Announcement on the Nox Discord Server by dennwc
Hi everyone! On behalf of the whole team, I’m proud to announce the new Nox build that was in the works for a past few months. It’s based on the version running at playnox.xyz, but extended with a new features and bug fixes. You can think of it as Nox Reloaded 2.0! Download (1.8.5)

You can now support OpenNox directly via Patreon!

v1.8.5

• High-resolution support (up to 4K)! You’ll need to run opennox-hd.exe for it.
• A lot faster OpenGL-based rendering (partially offloaded to GPU).
• Game will now write a separate config in OpenNox directory (v1.8.2+).
• Automated end-to-end testing mode, see opennox-e2e for details.
• Simple HTTP-based Server API for controlling game servers.
• Allow disabling image smoothing in the video options.
• Allow enabling image stretching in the video options.

Minor:

• v1.8.5: Add more resolution options for both regular and HD version.
• v1.8.5: Move screen resolution to opennox.yml config.
• v1.8.4: Better performance for particle effects.
• v1.8.4: Allow using emotes in campaign.
• v1.8.4: New cheat god command that makes you invincible, but won’t give any spells.
• v1.8.4: New cheat sage command that gives all spells and scrolls, but doesn’t make you invincible.
• v1.8.4: New cheat spells and cheat scrolls commands that give all spells or best scrolls.
• v1.8.3: Servers will now expose a simple control panel on port 18580.
• v1.8.2: Game will now write a separate config in OpenNox directory.
• v1.8.2: Nox Game directory can now be changed in opennox.yml file.
• Add cheat charm.all to charm any creature (including humanoids).

Bug fixes:

• v1.8.5: Instant victory if player commits a suicide in Arena.
• v1.8.5: Properly propagate closed and private game flags to XWIS.
• v1.8.5: It was possible to join closed games.
• v1.8.5: Map filtering by game type now works properly.
• v1.8.5: cheat health and cheat mana now work properly without arguments.
• v1.8.4: Set time limit for key bindings to prevent the same action from executing to fast.
• v1.8.4: Lightning spells were not hitting multiple targets as they should.
• v1.8.4: Controlled creatures disappearing on map switch.
• v1.8.4: Effects from Protection spells were played incorrectly.
• v1.8.4: Random “you cannot wear this” messages when switching equipment.
• v1.8.4: Allow really large amount of gold in cheat gold.
• v1.8.4: Announcing Solo games to online lobby.
• v1.8.4: Using relative paths in config.
• v1.8.4: Better protection from potential memory leaks.
• v1.8.4: Multiple crashes under different curcumstances.
• v1.8.3: Saving complex input configs.
• v1.8.3: Crashes on maps using Panic’s new script compiler.
• v1.8.3: Skipped XWIS server registration in v1.8.2.
• v1.8.2: Fix player names being stuck in the dedicated server players list.
• v1.8.2: Fix mouse movement on low sensitivity settings.
• v1.8.2: Assigning keyboard keys instead of mouse for movement.
• Bug with creatures being “deaf” (not reacting to footsteps, etc).
• Banish of captured creatures (like vampire bats) leading to scripts being stuck.
• Properly forward ports when server port is changed via a flag.
• Nox Reloaded failing to join OpenNox Quest games.
• LUA scripts when reloading the same map from the console.
• Error when manually saving player in online games.
• OpenNox changing user.rul file permissions.
• Properly show the last character in long server names.
• Disabling soft shadows via -soft flag.
• Multiple crashes for both solo and multiplayer.

v1.7.1
– Completely reworked input and present pipelines.
– Manual spell casting. Bind keys to individual spell gestures and become a real wizard/conjurer!
– Gamma and mouse sensitivity sliders were added to the options menu.
– Wide-screen 16:9 resolutions are now available. Older 4:3 resolutions are still supported via config.
– Added key bindings for:
+ Switching to a specific spell slot.
+ Switching to a specific trap slot.
+ Dropping a trap from your inventory.
+ Controlling spawned creature behavior.
+ Accepting item buy/sell/drop.
– Fix: Input sensitivity should now work correctly in fullscreen mode.
– Fix: Gamma setting in the config is now respected.
– Fix: Stretched video setting in the config is now respected.
– Breaking change: set allow.all was renamed to cheat equip.all, set mana/health was renamed to cheat mana/health

v1.6.0
– We now have a (bare-bones) Windows installer. OpenNox can now work from a separate folder.
– Automatically detect Nox game. Supports Origin, GoG and Nox Reloaded.
– Keep 4:3 aspect ratio when resizing game window. No more stretched images.
– Toggle fullscreen mode with Alt+Enter.
– Add set health and set mana cheats.
– Add set allow.all cheat to remove item class restrictions.
– Allow customising gamedata.bin values without encoding it. See gamedata-sample.yml
– LUA now supports trigger events as well as player join/leave events.
– Fix: Detonate traps spell will no longer freeze the game.
– Fix: Fullscreen mode will now be saved correctly.
– Fix: Warriors should now be able to scroll weapons with mouse wheel in multiplayer as well.

v1.5.0
– Automatically open/forward ports when hosting a game (no need to configure firewall).
– Fixed the bug that prevented warriors from scrolling weapons with mouse wheel.
– Blazing-fast map downloads. Both client and the server should use this version.
– Experimental support for LUA map scripts.
– Maps will now be transferred with other related files when possible (.txt, .rul, .lua, .png).

v1.4.0
– Native SDL and OpenAL support (no workarounds required for Win10, streaming, etc).
– Builtin XWIS integration. No need for account in order to host or join games.
– More Nox Quest options (skip levels, keep portal forever, etc).
– Native Linux build (no Wine).
– Experimental gamepad support.
– Dedicated “headless” server.

Download (1.8.4)