After months upon months of work, the newest version of Alien Arena has been unleashed with a number of new features, graphical enhancements, and a much faster rendering game engine. This is a major enhancement, and players should see on average around a 300% increase in rendering speeds.
Some of the new features for this release include:
Major improvements in map rendering speed HD lightmaps IQM mesh animation now handled in GPU for major performance gains Particle rendering optimizations Fixed issues with ATI and shaders Soft shadowmapping for vegetation and players Cubemapping on mesh and map surfaces New glass and water effects Weapon switching has been made significantly faster TCA now best two out of three Various player models received poly increases for smoothness New armor models