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6/27/2013 1:51:58 PMDErank[2up]knorke before revert after revert
6/27/2013 1:39:08 PMDErank[2up]knorke before revert after revert
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1 Yes, I think "Spring not zK" might be the reason for posts such as: 1 Yes, I think "Spring not zK" might be the reason for posts such as:
2 http://forums.xonotic.org/showthread.php?tid=3025&pid=41598#pid41598 (at end) 2 http://forums.xonotic.org/showthread.php?tid=3025&pid=41598#pid41598 (at end)
3 but even there the poster writes "bad interface both in-game and out of it, the package manager-style game handling, terrible bugs in and out, many other problems" - bugs [i]in and out[/i] of game. zK is not free of those bugs and not all have reason in wrong configs from engine install. 3 but even there the poster writes "bad interface both in-game and out of it, the package manager-style game handling, terrible bugs in and out, many other problems" - bugs [i]in and out[/i] of game. zK is not free of those bugs and not all have reason in wrong configs from engine install.
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5 The threads advertising zero-K do not really do better: 5 The threads advertising zero-K do not really do better:
6 http://forums.xonotic.org/showthread.php?tid=3256 6 http://forums.xonotic.org/showthread.php?tid=3256
7 https://www.winhistory-forum.net/showthread.php?tid=8094 7 https://www.winhistory-forum.net/showthread.php?tid=8094
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9 zK and zKL exists since 3 years, think of all the bugs that were fixed during this time. But back then those bugs still existed and "burned" players. Also Linux zKL is very new and still so-so. 9 zK and zKL exists since 3 years, think of all the bugs that were fixed during this time. But back then those bugs still existed and "burned" players. Also Linux zKL is very new and still so-so.
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11 If you look at the blockland thread you see they were playing all kind of games, even the strange ones like Fibre. I think what many players wanted (want?) at this point was just a way to easily play all these games without hassle. I noticed even new zKL-using players try out multiple games. (copy their name into (currently broken?) search on replays site) 11 If you look at the blockland thread you see they were playing all kind of games, even the strange ones like Fibre. I think what many players wanted (want?) at this point was just a way to easily play all these games without hassle. I noticed even new zKL-using players try out multiple games. (copy their name into (currently broken?) search on replays site)
12 It is a two-sided situation, the different games make/keep it interessting but on the other hand when starting out are confusing. 12 It is a two-sided situation, the different games make/keep it interessting but on the other hand when starting out are confusing.
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15 [quote]forces the user to use a working engine version.[/quote]Needs wupget that warns the player when wrong engine version is used: 15 [quote]forces the user to use a working engine version.[/quote]Needs wupget that warns the player when wrong engine version is used:
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17 if (Game.version~="91.0") then 17 if (Game.version~="91.0") then
18 big fat error message on blinking red screen 18 big fat error message on blinking red screen
19 SendCommands ("forcequit") --or whatever it is
19 end 20 end