[Kde-games-devel] ANNOUNCE: Boson 0.12

[Andreas Beckermann]

Release of Boson 0.12, a Real Time Strategy (RTS) game for the K Desktop 
Environment.

A lot has changed since the last release - so much that we can't even remember 
most of it anymore. In particular Boson has moved away from CVS to subversion 
and away from autotools to cmake. The cmake change will probably cause some 
trouble in the beginning, as it completely replaces our build system. However 
it will make many things a lot easier - the autotools version could barely be 
maintained anymore.

A few highlights:
* Shadows. Units and terrain can now cast and receive shadows. This feature 
uses shaders, so a pretty recent videocard supporting DirectX 9 is required 
(NVidia GeForce 6xxx series or ATI Radeon X series card is recommended).
* Radars. A completely new, much more realistic radar system has been 
implemented that allows for several independent radar stations. Even 
different radars for different unit types (land and air) are supported.
* Ammunition. Units can make use of ammunition now. Most units have an 
infinite amount of ammunition, but the feature is there. This sets the 
grounds for several interesting possible unit types.
* Power Plants. The power plant unit has been in Boson for a very long time - 
now they actually generate power! If a player has insufficient power, several 
tasks (such as building new units) take more time.

Note that many core features are still in development and thus Boson is still 
mostly unplayable.

For a longer, though still very incomplete list see
  http://boson.eu.org/announces/changelog-0.12.php

Requirements
You can find a list of hardware and software requirements at
  http://boson.eu.org/info.php
Note that proper 3d acceleration is required.

Downloading and installing Boson
Source packages can be found at
 http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=15087&release_id=419522

Due to the new cmake based build system the installation instructions 
completely differ from previous releases. Also note that because of the cmake 
transition we do not provide static package for this release.
First of all you need cmake 2.4.2, see http://www.cmake.org/files/v2.4/
Then download boson-all-0.12.tar.bz2 and follow these instructions:
  $ tar xjvf boson-all-0.12.tar.bz2
  $ cd boson-all-0.12
  $ mkdir build
  $ cd build
  $ cmake ..
  $ make
  $ su
  $ make install

If you want to install at a different prefix, 
use "cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/install/boson/to .." instead of 
the "cmake .." line.

Installation instructions can also be found at
  http://boson.eu.org/install.php

The Boson Team
  http://boson.eu.org