Dual Shock

0 A D Alpha 15 Osiris released Get it via PPA in Ubuntu Wildfire Games has announced the release of 0 A.D. Alpha 15 Osiris, the fifteenth alpha version of 0 A.D., a free and open-source game of ancient warfare. 0.A.D was recently in the news for their crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo.  Whats new in 0.A.D. Alpha 15 "Osiris"? Multiplayer Lobby : The new in-game multiplayer lobby is a place to meet other players and play games together. Meet the entire 0 A.D. community online and face the challenge of a multiplayer game. Auras : Units get a bonus when they are in range of a special building, like a wonder, or another unit, such as a hero. This feature adds a new layer of strategy to the game. So far, in Alpha 15, temples regenerate health for nearby units, and most heroes have auras. This feature is set for expansion and further refinement over the next few alphas. Debut of the Ptolemaic Egyptians : Alpha 15 debuts the Ptolemaic Egyptians as a new playable civilization. So...

12 04 1 wubi exe released Wrong version error With the 12.04.1 release, Wubi.exe was also bumped to 12.04.1. For those that dont know, Wubi.exe is very particular about which version it will install: it first checks the ISO and rejects it if it doesnt match. DEBUG Distro: wrong version: 12.04 != 12.04.1 So, why is this a problem? Simply that not all flavours of Ubuntu e.g. Lubuntu/Xubuntu/Mythbuntu get a 12.04.1 ISO released. And Wubi.exe is clever enough to know that - it still has the address for the 12.04 ISOs for these flavours and will happily download the entire thing... and then stupidly reject it. So that all seems rather pointless and frustrating to the users. Especially since the same thing happened with 10.04.1 - someone mightve figured out the pattern by now. But in their defence, its taken me 10 minutes to write up this post, so you can see why itd be so difficult to fix. Actually a look at the code indicates that Wubi.exe for 12.04 will happily install a 12.04.1 ISO, just...

0 A D Alpha 21 Ulysses Released Available PPA For Ubuntu Derivatives 0 A.D. Alpha 21 �Ulysses� release with New MAP. This alpha features new game modes, plenty of new maps, the official introduction of the final civilization: The Seleucid Empire and more! 0 A.D. is an open source and cross-platform historical game that lets players to rewrite the history of Western civilizations. It is a war and economy RTS (Real-time Strategy) game where the entire action takes place between 500 B.C. and 500 A.D.. See the video release : Features at a glance Key features include both single-player and multiplayer gameplay, basic RTS elements, including base building, army training, technology research and combat, support for multiple buildings and units, as well as support for both naval and land units. The multiplayer component of the game does not require a central server and uses the peer-to-peer (P2P) networking technology. It was initially designed as a total conversion mod for the Age of Empire...