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Michiel “El Muerte” Hendriks has released the final version of his Unreal Tournament 2003 telnet administration tool UTelAdSE.

UTelAdSE is a telnet administration server that will allow you doadminister your UT2003 server using a telnet client.With UTelAdSE you will be able to do about everything you can also dowith the WebAdmin.

A short overview of all the things you can do with UTelAdSE:

kick/ban players

change the map rotation

add/remove admins (AdminControlIni)

add/remove mutators

configure gametypes

add/remove bots

chat with the players

change the current map/gametype

For more information visit the homepage:http://www.drunksnipers.com/services/ut/ut2003/UTelAdSE

Download:http://www.drunksnipers.com/files/ut2003/UTelAdSE-100.zip

Wolpers sent in news on a new release of searchtool, a linux server browser.

Searchtool is a server browser for Internet games. It features the ability to ping servers, download a new serverlist, search for player(s), manage your favourite servers, connect to server of choice, and more. The intention was to create a new server tool for Linux. As a ‘side-effect’ this software also runs on other platforms as well because it is written in Java.

This release claims to add support for Unreal Tournament. I assume they mean 2003, but it doesn’t specify.

Bioware has updated their Neverwinternights Linux client page again:

[Nov 29 2002] Linux development this week has been focused primarily on audio. We have found that sound in general has been taking longer than we had hoped, but such is development. Progress is being made, and we will continue working on the sound until all the remaining issues are resolved.

Well, at least they’re keeping us informed.

Version 2.5.1 of the Official ATI Radeon Linux Driver has been released; fixes include:

• “Powered By ATI” products install properly
• OpenGL Render reports product name accurately
• fglrxconfig program lists Radeon 9000 Pro and 9500 Pro
• updated config program for improved multi-monitor setup

Radeon Driver 2.5.1 downloads: http://www.ati.com/support/drivers/linux/radeon-linux.html (installation instructions | release notes)

Version 0.1.2 of the pinball simulator Emilia Pinball Project (screenshots) has been released; changes since version 0.0.4 include:

• changed the level so that multiball does not go straight into lain
• gcc 3.1 and 3.2 support added
• allegro support
• new arm physics
• midi sound
• bugfixes

Emilia Pinball 0.1.2 downloads: @sf.net

Anoakie R. Turner wrote in to announce that version 1.03 of the SDL-based 8080a simulator SIEmu (screenshot) has been released; changes include:

• fixed the parity bit calculation
• included an optimized linux binary (compiled w/ GCC 3.2.1)
• bugfixes

SIEmu 1.03 source: siemu-1.03.tar.gz

Version 3.9.7f of the commercial implementation of the OSS/Free sound drivers included in the Linux kernel Open Sound System has been released; changes since version 3.9.7c include:

• Sound Blaster LiveDrive support was added for the Audigy and SBLive!
• Multichannel audio devices are now supported for the VIA8233
• fixes for VIA97 timeout problems
• extended volume controls were added for the ALC650 AC97
• minor bugfixes

OSS 3.9.7f downloads: http://www.opensound.com/download.cgi
News Source: Freshmeat

Matthew Johnson wrote in to let us know that he has updated his review of Creatures Internet Edition.The update includes information pertaining to Creature Labs adding many more Norns and a Grendel.

Richard Svensson, lead programmer for the ZeroFPS project wrote in to let us know about their FPS game engine-in-development. The site includes screenshots and the source is in CVS over at their SF project page.

Jay’s Factory (eng) wrote in to announce that version 0.79J of the open-source NES emulator InfoNES (eng | screenshots) has been released; changes include:

• improved the compatibities in CPU and PPU
• improved the x86/Linux specific functions
• added buttons and functionality for sound mute

InfoNES 0.79J source: InfoNES079J_Src.tar.gz

Linux Orbit has announcedthat they will be hosting some BZFlag servers for the next few weeks. Their plan to to then write an article on hosting the servers. They currently have two games running on www.linuxorbit.com: port 5155 is running a free-for-all game with team play and rogues and port 5165 is for team play only.

Version 1.4.1 of the RPG utility suite OpenRPG has been released; changes include:

• updated settings dialog
• new configurable layout
• added chat commands
• improved Hero roller
• added remote node loader

OpenRPG 1.4.1 source: @ sf.net

Version 0.3.51 of the X-COM: UFO Defense remake UFO2000 (screenshots) has been released; changes include implementation of incendiary ammunition and bugfixes.

UFO2000 0.3.51 downloads: @ sf.net

T-1000 sent in an announcement for a new Pachi el marciano demo. Changes:

Codes for accessing all stages are now available

Fixed Sound Issue on win32 (now for real)

Added some special FX when grabing an object, respawning and ambience (storm).

Bugfixes

Lots of new web content (screenshots, characters… a must see)

Download: http://dragontech.sourceforge.net/en_downloads.php

NVIDIA has released new linux nForce drivers.

Added PCI ID support for nForce2 MCP2-T and MCP2-A to the i810_audio driver.

Cleanup of spec file and Makefiles

SRPMs and tar files now use local system’s i810_audio.c file, and complain if not there (this makes them more distribution independent)

Changed code to compile properly with gcc3.X and gcc2.X

Added support for Mandrake9.0 and Redhat8.0

nForce2 support for network driver

Dowload: http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=linux_nforce_1.0-0248

Version 20021125 of the free Windows implementation Wine has been released; changes include:

• finished conversion to STRICT compilation mode
• WinHelp revival
• client-side fonts supported even without RENDER extension
• regression tests no longer require Perl
• bug fixes

Wine 20021125 source: Wine-20021125.tar.gz

Version V028A of the Game Boy emulator cingb has been released; changes include:

• sound defaults to ON
• fixed 32 bit pixel-width behavior
• fixed a segfault
• improved channel 4 sound output
• fixed gunzip support for filenames with unusual characters
• changed the joypad behaviour
• inserted a compilation optimization
• removed obsolete documentation

cingb V028A source: cingb-0.28.tar.gz

Version 0.98.2 of the Nebulous rewrite Tower Toppler (screenshots) has been released; changes since version 0.96 include:

• password support to restart inside a mission
• workaround for SDL RLE Blitproblem
• new mission for beginners
• bugfixes

Tower Toppler 0.98.2 downloads: @ sf.net

Version 1.2.2 of the hex-based strategy game XBattleAI (screenshots: 1 | 2) has been released. In this version sound support and a graphical UI for setting up options and playing a sample campaign were added.

XBattleAI 1.2.2 downloads: @ www.lysator.liu.se
News source: Freshmeat

Tommaso Schiavinotto wrote in to announce that version 0.5.1 of the Arcade Volleyball remake GPL Arcade Volley (screenshots) has been released. The game which this is based on is “an old CGA DOS game in which 1 or 2 player play a 1-player, 2D version of volleyball.”

GAV 0.5.1 downloads: @ gav.sf.net