Xoreos

This is the official version 0.0.3 of [xoreos](https://github.com/xoreos/xoreos/), together with [xoreos-tools](https://github.com/xoreos/xoreos-tools/), nicknamed "Bastila". xoreos is an open source implementation of BioWare's Aurora engine and its derivatives, licensed under the terms of the [GNU General Public License version 3](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html) (or later). In this release, all targeted games now feature a working script system, with game scripts being fired for the start of a campaign or module, when entering and leaving areas, and when clicking on in-game object. The singular exception is the Nintendo DS game Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood, which doesn't seem to feature any scripts at all. The vast majority of engine functions, the functions that are called by the scripts and that do the actual work of tracking and changing the game state, are still missing, though. Per game there are about 850 functions (with some overlap) that need to be implemented. We currently have about 90, per game, of these written and working within xoreos. Moreover, many of the functions still missing depend on features not yet implemented. Apart from the script system changes, 0.0.3 also comes with support for reflective environment mapping in Neverwinter Nights and the two Knights of the Old Republic games. The "metallic" armor and area parts that were rendered transparent in xoreos are now properly reflective. This can be seen, for example, in the Sith troopers in Knights of the Old Republic, in various plate armor worn by NPC in Neverwinter Nights, as well as the metallic floors on the planet of Taris and the icy wastes of Cania. For Neverwinter Nights, xoreos now also correctly smoothes the vertex normals of (binary) models, so that the metallic effect is not broken by sharp polygon edges. Please note that xoreos is still missing a GUI and needs to be started from the command line. Downloads in this release: - Source tarball - GNU/Linux (gcc 4.7.2, glibc 2.13) binaries, i386 (Intel 32-bit) - GNU/Linux (gcc 4.7.2, glibc 2.13) binaries, x86_64 (Intel 64-bit) - Microsoft Windows binaries, i386 (Intel 32-bit) - Microsoft Windows binaries, x86_64 (Intel 64-bit) - Mac OS X (>= 10.5), fat binaries with both i386 (Intel 32-bit) and x86_64 (Intel 64-bit) Packages for various GNU/Linux distributions can be found [here in the OpenSuSE Build Service](https://software.opensuse.org/download.html?project=home%3ADrMcCoy%3Axoreos&package=xoreos) and [here in Arch Linux's AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/xoreos/). Alternatively, the source tarball includes a PKGBUILD in [dists/arch/](https://github.com/xoreos/xoreos/tree/v0.0.3/dists/arch) and a debian build directory in [dists/debian/](https://github.com/xoreos/xoreos/tree/v0.0.3/dists/debian), which can be used to build Arch Linux and Debian/Ubuntu packages, respectively. **SHA-256 checksums:** xoreos-0.0.3.tar.gz d940887c53b2d84f3721873b0617701beda8d0d326507c535dae274fddedc51e xoreos-0.0.3-linux32.tar.gz d7140dbaf543356b6762b23e3ce34596f98cd1c17e03305cedfa6f276e6d53c2 xoreos-0.0.3-linux64.tar.gz 98edba06ab83849113187ebbbe5e174e10bd190e0dcbf23d107d8be803f201cb xoreos-0.0.3-win32.zip 9029e6b25e0088f262c796a164c43743b9bce41ec88619faf89a5a06eb25abcc xoreos-0.0.3-win64.zip 3d0e3773f2a320c81a842ac00c49c73188e6b3ee6b33a8b866d7baef454c8f4c xoreos-0.0.3-mac.tar.gz d972de0a9770bd500bc52f5b597174a3f1526538a52450000480a2bce7fab14a

This is the first official release of [xoreos](https://github.com/xoreos/xoreos/), together with [xoreos-tools](https://github.com/xoreos/xoreos-tools/), nicknamed "Aribeth". xoreos is an open source implementation of BioWare's Aurora engine and its derivatives, licensed under the terms of the [GNU General Public License version 3](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html) (or later). In this first release, all targeted games work insofar as that they at least show basic in-game areas. I.e. you can start the game, xoreos loads the game resources, loads a campaign or module, and then shows an area of the game. Within the area, you can fly around in a "spectator" mode, using the common first-person WASD control scheme. Moving the mouse while holding down the middle mouse button rotates the camera. With Ctrl+D, a debug console drops down, allowing for general resource dumping and the loading of different areas, modules and/or campaigns. A few games, specifically Neverwinter Nights and Knights of the Old Republic, also show a main menu, although the latter's is not as extensive yet. The former also shows a few in-game menu elements. Additionally, Neverwinter Nights also has a script system hooked up, and preliminary dialogue support. This means that clicking on an NPC opens up its conversation dialog, and some of the script commands will be executed. For example, the door in the first area of the original campaign's prelude opens after speaking to Bim and telling him that no tutorial is necessary. However, triggering the tutorial leads to the scripts looping endlessly, because the necessary game functions are not implemented yet. Further gameplay is still missing. At the moment, none of the other games have a script system. The current graphics are very basic: only flat-shaded, textured meshes are shown. No lighting, shadows or shaders of any kind are currently available. Please note that xoreos is still missing a GUI and needs to be started from the command line. Downloads in this release: - Source tarball - GNU/Linux (gcc 4.7.2, glibc 2.13) binaries, 32-bit - GNU/Linux (gcc 4.7.2, glibc 2.13) binaries, 64-bit - Microsoft Windows binaries, 32-bit - Microsoft Windows binaries, 64-bit - Mac OS X (>= 10.5), fat binaries with both i386 and x86_64 Packages for various GNU/Linux distributions can be found [here in the OpenSuSE Build Service](https://software.opensuse.org/download.html?project=home%3ADrMcCoy%3Axoreos&package=xoreos) and [here in Arch Linux's AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/xoreos/). Alternatively, the source tarball includes a PKGBUILD in [dists/arch/](https://github.com/xoreos/xoreos/tree/v0.0.2/dists/arch) and a debian build directory in [dists/debian/](https://github.com/xoreos/xoreos/tree/v0.0.2/dists/debian), which can be used to build Arch Linux and Debian/Ubuntu packages, respectively. **SHA-256 checksums:** xoreos-0.0.2.tar.gz 7785bad152c1710a444d0e02179d203a596f8778f3572a9aa6e68cf540c407dd xoreos-0.0.2-linux32.tar.gz 89d0cd25fd1fa65643b814ea5d5f9992ff16fe0bcc88dde81fb089caf10412c5 xoreos-0.0.2-linux64.tar.gz bfa6f5e86f614273b0d2c07fce97ab351a8e07bcacd3bbb60cbf6b027d5f1de8 xoreos-0.0.2-win32.zip 3451860b28887a8a6fc8225595c0d0b9eaddae75c8b7a27436ee566daf20777f xoreos-0.0.2-win64.zip 060b3599013165f047de790b1c81a5838dafad709c33919ed606e8cdb826d5f3 xoreos-0.0.2-mac.tar.gz c6957084a2cf15b9582e85374a0c601d388ff69ec7b2ae9aafb2c84b00f4b795