Nexuiz Review

[upQuark]

I think it's a fair review, much better than that one on Moddb a while back. It's too bad that shadows don't work on Mac though, because real-time shadowing is one of the best aspects of Nexuiz's graphics.

If the shadows worked and the reivewer wasn't so picky about the interface it probably would've gotten a better rating... though I do agree with him that the sound effects should be improved and that the game should be more optimized.

[divVerent]

2. I meant it shouldn't be the Nexuiz developers' problem to get around that Windows key thing.

Correct, it should not be our (or more exactly, DP's) problem.

However, this "feature" hasn't changed for ten years now. And a game is supposed to "run" well.

As for WM keys not working in fullscreen... on X11, the fullscreen window is created using CWOverrideRedirect. So even if you COULD use WM key bindings, it would no change much because CWOverrideRedirect windows are never seen by the WM and cannot be overlapped by non-overriding windows. There are many other ways to go fullscreen, but CWOverrideRedirect is the only one which does not need specific window manager support. Most other methods need special features not every WM has... which is the cause why mplayer for example has lots of different ways of going fullscreen.

BTW, Alt-Tab is another key combination that might happen while playing... some people bind Alt. Not just Windows, but most *x WMs and OS X support it (okay, it's Command-Tab there, but basically the same).