Five years after the last release the launch of the shooting game was announced first person 3d online open source "Xonotic 0.8.5" and in this new version that is presented, various aspects are highlighted, such as refined gameplay, new and updated maps and models, new sound effects, more dangerous bots, new menu and HUD functions, more translations, better infrastructure. , too many fixes to count, and much more.
Xonotic is a free and open source first person shooter video game which was developed as a fork of Nexuiz, Xonotic is an excellent multiplayer FPS game with impressive graphics and gameplay.
Currently, the game runs under a heavily modified version of the Quake graphics engine, known as DarkPlaces. Its gameplay is inspired by the Unreal Tournament and Quake series, but with extra elements that set it apart. The game has a large community of users with whom you can talk and share experiences and others within the official forum of the game.
Xonotic is cross-platform, because officially, the game has support for Linux, Windows and Mac. The source code of the video game can be consulted, modified and redistributed from the following link.
The game features a futuristic aesthetic, with maps showing high-tech environments and space. Xonotic runs under the DarkPlaces graphics engine, so it supports glow, dynamic lighting and shading, offset mapping, and HDR graphics effects.
Main novelties of Xonotic 0.8.5
In this new version that is presented, it is highlighted that the new game has improved gameplay, have updated maps and player models, since viewers are no longer forced to join Last Man Standing and in addition to the new "most_available" weapon arena setting only giving available weapons as pickups on the map, this allows weapon arena mutators and game types only have the weapons the mapper intended the map to have.
In addition to that the items like strength and shield now initially appear at the same time and it is also supported to drop buffs on death, disabled by default.
It is also highlighted that buffs code has been redesigned and speed and invisibility are now implemented as buffs instead of buffs, rockets can no longer be fired so they get stuck on a wall, and weapon and ammo hitboxes are higher so you don't jump right into them without acquiring them .
On the other hand, it is also highlighted that new sound effects have been added, more aggressive bots have been proposed, a new HUD (Heads-Up Display) pop-up panel has been implemented, the menu has been improved. redesigned and the level editor has been expanded.
Of the other changes that stand out from this new version:
- Duels stand out as a separate game type (a specific version of two-player deathmatch).
- The completely rewritten web interface for processing XonStat statistics
- Two new cards have been added: Bromine and Opium.
- Added new types of monsters: Wyvern, Golem, Mage, Spider.
- Added new Crylink and Electro weapon models.
- Fixed creating waypoints underwater.
- Added new waypoint types (jump, crouch, custom jump pad waypoint, support).
- Added the ability to create waypoints in the crosshairs.
- Added the ability to create waypoints for jumppads without auto-generated waypoints.
- Added the ability to create support waypoints to replace incoming links from a troublesome teleporter or jumppad.
- Simplified the creation of wired links.
- Automatic creation of symmetrical waypoints for symmetrical Capture The Flag maps.
- Waypoint files are now versioned and timestamped.
- Added a waypoint editor menu with all commands (can be bound to a key in the keybinder).
- Default bot skill increased from 1 to 8.
- Fixed all kinds of issues when bots walk on flooded floors.
- Bots no longer get stuck in the wrong places (no linked waypoints) or when blocked by other bots on the same team.
- Fixed bad behavior in Freeze Tag and Clan Arena and improved behavior in many game modes.
- Added the ability to jump and crouch thanks to new dedicated waypoints.
- Improved ability to climb stairs and use jumppads.
Finally, if you are interested in knowing more about this new version, you can consult the details In the following link.
How to install Xonotic on Ubuntu?
We can install this game with the help of a Snap package, so we must have the support to be able to install applications with this technology.
We only have to open a terminal and execute in it:
sudo snap install xonotic
If you don't like installing Snap apps, you can choose to use Flatpak, so your system must have support for it. For your installation We only have to execute in a terminal:
flatpak install flathub org.xonotic.Xonotic
And we can run the game in case of not finding the shortcut in the applications menu with:
flatpak run org.xonotic.Xonotic
They can also choose to download the game from the official game page, where they do not require installation, only unzip the downloaded package and run the game on the system directly. The link for download is next.