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| author | neodarz <neodarz@neodarz.net> | 2018-08-11 20:21:34 +0200 |
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| committer | neodarz <neodarz@neodarz.net> | 2018-08-11 20:21:34 +0200 |
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TITLE="FAQ">FAQ</a></td></tr> + </TABLE> + </TD></TR></TABLE></TD></TR></TABLE> + <!------ End Box ------> + + + </TD> + <TD WIDTH=15><IMG SRC="http://www.nevrax.org/inc/img/pixel.gif" WIDTH="16" HEIGHT="16" BORDER=0 ALT=""></TD> + <TD ALIGN=left valign=top><IMG SRC="http://www.nevrax.org/inc/img/pixel.gif" WIDTH="140" HEIGHT="10" BORDER=0 ALT=""> + +<!-- title --> +<TABLE background="http://www.nevrax.org/inc/img/redline.gif" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 BORDER=0 width=100%><tr><td> +<A HREF="http://www.nevrax.org/news"><img src="http://www.nevrax.org/inc/img/t_news.gif" ALT="news" HEIGHT=20 BORDER=0></A> +</td><td><IMG SRC="http://www.nevrax.org/inc/img/pixel.gif" WIDTH="1" HEIGHT="1" BORDER=0 ALT=""> +</td></tr></table> + +<!-- End header --> + + +<!-- What's new on Nevrax.org --> +<table width=100%><tr><td align=left><b>What's new on Nevrax.org</b></td><td align=right><b></b></td></TR></TABLE> + +<!-- Projects that use NeL --> +<TABLE bgcolor="#dddddd" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 BORDER=0 width=100%> + <tr> + <td width=1% valign=middle><img width=6 height=14 hspace=2 vspace=2 src="http://www.nevrax.org/inc/img/reddots.gif"></TD> + <TD><B>Projects that use NeL</B></TD> + <TD ALIGN=RIGHT>2003-08-27 </td> + </tr> +</table> +<table width=100%><tr><td valign=top><p><p><a href="http://hulud.planet-d.net/">Hulud</a> from <a href="http://www.digital-murder.org/">Digital Murder</a> wrote an awesome texture generator using NeL for Windows only. You can download the 1.0b version <a href="http://www.digital-murder.org/download/nel_tex_gen_10b.exe">here</a>.</p>
+
+<p><a href="http://ace.planet-d.net/">Ace</a>, Muf and Skeet from <a href="http://www.melting-pot.org/">Melting Pot</a> created Mtp Target game that is a multiplayer clone of Monkey Target on PC using, of course, NeL. It works on Windows and GNU/Linux. You can learn more about this game <a href="http://mtp-target.tuxfamily.org/">here</a> (french page).</p></P></td><td align=right valign=top><img src=http://nevrax.org/news/img/nel.gif width=80 height=53 ALT="NeL" border=0></td></tr></table><br> +<!-- NeL chat --> +<TABLE bgcolor="#dddddd" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 BORDER=0 width=100%> + <tr> + <td width=1% valign=middle><img width=6 height=14 hspace=2 vspace=2 src="http://www.nevrax.org/inc/img/reddots.gif"></TD> + <TD><B>NeL chat</B></TD> + <TD ALIGN=RIGHT>2003-02-06 </td> + </tr> +</table> +<table width=100%><tr><td valign=top><p><p>The official NeL chat system is on IRC. Feel free to come if you have some questions, if you are interested by the project or if you want to talk with other people looking at NeL.</p>
+
+<p>You can find more informations about the freenode irc network <a href="http://www.freenode.net/irc_servers.shtml">here</a>.</p>
+
+<p>Server: <b>irc.freenode.net</b></p>
+<p>Channel: <b>#nel</b></p>
+
+</P></td><td align=right valign=top><img src=http://nevrax.org/news/img/nel.gif width=80 height=53 ALT="NeL" border=0></td></tr></table><br> +<!-- Please use nevrax.org's cvs --> +<TABLE bgcolor="#dddddd" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 BORDER=0 width=100%> + <tr> + <td width=1% valign=middle><img width=6 height=14 hspace=2 vspace=2 src="http://www.nevrax.org/inc/img/reddots.gif"></TD> + <TD><B>Please use nevrax.org's cvs</B></TD> + <TD ALIGN=RIGHT>2003-01-13 </td> + </tr> +</table> +<table width=100%><tr><td valign=top><p>As <A HREF="mailto:loic@gnu.org">Loic Dachary</A> is unfortunately too busy with
+other matters, the non gnu.or's cvs is temporally out of date, until things sett
+le, please use the nevrax.org's cvs as instructed on the <A HREF="http://www.nev
+rax.org/cvs/">cvs page</A>.
