{"id":4330,"date":"2015-01-19T21:45:12","date_gmt":"2015-01-19T21:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hemispheregames.com\/?page_id=4330"},"modified":"2015-01-19T22:01:16","modified_gmt":"2015-01-19T22:01:16","slug":"osmos-update","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hemispheregames.com\/new_blog\/osmos-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Osmos Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size: 150%;\"><strong>Updating Osmos<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#how\">I&#8217;ve already purchased Osmos; how do I get the latest version?<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"#what\">What&#8217;s changed? Are there release notes?<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=how><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>I&#8217;ve already purchased Osmos; how do I get the latest version?<\/strong><br \/>\nRemember that email we sent you when you bought the game? It contains a link to a download page. Simply follow that link again and the page will serve you the latest version. If you can&#8217;t find the email, you can have it resent from <a href=\"\/where-is-my-osmos\">this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a name=what><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>What&#8217;s changed? Are there release notes?<\/strong><br \/>\nYes, and here they are for <a href=\"#rn_win\">Windows<\/a> and <a href=\"#rn_linux\">Linux<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a name=rn_win><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Windows:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<a name=1.6.0><\/a><\/p>\n<li><strong>Version 1.6.0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>New languages: Osmos has been translated into <strong>French, German, Spanish and Italian<\/strong>. (Thanks to our localizers!) Note that the game will auto-detect your system&#8217;s language settings, though you can manually override it as described <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hemispheregames.com\/faq-pcos-xlinux\/#tech_language\">here<\/a>.\n<li>Osmos is now officially family friendly. It&#8217;s been rated E (for Everyone) by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esrb.org\/ratings\/ratings_guide.jsp\">ESRB<\/a>.\n<li>Added DirectX (D3D) support. If you&#8217;re graphics driver is having issues with OpenGL, you can configure Osmos to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hemispheregames.com\/faq-pcos-xlinux\/#tech_d3d\">run using D3D<\/a>.\n<li>Reduced the extreme difficulty of a few late levels.\n<ul>\n<li>F3A-2: The player now begins in the &#8220;outer ring&#8221;. The inner ring is a little sparser as well, so huge motes won&#8217;t form as quickly or easily.\n<li>F3A-3: Tweaked to make this one a <em>bit<\/em> easier.\n<li>F3C-3: Tweaked to make this one a little easier.\n<li>F4C (antimatter forever): The difficulty curve of these levels is less steep.\n    <\/ul>\n<li>Music is now streamed for quicker load times and a smaller memory footprint.\n<li>Improved sound init code, eliminating rare sound crashes\/malfunctions on startup.\n<li>Mouse-only controls: You can now play Osmos without touching the keyboard. Visit the in-game Controls menu if you wish to enable this mode. (Hover over text will explain the details.)\n<li>Visualization improvement for small motes: when zoomed out, it&#8217;s easier to see what&#8217;s &#8220;edible&#8221;. (Motes that are much smaller than you are subtly faded out.)\n<li>Players can now skip the splash screen more quickly.\n<li>A few other minor fixes and tweaks.\n<li>Removed dependency on libnoise.\n  <\/ul>\n<p><a name=1.5.8><\/a><\/p>\n<li><strong>Version 1.5.8<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>When clicking on a zone button that hasn&#8217;t been completed, you&#8217;re automatically taken to the last level you&#8217;ve unlocked. (Many people don&#8217;t see the level buttons and get very upset thinking they have to redo the levels they&#8217;ve already completed.)\n<li>Updated to the latest OpenAL installer.\n<li>Osmos now selects the software sound device by default. The software device supports everything the game needs, and some hardware devices seem to be failing, or support a very limited number of sources. So the game should run well for most people &#8220;out of the box&#8221;.\n  <\/ul>\n<p><a name=1.5.7><\/a><\/p>\n<li><strong>Version 1.5.7<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>A handful of sound fixes for hardware that doesn&#8217;t support EFX. (symptoms include crash on exit)\n<li>Tweaks to the difficulty of all levels in F3A.\n<li>Fixes to a 3rd party library for random memory corruption on 64bit machines.\n  <\/ul>\n<p><a name=1.5.6><\/a><\/p>\n<li><strong>Version 1.5.6<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>This is the initial retail release of Osmos!\n  <\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=rn_linux><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Linux:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<a name=1.6.1><\/a><\/p>\n<li><strong>Version 1.6.1<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Fix for the timer freeze bug.\n<li>Fix for text not appearing on some distributions (font loading problem with FreeType 2.4.3).\n  <\/ul>\n<p><a name=1.6.0><\/a><\/p>\n<li><strong>Version 1.6.0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>This is the initial Linux release of Osmos<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updating Osmos I&#8217;ve already purchased Osmos; how do I get the latest version? What&#8217;s changed? Are there release notes? I&#8217;ve already purchased Osmos; how do I get the latest version? Remember that email we sent you when you bought the game? It contains a link to a download page. 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