Old ORTS News

• Aug.2005: new screenshot - more bugs models
• Aug.2005: ORTS is a candidate for upcoming RTS game competitions
• Aug.2005: human and bug races almost complete
• Aug.2005: article on the ORTS development (below)
• June.2005: more models, turret now auto-fires
• May.2005: more models, ORTS builds natively under Windows
• Mar.2005: added pathfinding
• 22.Nov.2004: added sound
• 15.Nov.2004: removed anonymous CVS access (download the tar file instead)
• 14.Nov.2004: improved rendering (speed, water, MD3 loader), event system added to client
• 11.Oct.2004: restructured the orts directory and created new cvs repository orts3 (the orts cvs repository is still around but will not be updated!)
• 4.Sep.2004: scripted user interface, more models
• 18.June.2004: much better terrain, shadows, MD2 model loader
• 21.Apr.2004: revamped webpage, added work group info
• 24.Jan.2004: terrain texture, shadows, perspective view (see screenshot below)
• 18.Jan.2004: client side scripts, improved command buttons
• 27.Dec.2003: 3d models attached to units
• 12.Dec.2003: 3d model import added
• 10.Nov.2003: minimap functional
• 31.Oct.2003: added replay functionality
• 30.Oct.2003: ORTS compiles under Cygwin on Windows XP. For a demo, check the binaries.
• 20.Oct.2003: ORTS runs on Mac-OSX
• 19.Oct.2003: Object textures added
• 13.Oct.2003: Asynchronous communication masks latency
• 9.Oct.2003: Got rid of Linux dependencies by using SDL_net, Windows/MacOS ports initiated
• 4.Oct.2003: We submitted a paper on RTS games, real-time AI, and ORTS (see below)
• Summer 2003: ORTS-2 is progressing rapidly:
  • Added terrain features (water, plateaus, and ramps)
  • Implemented tile-based vision
  • Client/server communication is working
  • We have added a scripting system that lets us define all game properties in a single text file
  • We also implemented an OpenGL based graphics client
  • 2002: ORTS-1 implemented.