+</P></td><td align=right valign=top><img src=http://nevrax.org/news/img/nel.gif width=80 height=53 ALT="NeL" border=0></td></tr></table><br> +<!-- FSFE France enters Free Software Gaming --> +<TABLE bgcolor="#dddddd" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 BORDER=0 width=100%> + <tr> + <td width=1% valign=middle><img width=6 height=14 hspace=2 vspace=2 src="http://www.nevrax.org/inc/img/reddots.gif"></TD> + <TD><B>FSFE France enters Free Software Gaming</B></TD> + <TD ALIGN=RIGHT>2002-11-04 </td> + </tr> +</table> +<table width=100%><tr><td valign=top><p> Nevrax decided to outsource the Free Software community management to FSFE France. The fifteen developers working on NeL at Nevrax will continue to operate under high pressure to meet their deadlines while FSFE France will be in charge of connecting them with the Free Software world.
+
+<A HREF="http://france.fsfeurope.org/news/article2002-10-27-01.en.html">
+FSFE France enters Free Software Gaming</a>. <BR>
+
+The <A HREF="http://www.nevrax.org/cvs/">CVS page </a> has been updated to reflect those changes.
+</P></td><td align=right valign=top><img src=http://nevrax.org/news/img/nel.gif width=80 height=53 ALT="NeL" border=0></td></tr></table><br> +<!-- network login system doc --> +<TABLE bgcolor="#dddddd" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 BORDER=0 width=100%> + <tr> + <td width=1% valign=middle><img width=6 height=14 hspace=2 vspace=2 src="http://www.nevrax.org/inc/img/reddots.gif"></TD> + <TD><B>network login system doc</B></TD> + <TD ALIGN=RIGHT>2002-10-02 </td> + </tr> +</table> +<table width=100%><tr><td valign=top><p>A new documentation describes the new login system with NeL.
+You can find this doc here in the net section:
+<a href="http://www.nevrax.org/docs/">http://www.nevrax.org/docs/</a>
+</P></td><td align=right valign=top><img src=http://nevrax.org/news/img/nel.gif width=80 height=53 ALT="NeL" border=0></td></tr></table><br> +<!-- Nel extentions --> +<TABLE bgcolor="#dddddd" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 BORDER=0 width=100%> + <tr> + <td width=1% valign=middle><img width=6 height=14 hspace=2 vspace=2 src="http://www.nevrax.org/inc/img/reddots.gif"></TD> + <TD><B>Nel extentions</B></TD> + <TD ALIGN=RIGHT>2002-08-22 </td> + </tr> +</table> +<table width=100%><tr><td valign=top><p><a href="http://www.nevrax.org/docs/nel_extensions.php3">This document</a> briefly describes the different filename extensions used and/or created by Nevrax for their library.
