Aleph One (0.17 / 2006-12-02)

Important notes

What's new?

Features

Bug Fixes

"Anti-lag"

This build of Aleph One comes with a new feature, called "anti-lag." The old Aleph One didn't handle laggy players very well; one laggy player could cause the game to go in fits and starts for the rest. The new "anti-lag" code makes that one laggy player's game a little more jittery, but makes everything nice and smooth for the rest of the players.

In the "Other Stuff" tab of the setup network game dialog, there are three settings for "anti-lag." The default is "lenient;" this should keep the game moving along nicely while not penalizing laggy joiners too much. There is also "strict," which is for gatherers who want really smooth games, and "off," which is the old Aleph One behavior.

If Aleph One seems more jittery to you when you join games than it was, it is likely that the gatherer has this feature enabled. Try to find a gatherer closer to you, or a better ISP ;)

Mac OS X (SDL) FAQ

After much deliberation, we've decided to make the SDL build of Aleph One for OS X the default. Here are some questions you may have regarding the transition:

Why did you switch?
We switched because NIBs is so full of old code, and would be difficult to universalize for Intel Macs. Dropping NIBs will let us remove more than 25% of the code from Aleph One, which will make it leaner, easier to maintain, and less buggy. It will also make the interface more consistent, so people switching from platform to platform will know where everything is.
Command tab doesn't work!
Press command-enter to go into windowed mode, then command-tab to switch to another application
My mouse button doesn't work!
You can assign the mouse buttons to keys in the key prefs dialog. Just click on the action you want to assign a button to, and then click the button you want to use. For example, click on "Primary Trigger", then click your left mouse button.
Why is the interface just ugly text with no graphics?
Because you don't have a theme selected. Go into your environment prefs and choose a theme
I don't like the default theme. Are there others?
Right now there are a couple old ones on our sourceforge files page. You can install them by putting them in a "Themes" folder beside your Aleph One application.
Where are my prefs / saved games / films?
Mac OS X (SDL) stores stuff in ~/Application Support/AlephOne

Aleph One Classic SDL

We're pleased to announce the first build in 5 years of Aleph One for Classic Mac OS! This time it's based off SDL, so it'll look a little different. Requirements:

To install Aleph One for Classic Mac OS, copy the libraries in "Put in Extensions Folder" into your Extensions folder, and copy Aleph One, Fonts, and Themes into your Marathon 2 / Infinity / scenario of your choice folder. If Aleph One crashes and you're using OpenGL, try giving it more memory. Some scenarios like Tempus Irae for Aleph One, and Rubicon X, require a lot of memory (like, 128 MB or even more) for OpenGL if you don't turn the settings down

To fill the screen, hold down the Command key when starting Aleph One, and choose the "DrawSprocket" driver. To run in windowed mode, or fullscreen with a black backdrop, choose the "Toolbox (ROM)" driver.

Here are some features:

And here are some things that are missing:

And some known issues: