New features in version 0.5.0-E

Gameplay affecting server features

• Selectable capture limit and time limit (optional).
• The maximum number and effective time of power-ups can be set in gamemod.txt.
• Number of power-ups can be set in percents of map size (to reduce them in smaller maps).
• Picking up a second deathbringer cancels the effect (optional).
• Shadow power-up can be set to make the player totally invisible.
• Power-ups are never inside walls.
• Power-ups lying on the ground don’t change.

Other server features

• Server can have more than 32 maps in the list.
• Map rotation can be fixed or random.
• Welcome message to players entering the server.
• Setting to inhibit map changes for some time for each map.
• Server admin can kick, ban and mute players. (see note below)
• Optional player name registering in the server.
• Empty or invalid player names are not allowed.
• Pings are measured accurately.
• Some bugs and vulnerabilities are fixed, and some smaller features added.

Note: Kick, ban and mute options

These options require admin access to the server. That is done with a separate program that is not included in the packages. It will be released separately when it’s good enough, or maybe the functionality built into Outgun directly in a future version. At this point, only a single user using the same computer can use the admin features. If that is enough, an incomplete version and/or it’s sources are available by contacting Nix.

Console commands

Console commands work by typing them when you are on the server, like if you were typing a message. The commands begin with a slash.

Client side features

• Flag sites are marked on the ground and shown more intelligently in the minimap.
• Option to log messages in a file. Start outgun with the parameter -log
• Support for high Ascii characters (e.g. ä, é, ñ). Edit allegro.cfg to set up your keyboard.
• The deathbringer explosion code is slightly optimized, and should not freeze your FPS as much as before (it’s still slow).