+</P></td><td align=right valign=top><img src=http://nevrax.org/news/img/nel.gif width=80 height=53 ALT="NeL" border=0></td></tr></table><br> +<!-- FAQ section --> +<TABLE bgcolor="#dddddd" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 BORDER=0 width=100%> + <tr> + <td width=1% valign=middle><img width=6 height=14 hspace=2 vspace=2 src="http://www.nevrax.org/inc/img/reddots.gif"></TD> + <TD><B>FAQ section</B></TD> + <TD ALIGN=RIGHT>2002-05-02 </td> + </tr> +</table> +<table width=100%><tr><td valign=top><p>We added a new webpage that contains a FAQ about our project (this section is at the present time very light) :
+<a href=http://www.nevrax.org/faq/>http://www.nevrax.org/faq/</a>
+</P></td><td align=right valign=top><img src=http://nevrax.org/news/img/nel.gif width=80 height=53 ALT="NeL" border=0></td></tr></table><br> +<!-- NeL port --> +<TABLE bgcolor="#dddddd" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 BORDER=0 width=100%> + <tr> + <td width=1% valign=middle><img width=6 height=14 hspace=2 vspace=2 src="http://www.nevrax.org/inc/img/reddots.gif"></TD> + <TD><B>NeL port</B></TD> + <TD ALIGN=RIGHT>2002-04-22 </td> + </tr> +</table> +<table width=100%><tr><td valign=top><p><p>Thanks to Guillaume Morin, NeL is now working on PowerPC processor (mac) under GNU/Linux.</p>
+<p>Here is a screenshot of the font 3d samples:</p>
+<p><a href="http://nevrax.org/news/img/nelppc.png"><img src="http://nevrax.org/news/img/nelppc.png" border=none alt="Click on the image to see it in bigger" width="160" height="120"></a></p></P></td><td align=right valign=top><img src=http://nevrax.org/news/img/nel.gif width=80 height=53 ALT="NeL" border=0></td></tr></table><br> +<!-- NeL samples --> +<TABLE bgcolor="#dddddd" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 BORDER=0 width=100%> + <tr> + <td width=1% valign=middle><img width=6 height=14 hspace=2 vspace=2 src="http://www.nevrax.org/inc/img/reddots.gif"></TD> + <TD><B>NeL samples</B></TD> + <TD ALIGN=RIGHT>2002-04-18 </td> + </tr> +</table> +<table width=100%><tr><td valign=top><p><p>I updated the NeL samples directory. Now it contains one sub-directory per lib, for example, there's a directory for misc samples, another one for net, and so on.</p>
+<p>You can find a brief explanation of what sample do:
+<a href="http://www.nevrax.org/docs/doxygen/nel/nelsamples.html
+">http://www.nevrax.org/docs/doxygen/nel/nelsamples.html</a></p>
+</P></td><td align=right valign=top><img src=http://nevrax.org/news/img/nel.gif width=80 height=53 ALT="NeL" border=0></td></tr></table><br> +<!-- NeL chat --> +<TABLE bgcolor="#dddddd" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 BORDER=0 width=100%> + <tr> + <td width=1% valign=middle><img width=6 height=14 hspace=2 vspace=2 src="http://www.nevrax.org/inc/img/reddots.gif"></TD> + <TD><B>NeL chat</B></TD> + <TD ALIGN=RIGHT>2002-04-09 </td> + </tr> +</table> +<table width=100%><tr><td valign=top><p><p>The official NeL chat system is on IRC. Feel free to come if you have some questions, if you are interested by the project or if you want to talk with other people looking at NeL.</p>
+
+<p>Server: <b>irc.freenode.net</b></p>
+<p>Channel: <b>#nel</b></p>
+
+</P></td><td align=right valign=top><img src=http://nevrax.org/news/img/nel.gif width=80 height=53 ALT="NeL" border=0></td></tr></table><br> +<!-- Nevrax UDP benchmark --> +<TABLE bgcolor="#dddddd" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 BORDER=0 width=100%> + <tr> + <td width=1% valign=middle><img width=6 height=14 hspace=2 vspace=2 src="http://www.nevrax.org/inc/img/reddots.gif"></TD> + <TD><B>Nevrax UDP benchmark</B></TD> + <TD ALIGN=RIGHT>2002-03-28 </td> + </tr> +</table> +<table width=100%><tr><td valign=top><p><p>We developed a little client/server application.</p>
+
+<p>This program tests the UDP connection between your computer and a Nevrax
+server. It reports some stats about packet lost, ping time and other
+information on this connection.</p>
+
+<p>You can launch this program for 1 minute, 1 hour, all the time if you
+want. More often this program will run, more accurate information we'll
+have. So if you can, leave this program always running.</p>
+
+<p>All informations/stat/graph will be released on the nervrax site.</p>
+
+<p>All sources of this application are available on the nel/samples/udp directory.</p>
+
+<p>Click <a href="http://www.nevrax.org/download/bench.zip">here</a> to download the Windows client version.</p>
+
+<p>Thank you for your help.</p>
+
+<p>Update: There's a new version of the client (02/03/29 2:00PM) that is not backward compatible. Get the last one to be sure that it'll be work fine with the server.</p>
+
+<p><b>Update2:</b> There's a new version of the client (02/04/10 11:00AM). Get the last one to be sure that it'll be work fine with the server and *erase* your client.cfg before running the new client.</p>
+</P></td><td align=right valign=top><img src=http://nevrax.org/news/img/nel.gif width=80 height=53 ALT="NeL" border=0></td></tr></table><br> +<!-- Download page updated --> +<TABLE bgcolor="#dddddd" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 BORDER=0 width=100%> + <tr> + <td width=1% valign=middle><img width=6 height=14 hspace=2 vspace=2 src="http://www.nevrax.org/inc/img/reddots.gif"></TD> + <TD><B>Download page updated</B></TD> + <TD ALIGN=RIGHT>2002-03-11 </td> + </tr> +</table> +<table width=100%><tr><td valign=top><p><p>A new section for external websites was opened in the download page. It contains links to other Internet sites that have NeL and/or Snowballs related contents.
