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| − | ===Wesnoth 1.9.13 aka 1.10-beta4: Development Release=== | + | ===Wesnoth 1.10=== |
| − | ''Tuesday, December 20 2011'' | + | ''Sunday, January 29 2010'' |
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| − | The fourth beta for 1.10 is ready. Feel free to celebrate the new release with us in [http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?t=35687 this forum thread].
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| − | We offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/*checkout*/wesnoth/tags/1.9.13/players_changelog players changelog] that only includes changes every player will probably notice (and often feels empty because devs tend to forget to add their stuff there) and the (rather) [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/*checkout*/wesnoth/tags/1.9.13/changelog complete changelog] with (almost) all the details, which might make your head spin due to the technical terms used every now and then...
| + | Almost two years have gone by since we released Wesnoth 1.8. To thank you for more than 5 million downloads via sourceforge.net, we now proudly present '''Wesnoth 1.10'''. You can look at the (translated) [http://www.wesnoth.org/start/1.10/ release notes] to get an idea about what has changed since 1.8. For those who just want to play, the new release is available for [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download#Stable_.281.10_branch.29 download]. This stable release is compatible with the last two releases from the 1.9.x series. If you have any comments, we would be happy to hear them in the [http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?t=35975 forum thread] dedicated to this release. We hope there are no bugs left, but if you find some, please [http://wiki.wesnoth.org/ReportingBugs report] it to help us fix them in following releases. |
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| − | At the moment the Windows, Mac OS X and OpenPandora packages are ready. You can find them at the [http://wiki.wesnoth.org/Download#Development_.281.9_branch.29 download page]. Once the others are done you can find them at the [http://wiki.wesnoth.org/Download#Development_.281.9_branch.29 download page], too. If you find a bug, please [http://wiki.wesnoth.org/ReportingBugs report] it to help us fix them in following releases.
| + | We are also looking for help in several areas, so that many other releases of similar caliber can follow this one. We are especially looking for translators, graphic artists (sprite, portraits, terrain, story images), music composers (a background in classical composition, and good equipment required), sound artists (for special effects), authors (writing/maintaining campaigns, creating content like unit descriptions, improving the in-game help) and, of course, coders. If you want to participate in developing Wesnoth, just have a look at the [http://forums.wesnoth.org forum] or visit us in the IRC channel [irc://irc.freenode.net/#wesnoth-dev #wesnoth-dev] on irc.freenode.net. |
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| − | ===Wesnoth 1.9.12 aka 1.10-beta3: Development Release===
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| − | ''Tuesday, December 6 2011''
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| − | The third beta for 1.10 is ready. Feel free to celebrate the new release with us in [http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?t=35590 this forum thread].
| + | ===Wesnoth 1.10-rc1 (aka 1.9.14): Development Release, and Upcoming Forum/MP Server Cleanup=== |
| | + | ''Monday, January 9 2012'' |
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| − | We offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/*checkout*/wesnoth/tags/1.9.12/players_changelog players changelog] that only includes changes every player will probably notice (and often feels empty because devs tend to forget to add their stuff there) and the (rather) [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/*checkout*/wesnoth/tags/1.9.12/changelog complete changelog] with (almost) all the details, which might make your head spin due to the technical terms used every now and then... | + | Finally the first release candidate for 1.10 is ready. We are confident that we are really close to the start of the stable 1.10 series now. For more some details about this release candidate and celebrating the new it please visit [http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?t=35849 this forum thread]. |
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| − | At the moment the Windows, Mac OS X and OpenPandora packages are ready. You can find them at the [http://wiki.wesnoth.org/Download#Development_.281.9_branch.29 download page]. Once the others are done you can find them at the [http://wiki.wesnoth.org/Download#Development_.281.9_branch.29 download page], too. Please keep in mind that it is a development release which might include quite many bugs. If you find one, please [http://wiki.wesnoth.org/ReportingBugs report] it to help us fix them in following releases.
