Comments on: ..an 19MB small, 56k modem capable, opensource, multiplayer Shooter

..an 19MB small, 56k modem capable, opensource, multiplayer Shooter

blue_beetle — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:43:06 -0800

AssaultCube is a free first-person-shooter. Set in a realistic looking environment, it's fast and arcade-like. Available for Windows, OS X, and Linux (via)

By: chillmost

chillmost — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:59:19 -0800

The mac version is bigger due to the lick-able sugar coating and post-update snappiness.

By: chronkite

chronkite — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:07:55 -0800

Oh hell yes. Cube and its successor Sauerbraten are incredible. I spent a full month last fall building a level in Sauerbraten...if you are trying to get into level design, their built in tools are fairly easy to use. You can go directly into edit mode from gameplay mode, and when in edit mode you can fly around moving walls, lights, teleporters, pickups etc, then back to the game...it's pretty wild! It would be great if the editing were somehow integrated into game play, but I guess that could get crazy.

By: god particle

god particle — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:43:07 -0800

Thanks...I've been looking for a replacement for Counter-Strike and this looks like it will do

By: mr. strange

mr. strange — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:45:25 -0800

Nice.

By: aheckler

aheckler — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:45:27 -0800

If you like AssaultCube and Sauerbraten, you may also want to try Urban Terror.

By: 517

517 — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:47:13 -0800

"...AssaultCube is fast and runs on old hardware, with the correct settings you can run it on a P3 800Mhz gf2." Sweet a game I can actually play. I've been wanting to get the orange box and play on the metafilter server for a while but I guess this will have to do.

By: Alvy Ampersand

Alvy Ampersand — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:02:18 -0800

Wow, I still really suck at shooty games. Thanks!

By: bradbane

bradbane — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:53:37 -0800

Thanks, I sometimes want to play a few rounds of a game like this online but lack the desire to actually go out and purchase one.

By: scope the lobe

scope the lobe — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:07:11 -0800

If this is a plug-your-favorite-free-online-cross-platform-fps thread then I'm going to mention Tremulous. I'm sure its been mentioned here before, and it's not a counter-strike clone (rather, think small scale FPS co-op Starcraft) but its so awesome I can't help myself. But if you must have actual guns in your virtual shootout then you should also try True Combat. Of all the free CS clones, I find it the best, having the most realistic movement and shooting, i.e., you can't run 20mph and jump 10 ft in the air.

By: Faze

Faze — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:27:22 -0800

So I'm in the game and, like, where are the instructions?

By: Alvy Ampersand

Alvy Ampersand — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:29:48 -0800

I've just been periodically going back to the wiki, Faze.

By: rokusan

rokusan — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:53:18 -0800

There's a readme and a documentation folder... but real men (and wimmens) ignore those, of course.

By: milarepa

milarepa — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:50:43 -0800

Regrettably, my video game abilities seem to have never progressed passed the "run to the right and jump over the hole" stage.

By: Artw

Artw — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:58:29 -0800

Heh. Funny how Cpunterstrike now represents "The Man".

By: starscream

starscream — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:27:09 -0800

Wow, this is cool! It became even cooler once I learned to invert the mouse: /invmouse 1 Doesn't seem to be too many servers yet, but if someone here decides to set one up, count me in! :)

By: Alvy Ampersand

Alvy Ampersand — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:43:22 -0800

if someone here decides to set one up, count me in! Ditto, I'm tired of being killed by strangers.

By: blue_beetle

blue_beetle — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:51:05 -0800

If someone decides to count me in, set me up!

By: infinitywaltz

infinitywaltz — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:00:14 -0800

In other free FPS fun, Jay is Games recently posted a brief feature on Avert Fate, which I haven't had a chance to play yet but looks pretty cool.

By: jouke

jouke — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:40:03 -0800

sauerbraten.org

By: Marisa Stole the Precious Thing

Marisa Stole the Precious Thing — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:44:16 -0800

A first person shooter that runs in Linux without Wine? Sold!

By: jackiemcghee

jackiemcghee — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:46:50 -0800

MStPT, have you seen OpenArena, Nexuiz and the like?

By: Marisa Stole the Precious Thing

Marisa Stole the Precious Thing — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:52:27 -0800

have you seen OpenArena, Nexuiz and the like? Ah! No, I haven't. I'm pretty new to gaming, really. I'm still obsessed with Touhou and Yume Nikki. Thanks!

By: bardic

bardic — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:50:36 -0800

K, I just played for ten minutes and got killed a lot but it was fun. So if anyone is planning on doing a mefi frag-down, let me know!

By: Alvy Ampersand

Alvy Ampersand — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:57:50 -0800

Damn, I can run single player just fine, but when I connect to a multiplayer server, my PC eventually freezes up something fierce. Sometimes sooner, sometimes later, but I usually have to just pull the plug on the whole thing. Damn.

By: tehloki

tehloki — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:59:29 -0800

Alvy, invest in a power button.

By: Marisa Stole the Precious Thing

Marisa Stole the Precious Thing — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:06:26 -0800

Damn, I can run single player just fine, but when I connect to a multiplayer server, my PC eventually freezes up something fierce. Upgrade your RAM.

By: grubby

grubby — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:06:54 -0800

ouch. on ubuntu there's no sound, and hitting the 'quit' menu option froze up my whole computer. I was able to kill it by logging in from another computer but it didn't leave 640x480 mode.