Alien Arena 2008 is a free standalone deathmatch game based on source code
released by id Software. Begun by COR Entertainment in 2004, the game combines
a 1950s-era sci-fi atmosphere with gameplay similar to the Quake, Doom, and
Unreal Tournament series. Alien Arena focuses mainly on online multiplayer
action, although it does contain single player campaigns against bots.
Alien Arena has been released for Microsoft Windows, Linux and FreeBSD. Alien
Arena has been free-to-play since its inception, and there are currently no
plans to change it to pay-to-play.
Note: this port only contains the data needed to run Alien Arena, shared by
the Linux and native ports of the game engine. To play Alien Arena you have to
install one of "games/alienarena" or "games/linux-alienarena".
===> The following configuration options are available for alienarena-data-7.72.3,1:
DOCS=on: Build and/or install documentation
===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
Remove WWW entries moved into port Makefiles
Commit b7f05445c00f has added WWW entries to port Makefiles based on
WWW: lines in pkg-descr files.
This commit removes the WWW: lines of moved-over URLs from these
pkg-descr files.
Approved by: portmgr (tcberner)
Add WWW entries to port Makefiles
It has been common practice to have one or more URLs at the end of the
ports' pkg-descr files, one per line and prefixed with "WWW:". These
URLs should point at a project website or other relevant resources.
Access to these URLs required processing of the pkg-descr files, and
they have often become stale over time. If more than one such URL was
present in a pkg-descr file, only the first one was tarnsfered into
the port INDEX, but for many ports only the last line did contain the
port specific URL to further information.
There have been several proposals to make a project URL available as
a macro in the ports' Makefiles, over time.
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games/alienarena-data: eliminate @dirrm* usage
It's been years since @dirrm and @dirrmtry support has been removed
from the tree, pkg 1.17 just drop entirely the support for those
keywords making this port fail to build.
- Drop maintainership of the following ports:
games/darkplaces
games/quake-dpmod
games/edge
games/deng
games/odamex
games/uhexen2
games/uhexen2-extras
games/vavoom
games/vavoom-extras
games/alienarena
games/alienarena-data
games/freedroidrpg
games/assaultcube
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Both data and program:
- Update to version 2008.
Only for games/alienarena:
- Remove local patches (now integrated upstream).
- Check for WITH_* instead of !WITHOUT_* (avoid double negation).
- Add note about using the SDL version in FreeBSD >= 7 because of sound
problems.
- Update to version 2007.610.
- Mark Linux version as DEPRECATED (it is to be decided if it will remain in
the tree) and BROKEN (needs dependencies which aren't in the tree or are
outdated). In the meantime use the native version.
- Update games/alienarena-data, games/alienarena and games/linux-alienarena to
version 2007.604 (20070225).
- Add ${MKDIR} and @dirrmtry for share/pixmaps.
- The patches were integrated in upstream SVN, so next version will have them.
AA2K6 is the latest in a series of standalone games based on a classic Sci-Fi
theme with a modern, updated visual experience. With 25 levels, five modes of
play, mutators, built-in bots, 9 characters, 8 weapons (3 with alt-fire
modes), the game has an endless supply of replayability. Billed as the sequel
to 2004's CodeRED: Alien Arena, AA2K6 is much more than that. With the trials
and tribulations of software development, endless hours of playing, gathering
feedback, COR Entertainment has been able to not only fine tune and perfect
it's flagship game, but add completely new dimensions to it.
Note: this port only contains the data needed to run AA2K6, shared by the
Linux and native ports of the game engine. To play AA2K6 you have to install
one of "games/alienarena" or "games/linux-alienarena".
WWW: http://red.planetarena.org/
PR: ports/91802
Approved by: garga (mentor)
