MegaGlest

MegaGlest

Mega Glest (MG) is a fork/modification of the Real Time Strategy (RTS) game Glest.

The primary goal for MG was to rework the network capabilities of the original Glest engine to offer a richer Network play experience.

MG may be downloaded from here.

History

Megaglest started in January 2010 as a vision from a longtime community member: Titus Tscharntke (Titi) [here].

Joining Titus in the capacity of a project developer was Mark Vejvoda (SoftCoder) [here]. Together (with frequent help

from numerous members of the community (such as, Ultifd, Tomreyn, Silnarm, Eliminator, etc) this project has seen

tremendous success and offers a fun platform for playing and learning.

Features

• Up to 8 players for network or single player games.

• 4 new factions to pick from (more can be downloaded [see MG Mod's below])

• New AI player difficulty levels (easy, normal, ultra, mega)

• Cross platform network play (Linux vs Windows works fine)

• Many new maps

• Minimal Master-Server to display hosted Internet games

• Custom loading screens per faction

• Multi-Player over LAN or Internet

• Per Unit Particles.

• Network game lobby chat mode (press enter to toggle on/off)

• Support for multiple hosted servers through configurable TCP port #'s

• Queued commands (hold CTRL key while queuing multiple commands)

• Supported on most Linux distributions (32 and 64 bit) via universal full installer or data and binary packages.

• Supported on Windows XP - Windows 7.

• Enhanced map editor (with tooltips)

• Enhanced G3D Model viewer (supports showing particles)

• Enhanced LUA commands and scripting support

• Command line options (type --help to see current options)

• Additional Support for JPG, PNG and BMP textures for models

• Full support for mod's via the mydata folder

• Only loads the factions selected in game settings.

Source Code / Compiling

For people who would like to work on the Megaglest we have worked hard to make things as easy for you as possible.

Below is a small list of facts to try to assist anyone who is interested in helping with development or just to learn for your own enjoyment:

• Getting The Code

• SVN Structure

• Linux Compiling

• Windows Compiling

• Mac Compiling

• FreeBSD Compiling

• Installers

• Misc Scripts

Documentation

• MegaGlest FAQ
• Megaglest XML Definitions
• Scripted Scenarios

Links

• Mega Glest web forums (hosted on main Glest site)
• subversion repository
• feature requests
• Sourceforge hosting

Media Coverage

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