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Crossfire is an open source, cooperative multiplayer graphical RPG and adventure game. Since its initial release, Crossfire has grown to encompass over 150 monsters, about 3000 maps to explore, an elaborate magic system, 13 races, 15 character classes, a system of skills, and many artifacts and treasures. Crossfire is based in a medieval fantasy world and is similar to other games of this genre.

Announcements, Updates & Changes:

Crossfire Website News:

August 16, 2022

  • Gridarta for Crossfire map editor snapshot released - README.txt
  • Gridarta for Crossfire map editor installer snapshot released - README-gridartainstaller.txt
    • Changes in the map editor release:
      • Do not crash if a map contains objects outside map boundaries
        • Now Gridarta display a warnings dialog and loads the map while ignoring the objects outside map boundaries
      • [crossfire] Update built-in archetypes
      • Remove spurious "You have made changes to your preferences for External Applications" query from Settings dialog
      • Remove warning "The destination of this exit is outside the map” when following an exit with an invalid specification
        • All cases when this warning could occur are now reported through map validators
      • Add Invalid Map Enter Location map validator. It warns about default enter locations which point to an invalid location
      • Improve Invalid Exit map validator: Warn about invalid destination coordinates
      • Rename "Exit path invalid" map validator to "Invalid Exit”
Crossfire Wiki News:

August 4, 2022

  • For other user visible updates and changes to Crossfire, visit the Crossfire Traffic page on the Wiki
  • Updates for the Crossfire Wiki are also shown on the Recent Changes page

Archetypes

  • Stats change to Amulet of Shielding
    • Now provides ac+1, armour+20, and item_power 2
  • Woods_5 archetype now shows up in game as woods instead of woods4

GTKv2 Client

Maps

  • Monster stat changes in the NetHack style maps, ape and carnivorous ape are no longer based on small trolls
  • Work in Progress: Numerous maps linked together by reset group
    • Instead of a multiple level map resetting at various times based on activity, the entire map set will reset at the same time when left idle for 2-hours
    • This should reduce the times where, for instance, a player is on level 3 of a map and gets trapped there because level 2 has reset and now doors are locked or closed, etc.
  • Correct entrance coordinates to Undead Ruins, Level 1 in Darcap
  • Bug #893 Riverside Manor soft-lock - Make Riverside maps part of the same reset_group, scorn_riverside-manor
  • Minor syntax change to the instructional sign in Demon Training map
  • Update entrance coordinates to Valriel's Church in Euthville
  • Update entrance coordinates to Troll Canyon Cavern Basement (navar_city/troll_canyon/basement) map in Navar
  • Update map entrance coordinates to The Golden Lion, 2nd Floor (santo_dominion/tavern.2ndfloor) in Santo Dominion
  • Update map exit coordinates to Haunted Attic (scorn/houses/house.haunted2) in Scorn
  • Re-align stair coordinates with Lighthouse, Level 1 and Lighthouse, Level 2 in Scorn
  • Update the msg text to provide a better map entrance hint for the Scorn Hero - Knight quest
  • Update the msg text to provide more clear location hint for the Scorn Hero - Baron quest
  • Update the msg text to provide more map location hints for the Scorn Hero - Earl/Marqiuses quest
  • Update the msg text to provide a better map location hint for the Scorn Hero - Duke quest
  • Update the msg text to provide a better map location hint for the Scorn Hero - Count quest
  • Update the Servant of Gaea msg text to provide a better map location hint for the Scorn Hero - Archduke quest
  • Correct map entrance coordinates for Hall of Hereos (scorn/misc/HallOfQuests) in Scorn

Server

  • Bug #925 Container faces stuck open - The object::container field is not saved, so no need to clear it and forget to restore it in some cases
  • Ignore invalid escape codes in 'who' format instead of repeating previous value
  • Remove invalid escape code from default 'who' format string
  • Change default 'who' format to use map's name instead of path
  • Bug #928 Items identified in a container on the ground do not get updated - Correctly send updates for identified items in a container on the ground
  • Fix DM command 'reset' not working on maps with a reset group
  • Fix crashes with empty treasure lists
  • Initial commit of the dumpabove help command based on the Wiki page entry
  • Add See Also: references to all the dump related commands to the dump.en help file, lib/wizhelp/dump.en
  • Add See Also: references to all the dump related commands to the dumpabove.en help file, lib/wizhelp/dumpabove.en
  • Update format to the dumpallarchetypes.en help file, add See Also: references to all the dump related commands
  • Update format to the dumpallmaps.en help file, add See Also: references to all the dump related commands
  • Update format to the dumpallobjects.en help file, add See Also: references to all the dump related commands
  • Update format to the dumpbelow.en help file, add See Also: references to all the dump related commands
  • Update format to the dumpfriendlyobjects.en help file, add See Also: references to all the dump related commands
  • Update lib/wizhelp/free.en help command entry
  • Update help file documentation for prevkey and nextkey commands in regards to having to use the bind command with the GTKv2 Client, the two commands do not work when using the client GUI keybinding menu
Crossfire Atlas News:

August 11, 2022

Latest Client File Releases:

Client:
Select a client based on the OS that you wish to use while playing Crossfire, REQUIRED
Package Version Date Download File Info
GTK-v2 Client, Linux 1.75.1 2021-Aug-19 Download
  • md5sum
    0e4e9f42ac09430542c035e27c2eb865
  • sha1
    e5365f0b3deafa891f8bc31bd7022a35b331bcc0
  • sah256
    9f00342b518f74898afc9ea101e6d3ad030118523dbc6995aa04ce9a4c2c83b7
  • GTK-v2 SHA 256
GTK Client, Windows snapshot 2022-Jul-2 Download
  • md5sum
    a09b33c0afb6fff038f1a0bd85763650
  • sha1
    1eadb6817e8e629bf058a34910ae089523d2d304
  • sha256
    c02ebe23769d1fe297264c778e794d2b68ce306489eb08fd43f533674dc1e64e
JX Client snapshot 2022-Jun-10 Download
  • md5um
    d2abbdae363dc884b5a3773c160d1e3f
  • sha1
    c1087ff28b525f37c8694182f0b34a78735700b5
  • sha256
    e6af744ea986da0991233787be6c9bc5535a7f3fe8ea682fe3284f1152e67b77
JX Client.exe snapshot 2022-Jun-10 Download
  • md5sum
    5f2b5a116f4b3df7eda6a630a22e78e8
  • sha1
    dbe89de1ef96008141223fff618403bc04469dec
  • sha256
    2f3007c0173e0acd1701739e1671d780399032e4cf8913410051aea3431eccfd
JXClient-latest.exe snapshot Daily Build Download
  • For a complete list of available clients, visit the clients page.
  • For those who are looking to host their own server, visit the server page.
  • For those looking to create new or modify existing maps, visit the map editor page.

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