+<p>Feel free to send a mail (<a href="mailto:lecroart@nevrax.com?Subject=External download link">lecroart@nevrax.org</a>) to add your page on this section.
+</P></td><td align=right valign=top><img src=http://nevrax.org/news/img/nel.gif width=80 height=53 ALT="NeL" border=0></td></tr></table><br> +<!-- New Snowballs screenshots --> +<TABLE bgcolor="#dddddd" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 BORDER=0 width=100%> + <tr> + <td width=1% valign=middle><img width=6 height=14 hspace=2 vspace=2 src="http://www.nevrax.org/inc/img/reddots.gif"></TD> + <TD><B>New Snowballs screenshots</B></TD> + <TD ALIGN=RIGHT>2002-03-04 </td> + </tr> +</table> +<table width=100%><tr><td valign=top><p>6 new screenshots of Snowballs2 are available on the <a href="http://nevrax.org/screenshots">screenshot section</a>. Sorry, I didn't create the tiny version of pics.</P></td><td align=right valign=top><img src=http://nevrax.org/news/img/nel.gif width=80 height=53 ALT="NeL" border=0></td></tr></table><br> +<!-- Download --> +<TABLE bgcolor="#dddddd" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 BORDER=0 width=100%> + <tr> + <td width=1% valign=middle><img width=6 height=14 hspace=2 vspace=2 src="http://www.nevrax.org/inc/img/reddots.gif"></TD> + <TD><B>Download</B></TD> + <TD ALIGN=RIGHT>2002-02-28 </td> + </tr> +</table> +<table width=100%><tr><td valign=top><p>You will find Snowballs binaries on our web site in the download section. Currently, we only have Windows binaries but feel free to send us some other versions (e.g. GNU/Linux tarballs, debian packages and so on). Please, send them to lecroart@nevrax.com</P></td><td align=right valign=top><img src=http://nevrax.org/news/img/nel.gif width=80 height=53 ALT="NeL" border=0></td></tr></table><br> +<!-- Suggested task list --> +<TABLE bgcolor="#dddddd" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 BORDER=0 width=100%> + <tr> + <td width=1% valign=middle><img width=6 height=14 hspace=2 vspace=2 src="http://www.nevrax.org/inc/img/reddots.gif"></TD> + <TD><B>Suggested task list</B></TD> + <TD ALIGN=RIGHT>2002-02-27 </td> + </tr> +</table> +<table width=100%><tr><td valign=top><p>We added a new webpage that contains a suggested task list for the free software community who want to work and help us on our project :
+<a href=http://www.nevrax.org/suggest/>http://www.nevrax.org/suggest/</a></P></td><td align=right valign=top><img src=http://nevrax.org/news/img/nel.gif width=80 height=53 ALT="NeL" border=0></td></tr></table><br> +<!-- A bit of news --> +<TABLE bgcolor="#dddddd" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 BORDER=0 width=100%> + <tr> + <td width=1% valign=middle><img width=6 height=14 hspace=2 vspace=2 src="http://www.nevrax.org/inc/img/reddots.gif"></TD> + <TD><B>A bit of news</B></TD> + <TD ALIGN=RIGHT>2001-07-03 </td> + </tr> +</table> +<table width=100%><tr><td valign=top><p><p>
+Here is some news regarding NeL's development :
+</p>
+<P>
+<b>PARTICLE SYSTEM</b><br>
+First release of the particle system editor with full access to the
+particule system engine is out (it's an extension to the object viewer).
