Summoning Wars

Summoning Wars is an open source role-playing game, featuring both a single-player and a multiplayer mode for about 2 to 8 players.

Summoning Wars is free software and is released under the GPL license. It is available for Linux and Windows operating systems.

What is new in this release:

• Source is provided via Mercurial now
• Systemwide as well as standalone installation supported
• Improved Reliability of network gameplay
• Fixed AI to properly attack archers and mages
• Last selected player is now automatically selected on restart
• Map generation for regions is randomized now
• Added shadows - experimental option, please report any issues
• Modified the Logo
• Added option to skip cutscene
• updates translations: German, Russian, Ukrainian

What is new in version 0.5.5:

• Provided installers for Linux and Windows
• Improved stability of network gameplay
• Changed number of inventory slots (5 big, 12 medium, 30 small, 5 belt slots)
• Belt provides separate item slots now
• Added new underground part to the tutorial with some more fighting
• Provided questlog for the herbalist quest
• Completely reskinned the GUI
• Created new layouts for all ingame windows
• New main menu and character selection screen
• New feature: assign alternative right mouse skill (switch with tab)
• Replaced most fonts
• Added resetting graphics options (can be changed on next start of the game)
• Fullscreen and windowed fullscreen are supported now
• Dozens of new meshes for trees and bushes
• Several new meshes for boxes and barrels
• New meshes for armors
• New terrain texture
• New icon
• Updated translations: German, Russian, Italian, Ukrainian, Polish
• Fixed issues with wrong sound format
• Added several new sounds of items drops

What is new in version 0.5.4:

• changed several cooldown values for the archer skills
• added stun to the storm arrows skill
• changed cooldown values for the warriors fire skills and regeneration
• added splash damage to warriors charge attacks
• changed behavior of the warriors taunt and scare warcries
• gave the warrior a triple whirlattack skill as upgrade of common whirlattack
• changed cooldown values for most mage skills
• significant damage adjustments to mage skills
• ionisation passive skill now reduces lightning cooldown speed instead of damage bonus
• changed cooldown values for all priest healing and booster skills
• added passive skills for the priest reducing damage taken from undead, demons and elementals
• modified effect of berserk and confused states
• small evasion rate is now also granted without using a shield
• more enchantments are available at Fazir's in dwarfenwall

What is new in version 0.5.1:

• Improved target selection system
• Dialogues use only two corners now
• full English translation and set this as default option
• new Worldmap
• support for cmake build system
• Single-player game may be paused with ESC now

Requirements:

• OGRE
• CEGUI >= 0.5
• Lua
• Ogg Vorbis
• Raknet 2.x (see INSTALL for a download link)