THE GAME
THE PROJECT
UFO2000 is free and opensource turn based tactical squad simulation multiplayer game, heavily inspired by the famous UFO: Enemy Unknown and providing a very similar reimplementation of its tactical part.
Currently UFO2000 has its own basic set of fan-made graphics which is included in UFO2000 distribution by default (see screenshots).
But those who also have a copy of UFO: Enemy Unknown game (there are plenty of places to buy it nowadays), have the possibility to use the original graphics from it for extending UFO2000 with additional maps, weapon sets and units.
TECHNOLOGY
UFO2000 is written in C++ language with Lua scripting and is known to compile and run on Linux and Windows systems.
Right now only human vs. human multiplayer is supported. You may find human opponents much more challenging than AI from the original game.
RESOURCES
Our forum is the primary source of information for UFO2000 players, here you can ask questions, discuss the game with the other people and find opponents to play.
If you have found a bug in the game, please report it on our bugtracker.
If you have some software development or artwork creation skills and want to contribute to the development of the game, please visit this forum section.
You can also join IRC chat at irc.freenode.net channel #ufo2000 to communicate with ufo2000 developers in realtime.
Mailing list is now also available: http://groups.google.com/group/ufo2000
RECENT NEWS
New beta version : 0.9.1142
Sun, 23 May 2010
Release notes (more details in svn or git changelog):
- Minor code cleanups and partial compiler warning fixes
- A bit less ugly looking notification when trying to start the game between players with incompatible versions
- Resolved bugs:
- #595 ('Female unit changing bug ')
- #582 ('Demolition Pack of UFO2000 Weapon Set has one wrong sprite')
- #554 ('Assert failed at line 195 of units.cpp')
- #566 ('Wrong map is loaded when starting the game : Triggers CRC')
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New beta version : 0.9.1129
Sat, 15 May 2010
Change notes :
- Display enemy's points feature (Fomka)
- Linux version of ufo2000 game client does not depend on HawkNL library anymore (Siarhei Siamashka)
- Finnish translation (Tuomas Lähteenmäki)
- Various bug fixes (Siarhei Siamashka)
New beta version : 0.9.1105
Fri, 1 May 2009
Change notes :
- Major bug fixes (Nachtwolf)
- Added notification when opponent leaves the game (Nachtwolf)