Hi,
   I think the new release sounds great.
   I wondered if the support for Mac OSX has simply dried up?
   I see in the SourceForge web site that it's considered "unsupported".  
That would be too bad. I was excited when the port to OS X was done and  
have been keeping up ever since. While I understand the market forces,  
I would have thought that xconq is not so much about market forces as  
the desire by some great guys to do great work and share it with a  
bunch of happy gamers.
   If the Mac OS X support is dead, then I'll live with the last version  
that works for me.
   If not, then maybe a significant release like this needs a companion  
release of the Mac OS X side.

				Bob


On Dec 27, 2004, at 8:02 PM, Eric McDonald wrote:

> Hello Xconquerors,
>
>   A new Xconq file release is available at:
> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php? 
> group_id=124062&package_id=135573&release_id=292824
>   Here is the executive summary of changes for this release:
> Several significant improvements are in this release:
> (1) The unit image scaling bug has been squashed. Unit images should  
> no longer be inflated to sizes too large.
> (2) The SDL interface now has grouping boxes to indicate a  
> transport/occupant relationship. The grouping boxes are essentially  
> identical to what the Tcl/Tk interface already had.
> (3) The SDL interface now has a unit construction indicator. Uses some  
> cool alpha blending.
> (4) Much of the unit display code in the SDL and Tcl/Tk interfaces has  
> been rewritten and cleaned up tremendously. Although it may not be  
> visible to the end user, it has made developer life much simpler.
> (5) Bugs pertaining to unit views have been squashed, and a new  
> feature has been added regarding unit vision.
> (6) Grouping boxes and construction indicators are now somewhat  
> customizable by game designers.
>
> Action descriptions are provided in the unit info display in the  
> Tcl/Tk interface. (Feature requested by Paul Crespy.)
>
> The Opal and AWLS families of games have been updated by their  
> creator, Elijah Meeks.
>
> Networking remains to be fixed.
>
> Note to Windows users: The program with "SETUP" in all uppercase  
> letters and ending in ".exe" is an installer program which will  
> install Xconq on your computer.
>
> Note to people installing from RPM packages: The 'common' package is a  
> prerequisite to the other packages; it contains parts of Xconq in  
> common to the interfaces, such as documentation and the games library.
> You must have this package in order to install one of the interface  
> packages. The interface packages are: 'tcltk', 'sdl', and 'curses'.
> You will need to install at least one of them to actually play Xconq.
>
>   Enjoy,
>     Eric
>
>

	Thanks,
		Bob (drbob@TheManFromSPUD.com)
	The Man from S.P.U.D.
	We will write no code before it's designed.