A fixed version of the binaries for Windows and Linux (32 and 64 bit) is now available at the downloads page.

Orbit-Hopper 1.16b

 Changelog:

-Fixed crash on older GPUs.

I just discovered a bug while trying to get Orbit-Hopper to run on another notebook. If you are familiar with C++ compiling (or even if you aren't but know how to install make, g++, and the sdl development libraries), the following small change in Game.cpp (located in /source) will fix a crash during game start:

Move the line "glBindFramebufferEXT(GL_FRAMEBUFFER_EXT,0);" up a few lines, right after the "applyBloom();" call and before the closing "}"-bracket.

Your Game.cpp file should look somewhat like this:

...

        applyBloom();
        glBindFramebufferEXT(GL_FRAMEBUFFER_EXT,0);   
    }

   
    glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT | GL_STENCIL_BUFFER_BIT);         
    glLoadIdentity();
    glColor3f(1.0f,1.0f,1.0f);

 ...

Save and recompile to enjoy Orbit-Hopper on machines without shader support.

I will upload a fixed version of the binaries in a couple of days once I get home.

I just stumbled across an unreleased Orbit-Hopper version I finished a few months ago. Thought I might as well release it now, since I probably won't have much time to work on it anyway.

Changes in Orbit-Hopper 1.16 are:

- Fixed: some memory management issues
- Fixed: ghost recording/replay
- Changed: minor GUI enhancements
- Fixed: minor leveleditor issues
- Added: "ultra"-high details (see screenshots below)

Note: If you are unable to activate "ultra-high" details, make sure that your graphics card supports shaders and that you are using the latest drivers available.

Long time, no updates. I was pretty busy over the last couple of months (and soon will be again, I guess) and couldn’t think of anything noteworthy to post. During the last few days, however, I managed to find enough time to take another look at Orbit-Hopper. As a result, I’m pleased to announce the release of Orbit-Hopper V 1.14:

- New: added invisible borders to pong challenges
- New: introduced a medal system to time-attack mode
- New: shaded floors
- Fixed: crashes in race mode
- Fixed: bug in leveleditor dialogs
- Fixed: minor pong-bug
- Fixed: some wall-jump issues
- Fixed: missing highscore could crash game
- cleaned up title-screens and background images
- changed some speed calculations
- improved rendering performance of high-detail floors
- replaced buggy time-attack level
- minor changes (GUI etc.)

Update 11/27/2007: Uploaded an updated version that fixes some minor Castle-Attack glitches. Get V1.15 here.