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org.bzflag.BZFlag - 2.4.30-20 ⚙ x86_64

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  <name>BZFlag</name>
  <summary>A 3D first person tank battle game</summary>
  <project_license>LGPL-2.1 or MPL-2.0</project_license>
  <description>
    <p>
    BZFlag is a 3D networked multi-player multi-platform tank battle game. It runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD, and other platforms. It was one of the most popular games ever on Silicon Graphics machines and continues to be developed and improved to this day.
    </p>
  </description>
  <developer id="org.bzflag">
    <name>BZFlag Developers</name>
  </developer>
  <developer_name>BZFlag Developers</developer_name>
  <pkgname>bzflag</pkgname>
  <launchable type="desktop-id">org.bzflag.BZFlag.desktop</launchable>
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  <url type="homepage">https://www.bzflag.org</url>
  <url type="bugtracker">https://github.com/BZFlag-Dev/bzflag/issues</url>
  <url type="help">https://www.bzflag.org/help</url>
  <categories>
    <category>Game</category>
    <category>ActionGame</category>
  </categories>
  <screenshots>
    <screenshot type="default">
      <caption>A map called Churchyard by Louman</caption>
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      <image type="thumbnail" width="1248" height="780">org/bzflag/BZFlag/085878c1811f5c1f1dd471635b1c6680/screenshots/[email protected]</image>
      <image type="thumbnail" width="752" height="470">org/bzflag/BZFlag/085878c1811f5c1f1dd471635b1c6680/screenshots/[email protected]</image>
      <image type="thumbnail" width="624" height="390">org/bzflag/BZFlag/085878c1811f5c1f1dd471635b1c6680/screenshots/[email protected]</image>
      <image type="thumbnail" width="224" height="140">org/bzflag/BZFlag/085878c1811f5c1f1dd471635b1c6680/screenshots/[email protected]</image>
    </screenshot>
    <screenshot>
      <caption>A map called Japanese Castles by krungthai</caption>
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      <image type="thumbnail" width="1248" height="780">org/bzflag/BZFlag/085878c1811f5c1f1dd471635b1c6680/screenshots/[email protected]</image>
      <image type="thumbnail" width="752" height="470">org/bzflag/BZFlag/085878c1811f5c1f1dd471635b1c6680/screenshots/[email protected]</image>
      <image type="thumbnail" width="624" height="390">org/bzflag/BZFlag/085878c1811f5c1f1dd471635b1c6680/screenshots/[email protected]</image>
      <image type="thumbnail" width="224" height="140">org/bzflag/BZFlag/085878c1811f5c1f1dd471635b1c6680/screenshots/[email protected]</image>
    </screenshot>
    <screenshot>
      <caption>A two team capture-the-flag map called Missile Wars 2.3 by Ducatiwannabe</caption>
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      <image type="thumbnail" width="1248" height="702">org/bzflag/BZFlag/085878c1811f5c1f1dd471635b1c6680/screenshots/[email protected]</image>
      <image type="thumbnail" width="752" height="423">org/bzflag/BZFlag/085878c1811f5c1f1dd471635b1c6680/screenshots/[email protected]</image>
      <image type="thumbnail" width="624" height="351">org/bzflag/BZFlag/085878c1811f5c1f1dd471635b1c6680/screenshots/[email protected]</image>
      <image type="thumbnail" width="224" height="126">org/bzflag/BZFlag/085878c1811f5c1f1dd471635b1c6680/screenshots/[email protected]</image>
    </screenshot>
  </screenshots>
  <releases>
    <release type="stable" version="2.4.30" timestamp="1742083200">
      <description>
        <p>This version just reverts a change to 2.4.28 that caused the menu to sometimes look strange in at least the medium quality level.</p>
      </description>
    </release>
    <release type="stable" version="2.4.28" timestamp="1740441600">
      <description>
        <p>This release includes various improvements to the game client and a container for game servers::</p>
        <ul>
          <li>Improved game controller support, including a range limit, deadzones, ramp types, and corner stretching for controllers that don't map to a square</li>
          <li>Better capture support in software such as OBS</li>
          <li>Ability to paste text from the clipboard in the game client</li>
          <li>CGNAT support when used with both an updated client and server</li>
          <li>Dockerfile to build a container for running game servers, with support for custom plugins</li>
        </ul>
      </description>
    </release>
    <release type="stable" version="2.4.26" timestamp="1668902400">
      <description>
        <p>This release mainly fixes a few client bugs:</p>
        <ul>
          <li>Audio pops should be fixed.</li>
          <li>Positional audio in observer mode now uses the camera direction.</li>
          <li>Fixed a regression that caused some textures to render skewed.</li>
          <li>Fixed the Machine Gun firing continuously when the mouse wheel is used to fire.</li>
        </ul>
      </description>
    </release>
    <release type="stable" version="2.4.24" timestamp="1646697600">
      <description>
        <p>This release works around an event polling regression in SDL 2.0.20 that caused our game to appear unresponsive. There's a few other small changes as well.</p>
      </description>
    </release>
  </releases>
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