Open Source FPS Game ‘Xonotic’ Just Got a Huge Update

[Ice Tea]

Open Source FPS Game 'Xonotic' Just Got a Huge Update - OMG! Ubuntu

A new version of open source arena shooter game Xonotic is out and it's pretty sizeable. Eery area of the game gains improvement, from graphics to AI.

www.omgubuntu.co.uk

 

[LabR@t]

Nice game not played for about 15 years I'll check it out thanks

 

[Hades]

Will take a look. Thanks.

 

[Ice Tea]

It's never going to win awards for its graphics but it's pretty impressive how smooth they have got it running on such an old blocky games engine.

 

[B1ng]

A new one to me, just compiled and tried it out. Great fun!

 

[Ice Tea]

The space map is annoying when you fall off.

 

[dreamcat4]

Visually (just from the screenshots) it looks a bit like Unreal Tournament. Or similar things.

 

[pete910]

Visually (just from the screenshots) it looks a bit like Unreal Tournament. Or similar things.

IIRC it started out life when UT / Q3A was king of the hill!

 

[Ice Tea]

Posts - Xonotic

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Xonotic 0.8.6 Release​

Posted by Xonotic Team on June 20, 2023


This release should have been nerfed by the balance council because there’s a lot here for a point version.
Two maps popular for years have been polished up and included. There’s new gametypes and moderation features, new bot capabilities, new HUD and interface features, quality of life and customisation features for players and server admins, XonStat upgrades, and as usual more fixes and optimisations than you can swing a shotgun at.


SECURITY ALERT: a bug was discovered in versions older than 0.8.6 that is believed to be exploitable by malicious server admins to crash clients or, if they defeat mitigations, execute arbitrary code. No working exploit code is known to exist at this time, however all users are urged to upgrade immediately, and not use versions older than 0.8.6 to join online servers.