| + | Forum users and players with registered accounts for the primary MP server '''must''' read the separate announcement explaining the [http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?t=35850 upcoming changes and unused accounts purge]. |
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| − | ==November==
| + | We offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/*checkout*/wesnoth/tags/1.9.14/players_changelog players changelog] that only includes changes every player will probably notice (and often feels empty because devs tend to forget to add their stuff there) and the (rather) [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/*checkout*/wesnoth/tags/1.9.14/changelog complete changelog] with (almost) all the details, which might make your head spin due to the technical terms used every now and then... |
| − | ===Wesnoth 1.9.11 aka 1.10-beta2: Development Release===
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| − | ''Friday, November 25 2011''
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| − | The second beta for 1.10 is ready. Feedl free to celebrate the new release with us in [http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?t=35520 this forum thread].
| + | At the moment the Windows, Mac OS X and OpenPandora packages are ready. You can find them at the [http://wiki.wesnoth.org/Download#Development_.281.9_branch.29 download page]. Once the others are done you can find them at the [http://wiki.wesnoth.org/Download#Development_.281.9_branch.29 download page], too. If you find a bug, please [http://wiki.wesnoth.org/ReportingBugs report] it to help us fix them in following releases. |
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| − | We offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/*checkout*/wesnoth/tags/1.9.11/players_changelog players changelog] that only includes changes every player will probably notice (and often feels empty because devs tend to forget to add their stuff there) and the (rather) [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/*checkout*/wesnoth/tags/1.9.11/changelog complete changelog] with (almost) all the details, which might make your head spin due to the technical terms used every now and then...
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| − | At the moment the Windows, Mac OS X, Debian and OpenPandora packages are ready. You can find them at the [http://wiki.wesnoth.org/Download#Development_.281.9_branch.29 download page]. Once the others are done you can find them at the [http://wiki.wesnoth.org/Download#Development_.281.9_branch.29 download page], too. Please keep in mind that it is a development release which might include quite many bugs. If you find one, please [http://wiki.wesnoth.org/ReportingBugs report] it to help us fix them in following releases. | |
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| − | ===FOSDEM2012 - Open Source Game Development: Call for Speakers===
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| − | ''Saturday, November 19 2011''
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| − | FOSDEM2012 will host a devroom centered on the development of Free and Open Source Games. Possible speakers (and topic suggestions) are invited to make their proposals. The game development devroom takes place on Sunday, February 5th, 09:00 - 17:00 in room AW1.120 (74 seats). Please have a look at [http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?t=35489 this forum thread] to read the call for speakers.
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| − | ===Open Source Games at FOSDEM 2012===
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| − | ''Friday, November 11 2011''
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| − | Finally some news not directly related to a new release. Several contributors to Wesnoth have been meeting at FOSDEM for the last 4 years where we took the opportunity to discuss things in person as well as meeting each other. We [http://wiki.wesnoth.org/Fosdem2011#FOSDEM_2012 talked about] eventually trying to get a whole devroom where things can be presented and discussed. During the GSoC Mentor summit at the end of October one topic discussed with other organizations was the creation of such a devroom. Some hours ago the accepted devrooms were announced and the result is:
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| − | There will be an "Open Source Game Development" related devroom at [http://fosdem.org/2012/ FOSDEM 2012].
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| − | Of course things won't stop there. Since several organizations (including [http://www.wesnoth.org Battle for Wesnoth], [http://www.hedgewars.org Hedgewars], [http://www.unknown-horizons.org Unknown Horizons], [http://www.scummvm.org ScummVM] and [http://www.worldforge.org WorldForge]) agreed on collaborating in this room, further things will be discussed on neutral grounds. There is a [https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/open-source-gamedev-devroom mailing list] provided by the FOSDEM folks where we can discuss things. There will also be a "call for speakers" soon. Possible topics can include anything related to open source gaming, meaning it could be about porting to specific platforms, artworks (graphics and sound), translations, working on AI, encouraging UMC contributions or whatever you can think about in regards to open source gaming. The only limit I personally see is that the speaker should have some background in an open source gaming related project e.g. by being a contributor in the area they want to talk about.
