From: wolfpack@Empire.Net (The Wolf Pack) Subject: Announcing: Empire 4.0.0 is now available! Date: 1996/08/21 Message-ID: <4vfmmg$u88@RedDragon.Empire.Net>#1/1 organization: Empire.Net, Inc. newsgroups: rec.games.empire It is our great pleasure to bring you Empire 4.x, under the project name of Wolfpack. You may find all kinds of information on Empire 4.x at the following URL: http://www.empire.net/~wolfpack What is Empire 4.x? Well, we've had KSU, MERC, Carnage, HP, Chainsaw (version 1.x of the code) and some as of yet unnamed code (but routinely dubbed "Kennycode" and "Kenpire" by many a person - versions 2.x and 3.x of the code) and now we are happy to bring you Wolfpack code (versions 4.x.) Empire 4.x includes many changes over the 3.x code, including, but not limited to, spies, revamped ships, planes and land units, more facilities for cooperative play between countries (including basing your planes, units, ships out of allied territory) and much more. There will be a post following this one with a small list of some of the changes which have taken place, including a reworked build environment for the server. Or you can see the list of changes on the web site. The current version of the code is 4.0.0. While we have tested this ourselves, we're sure there will be bugs, which we will of course fix. You can find copies of the code at ftp.empire.net in the /pub/wolfpack/empire/server directory, or you can check the web page for the latest version of the code (you can download it from there too.) Feel free to use it, abuse it, and send us comments on it (bugs, requests for changes to the code, suggestions for doing something better, etc.) Send to: wolfpack@empire.net - and as we're sure to get lots of mail, response time may not be the greatest. We figure after a few weeks we will be releasing 4.0.1 which will be mostly all bugfixes (that is, if there are any - wishful thinking...) This is pure hack 'n slash coding. If we like an idea, it goes in. If we don't like something, it comes out. No politics involved. And there is still plenty of tweaking of the code left to do. There are also (2) blitzes up and running Empire 4.0.0. The first is the Cheetah blitz on empire.net. It starts at 6:00pm EDT, and is reset once per day. The second is the Vampire blitz at alfred.edu. It starts at 6:00am EDT and is reset once per day (as in they are 12 hours apart.) Updates are enabled 1/2 hour after start time. The host/port and countries names/reps are: Cheetah: empire.net/6667 1-10/1-10 visitor/visitor Vampire: idiot.alfred.edu/6667 1-10/1-10 visitor/visitor And, finally, we fully acknowledge those who have come before us, and those who will come after us. We know the history of Empire, and offer this latest version as the next step in it's evolution... Wolfpack! -- Wolfpack! Need info or have comments on Empire 4.x? e-mail wolfpack@empire.net Bringing the fun back into Empire... http://www.empire.net/~wolfpack - Empire 4.x's Home Page and Port of Wonder