Vega Strike is an Open Source 3D Action-Space-Sim that lets you trade, fight, and explore in a vast universe. As you play, you will see that several species and numerous political entities are present in the game, and they do not all co-exist peacefully. With the invasion of the Union of Dispossessed Colonists,a lesser political entity, the brink of war has been reached between the human dominated Confederation of Inhabited Worlds and the Aeran Ascendancy even as the border between the Rlaan Assembly and the Aera still smolders under a long, tense cease-fire that has failed to become a peace.
What's New
Version 0.5:
- GLSL Shader Support (Normal Maps, Glossiness maps, soft selfshadowing)
- Deathmatch multiplayer support with MMORPG mode on the horizon
- Improved physics system supporting 10,000 ships at once
- DXT texture support for fast texture loading times
Requirements
Intel/PPC, Mac OS X 10.2 or later (PPC or Intel)
Intel/PPC, Mac OS X 10.2 or later (PPC or Intel)
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| Downloads:23,414 |
| Version Downloads:4,401 |
| Type:Games : Simulation |
| License:Free |
| Date:28 Apr 2008 |
| Platform:PPC 32 / Intel 32 / OS X |
| Price:Free |
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Vega Strike is an Open Source 3D Action-Space-Sim that lets you trade, fight, and explore in a vast universe. As you play, you will see that several species and numerous political entities are present in the game, and they do not all co-exist peacefully. With the invasion of the Union of Dispossessed Colonists,a lesser political entity, the brink of war has been reached between the human dominated Confederation of Inhabited Worlds and the Aeran Ascendancy even as the border between the Rlaan Assembly and the Aera still smolders under a long, tense cease-fire that has failed to become a peace.
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Anonymous reviewed on 16 Feb 2005
If X11 was for 10.2 aswell that would be great. For this disadvantage I have to drop some points.
Apple's beta has been removed, but there's open-source alternatives.
I haven't tried this version, since I already have Apple's 10.2 X11 beta, but I used an earlier release under 10.1 before and it worked well.
Anonymous reviewed on 16 Mar 2004
Anonymous reviewed on 30 Sep 2003
it needs multiple saves and a remap of some of the keys (F12 for instance, ejects any cd you may have in the drive, so having it set as zoom out doesnt work very well..)
The game stopped for about 30 seconds every time i made a jump, kind of annoying, but not a game killer for me.
it crashed twice during a 5 day period (about 10 hours total)
it needs a way to config it without having to install X11
The graphics and sound are supurb for a game of its kind, and even with its issues, it is still a fun and rewarding game.I am sure that with future development it will become better and these bugs/issues will be addressed... after all, its only version .4.1C
Anonymous reviewed on 25 Sep 2003
Anonymous reviewed on 24 Sep 2003
My only complaint is the economy system, but some would probably like the style.
Anonymous reviewed on 30 Jun 2003
Anonymous reviewed on 26 Jun 2003
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Capn Hack reviewed on 22 May 2003
It takes some getting used to, but if you remember playing Elite and loving it, yo should feel right at home.
As for EV Nova, its also a great game, but its not the same as Elite and shouldnt be categorised in that way. If you like space trading/combat games, you should try both these games out.
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but now im as happy as larry. The mac has needed an Elite / Frontier type game and this is it. Far better than EV Nova which i paid for..... BOO :?
I have turned all the full screen mentions to false and now it works..... WHOOOOOHOOOOOO :D
If it dont work on your system go to the VS
Forums/general/miss suffing
and read the tips. Worked first time editing the file with text edit on OS10.2.3
I CANT BELIVE THIS IS A FREE GAME!!!!
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endr23 rated on 31 Dec 2010