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| − | Now to the basic facts about the dev room:
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| − | * Date: Sunday, February 5th, 09:00 - 17:00
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| − | * Place: FOSDEM2012 in Brussels, Room AW1.120 with 74 seats
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| − | * Topic: Anything "Open Source Game Development" related possible!
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| − | ===Wesnoth 1.9.10 aka 1.10-beta1: Development Release===
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| − | ''Tuesday, November 8 2011''
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| − | Finally we made it, the first beta for the upcoming stable 1.10 series is ready. Feel free to celebrate the new release with us in [http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?t=35423 this forum thread].
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| − | We offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/*checkout*/wesnoth/tags/1.9.10/players_changelog players changelog] that only includes changes every player will probably notice (and often feels empty because devs tend to forget to add their stuff there) and the (rather) [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/*checkout*/wesnoth/tags/1.9.10/changelog complete changelog] with (almost) all the details, which might make your head spin due to the technical terms used every now and then...
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| − | At the moment the Windows, the MacOSX, the Debian and the OpenPandora packages are ready. You can find them at the [http://wiki.wesnoth.org/Download#Development_.281.9_branch.29 download page]. Once the others are done you can find them at the [http://wiki.wesnoth.org/Download#Development_.281.9_branch.29 download page], too. Please keep in mind that it is a development release which might include quite many bugs. If you find one, please [http://wiki.wesnoth.org/ReportingBugs report] it to help us fix them in following releases.
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| − | ==October==
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| − | ===Wesnoth joins the "Free Game Alliance"===
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| − | ''Wednesday, October 19 2011''
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| − | Last month we were approached by Luca Pancallo from the [http://www.freegamealliance.com/ Free Game Alliance], asking if we would like to join a new initiative to sustain open source and open game development and we agreed. We are proud to be one of the founding members! Basically the alliance is an eclectic group of open source games that covers a wide array of major genres in gaming. The alliance is intended to promote their members visibility on the internet. The other games that are currently part of the alliance include:
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| − | * [http://megaglest.org/ MegaGlest]: A fantasy realtime strategy
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| − | * [http://www.planeshift.it/ PlaneShift]: A 3D MMORPG
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| − | * [http://www.rigsofrods.com Rigs of Rods]: A vehicle simulation program
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| − | * [http://www.xonotic.org/ Xonotic]: A futuristic first person shooter
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| − | ==September==
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| − | ===Wesnoth 1.9.9: Development Release===
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| − | ''Wednesday, September 7 2011''
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| − | Wesnoth 1.9.9 has been released. This is just another release of the 1.9.x development series. It might include some larger changes, but you will only notice those if you actually test this release yourself. Please have a look [http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?t=34947 this forum thread] to get a rough idea about those big changes. If you are using Mac OSX 10.4, you might be out of luck regarding this new release but have to check for yourself if it still works.
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| − | We offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/*checkout*/wesnoth/tags/1.9.9/players_changelog players changelog] that only includes changes every player will probably notice (and often feels empty because devs tend to forget to add their stuff there) and the (rather) [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/*checkout*/wesnoth/tags/1.9.9/changelog complete changelog] with (almost) all the details, which might make your head spin due to the technical terms used every now and then...
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| − | At the moment the Windows, the MacOSX, the Debian and the OpenPandora packages are ready. You can find them at the [http://wiki.wesnoth.org/Download#Development_.281.9_branch.29 download page]. Once the others are done you can find them at the [http://wiki.wesnoth.org/Download#Development_.281.9_branch.29 download page], too. Please keep in mind that it is a development release which might include quite many bugs. If you find one, please [http://wiki.wesnoth.org/ReportingBugs report] it to help us fix them in following releases.
