We are happy to release Racesow 0.62. This version contains all the changes
that have been made since March. Mainly:

* port racesow to stay compatible with the last warsow version (0.62)
* fix a few bugs that were causing server crashes or freezes
* optimize database queries to reduce "end of race" computations
* improvements to the racesow hud thanks to Joki (most of them have also been
  included in warsow)

Also, we are putting the official servers in pure mode again. This means that
as soon as you connect to a Racesow server, you will automatically download the
racesow hud and racesow game libraries. This way, you will now be able to
launch a racesow server locally. There are two ways to do this.

First way:

* in game menu select "mods" then chose the mod "racesow"
* then select "start a local game" in the game menu to launch a racesow
  local game

This way has a little flaw. Due to a limitation in warsow you will only
be able to load maps that are inside the basewsw directory.

Second (proper) way:

* create a link to the warsow executable
* add the parameters '+set fs_game racesow' to the link
* launching the link will automatically load the racesow modification

Note that some maps won't work locally since they are using too many models.
They are partially working on the offical servers due to a modification which
cannot be distributed via the automatic download from Racesow servers.

Remember that you can customize the racesow hud to enable/disable some of its
components (accelmeter, dotstrafer, ...). Read the dedicated wiki page here:
http://racesow.warsow-race.net/wiki/Racesow/HUD

Finally, since soh-zolex has been absent for a while now, we migrated the
racesow code to git. This gives us a better control on the repository. You can
see the complete changelog and access the code on github:
https://github.com/Racenet/racesow

Enjoy

We're glad to announce that we successfully updated racesow to work with warsow 0.61! The servers are updated to run the new version and with this we release some new features and bug fixes. As this is the first release without our lovely friend zolex due to his current life situation we'd like to take the opportunity to wish him the best of luck recovering.

Racesow changelog:

* fix bugs (bug wj / irc colors)
* more defrag maps are now compatible with racesow (various fixes for maps with complex triggers)
* "practicemode" command added, enables cheats in race to practice hard spots
* 2 new gametypes: drace and durace (special thanks to jerm)
* pj / nopj detection
* scoreboard update
* fastcap mode (race on ctf maps from one flag to the other)
* add the machingun gun command to get a machingun (useful on maps where you must shoot at triggers and when no weapons are given at start)
* fix bug in displayed earned points : you can't get negative points
* racesow hud changes ( http://racesow.warsow-race.net/wiki/Setup/cVars ):
    * made dotstrafer use graphics.
    * reworked the acceleration meter. it now shows how good you strafe.
    * added a plasmaclimb helper.
    * added 0.6 chat window
* speed record for current session
* callvote randmap
* irc feature (still in beta for now)

For a detailed version of the changelog, please visit our svn log and for the official warsow changelog look over here.

As always, your results are stored in real time on http://www.warsow-race.net/ranking/

First of all The Warsow Racenet wants to wish you a merry christmas 2010.
Due to the unforseen release of Warsow 0.6 we want to defer the Warsow Racenet Mapping Contest #2 until Racesow 0.6 is done. Read all information about the mapping contest here