{"id":1300,"date":"2013-04-12T15:26:17","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T21:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.galcon.com\/news\/?p=698"},"modified":"2013-04-12T15:26:17","modified_gmt":"2013-04-12T21:26:17","slug":"galcon-2-%e2%80%93-beta9-%e2%80%93-ios-beta-linux-beta-and-more-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.philhassey.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/12\/galcon-2-%e2%80%93-beta9-%e2%80%93-ios-beta-linux-beta-and-more-options\/","title":{"rendered":"Galcon 2 \u2013 beta9 \u2013 iOS beta, Linux beta, and more options!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey there!  Another swell Galcon 2 beta is available for Kickstarter backers on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.galcon.com\/g2\/files\/beta9\/Galcon2.zip\">Windows<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.galcon.com\/g2\/files\/beta9\/Galcon2.dmg\">Mac<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.galcon.com\/g2\/files\/beta9\/Galcon2.tgz\">Linux<\/a> (Ubuntu 12.04), and for a select few, iOS!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve set up a server for Galcon 2 finally, you can try out multiplayer by clicking Play, then Client, then &#8220;Quick Join g2s1&#8243; .  Other players are hosting modded servers as well, and you can get info about those in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.galcon.com\/forums\/55\/56\/\">forums<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Linux users who have an Ubuntu 12.04 compatible OS can check it out finally!  Also, if you want to run a server on any OS you can now run Galcon 2 with the command line options &#8220;-headless -mod path\/to\/mod_server.lua&#8221; to start up a headless server.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.galcon.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Parallels-DesktopScreenSnapz003-jpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.galcon.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Parallels-DesktopScreenSnapz003-jpg-300x159.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Parallels DesktopScreenSnapz003-jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-700\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve added a ton of new options to the Controls tab in Settings.  Check them out and customize your Galcon 2 controls to your preference.  Be sure to stop by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.galcon.com\/forums\/55\/56\/\">forums<\/a> and tell me which settings you like the best.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.galcon.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Galcon-2ScreenSnapz035.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.galcon.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Galcon-2ScreenSnapz035-206x300.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Galcon 2ScreenSnapz035\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-699\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And on the Kickstarter reward front, Nan has started packing the fridge magnet sets! Watch for a survey in the mail to fill in your address. To save on shipping, we&#8217;re packing the box set with the magnets, so those will be delayed a bit (I hope that&#8217;s okay! It means more of the KS funds will be used for the game instead of just for postage.)  Here&#8217;s a packaging action shot:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.galcon.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/BHmHJulCUAAstVn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.galcon.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/BHmHJulCUAAstVn-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"BHmHJulCUAAstVn\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-701\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>P.S. If you want to join in on the iOS beta, keep checking these announcements, and in the Galcon 2 forums.  I&#8217;ll be inviting a second wave of beta testers sometime in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey there! Another swell Galcon 2 beta is available for Kickstarter backers on Windows, Mac, Linux (Ubuntu 12.04), and for a select few, iOS! I&#8217;ve set up a server for Galcon 2 finally, you can try out multiplayer by clicking Play, then Client, then &#8220;Quick Join g2s1&#8243; . 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