+</p>
+
+<P>
+<b>ENVIRONMENT MAPPING</b><br>
+Flat and cubic environment map rendering have been added to the 3D engine
+and the tools.
+</p>
+<P>
+<b>AUDIO LIBRARY</b><br>
+The lowest level layer of the sound library is functional (the sound library
+is still in very early stage of development)
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<b>SERVICE ADMIN IMPROVEMENTS</b><br>
+Loads of new features added to the Win32 displayer<br>
+- window positions can be stored in the config file<br>
+- displayer window now has a prompt to allow live interaction with running
+services (Note: The same commands can be sent to the services by the admin
+client)
+</p>
+
+<P>
+<b>LIGHT MAPS</b><br>
+Version 1.0 of the lightmap implementation is fully implemented and
+available
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<b>COLLISIONS</b><br>
+Version 1.0 of the PACS collision code fully implemented and available
+</p></P></td><td align=right valign=top><img src=http://nevrax.org/news/img/nel.gif width=80 height=53 ALT="NeL" border=0></td></tr></table><br> +<!-- NeL Documentation updated --> +<TABLE bgcolor="#dddddd" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 BORDER=0 width=100%> + <tr> + <td width=1% valign=middle><img width=6 height=14 hspace=2 vspace=2 src="http://www.nevrax.org/inc/img/reddots.gif"></TD> + <TD><B>NeL Documentation updated</B></TD> + <TD ALIGN=RIGHT>2001-06-28 </td> + </tr> +</table> +<table width=100%><tr><td valign=top><p><p>
+Some new documents were just added in our <a href=http://nevrax.org/docs/>documentation section</a>, including Nel's features description and <a href=http://nevrax.org/docs/features_nel.php3>Nel Introduction</a>. <br>
+Check it out !
+</p></P></td><td align=right valign=top><img src=http://nevrax.org/news/img/nel.gif width=80 height=53 ALT="NeL" border=0></td></tr></table><br> +<!-- Screenshot selection unveiled --> +<TABLE bgcolor="#dddddd" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 BORDER=0 width=100%> + <tr> + <td width=1% valign=middle><img width=6 height=14 hspace=2 vspace=2 src="http://www.nevrax.org/inc/img/reddots.gif"></TD> + <TD><B>Screenshot selection unveiled</B></TD> + <TD ALIGN=RIGHT>2001-03-02 </td> + </tr> +</table> +<table width=100%><tr><td valign=top><p><p>We have made a <a href="/screenshots/">few screenshots</A> internally, while checking various parts of the Snowballs sample game. After much debate, we've selected a few that we think are pretty representative.</P>
+<P>Note that these shots are representative of a technology demo, and do not reflect our planned game or gameplay.</P>
+</P></td><td align=right valign=top><img src=http://nevrax.org/news/img/nel.gif width=80 height=53 ALT="NeL" border=0></td></tr></table><br> +<!-- OMG we've been slashdoted ! --> +<TABLE bgcolor="#dddddd" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 BORDER=0 width=100%> + <tr> + <td width=1% valign=middle><img width=6 height=14 hspace=2 vspace=2 src="http://www.nevrax.org/inc/img/reddots.gif"></TD> + <TD><B>OMG we've been slashdoted !</B></TD> + <TD ALIGN=RIGHT>2001-02-09 </td> + </tr> +</table> +<table width=100%><tr><td valign=top><p><p>Read the <A href=http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/02/07/197257>full story on slashdot</A>, and our <a href=slashdot.php3>reply to the crowd</A>.</P>
+</P></td><td align=right valign=top><img src=http://nevrax.org/news/img/nel.gif width=80 height=53 ALT="NeL" border=0></td></tr></table><br> +<!-- Snowballs goes 0.2 ! --> +<TABLE bgcolor="#dddddd" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 BORDER=0 width=100%> + <tr> + <td width=1% valign=middle><img width=6 height=14 hspace=2 vspace=2 src="http://www.nevrax.org/inc/img/reddots.gif"></TD> + <TD><B>Snowballs goes 0.2 !</B></TD> + <TD ALIGN=RIGHT>2001-02-07 </td> + </tr> +</table> +<table width=100%><tr><td valign=top><p><p>Another milestone for NeL and the Snowball sample game. We've improved some parts of the library itself, and lots of work was done on the client (including some nifty effects - look toward the sun, for instance). The <a href="http://www.nevrax.org/cvs/">CVS</A> should be up to date.</P>
+<P>The main improvement, however, is the fact that you can run both server <B>and</B> client on GNU/Linux (if you have accelerated 3D drivers working on your X server).</P>
