MegaGlest Snapshot Release

This release provides in-development builds of MegaGlest.

Note: these builds are are unstable. You will also need to download the MegaGlest Data separately.

How to use:

1. Get the latest data from https://github.com/MegaGlest/megaglest-data via one of these methods:

• Click on the green button "code" -> "Download ZIP". Extract the zip folder, which should leave you with a folder called "megaglest-data" with all the data inside.
• (Note: requires installing git) Clone the git repo: git clone https://github.com/MegaGlest/megaglest-data.git. (You may want to use --depth 1 to reduce the download size.) This should leave you with the folder "megaglest-data".

2. Select the correct snapshot download below for your OS. (If your distro is linux-based, download the appimage.) Extract the entire contents of your snapshot download into the "megaglest-data" folder you created in the previous step.
3. go into the megaglest-data folder and run the executable. (The executable names are: megaglest.exe for windows, MegaGlest-*.AppImage for linux and megaglest for macos.)

• important sounds like "attack alarm" are always played
• display build/morph/upgrade time
• new AI tag for units(buildings) which allows fake size for buildings while placing them
• much better error handling and messages especially for modders and xml-related problems
• fix unwanted double event for some keys ( like alt+enter )
• map filter option for game setup on headless server
• option to select/command multiple buildings of same type ( uniform-selection )
• major cross platform OOS fix which especially showed up quite often when playing without fog of war
• you must proof basic game knowledge before you can play online by winning a special scenario
• less visible parts of black squares while rendering cliffs
• possibility to let units spawn units on death
• improved AI behavior per faction ( mostly magic )

• MegaGlest uses SDL2 now
• glowing meshes. ( models can glow like particles do )
• console message for finished upgrades
• new parameter to set servers' titles
• 5 new maps
• improved network performance
• better stability in the lobby

What's new?

• no more false clicks when commanding via mini map
• map editor has a more useful and powerful map height randomizer
• map editor saves all maps with .mgm ending by default.
• fixed map editor ( several linux distributions had trouble )
• for missing tilesets and techs optional download from mod center instead of server. (bugfix)
• healthbar default set to "if needed"
• nicer tilesets as defaults
• improved camera startposition on game start ( main building in center ).
• attackBoosts: Ep + Hp regeneration is shown in description
• MegaGlest can be build easier on MacOS ( sadly noone was willing to test )

Note MacOS: Please report on the forum your experience with packages for MacOS.

What's new?

• health bars with a lot of options
• multi shot / multi-projectiles with different timings,sounds and particle systems
• several camera shake effects
• new tileset "pine rock"
• some new maps
• improve switching settings when connected to a headless server
• support for team unit sharing
• team resource sharing
• tags feature
• Attack boosts fixed in many ways
• Attack boosts and upgrades now support upgrading attack speed
• timed particles and mesh bound particles really work now.
• unit height independent particle positioning ( flat-particle-positions )
• CPU players multiplier are displayed in debug view
• You can have non commandable units
• Units spawned by an attack skill can get an attack command
• Unit and Splash particles can be speeded up ( accelerated )
• Looting https://github.com/MegaGlest/megaglest-source/pull/17
• HP and EP starting values
• <target-height> <burn-height> can be given https://docs.megaglest.org/XML/Unit#target-height
• +several bugfixes

Note The Windows installer originally released as v3.11.0 actually contained an incompatible pre-release build (for a previous version). We have therefore removed this file and now provide MegaGlest-Installer-3.11.0.b2_i386_win32.exe which contains the correct release build. Checksums (and signatures) have been added. Apologies.

• bugfixes reported in the bugs forum since 3.3.4

• fixed a bug with network consistency checks ( it wasn't completly active any more in 3.3.0 )
• network consistency checks are reported more user friendly (on server and client )
• all network related errors should be handled with a dialog and doesn't crash glest any more.

• MegaGlest forks off vanilla Glest
• Only needed factions are loaded ( thanks silnarm ).
• a weeker CPU player was added for real beginners
• two new CPU players were added ( CPU-Mega and CPU-Easy )
• much much more data compared to glest ( factions/maps/tilesets ... )

• New multiplayer version of megaglest! It should be much more stable now and less choppy than original glest !
• New disconnect messages and chat in connect menu .....
• Now with several particles for every skill!
• black particles!
• Fire with smoke for every "burnable" unit ( even walking/flying ones )
• 8 player support
• Individual particle systems for damage indication
• More particles everywhere in the data
• New snow
• Ingame option to switch off all the new particles ( for slow machines )
• Morphing ground units to flying units
• Damage-all switch in splash definition works now
• Linux editor/g3dviewer/configurator are working and part of the linux distribution too now
• New maps
• New tileset scrubland
• Editor with lots of comfort functions and 8 player (*.mgm) support. The editor includes things like undo/redo, brush copy , mouseover display now

• Font size adjustment can be set in the ingame options.
• Font colors can be toggled while playing using the 'C'-key.
• Bugfix for windows, ingame options can change resolutions now.
• Font Helvetica is used for linux and font Verdana is used for windows
• Fontsizes can be set very detailed in glest.ini
• Fixed glest.ini