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29th May 2009 at 04:40 AM

NDT - Nexuiz Development Toolz

NDT or Nexuiz Development Toolz is a set of bash helper functions I've been developing over the past three days to provide myself with a script that sandboxes Nexuiz for development, making up for the downfalls of some of the existing SVN checkout scripts.

Before you read any further, this script is currently Linux only, perhaps OSX will work too but it's written in bash so I don't know if you can get it working with cygwin or what.

Unlike other existing SVN checkout solutions, NDT is very modular in it's approach to development. Rather than a top-down everything must update and everything must compile approach, NDT offers the flexibility of allowing you compile every individual part of Nexuiz independently. The engine (darkplaces), the compiler (fteqcc), the Nexuiz server, the Nexuiz menu, the Nexuiz client. Recently, I've just integrated the ability to checkout/update/compile NetRadiant.

All these things can be checked out/updated/compiled separately but ALSO together with a quick command (./ndt -u) making it an ideal solution to replace existing scripts if you have any interest in developing.


NDT was created with developers in mind. Because of this, it assumes you're going to be making code modifications and so it exports (by default) to two directories, nexuiz_vanilla and nexuiz_dev which use custom userdirs, ~/.nexuiz_vanilla and ~/.nexuiz_dev respectively.

Having this separation in code, means you can easily take advantage of the patching features I've included. --create_patch, --apply_patch and --revert_patch, see --help for more.


Even if you're not a developer, you can still take advantage of this script, pay attention mappers!. You don't have to install nexuiz for development, in fact, you can just use this script to install NetRadiant from SVN with the following commands:


and to update in the future



This program is still in early beta (0.7 as I'm writing this) but I plan on actively developing it as I learn more about QuakeC and developing for the game itself.


Here's a screenshot to better illustrate what the hell I'm doing:



I've checked the code into git, so my advice to you is to use git to stay updated. If you're on a ubuntu system, do something like the following:

Install dependencies for Nexuiz:

Install git core and checkout ndt:

edit the settings in my.ndt.conf to reflect your environment then:



This will checkout, compile and export Nexuiz (and optionally NetRadiant) for you, "installing" your development environment.

Anytime you need to update the script, use the following command:



To track progress of the project: http://github.com/z/ndt/
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21st May 2009 at 01:43 AM

First North American 3v3CTF Ladder to begin

Hello all North American Nexers.

We're officially announcing the first North American 3v3CTF Ladder, which will begin during the week of May 25th (depending on the setup time for registrations, map selection, server setup, mumble setup).

The purpose of this ladder is to generate activity for the North American clan community. Any clan members within the North American region are welcomed to participate. We hope that this boost in activity also carries over to the EU and AU communities as well.

If you are interested in joining the ladder, visit NexuizClans.com to register.
This is a ladder and NOT a tournament, so it will be ongoing and you can join at any time.

Nexuiz servers will be provided for this ladder. There will also be a Mumble voice server made available.

We are currently in the process of selecting the map pool for the ladder. Voting is going to be quick, as we are trying to expedite this process. If your favorite map doesn't get included during this round, don't worry. We will adjust the maplist over time as new maps get released and as we get feedback from the clans.

Each clan gets to select 3 maps that they like and 3 maps that they dislike from the voting pool. When you know your map selection, the clan leader should send a private message to Nifrek on the forum or in IRC. Don't announce your votes publicly as it may influence other votes.

To vote on the maps, follow this link : http://nullgaming.com/nexuiz/ladder

If you have questions, you can post them here, or you can ask in the
IRC channel: irc://irc.quakenet.org/nexuiz.clans


Thanks!

Dokujisan
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19th May 2009 at 01:03 PM

Damn Small Nexuiz - Gets serious

Damn Small Nexuiz is a "flavor" of Nexuiz streamlined for netbooks or older computers. You can find the original thread by FruitieX in the Alientrap Forums, though most of the information has been moved to the new project tracker on sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dsn/

Here are some screenshots shamelessly taken from the thread because I know people care a lot about how it looks :)




I think this project is a great idea and have high hopes for it.


A similar (less small) project which has slightly better graphics, worth mentioning is Nexuiz Remix but it's sadly already outdated.
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18th May 2009 at 12:21 AM

Nexuiz In Depth and Nexuiz Nexuiz - Two forms of information

Marius "GreEn`mArine" Shekow released the first two episodes of a series he calls Nexuiz In Depth which is an advanced Nexuiz player's video walk-through of some the lesser known features and possibilities of the game. These are an essential foundation in learning to be play like a ninja.





Official thread here | Wiki here



Nexuiz News is a new community effort lead by Dokujisan in informing others about the happenings in the community. It's planned to deliver more news than http://www.nexuiz.com and with the set of guys Doku has picked out, I definitely see this project going places, so head on over and bookmark it.



A drop of information about Nexuiz Ninjaz, I've been working on the scripts that run the servers. I did a major overhaul of a web interface that allows me to admin the servers for faster, more efficient changes. Once this project reaches a stable state, I plan on releasing it to the public but for the time being it's in private alpha.

I did some work on an eggdrop bot today as well which will start parsing the RSS feeds from various Nexuiz related websites, most of which run internally to Nexuiz Ninjaz, such as maps, pictures and videos, which will echo to #nexuiz.ninjaz when new content is uploaded.


In Nexuiz news, we've finally gotten the project off of Source Forge and onto a Redmine powered project management system Willis and I spent some time customizing to suit the needs of various Alientrap projects, Including Nexuiz and NetRadiant.
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