+<P>As in the previous release, we're releasing source tree and data files (which you'll find much reduced in volume, down below 10Mb from their previous 16Mb) in separate packages, and do not provide pre-built binaries.</P>
+<P>If you have already installed Snowballs, do not forget to replace your data directory with the current version. Also important: We have included a working ns.cfg file to avoid the recurrent error trying to connect to our internal test server.</P>
+<P>The archives may be downloaded there:</p>
+<UL>
+ <LI>.zip file: <a href="../download/snowballs_src_0_2.zip">Source Tree</a> (1.4Mb) | <a href="../download/snowballs_data_0_2.zip">Data files</A> (10Mb)
+ <LI>.tar.gz file: <a href="../download/snowballs_src_0_2.tar.gz">Source Tree</A> (880Kb) | <a href="../download/snowballs_data_0_2.tar.gz">Data files</A> (9.3Mb)
+</UL>
+<P>Note: The zip archive contains the source tree in DOS text format, whereas the tar.gz archives contains the source in Unix text format. Both should compile equally well, but one might be easier to edit on your system.
+</P></P></td><td align=right valign=top><img src=http://nevrax.org/news/img/nel.gif width=80 height=53 ALT="NeL" border=0></td></tr></table><br> +<!-- Nel 0.2 is out ! --> +<TABLE bgcolor="#dddddd" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 BORDER=0 width=100%> + <tr> + <td width=1% valign=middle><img width=6 height=14 hspace=2 vspace=2 src="http://www.nevrax.org/inc/img/reddots.gif"></TD> + <TD><B>Nel 0.2 is out !</B></TD> + <TD ALIGN=RIGHT>2001-01-17 </td> + </tr> +</table> +<table width=100%><tr><td valign=top><p><p>We are proud to announce the release of the 0.2 version of the NeL framework. This framework comprises the NeL library, and a basic client and server source for a simple game called Snowballs. The <a href="http://www.nevrax.org/cvs/">CVS</A> will be updated shortly, and the 0.2 release tagged. We are including the data files required for the game separately.</P>
+<P>If you are following the CVS regularly, you just have to update, download the data archive, compile and run. Otherwise, you may also download separately the source tree of the 0.2 release without using CVS.</P>
+<P>We do not provide a pre-built set of binaries, as the 0.2 release isn't really representative of the full technology we want to use. The server has been tested under GNU/Linux, and the client under Windows. If you want to use it, there is a demo server running here, on which the client connects by default.</P>
+<P>For any questions, we have opened a <a href="http://www.nevrax.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/snowballs">new mailing list</A> dedicated to the Snowballs demo game, snowballs@nevrax.org. Questions and reports about the client, server, or game data themselves should be directed there, while all discussions on the NeL library itself should remain under the <a href="http://www.nevrax.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/nel">nel@nevrax.org mailing list</A>.</P>
+<P>The archives may be downloaded there:</P>
+<P>
+<UL>
+ <LI>.zip file: <a href="../download/snowballs_src_0_1.zip">Source Tree</a> (1.3Mb) | <a href="../download/snowballs_data_0_1.zip">Data files</A> (16Mb)
+ <LI>.tar.gz file: <a href="../download/snowballs_src_0_1.tar.gz">Source Tree</A> (820Kb) | <a href="../download/snowballs_data_0_1.tar.gz">Data files</A> (16Mb)
+</UL>
+</P>
+<P>Note: The zip archive contains the source tree in DOS text format, whereas the tar.gz archives contains the source in Unix text format. Both should compile equally well, but one might be easier to edit on your system.</P>
+
+</P></td><td align=right valign=top><img src=http://nevrax.org/news/img/nel.gif width=80 height=53 ALT="NeL" border=0></td></tr></table><br> +<!-- RMS at Nevrax --> +<TABLE bgcolor="#dddddd" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 BORDER=0 width=100%> + <tr> + <td width=1% valign=middle><img width=6 height=14 hspace=2 vspace=2 src="http://www.nevrax.org/inc/img/reddots.gif"></TD> + <TD><B>RMS at Nevrax</B></TD> + <TD ALIGN=RIGHT>2000-11-15 </td> + </tr> +</table> +<table width=100%><tr><td valign=top><p><P>We had the honor of receiving here at the Nevrax offices Richard Stallman,
+the founder of the <A HREF="http://www.fsf.org/">Free Software Foundation</A>.
