![]() ![]() There are other free (and better looking) shooters out there, but I love OpenArena’s retro feel and simplicity. It is updated fairly regularly, and I can’t wait to see what all they do with it. I enjoy playing this game from time to time. There is also a wide range of maps, for good old death matches and for the slightly more tactical CTF mode. This isn’t too much, but it’s very easy to find a server to play in. When I checked, there were 83 servers up for OpenArea. From the close quarter combat saw (which you can switch to at any time by pressing 1) to the long range sniper (or rail gun) with some shot guns, rockets, and more in between. Lichess is a free ( really ), libre, no-ads, open source chess server. There’s a wide arrangement of weapons, too. Rapid Shield Arena Battle for the Rapid Shield283 players 2000 Rapid Arena 413 players Playing right now Hourly UltraBullet Arena 1 player. This is a pretty face paced game compared to most of the stuff out today. I find this pretty entertaining sometimes.Īnyway, onto the game play. One thing I found interesting about the bots is that they taunt you! Every now and then their character’s name will show up having typed something. Click on a stage and you can choose your difficulty. It is basically the same, only you play against bots. Now to the fun part! You may want to try out Single Player before diving into Multiplayer. Here you can change your cross hair and I also recommend that you turn Automatic Downloading to On, so you can download custom maps other people are playing. Now, back out into the regular setup and go to Game Options. Like resolution, whether it is running full screen or windowed, if you want bloom, and all kinds of other things. The rest is pretty self explanatory, so lets move onto System. Under Controls go to Shoot and I recommend turning Auto switch Weapons to Off. There are many to choose from but they are all the same except for how they look and the sounds they make. After that, you can click on Model in the lower left hand corner to choose your character. ![]() Under Player you can put in the name you want to use. The first thing you might want to do is go into Setup. Extract the folder where ever you like and (assuming you’re on Windows) just double click openarena.exe in the folder. zip file containing a folder with the game in it. If you’re alright with that, you can find some download links here. The games website gives a warning that the game may not be suitable to children under 17 due to violence and some women with very little clothing (which you usually don’t notice during all the action). Also, it won’t work in modern versions of macOS. It is no longer changeable thorugh the GUI to prevent new players from hurting themself.Please note: This guide was initially published back in 2008 and OpenArena has changed (not super-significantly) since then. Handicap is reset to 100 once returned to the main menu. Can be used like "set replace_weapon_shotgun weapon_bfg" for replacing shutgun by BFG. Added a CVAR g_damageModifier to modify damage of all weapons and triggers. ![]() Most notably "Fast weapon switch" and "No self damage". Added g_gravityModifier (default 1.0) that modifies g_gravity relatively to the value set by the map. Added a CVAR g_voteBan X - bans a player for X minutes using the KK-admin system The cvar g_respawntime says how often players should spawn. Added the possibility for spawning in waves. Changed default customvotefile to customvote.cfg. Autoswitch weapon can now be set to only change to better or new weapons. You can now see how much health the obelisk have left in Overload The maps allowed for each gametype are configurable. Randomly picks a new map once the current map has ended. g_autonextmap added ("Auto change level" in the menu). Now uses FFA spawnpoints in domination. Don't let vampire resurrect dead players. Prevent team changing and disconnect from changing team score in Team Deathmatch. Many of the old maps got entity tweaks, gametype unlocking and other fixes. Liz and SMarine animation glitches fixed Angelyss, Gargoyle have been reanimated Grappling hook model, shader, and sounds These can be disabled by turning off detail textures. Specular maps have been added to many player and weaponsmodels. ![]()
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