SuperTuxKart 0.7

[hiker]

Hi,

I just quickly wanted to announce that we have a first release candidate of SuperTuxkart 0.7 - the kart fun racer for Linux, Mac, and Windows. This is the first version to use irrlicht.


For more details look at our web page, a few more screenshots or go directly to the 0.7 rc1 download page.

Feedback as always welcome (and we would also welcome more developers )

Cheers,
Joerg

[Crendgrim]

Great work
I've got only one question: Why did you change Mozilla's icon? It doesn't really fit the styles of the others any more ...

The only real problem are the high graphic requirements. Due to this it's not possible any more to run this "arcade racer" STK on a old machine...
But I think the greatly improved graphics are neutralizing this problem.


Crend

[Arthur]

If you disable animations in the graphics configuration menu, you will see greatly improved FPS - and likely it will run around the same speed as 0.6.x.

[Crendgrim]

Nice
I'll try that on any old machine ... thanks for the hint


Crend

[hiker]

Hi,

we have just uploaded a second release candidate. Major changes:

• Asian fonts are now included in the package.
• Several memory leaks have been fixed (which had caused problems with music and sound effects)
• Some tracks were improved to disable unintentional shortcuts and incorrect rescues.
• Some minor bug fixes.

We also updated the translations, but not all translations are complete yet. We encourage all translators to complete their translations, as the strings are now frozen, and we expect to do the release within a week.

Details about translating STK are on our translation page, check Launchpad to see what is still outstanding (click on 'View all languages').


Testing and feedback welcome!

Cheers,
Joerg

[hiker]

Hi all,

after over a year of work, dozens upon dozens of new and fixed bugs, over 3000 commits, a lot of work from artists, restless testing from our faithful followers, and translations from contributors all over the world, we are thrilled to offer you SuperTuxKart 0.7 just in time for Christmas:


Binaries as usual on our download page.

Thanks a lot to all the help, feedback, comments, praise, bug reports we got from all of you here - we hope you enjoy this release.

Cheers,
Joerg & Auria

[Crendgrim]

stable o.o
Great!


Crend

[hiker]

Hi all,

we have just released SuperTuxKart 0.7.2:

New features:

• Added in-game addon manager
• Fixed major memory leaks
• New Snow Peak track by Samuncle
• Improved star track UFO by Rudy
• New Beastie kart.
• Show when you get a highscore
• Improve gamepad configuration under Windows (add ability to tell gamepads apart)
• Various other tweaks done and glitches fixed

The files can be downloaded from our download page.

I hope you will enjoy this release! Feedback as always is welcome!

Cheers,
Joerg

[hiker]

Hi,

we have just released version 0.7.3 of SuperTuxKart, as always available from our downlad page.

Most important improvements:

• New Minigolf track (don't let its childish look trick you, it is a very challenging track )
• New Zen Garden track
• New Subsea track
• New Island battle arena
• New Suzanne kart
• New weapons 'Swatter' and 'Rubber Ball'
• Improved bubble gum
• Added Thunderbird as race referee
• 3 Strikes Battles now displays lives as spare tires
• See progression during Grand Prix
• Better placement of rescued karts
• New graphical effects
• Improve physics for tall karts (e.g. Adiumy)
• Improved kart control at high speeds
• Lots of bug fixes
• Transition track-making to blender 2.5/2.6

We hope you enjoy the game, and as always: feedback is welcome.

Cheers,
Auria & Joerg