OW Community News

Added: AVI Support
Added: SAIL commands: MinimapVideo_Play, MinimapVideo_Stop and MinimapVideo_isActive
Added: Hamachi games are now listed on the Master Server
Added: Ability to not list your game on the Master Server (For Private Games using NOLISTING)
Added: EnableFPSCounter parameter
Added: Option to enable/disable VSync (only effects fullscreen, is disabled by default)
Added: Ability to create trampled grass in the OW Editor
Added: Re-enabled the Create Backup menu option in the OW Editor
Added: Spectator ability to Babylon, Bastard Pass, Bloody Valley and Flags
Added: Dedicated Server application (Beta)
Added: Import\Export multiplayer avatar option to XichtEd
Added: Russian Support added (thanks to vvlad)
Added: Multiplayer rooms can now have passwords when created ingame
Added: Master Sever game list added to inroom game browser
Added: Icons to game lists to show passworded, dedicated and ping
Added: BMP screenshots created with F12
Added: More and better Italian(Hokram), Polish(Gothuk, Radzio, Serpher and Zone) and Spanish(Gwren1) translations
Added: IRC multiplayer lobby
Added: Games now show if they are running a mod in the server list as well as if the user has the mod installed
Bug Fix: Mods multiplayer area nolonger causes an access violation
Bug Fix: Crate stacking fixed
Bug Fix: Editor now removes grass correctly
Bug Fix: Spectators nolonger count as a player when working out if a game can launch
Bug Fix: Russian question nolonger asked when running a mod and choosing the russian campaign
Bug Fix: Fixed a division by zero error
Bug Fix: Misc launcher bugs
Bug Fix: Unit experience, sources and breastworks in Bastard Pass have been fixed (By Radzio)
Bug Fix: Artifacts will now spawn in Free for all mode of Babylon (By Radzio)
Bug Fix: Artifacts will now work (Broken in earlyer patch)
Bug Fix: MasterServer thread nolonger crashes
Bug Fix: Multiplayer messages are now displayed in the message log
Bug Fix: Message log was wrongly displaying what choice a user picked in a query
Bug Fix: Apes spawning fixed on Babylon (By Radzio)
Changed: Increased ProtocolVersion. Incompatible with previous versions online
Changed: Spectators nolonger join teams or have the ability to select colour, position, etc
Changed: Spectators see all multiplayer chat and send to all players (Diplomacy settings don't effect spectators)
Changed: Base langauge is now controled via the owar.ini
Changed: Editor now scans for avalible galleries (gallerys.txt is now obsolite)
Changed: Flags now has a minimum of 9 starting units and a maximum of 24 (by Argoneus)
Changed: ErrorLogs are now stored in Error_Logs folder in your Original War directory
Removed: "Low Res" version removed due to increased bugs
Removed: Apemen listbox removed in Bastard Pass as it never effected the map (By Radzio)