[tuxracer-announce] Tux Racer 0.61 Released

[Jasmin P. <jf...@su...>]

Tux Racer Version 0.61 has been released! It is available
from: 

   http://www.tuxracer.com/download.html 

This release mainly patches problems with version 0.60.3,
but also adds a few new features.  New in this release: 

 - SDL can be used instead of GLUT for handling OpenGL
 contexts and mouse/keyboard events (the Windows build no
 longer uses GLUT).  Using SDL gives better fullscreen
 rendering support under both Linux and Windows. 

 - Added a fish pickup sound. 

 - Added a "diagnostic log" feature to help diagnose system
 problems and pinpoint bugs.  To create the log, set
 "write_diagnostic_log" to true in the options file; the
 log (diagnostic_log.txt) will be created next time Tux
 Racer is run.  Please include (selected parts) of the log
 when submitting bug reports. 

 - Cygwin is no longer used in the Windows build. 

 - Fog can now be disabled (for buggy Rage 128 drivers) --
 set "disable_fog" to true in the options file. 

 - Added a loading screen (this fixes Debian Bug #75235). 

 - X libraries now included in LIBS in configure script;
 this should fix some GLUT detection problems. 

 - The configure script now includes a --disable-sdl option. 

 - Arbitrary joystick axes can be mapped to Tux controls
 (thanks to Julie Brandon for suggestion and patch). 

 - Fixed some 32-bit-isms to allow compiling on 64-bit
 machines (like Alphas); thanks to Jay Estabrook for patch. 

Enjoy! 

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Jasmin Patry                               Lead Programmer, Tux Racer
jf...@su...                   http://www.tuxracer.com