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BETA: GAME: Stellar Frontier v.0.3 is available
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michl Binderbauer)
Fri Mar 14 04:57:42 1997
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: 14 Mar 1997 09:43:00 GMT
From: michl@solarsystems.com (Michl Binderbauer)
Reply-To: michl@solarsystems.com (Michl Binderbauer)
Reply-to: michl@solarsystems.com (Michl Binderbauer)
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LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif., (March 10, 1996)
Solar Systems is announcing the availability of Stellar Frontier Beta v.03
which can be downloaded from the secure Beta Test Area of our web site. The
URL is:
http://www.solarsystems.com/download/sf-beta
All registered beta testers are encouraged to obtain their copies as soon as
possible.
The following is a list of what's new in SF Beta v.03:
Bug Fixes:
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* Fixed modem problem where a blank starfield was all that was shown after
downloading the game data.
* No more robot ships hanging around inside the planet.
* Weakened the gravity a bit.
* No more crash (SYS3175) when tractoring with no target selected.
* Fixed a bug that caused a slight pause whenever the navigation window was
completely updated. 486 users will really see the difference.
* Fixed a bug preventing the network config parameters from remembering any
but the default settings. Now we can try to find some good parameters for
modem games.
* Improved the latency checking algorithm. Again, 486 users will see the
difference here.
* Fixed a bug that caused a loss of network synchronization between client
and server. This one would not been noticeable other than the fact it
would appear that other players were not very skilled.
New features:
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* Enabled the on-screen buttons. Click on the video and radar screens and
their controls to see what happens.
* Text color under each object denotes race ( Yellow-Venusian,
Blue-Terran,Red-Martian).
* Registered players can refit their ship when docking with a friendly space
station.
* Gamma correction, although not user selectable yet. I used it to dim the
ships down a bit to make things more spacey.
* Enable the warning message to indicate when a network synchronization
checksum fails (See loss of synch. above).
* Unregistered players can now play internet games (flying the demo ship).
More information can be found on the beta test www site and in the
documentation included with the beta distribution.
About Stellar Frontier:
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Stellar Frontier is a real-time multimedia networked game where each player
competes against other players around the world via the internet. The action is
arcade-like with elements of strategy and the player will believe, through the
use of multimedia, that he or she is flying through, and fighting battles in
space. In its most basic concept the game play is similar to the popular X-Trek
or Net-Trek games which have been played on X-Window systems for years. Stellar
Frontier is at the moment available on OS/2 only but ports to Win 95 and Win NT
are well under way.
More info is available at http://www.solarsystems.com/products/frontier.
About Solar Systems:
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Solar Systems is a small privately held software company specializing in
internet multimedia games. Besides software, the company also provides web and
network services as well as consulting. The company is situated in Laguna
Niguel, California, and was founded by three young physicists. Stellar Frontier
will be the first commercial title.
--
Michl Binderbauer STELLAR FRONTIER
* Solar Systems THE multimedia internet game
http://www.solarsystems.com for
michl@solarsystems.com the "connected consumer"
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