Red Eclipse can be played under Windows XP/Vista/7/8.1/10/11, macOS, GNU/Linux and BSD.
Red Eclipse was branched from the now-defunct Blood Frontier project. Blood Frontier development started in 2007, and Red Eclipse was formed Spring of 2011. Red Eclipse 1.0 Ides Edition debuted on March 15, 2011.
The best way to play Red Eclipse is by downloading it through Steam. Red Eclipse is available for download at no cost.
- The latest release can be downloaded for all supported operating systems.
- GNU/Linux users can also use the AppImage.
- Or build from source using the developmental Git version, which is hosted by GitHub.
These are the only official sources. Packages from Linux distributions, the AUR, BSD ports and other third parties are not maintained or supported by the Red Eclipse development team, see the Install Guide.
Red Eclipse is a Free and Open Source game.
- Red Eclipse itself and the Cube Engine 2 are under the Zlib License.
- All content in the game is Free, and no more strict than the Creative Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
- For more details, see the License and Trademark Policy.
- Anyone may run up to three (3) servers, and can be listed on the Red Eclipse Master Server, however, only if they are in compliance with the guidelines, rules and policies outlined in the Multiplayer Guidelines. You can request a "trusted" (more servers) authorisation from the Red Eclipse team with the server request form.
- Players must also abide by a set of guidelines as well, and are advised to view the latter half of the Multiplayer Guidelines.
- Any player or server found to not be in compliance with these guidelines are susceptible to denial of access to the Red Eclipse Master Server either temporarily or indefinitely.
Apart from this wiki, and playing on the game servers, you can:
- Participate in Discussions.
- Chat on our Discord.
The location of user content varies on different operating systems.
Check the "My Games" folder in your documents: %USERPROFILE%\My Documents\My Games\Red Eclipse
See the .redeclipse user data in your home directory: ~/.redeclipse
Check the app data in your home directory: /Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Red Eclipse
Yes. Red Eclipse will automatically check for updates, and you will see a terminal while the updater script is running.
If the terminal window closes without launching the game, then there's a problem with the updater, usually missing permissions to replace some files. On windows for example, right-click the game launcher and select "Run as administrator". If the updater still hangs or fails, try a fresh install, but that really should not be necessary.
This is the development version of the game, which can be built from source from our Github repository to check out upcoming features and life on the bleeding edge.
All development happens on the master branch of our base repository on GitHub. Every build of it that passes our automated checks goes to the devel branch on Steam, which is the easiest way to try upcoming changes. The old stable branch holds the 2.0 release from 2019 and is no longer updated.
Technical problems can be reported in the discussion area. Evident bugs can be reported on the issue list, but first, please have a look at our contribution guidelines.
On Windows, when Red Eclipse detects the renderer as 'GDI Generic' it will report a much lower GL version. This has been resolved by removing config.cfg and init.cfg to reset game settings.
Development of Red Eclipse is open and community driven. Contributions can be maps created with the in-game editor, art assets like models, or modifications of the source code. For further information, please read our contribution guidelines.
If you think someone cheats or violates the Multiplayer Guidelines in some other way, you can open a issue in the discussion area. Be sure to attach a demo record of the game, so the problem can be investigated. Convictable cheaters will be sanctioned accordingly.
This is a semi-official feature. You can set the alias saytextcolour to a hex colour value, for example yellow: /saytextcolour = 0xffff00
Only use bright colours with good contrast. A value of -1 will take your profile colour instead.
This depends on the current mode and mutators of the game, which you can look up any time in the help menu (default key: F1). Click the large icons in the help menu to learn more about the rules of the current game. These help menus provide detailed information and tips, of which most can also be read on the wiki. There is also a guide for beginners.
Be careful not to shoot your team mates, especially when using explosive weapons. Each team kill subtracts six points. Team kills on flag carriers or bombers even double this penalty. For details, see Scoring System.
For frequently used abbreviations and player slang, see glossary.
These are the privileges or ranks of registered players.
There is a delay before you can respawn. This adds a tactical value to defeating enemy players, as the time-out is an advantage for your team.
It is easy to hit someone with a shotgun, but the weapon is really only effective at close range. Each loadout weapon has its pros and cons, and some of them are hard to master.
In capture games, you can press F (per default) to pick up the flag in your own base, so the enemy cannot reach it that easily. The same button can also be used to drop a flag you carry, be it yours or the enemy's.
In Red Eclipse the player regenerates health and impulse energy. Therefore, map control is less important, and everyone can focus on the real fun: Capturing that flag, grabbing that bomber ball… or just fragging!
Your are under the effect of the a negative status effect.
Someone has probably just thrown a mine on you. Mines are sticky. And yes, they explode.