Mechanized Assault & eXploration Reloaded

MAXR 0.2.8 Release

We're happy to announce MAXR 0.2.8 with many new features and bugfixes.

1. Releases

Distribution	noarch/universal	x86	ppc	x86_64
Amiga OS4 (lha)	--	(not yet)	maxr-0.2.4	(not yet)
OSX >= 10.4 (dmg)	maxr-0.2.8	--	--	--
Source (tar.gz)	maxr-0.2.8 resinstaller-0.8	--	--	--
Windows (exe)	--	maxr-0.2.8	--	(not yet)

Your download isn't on this list? Check downloads. If it is not there you may help us and create the missing package!

Manual:

      manual.pdf
      Frequently Asked Questions
      Installation (may be aged - see INSTALL instead)
      Building (may be aged - see BUILDING instead)

Important:

Due many changes we recommand a fresh install of MAXR especially when you make use of the resinstaller. Some game resources changed and if you e.g. don't have sound any more you know that you have to rerun resinstaller 0.8.

Info:

If maxr fails to start maxr.log is a good place to start. If you're stucked it might be a good idea to take a look at the manual. Please report crashes, bugs, odd behaviors or differences to the original game on the Bugtracker (login with your forum account and your password).

Hint: Drop by on the IRC to find other players. There is no game lobby or some sort of master server. MAXR is a standalone application and you have to find other players the old way. Ask your friends, on the irc or even on the bbs. Remember about timezones when you party.

Make sure to check the manual for hotkeys and ingame commands.

Job offer: You got some free time and want to get involved? Waste precious leisure time without getting money for it? We're still looking for translators, testers, sound artists, packager for various distros and especially an amiga porter! Just report on the bbs or on the irc or send us a mail/postcard


For a full list of changes use the following SVN command:

svn log -r 2785:2367 svn://maxr.org/MAX/trunk

Many many thanks to all the coders, artists, svn players, packagers that made this release possible

If you like this project please donate!

MAXR 200 Turns Anniversary

Sal decided to lit a candle for the two hundredth crash free turn anniversary. That makes several hours of battling with other opponents over the net without a single crash. The match is still going on but the players decided to take a break to catch some Zs late at night. MAXR is half the way there to knock at the magic 400 turns barrier that usually was about the maximum limit for MAX in it's own days.

Thanks to our real hard gaming debug crew on the IRC looking to bring up any show stopper (be)for the upcoming 0.2.8 release

"Staycation" promo - Interplay Games are 50% off on GOG[1] until July 4th

In case you didn't notice yet: GOG[1] is on a "Staycation" promo. If you don't own your legal copy of MAX yet this is your chance to obtain MAX + MAX2 for only 2,99$ uncut (means you get the amazing intro video and some other missing stuff from the abadon version as well that our resinstaller can make use of in MAXR). Oh yeah, we usually don't advertise but this is a unique chance for you to get the original MAX legal and cheap too (if you don't mind the included garbage called MAX2 of course). Thank you Dauss for keeping us posted!

[1] Please notice that GOG is a company that has about zero to do with the MAXR project. If you want to support MAXR you can make use of the Donate button.

Building MAXR with Visual Studio 2010

Some of you waited a long time for a new tutorial howto build maxr with latest Visual Studio on Windows yourself. Alzi managed to free some time for this and rewrote his old article. With this guide you can set up your own maxr build environment at home and compile the latest svn whenever you want to give it a shot. We're waiting for your feedback and your patches on the bugtracker, of course

May 18, 2013 9:29 pm: [MAXR] Bugtracker navigation bar broken in Firefox? by Toranaga
May 17, 2013 9:42 am: [MAX] German game files? by Neiro
May 16, 2013 11:28 pm: Der gute alte "Guten Morgen Thread" by nonsinn
May 14, 2013 11:15 pm: [MAXR] Signup made near impossible by Neiro
May 10, 2013 6:48 pm: How-to use M.A.X. with modern OS by fyzzo
May 10, 2013 1:16 am: Https + Spdy by nonsinn
May 09, 2013 3:36 pm: [OT] Änderung bei der Registrierung - Texte für Clans gebraucht by nonsinn
Mar 31, 2013 2:30 pm: [MAXR] SVN Mac-Version ? by Meechmunchie
Mar 18, 2013 4:44 pm: [MAXR] Post your games here! by clemcydieu
Mar 17, 2013 12:56 pm: [MAXR] plays ? by Sal