A preview of novel features for the next release

Flightgear is constantly under development, and the current development version (2.11) contains already a number of interesting features beyond what 2.10 could do – so here is some (incomplete) list of what to expect from the next release:

Novel water effects

As part of the Atmospheric Light Scattering rendering scheme, some novel features have been added to the water shader:

Subtle variations in sea color and surface reflectivity are rendered at high quality, which together with slighly patchy fog improves the visual impression significantly. In addition, an experimental effect generating surf at some coastlines is under active development (coast of …
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Solomon’s General Store: Elements of Death

Finish your PvP victims in style, with earth, water, air and fire-themed death animations, available now from Solomon’s General Store.

The Nexus

It’s time for a deep cleanse! Hold back the horror emerging from Lumbridge Swamp for Prayer XP aplenty in this social training method, aimed at low-level RuneScape members.

Two times (0.)2.0

(Yes, that is a rather thin common ground to combine these two news in one post ;) ).Anyways, today there is one for the “FreeGamers”, aka those that are looking for more or less playable games:There is a new release (2.0) of StuntRally, and I guess I …

Half-Life 2 Games Available For Linux (Steam)

Quick update: Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode One, Half-Life 2: Episode Two and Half-Life 2: LostCoast are now available in Steam for Linux. Like the other two titles Valve has made available for Linux last week: Left 4 Dead 2 and Portal, the Half-Life 2 games are in beta for now and they don’t show [...]

BTS Video 52: The Nexus

Today, we catch up with Mod Krista for the full scoop on the new Prayer training method: The Nexus!

Community Round-Up 09/05

Events, news, and artistic creations from around the community! Check out this week’s Community Round-Up.

RuneScape Theme Music Competition

Send us your take on the RuneScape Theme for a chance to get your music in RuneScape itself and featured on our social network pages, as well as some awesome in-game prizes!

RuneScape 3 Global Reveal

As excitement for RuneScape 3 builds, Behind the Scenes now comes to you twice a week. In today’s video, RS3 is unveiled to the world!

OpenXcom takes a giant leap

Main menuOpenXcom is one of those projects I’ve been following religiously, not only because I’m a huge fan of the X-COM series, but also because it promised to deliver a fully stable and bug free engine port released under a Free Software license.The …

Players’ Gallery 45: RuneScape Vistas

With the extended draw distance that HTML5 brings to RuneScape this month we ask you submit your scenic artwork and rework designs for the chance to win some fantastic prizes.

YouTube Competition: What Does RuneScape Mean To You?

Enter our video competition and tell us what RuneScape really means to you, for a chance to win free membership and merchandise!

SoF: Fiesta de Guerreros & Starfire Weapons

More than a dozen new prizes are up for grabs to celebrate Cinco de Mayo and RuneScape’s Latin American Spanish debut, only on Squeal of Fortune. Don’t forget that there’s still more than a week to gather what you need for your starfire or starfury weapons!

Continuation Quest Poll Results

Here are the results of the Quest Line Continuation Poll – the quest that’s made by you!

BTS Video 51: RS3 Orchestral Music

We caught up with Mod Lord for full details of the stunning orchestral music that’s going into RuneScape 3.

Heroine Dusk, cool in browser retro dungeon crawler

Clint Bellanger, the awesome guy behind the Flare RPG (engine), just landed a surprise hit for the #OneGameaMonth competition(?):Heroine DuskThe fully JavaScript (and thus in Browser game) is called Heroine Dusk, and can be played here as a first demo….

Above the Lore: Lore Podcast with Mod Osborne

Following on from the success of Mod Osborne’s RuneRadio interview, we have decided to start a new series of lore podcasts, which will be played out on RuneZone’s RuneRadio every other Thursday!

Community Round-Up & Players’ Gallery Results 02/05

Awesome remixes, LEGO creations and the winners of last week’s Players’ Gallery! All this and more in this week’s Community Round-Up.

Behind the Scenes: May 2013

It’s springtime, and RuneScape will soon be blossoming with fresh new content in the merry month of May. There’ll be a scarily fun, social Prayer training method for low-level players; emissaries of the RuneScape gods who want you on their side fo…

Instanced God Wars & EoC Updates

Test your mettle on your terms, with new private God Wars Dungeon instances and the option to fight its bosses in a brutal new hard mode! We’ve also given each piece of armour in the game a type – gearing it towards defence, offence or versatility…