Lux 5.5 review (mac)
Lux is an epic game of strategy and domination.
| License: |
Shareware |
| OS: |
Mac OS X |
| File size: |
9484K |
| Developer: |
Sillysoft |
| Price: |
$24.00 |
| User Rating: |
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Lux 5.5 is games software developed by Sillysoft.
Lux is an epic game of strategy and domination.
Based on the time tested gameplay of the board game Risk, Lux adds everything you could ask for in a computer version. Things like easy network play, hard AI, and a variety of plugins.
Come and join the active community. There are forums and a ranking ladder to be found at sillysoft.net
Here are some key features of "Lux":
Easy Network Play
Joining an online multiplayer game is as easy as 2 clicks - no need to muck about with IP addresses. Hosting an internet-wide game is just as simple. Now is the perfect time to start climbing the world wide rankings.
Challenging Artificial Intelligence
If you want to play solo, Lux comes with 11 different computer opponents. They start at easy and go all the way to hard (with a capital HARD). Lux provides a strong matchup even for experienced Risk game players.
Strong User Base
Lux has an active user community. The regulars can be found hanging around in the forums and playing multiplayer games online. Come and join the party.
Plugin Madness
Lux comes with support for a wide variety of plugins. Anybody can make a map and add it to the Plugin Manager. Programmers can create an AI or a random map generator using the SDKs provided by Sillysoft.
Unlimited Fun.
Limitations:
20 games permitted to play.
What's New:
Redesigned the new game window, adding map preview and other controls.
Improved support for games with very large armies (added 5k, 10k, 50k tokens and wider bubbles for large army display).
The Join Game window will now display the number of active human players (those that are not in guest only mode) as well as the total.
Improved hosting stability.
Added a Portuguese from Portugal translation, and updated the Croatian, Slovenian, Swedish translations.
Fixed a bug that caused negative continents to increase faster then they should.
Added an option to not output to the system log (console on OSX). Use "/set blockConsoleOutput" in the chat area to set it.
Warn the user when a plugin requires a newer version of Java.
The Map Editor can move shapes with more then 1 polygon properly.
Enabled anti-aliased drawing in the Map Editor.
When playing maps in folders, the folder name is now left off in the Join window.
Chat auto-completion works following a backtick (use the escape key to auto-complete).
Disallow games with more then 1 person controlled by the local host from counting in the online rankings.
Allow the headless server version to set the port it runs on.
When a guest host times out 2 turns in a row they will get demoted from the guest host spots.
Updated somecountry names in the default maps.
Increased the rate of the 'Speed up when all humans are dead' setting.
Made sure it shows up properly as a Universal application on OSX.
Random bugfixes.
This program is shareware, which means you can download and use Lux 5.5 for free during 30-days trial period. After this period you gonna have to buy Lux 5.5 software for $24.00 or uninstall the program. Lux 5.5 supports english interface languages and works with Mac OS X.
Downloading Lux 5.5 will take minute if you use fast ADSL connection.
- 100mbit/s dedicated server
- 100% availability
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