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| − | ==July==
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| − | ===Wesnoth 1.9.8: Development Release===
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| − | ''Friday, July 29 2011''
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| − | Wesnoth 1.9.8 has been released. This is just another release of the 1.9.x development series. It might include some larger changes, but you will only notice those if you actually test this release yourself. Please have a look [http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?t=34562 this forum thread] to get a rough idea about those big changes. If you are using Mac OSX 10.4, you might be out of luck regarding this new release but have to check for yourself if it still works.
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| − | We offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/*checkout*/wesnoth/tags/1.9.8/players_changelog players changelog] that only includes changes every player will probably notice (and often feels empty because devs tend to forget to add their stuff there) and the (rather) [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/*checkout*/wesnoth/tags/1.9.8/changelog complete changelog] with (almost) all the details, which might make your head spin due to the technical terms used every now and then...
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| − | At the moment the Windows, the MacOSX and the OpenPandora packages are ready. You can find them at the [http://wiki.wesnoth.org/Download#Development_.281.9_branch.29 download page]. Once the others are done you can find them at the [http://wiki.wesnoth.org/Download#Development_.281.9_branch.29 download page], too. Please keep in mind that it is a development release which might include quite many bugs. If you find one, please [http://wiki.wesnoth.org/ReportingBugs report] it to help us fix them in following releases.
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| − | ===Planned Forums Downtime===
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| − | ''Wednesday, July 13 2011''
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| − | The official [http://forums.wesnoth.org/ Wesnoth.org forums] will be temporarily closed tomorrow July 14 around 15:00 UTC for maintenance purposes and will be unavailable for approximately an hour. The official wiki and the primary multiplayer servers should not be affected.
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| − | ==June==
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| − | ===Wesnoth 1.9.7: Development Release===
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| − | ''Monday, June 20 2011''
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| − | Wesnoth 1.9.7 has been released. This is just another release of the 1.9.x development series. It might include some larger changes, but you will only notice those if you actually test this release yourself. Please have a look <a href="http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?t=34190">this forum thread</a> to get a rough idea about those big changes. If you are using Mac OSX 10.4, you might be out of luck regarding this new release but have to check for yourself if it still works.
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| − | We offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/*checkout*/wesnoth/tags/1.9.7/players_changelog players changelog] that only includes changes every player will probably notice (and often feels empty because devs tend to forget to add their stuff there) and the (rather) [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/*checkout*/wesnoth/tags/1.9.7/changelog complete changelog] with (almost) all the details, which might make your head spin due to the technical terms used every now and then...
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| − | At the moment the Windows, the MacOSX and the OpenPandora packages are ready. You can find them at the [http://wiki.wesnoth.org/Download#Development_.281.9_branch.29 download page]. Once the others are done you can find them at the [http://wiki.wesnoth.org/Download#Development_.281.9_branch.29 download page], too. Please keep in mind that it is a development release which might include quite many bugs. If you find one, please [http://wiki.wesnoth.org/ReportingBugs report] it to help us fix them in following releases.
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| − | ==May==
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| − | ===Wesnoth 1.8.6: Maintenance Release===
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| − | ''Friday, May 13 2011''
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| − | Wesnoth 1.8.6 has been released. This is a bugfix release for the stable 1.8 branch. This release does mainly consist of smaller fixes and changes. This is most likely the last 1.8.x release. For information about further changes in this release, have a look at [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=33843 this forum thread].
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| − | We offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/*checkout*/wesnoth/tags/1.8.6/players_changelog players changelog] that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/*checkout*/wesnoth/tags/1.8.6/changelog complete changelog] with (almost) all the details, which is likely to cause a serious headache...
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| − | At the moment the Windows, the MacOSX and the OpenPandora packages are ready. You can find them at the [http://wiki.wesnoth.org/Download#Stable_.281.8_branch.29 download page]. Once the others are done you can find them at the [http://wiki.wesnoth.org/Download#Stable_.281.8_branch.29 download page], too. If you find a bug, please [http://wiki.wesnoth.org/ReportingBugs report] it.