+He came for a visit and a conference on the ethics and philosophy of the
+Free Software movement (not to be confused with <I>Open Source</I>, he
+insists). He spoke at length of the why and how the FSF was born, its
+contributions to the now popular GNU/Linux system, and why its ideas must
+be nurtured and spread to keep the spirit of Free Software alive.</P>
+<P>There was also a lengthy discussion of the NeL platform itself, its
+implications, and its position in the world of Free Software. Copyright
+issues were analyzed, and a few suggestions made. The conference closed
+with a small gift from the art department, specially made for Mr Stallman.</P>
+<P>Here are a few moments of the conference:</P>
+
+<table cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0 border=0>
+<tr>
+<td rowspan=3 width=10> </td></tr>
+<tr>
+ <td valign=top align=center><a href=img/rms3.jpg><img src="img/th_rms3.jpg" width=120 height=90 border=1 ALT="RMS"></A><br><font size=-1>Animated discourse...<br> and lots of tea</FONT></td>
+ <td valign=top align=center><a href=img/rms2.jpg><img src="img/th_rms2.jpg" width=120 height=90 border=1 ALT="The audience"></A><br><font size=-1>The audience listens...</FONT></td>
+ <td> </td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+ <td valign=top align=center><a href=img/rms1.jpg><img src="img/th_rms1.jpg" width=120 height=160 border=1 ALT="Mr Stallman"></A><br><font size=-1>Mr Stallman</FONT></td>
+ <td valign=top align=center><a href=img/rms4.jpg><img src="img/th_rms4.jpg" width=120 height=160 border=1 ALT="Gift"></A><br><font size=-1>After Free Software,<br>here is Free Art</FONT></td>
+ <td valign=top align=center><a href=img/gnusmall.jpg><img src="img/th_gnusmall.jpg" width=120 height=160 border=1 ALT="new GNU"></A><br><font size=-1>The gnu meets<br>Nevrax's Mushferatu</FONT></td>
+</tr>
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I guess we knew it was coming but still, we weren't prepared : the network adaptor on our web server gave up almost instantly. +Anyway, it was interesting to read the reactions of the Slashdot crowd but there seems to be a lot of misconceptions. So if you'd allow me, I'd like to sum up the most frequent questions and try to clear things up before everybody gets it wrong. +</P> + + +<!-- Is Nevrax for real ? --> +<TABLE bgcolor="#dddddd" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 BORDER=0 width=100%> + <tr> + <td width=1% valign=middle><img width=6 height=14 hspace=2 vspace=2 src="http://www.nevrax.org/inc/img/reddots.gif"></TD> + <TD><B> Is Nevrax for real ?</B></TD> + <TD ALIGN=RIGHT> </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<P> +Yes, we are a real company with close to 40 real professional game developers. We are not a hobby project and we are not doing this on our spare time. +The company's headquarters are in London (UK), the production branch is in Paris (France) and we are on the verge of opening a US subsidiary that will be in charge of running the game. We are backed by some major European venture capital funds. +</P> + +<!-- So what is it you guys do exactly ? --> +<TABLE bgcolor="#dddddd" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 BORDER=0 width=100%> + <tr> + <td width=1% valign=middle><img width=6 height=14 hspace=2 vspace=2 src="http://www.nevrax.org/inc/img/reddots.gif"></TD> + <TD><B> So what is it you guys do exactly ?</B></TD> + <TD ALIGN=RIGHT> </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<P> +We are making a Massively Multiplayer Role Playing Game and releasing the source code as Free Software. We've been working on this for a year now, and you can <a href="http://nevrax.org/cvs/">check the code</A> and download a <a href=http://nevrax.org/news/>sample game called 'Snowballs'</A>. +</P> + +<!