Ember 0.5.8 released

Ember version 0.5.8 has been released and is now available from the WorldForge download site.

Ember is a 3d client for the WorldForge project. It uses the Ogre 3d graphics library for presentation and CEGUI for its GUI system.

The main feature of this release is a completely new multithreading framework, an entity type manager, improvements to the shaders and lots of new media.

Changes:

• pervasive multi threading throughout the application, allowing for smoother gameplay
• new entity type manager, allowing dynamic editing of server entity types
• provide glsl shaders for all foliage, removing the need for Cg in that component
• build fixes for win32
• improved mesh management in the assets manager widget

This version can be downloaded from the sourceforge download site, at the following locations:

• ember-0.5.8.tar.bz2
• ember-media-0.5.8.tar.bz2
• ember-0.5.8.x86.package
• Ember-0.5.8.exe

We currently only provide precompiled packages for Linux and Windows.

Note that if you compile from source, you will need to install the content of ember-media-0.5.8.tar.bz2 to PREFIX/share/ember/media or use the “make releasemediarsync” make target.

More information can be found at the Ember site.

All bug reports should be posted at the Launchpad.