What is ZK, and how can I get it?

[Saktoth]

Download now and start playing instantly! Click here!

Visit the Zero-K players' website for more information.

Zero-K is a FREE, multiplatform, open-source RTS game. It aims to be dynamic, action-packed and hassle-free, full of clever strategies and constantly moving combat with games lasting an average 20-30 minutes. It has a sizable and active playerbase, while still being under intense development, with updates every few days.


Download
Visit our download page to get started!

Play
To play Online Multiplayer

1. Create a lobby account and log on.
2. Click the Multiplayer tab.

Click the 'Chat' tab and select 'Zero-K' down the left side to talk with the community or ask for help.

To play Single Player

1. Click on the Single Player button.
2. Select one of the single player options.

These include various difficulties of Chickens, where you defend against swarms of alien critters, and CAI, a strong AI opponent.



Remember to Read the Manual.

Are you a developer? Visit our dev site for all kinds of goodies!

[Regret]

Could use the part about local widgets.

[Saktoth]

There is a whole other stickied thread for that.

[Jazcash]

Very nice, there should be one of these for each game/mod.

[jeykey]

great article !

[slogic]

4. Click 'Add bot...' and chose one of the 'Chicken' options from the AI drop down list to play Chicken Defense, or add a bot such as [http://spring.jobjol.nl/show_file.php?id=890 RAI].

Outdated.

Also please add info how to DIRECTLY download latest TEST version.

[Google_Frog]

This is easy to update. Basically the user needs to download the spring installer, launch SD and join a game.

Also please add info how to DIRECTLY download latest TEST version.

On windows:

• Download and install tortise svn http://tortoisesvn.net/downloads
• Create a folder ca.sdd in spring/mods
• Right click on the folder, do tortise svn checkout on location 'svn://svn.caspring.org/trunk/mods/ca'. (mods/1fac for 1fac)

For poking around inside this is a great solution. For distributing at internet-free lan parties it is less elegant than .sd7 but works fine and if you really want you can zip your own.

In the long run I would like a "compile game version" button in SD that takes the relevant data from the pool and creates a self contained sd7. But this is not vital so it is a long term desire.

[slogic]

Why SVN speed so slow? Only ~15 KB/sec. May be its time to update snapshots folder with some latest releases?

[hoijui]

Code: Select all

rapid pin ca:test

[smoth]

update thread plzkthxbye

[MidKnight]

Done! Thanks.

[Neddie]

I updated the forum title, the user group and your user titles.

[MidKnight]

I updated the forum title, the user group and your user titles.

Woohoo! It finally happened!

I wanted to ask you about this (in February, was it?), but you were on vacation/hiatus at the time. Instead, I asked Aegis, who told me to ask Licho, who told me he couldn't change forum titles.