Here is a new release of Stendhal for you to enjoy. Please check the announcement.

Update: We fixed the problem which caused some webstart-clients ("Play now") to crash after the update to 0.86. You will notice on first start that it will ask you again to download some additional files.

Those will replace the base client instead of just updating it so the download is a bit larger. Unfortunately there is no other way for us to fix it. The problem was caused because the Webstart files for the 0.85 base client were not signed completely. Java prevents mixing signed and unsigned files in certain conditions so that it is not possible to base any update on that version.

Important: There was a bug in the last release which prevents it from working after the update:

"Something nasty happened while trying to start your self build client: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: games.stendhal.client.stendhal.

If you get this error, please go to your home folder (/home/username, C:\Documents and Settings\username). There you will find a stendhal folder. Please delete the subfolder "jar"

We are sorry for this bug and are working on a better solution.

Here is a new release of Stendhal for you to enjoy. Please check arianne.sf.net for the announcement.

Important: There was a bug in the last release which prevents it from working after the update:

"Something nasty happened while trying to start your self build client: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: games.stendhal.client.stendhal.

If you get this error, please go to your home folder (/home/username, C:\Documents and Settings\username). There you will find a stendhal folder. Please delete the subfolder "jar"

We are sorry for this bug and are working on a better solution.

Here is a new release of Stendhal for you to enjoy. Please check the announcement.

Stendhal 0.85 can handle multiple characters in one account. Please see Stendhal Account Merging for details.

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We like to invite everyone to a Stendhal Development meeting in Semos on Sunday the 2010-06-20, 20:00-21:00 server time. (That is 18:00-19:00 GMT).

You can learn the server time in the bottom left hand corner.

• Open points from the last meeting:
  • How to determine the danger level of a zone (based on some gathered statistics)
  • Thanks for the translations: Stendhal Gioco, Stendhal Jeu, Stendhal Juego, Stendhal Spel, Stendhal Spiel
• Recent changes and pending features for 0.85
• Ideas for new quests
• Discussing your ideas on how to improve Stendhal.

We like to invite everyone to an Stendhal Development meeting in Semos on Sunday the 2010-06-20, 20:00-21:00 server time. (That is 18:00-19:00 GMT).

You can learn the server in the bottom left hand corner.

• Open points from the last meeting:
  • How to determine the danger level of a zone (based on some gathered statistics
  • Thanks for the translations: Stendhal Gioco, Stendhal Jeu, Stendhal Juego, Stendhal Spel, Stendhal Spiel
• Recent changes and pending features for 0.85
• Ideas for new quests
• Discussing your ideas on how to improve Stendhal.

We had a Stendhal Development meeting in Semos on Tuesday, 2010-06-08.

You can see a summary of results and the full chat log at the Wiki page Stendhal Development Meeting 2010-06-08.

The next meeting is planned for Sunday, 2010-06-20, 20:00-21:00 server time. (That is 18:00-19:00 GMT). You can learn the server time from the bottom left hand corner.

The rough agenda was:

• We want to give a short summary of the RL Arianne project meeting.
• A short review of the changes since the last development meeting
• Discussing your ideas on how to improve Stendhal
• Adding translations of the Stendhal introduction page (and proof reading existing translations)
• Splitting the quest page into individual pages and adding in-character information about the quest above the todo-list
• Discussing whether all major paths should be flagged protected or not
• Harold the trading manager - is he working well, how can we train players on using him most effectively?
• Please add to it...

Hi,
we would like to invite everyone to an Stendhal Development meeting in Semos on Tuesday, 2010-06-08, 20:00-21:00 server time. (That is 18:00-19:00 GMT). You can learn the server time from the bottom left hand corner.

A rough agenda is:

• We want to give a short summary of the RL Arianne project meeting.
• A short review of the changes since the last development meeting
• Discussing your ideas on how to improve Stendhal
• Adding translations of the Stendhal introduction page (and proof reading existing translations)
• Splitting the quest page into individual pages and adding in-character information about the quest above the todo-list
• Discussing whether all major pathes should be flagged protected or not
• Harold the trading manager - is he working well, how can we train players on using him most effectively?
• Please add to it...

Please note: The date of the meeting has changed: It is now on Tuesday.

Hi,
we would like to invite everyone to an Stendhal Development meeting in Semos on Tuesday, 2010-06-08, 20:00-21:00 server time. (That is 18:00-19:00 GMT). You can learn the server time from the bottom left hand corner.

A rough agenda is:

• We want to give a short summary of the RL Arianne project meeting.
• A short review of the changes since the last development meeting
• Discussing your ideas on how to improve Stendhal
• Please add to it...

Please note: The date of the meeting has changed: It is now on Tuesday.

Here is a new release of Stendhal for you to enjoy. Please check the announcement.

The Stendhal team would like to congratulate Pacman on its 30th birthday.

Did you know that our engine Marauroa was originally developed as base for a multiplayer online Pacman game?

About 5 years a feature was added to Marauroa supporting the management of multiple zone (game boards) at the same time.

In order to ensure the quality of new features, test cases are needed. The test case for the multi zone feature was called Stendhal.

Well, as you know it got a bit out of hand...