What is Warsow?

Set in a futuristic cartoon-like world where rocketlauncher-wielding pigs and lasergun-carrying cyberpunks roam the streets, Warsow is a completely free fast-paced first-person shooter (FPS) for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.

Speed and movement, that's what Warsow is all about. Like a true cyberathlete you jump, dash, dodge and walljump your way through the game. Grab those power-ups before your enemy does, plant the bomb before anyone sees you, and steal the enemy's flag before anyone knows what's going on!

A handful of popular gametypes come shipped with Warsow, like Capture the Flag, Team Deathmatch, Clan Arena, Instagib and Duel. Warsow invites you to add to this list, by creating your own custom gametypes with the brand new gametype scripting system!

What is new in Warsow 0.6?

» Maps! plenty of new maps and most of the old maps restyled and redesigned for improved visuals.
» Models! All weapon models have been retextured for a more unified and modern look.
» New Gametype! Added the class-based ‘Capture the Flag: Tactics’ gametype.
» Music! A brandnew full soundtrack by jihnsius. 6 in-game songs and 2 new menu soundtracks for you to enjoy while browsing for servers.
» Prettier! Engine updates for improved and more realistic lighting.
» Better performance! Higher framerates due to greatly improved engine performance. Lower latency due to better netcode.

For a full list of changes, check out the changelog!

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5 comments by ETR on Sep 4th, 2011

We are still looking for volunteers to help out in creating War§ow v0.7. What we desperately now need programming-wise is someone who is capable in writing decent C++-code in decent time.

Task in hands is our BRANDNEW user interface (menus for now, huds later) that depend heavily on few 3rd party libraries (details will follow once _you_ join the devteam). A sneakpreview of the new UI can be found here: Warsow.net.

Any one with anykind of motivations such as:
1) You want to see War§ow 0.7 released.
2) You have programming related educations going on and you need to be involved in related project.
3) You want to show off your mad programming skill.
4) You name it.

You wont be the only one involved in this task, toukkapoukka has done the most grunt work on the current state, and plans to continue finishing it. Vic will probably help where he can (he hates C++). Crizis and hopefully someone else too are involved in designing the layouts and designs for it.

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Warsow 0.62 Update ZIP

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May 8, 2011 Patch 1 comment

Warsow is a completely free fast-paced first-person shooter (FPS) for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. 0.62 fixes several gameplay bugs and engine quirks.

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Warsow 0.62 SDK

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Set in a futuristic cartoon-like world where rocketlauncher-wielding pigs and lasergun-carrying cyberpunks roam the streets, Warsow is a completely free...

Warsow 0.61 SDK

Warsow 0.61 SDK

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Set in a futuristic cartoon-like world where rocketlauncher-wielding pigs and lasergun-carrying cyberpunks roam the streets, Warsow is a completely free...

Warsow 0.61 for Mac

Warsow 0.61 for Mac

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Warsow is a completely free fast-paced first-person shooter (FPS) for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. 0.61 fixes a few bugs like lag spike when changing...

Warsow 0.61 for Windows and Linux

Warsow 0.61 for Windows and Linux

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Warsow is a completely free fast-paced first-person shooter (FPS) for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. 0.61 fixes a few bugs like lag spike when changing...

Warsow 0.61 Update ZIP

Warsow 0.61 Update ZIP

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Warsow is a completely free fast-paced first-person shooter (FPS) for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. 0.61 fixes a few bugs like lag spike when changing...

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WebNuLL
WebNuLL May 12 2012, 6:34pm says:

./warsow.i386: error while loading shared libraries: libXxf86dga.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory*** NSPlugin Viewer *** ERROR: rpc_end_sync called when not in sync!./warsow.i386: error while loading shared libraries: libXxf86dga.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory*** NSPlugin Wrapper *** WARNING:(src/wrapper/npw-wrapper.c:2162):invoke_NPP_Destroy: assertion failed: (rpc_method_invoke_possible(plugin->connection))

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mtbmikex9
mtbmikex9 May 11 2012, 9:49pm says:

It's a really fun game. But hardly anyone plays. The only servers that have any population are Instakills. I hate insta kill matches so I don't play on them. So I just kinda boot up a game with bots. Forever alone. =(

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vancha112
vancha112 Mar 14 2012, 6:34am says:

I love this game :) we played it a lot at school, and with all the effects enabled it actually looks like a real game too :P. definatly adviseable for download.

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black.mamba
black.mamba Nov 19 2011, 8:19pm says:

Ive been playing warsow since0.42 and I have to say ive never played a more addictive FPS in my life. The sheer mechanics of movement and the accuracy needed to hit in instagib are like nothing you'll see in any other game. If you are new to the game and you want to see where all the action is, play any bipbeta2 map that is active and you'll see what all the hype is about. Happy gaming folks!

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stevenbinion
stevenbinion Oct 23 2011, 3:54pm says:

I like FPS, but not always online, Does this have a single player game mode? I didn't see this meantioned.

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MagusZero
MagusZero Nov 12 2011, 8:33pm replied:

Sadly, the game has no real single player other than simple bot matches at the moment. It's not really an area that the developers consider important, since its mostly a competitive game. Races can also be played single player, since its such a heavily movement-based game.

But I, a simple community member, do intend to try implementing a different kind of bot, which would probably eventually result in boosfights, ut-style survival, and perhaps a single player story, depending on how much I/others can be bothered to do.

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WalcionyRS
WalcionyRS Nov 7 2011, 12:26pm replied:

you can play it offline like i do. "start new server", then choose the gametype, add bots and play.

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desuradroid
desuradroid Oct 8 2011, 10:38am says:

OMEGA error on website...403 forbidden

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RageX
RageX Sep 27 2011, 7:22pm says:

Hopefully this gets added to the Linux side of Desura.

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vdo
vdo Jul 9 2011, 4:48pm says:

Love this game, awesome and fun to play!

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