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| − | ===Wesnoth 1.9.6: Development Release===
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| − | ''Monday, May 9 2011''
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| − | Wesnoth 1.9.6 has been released. This is the seventh release of the 1.9.x development series. It includes huge, groundbreaking changes like a new faction for multiplayer (in an additional era). Please have a look [http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?t=33801 this forum thread] to get a rough idea about those big changes. If you are using Mac OSX 10.4, please download the extra version from the [http://wiki.wesnoth.org/Download#Development_.281.9_branch.29 download page] and don't use the link from the frontpage.
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| − | We offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/*checkout*/wesnoth/tags/1.9.6/players_changelog players changelog] that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/*checkout*/wesnoth/tags/1.9.6/changelog complete changelog] with (almost) all the details, which is likely to cause a serious headache...
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| − | At the moment the Windows, the MacOSX and the OpenPandora packages are ready. You can find them at the [http://wiki.wesnoth.org/Download#Development_.281.9_branch.29 download page]. Once the others are done you can find them at the [http://wiki.wesnoth.org/Download#Development_.281.9_branch.29 download page], too. Please keep in mind that it is a development release which might include quite many bugs. If you find one, please [http://wiki.wesnoth.org/ReportingBugs report] it to help us fix them in following releases.
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| − | ==April==
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| − | ===Primary Multiplayer servers downtime===
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| − | ''Monday, April 25 2011''
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| − | '''UPDATE:''' The redirection issue that was causing this appears to be solved now. You should be able to connect to server.wesnoth.org normally again.
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| − | The primary Multiplayer server instances for 1.6, 1.8 and 1.9 in Wesnoth.org (server.wesnoth.org) are currently down. We are looking into the issue and will keep you updated in the current [http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?t=33656 status thread] in the forums.
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| − | Please use the alternate servers (server2.wesnoth.org and server3.wesnoth.org) in the meantime.
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| − | ==March==
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| − | ===Accepted in Google Summer of Code 2011===
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| − | ''Sunday, March 20 2011''
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| − | We have been accepted into Summer of Code 2011. If you don't know what Summer of Code is, have a look at the [http://socghop.appspot.com/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2011/faqs official Summer of Code FAQ]. It is an option for a student to work with an open source project as summer job.
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| − | If you are interested in participating in Summer of Code 2011 as a developer for Wesnoth, you can find all information required [http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/SummerOfCodeIdeas in our wiki]. You should carefully read this page and also join our [irc://irc.wesnoth.org/#wesnoth-dev IRC channel #wesnoth-dev] on [http://freenode.net/using_the_network.shtml irc.freenode.net].
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| − | ===Wesnoth 1.9.4: Development Release===
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| − | ''Monday, January 17 2010''
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| − | Wesnoth 1.9.4 has been released. This is the fifth release of the 1.9.x development series. It includes huge, groundbreaking changes. Please have a look [http://www.wesnoth.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=32847 this forum thread] to get a rough idea about those big changes (and some known problems).
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| − | We offer two versions of changelogs: a rather nice to read [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/*checkout*/wesnoth/tags/1.9.4/players_changelog players changelog] that only includes changes every player will probably notice and the (rather) [http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/*checkout*/wesnoth/tags/1.9.4/changelog complete changelog] with (almost) all the details, which is likely to cause a serious headache...
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| − | At the moment the Windows, the MacOSX and the OpenPandora packages are ready. You can find them at the [http://wiki.wesnoth.org/Download#Development_.281.9_branch.29 download page]. Once the others are done you can find them at the [http://wiki.wesnoth.org/Download#Development_.281.9_branch.29 download page], too. Please keep in mind that it is a development release which might include quite many bugs. If you find one, please [http://wiki.wesnoth.org/ReportingBugs report] it to help us fix them in following releases.
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| | == Other Years == | | == Other Years == |
| | *[[Older News|Current news]] | | *[[Older News|Current news]] |
| | + | *[[Older News 2011|Year 2011]] |
| | *[[Older News 2010|Year 2010]] | | *[[Older News 2010|Year 2010]] |
| | *[[Older News 2009|Year 2009]] | | *[[Older News 2009|Year 2009]] |