Re: Behind the Lines

[Hans Ronne <hronne at comhem dot se>]

>Jim Cobb wrote in his latest "Behind the Lines" column at Wargamer.com:
>
>>>The possibility of playing Xconq almost made be become even more of a
>>>geek. The game is similar to the Empire series but is much more flexible.
>>>Views can be changed and the number of games and maps in the library,
>>>ranging from ancient to future combat, is incredible. The trouble was it
>>>required operating systems like Linux and Macintosh. Fortunately for us
>>>chained to Windows, Eric MacDonald has posted a Windows version available
>>>here. Install and join the party!

Great news. I had some problems finding the page, but here is the link:

http://www.wargamer.com/articles/behind_the_lines_13/page2.asp

>That's some good press and hopefully a few new folks will check out the
>game.  Now, it would be really nice if y'all can quit yer bickering and get
>v7.5 out the door.  All the chatter and fussing about revamping the code to
>C++ or Python can wait for later.  Transforming the code to 00 can be a goal
>for v7.6 or a new version v8.0.  Xconq is what it is for the time being.
>Hans Ronne has done a lot of hard work finding and fixing bugs.  Eric
>McDonald has provided a great service by making a Windows install package
>available.  These guys and everyone else who have contributed improvements
>need a big Thank You!  Clean up a few remaining things, update the
>documentation, and get it released already.

Thank you for your kind words. We will try to get 7.5 out as soon as
possible, but there are still some bugs that have to be fixed, apart from
updating the docs and game modules. I will make complete MacOS packages
available soon, so that a wider range of Mac users also can test pre-7.5,
similar to the Windows users.

Hans