Scorched 3D is an artillery game modeled after the DOS game, Scorched Earth.

Big words for "big" games... Here it isScorched 3D which is a turn-based artillery game modeled after the classic DOS game Scorched Earth "The Mother Of All Games".

Unlike Scorched Earth however, it is available for free in its entirety. Also, Scorched 3D adds, amongst other new features, a 3D island environment and LAN and internet play.

Here are some key features of "Scorched 3D":

· Open source
· Single player mode against bots
· Multiplayer mode via LAN, Internet, or Hotseat with up to 24 players and support for team play
· Support for Modding, such as customizable weapon behavior, custom tanks and custom landscapes
· 3D environments with weather effects
· Choose from over 80 "tanks" and over 40 weapons/items
· Play on multiple landscape types
· Highly customizable options
· Available on many different platforms such as Linux, Mac, and Windows
· Support for unique methods of play over the original such as lives, bases, teleportation and resigning


Requirements:

· 500 Mhz Processor
· 256 MB RAM
· 200 MB Hard Disk Space
· 3D Accelerated Graphics Card
· DirectX 8


What's New in This Release:

· Added: Option to turn off landscape captured progress backdrop
· Added: Changed progress backdrop to use textures rather than pixel drawing (speedup on some cards)
· Added: Moved the player id of the single player spectator to allow stats user 1 to connect online
· Added: Scorched client supports remote game connection initiated via .s3l file
· Added: Option to turn off real-time object shadows to improve framerate
· Added: Trying to launch more than one copy of the game will produce a warning
· Added: Options file to allow network protocol to be tweeked (netoptions.xml)
· Fixed: Applied some small patches to help cross platform compilation
· Fixed: Support for wxWidgets 2.8 added
· Fixed: Disconnects caused by players having invalid PNG files
· Fixed: Optimized OpenGL state changes to improve framerate
· Fixed: Aimed over tag so it generates particles with the correct power
· Fixed: Roller collisions to make them less sensitive
· Fixed: Roller strength to make them less powerfull against shields
· Fixed: Water transparency when shaders off
· Fixed: Fractional wind speeds used (Speed 0 shown on display)
· Fixed: Being able to scroll island menu backdrop when in fullscreen mode
· Fixed: Async coms messages are sent even if outgoing message queue is full
· Fixed: Overflow causing placement closeness to be ignored
· Fixed: An issue connecting midway through maps that have level created tanks on them
· Fixed: A crash when using levels with odd dimensions
· Fixed: An issue where timeplayed, money earned and score earned stats where not being recorded