gz">patch-0.96.9.gz</a>
</ul>
<p>
<i>Note about patches:</i> Patches are sometimes
missing, and can be incomplete, particularly if
the latest version has additional binary files.
</p>
<p align="right"><a href="patches">Old patches ...</a></p>
<p>Binary RPM for Red Hat Linux 6.1:</p>
<ul>
<li> <a href="files/xracer-0.96.9-1.i686.rpm">xracer-0.96.9-1.i686.rpm</a>
</ul>
<p>
<i>Note about binary RPMs:</i> The binary RPMs
are all compiled to require Mesa 3.1 and
libglide2x. ie. You need a Voodoo 2 card and
all libraries installed. If in any doubt,
<i>download the source instead</i>. RPMs are
experimental.
</p>
<p align="right"><a href="files">Old versions ...</a></p>
<p>Source RPM for Red Hat Linux 6.1:</p>
<ul>
<li> <a href="files/xracer-0.96.9-1.src.rpm">xracer-0.96.9-1.src.rpm</a>
</ul>
<p align="right"><a href="files">Old versions ...</a></p>
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<h2>Frequently Asked Questions</h2>
<p>
The latest FAQ can be found here:
</p>
<ul>
<li> <a href="faq.html">FAQ (HTML format)</a>
<li> <a href="faq.txt">FAQ (plain text format)</a>
</ul>
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<h2>Requirements</h2>
<ul>
<li> Linux 2.2, FreeBSD, Solaris, SGI,
Windows (requires
<a href="http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/">Cygwin</a>,
and Bart Jaszcz's
<a href="http://members.xoom.com/bpj1138/cygwin_ogl_glut_liba.zip">wrapper libraries</a>).
Uses GLUT library, so
it can probably be ported to other
platforms with little effort.
<li> Mesa 3.0 or 3.1 from
<a href="http://www.mesa3d.org/">http://www.mesa3d.org/</a>.
<li> GLUT 3.7 library. This is part of the
MesaDemos package, available on the
Mesa site.
<li> JPEG library.
<li> Supported 3D accelerator card, or
a fast computer (for example, a Pentium II).
<li> Analogue joystick is highly recommended,
although keyboard and mouse now work.
</ul>
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<h2>Mailing List</h2>
<p>
To subscribe to the XRacer mailing list,
send a mail to <a href="mailto:xracer-request@annexia.org">xracer-request@annexia.org</a>
with an empty subject and a single line
in the body of the message:
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<p>
<b>subscribe xracer</b>
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<h2>Links</h2>
<p>Game sites</p>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="http://www.happypenguin.org/">The Linux Game Tome</a>
<li>
<a href="http://www.freshmeat.net/">Freshmeat</a>
<li>
<a href="http://www.linuxgames.com/">Linux Games</a>
</ul>
<p>Tools, tips and resources</p>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="http://www.linux3d.org/">3D resources for Linux</a>
<li>
<a href="http://reality.sgi.com/ripperda_engr/glx/">GLX drivers for Linux</a>
<li>
<a href="http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/">Cygwin</a>
<li>
<a href="http://www.mesa3d.org/">Mesa (a free GL replacement)</a>
<li>
<a href="http://reality.sgi.com/opengl/tips/">Mark J. Kilgard's OpenGL tips</a>
</ul>
<p>Recommended games</p>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="http://dark.x.dtu.dk/~grumbel/pingus/index.html">Pingus</a>
<li>
<a href="http://gracer.sourceforge.net/">GRacer</a>
<li>
<a href="http://www.woodsoup.org/projs/tux_aqfh/">Tux The Penguin</a>
<li>
<a href="http://www1.las.es/~amil/ssystem/">Ssytem solar system simulator.</a>
One of the best GL games/toys available for Linux.
Totally recommended.
<li>
<a href="http://tuxracer.sourceforge.net/">Tux Racer</a>
</ul>
<p>Artwork</p>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="http://www.pcug.org.au/~alanlevy/">Alan Levy's skiing trip photographs</a> provided us with valuable material for backgrounds and texture maps.
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<address><a href="mailto:rich@annexia.org">Richard Jones</a></address>
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