-- Why Free Software ? --> +<TABLE bgcolor="#dddddd" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 BORDER=0 width=100%> + <tr> + <td width=1% valign=middle><img width=6 height=14 hspace=2 vspace=2 src="http://www.nevrax.org/inc/img/reddots.gif"></TD> + <TD><B> Why Free Software ?</B></TD> + <TD ALIGN=RIGHT> </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<P> +Well, it's the Right Thing to do. Plus, it makes a lot of business sense. <br> +If the source code is Free, then everybody gets to look at it, fix it, improve it, port it to new platforms etc... You guys know the drill! <br> +In the end, we all get a better game and a better gaming experience: everybody wins.<br> +</P> + + +<!-- Ha ! If it's free software, you'll never make any money ! --> +<TABLE bgcolor="#dddddd" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 BORDER=0 width=100%> + <tr> + <td width=1% valign=middle><img width=6 height=14 hspace=2 vspace=2 src="http://www.nevrax.org/inc/img/reddots.gif"></TD> + <TD><B> Ha ! If it's free software, you'll never make any money !</B></TD> + <TD ALIGN=RIGHT> </td> + </tr> +</table> + + +<P> +Err... Ever heard "Free as in speech, not as in beer"?<br> +We are selling a service. <br> +Although the code is Free, all the data/artwork for our game is proprietary. This data/artwork cannot be commercially used by anybody but Nevrax. Sure if you want, you can make your own and use it in a commercial game. +But this takes a lot of talent, time, money and effort (that is if you want to make a nice world). +And even once you've done that, it costs even more to host and maintain these Persistent Worlds (that is if you want more than a few simultaneous players). <br> +So basically, we will be charging a monthly fee for the gaming experience we provide. +</P> + + +<!-- If anybody can get the code, you won't ever be able to prevent cheating ! --> +<TABLE bgcolor="#dddddd" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 BORDER=0 width=100%> + <tr> + <td width=1% valign=middle><img width=6 height=14 hspace=2 vspace=2 src="http://www.nevrax.org/inc/img/reddots.gif"></TD> + <TD><B> If anybody can get the code, you won't ever be able to prevent cheating !</B></TD> + <TD ALIGN=RIGHT> </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<P> + +Gee, we've never thought about that. I think we're going to close down and cry now. ;)<br> +Seriously, there are a number of things to take into account when considering the cheating issue: +<ul> +<li> Our game design and technology are specifically conceived with this problem in mind +<li> We place very little trust in the client software +<li> We are doing a RPG, not a FPS +<li> Security Through Obscurity does not work anyway +</ul> +</P> + + +<!-- Why don't you sell the CD ? --> +<TABLE bgcolor="#dddddd" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 BORDER=0 width=100%> + <tr> + <td width=1% valign=middle><img width=6 height=14 hspace=2 vspace=2 src="http://www.nevrax.org/inc/img/reddots.gif"></TD> + <TD><B> Why don't you sell the CD ?</B></TD> + <TD ALIGN=RIGHT> </td> + </tr> +</table> + + +<P> +Well we will, but you won't necessarily have to buy it to play. It's like a GNU/Linux distribution : you will be able to buy the CD in a nice box, with a nice manual, but you will also be able to get it for free in magazines, or from your friends. +</P> +<P> +So I hope this straighten things up a bit. <br> +In any case, you'll be hearing a lot more from us this year: we are going to show that Free Software is the way to go for massively multiplayer online entertainment, and we have lots of great stuff coming. In the meantime, join us on the snowfields! +</P> +<br><P> +Olivier Lejade<br> +CEO and co-founder<br> +Nevrax +</P> + +<!-- footer --> +<BR><FONT Size=+5> </FONT> +</TD> +<TD WIDTH=15><IMG SRC=http://www.nevrax.org/inc/img/pixel.gif WIDTH=15 HEIGHT=15 BORDER=0 ALT=""></TD> +</TR> +</TABLE> + +</BODY> +</HTML>
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