What is the "Sauerbraten Community"?
If you like the game and played it for a while, maybe check out what everyone calls "the Community". The Community consits of people who played and still play this game for months, many even years. They all hang out together and talk a lot to eachother, mainly via IRC. It can roughly be devided in the part of people, who focus on the development of the game ad its content and the other part that focuses on playing the game. Of course many belong to both parts and actually there is no real seperation. As a start we suggest you get a simple IRC client and join #sauer-clans on irc.gamesurge.net (Center of gaming-channels) and #sauerbraten on quakenet.org (center of development-related-channels). Give it some time, as often there are moments where noone speaks.
Here are some Links to Sauerbraten-related sites:
Community Sites:
Community Sites are a good place to go when you are new to the game. Here you will find many info on the game, the people playing it and many people are likely to help you with your problems. Here are some:
sauerbratenfan - German Sauer community
cube2-arena - German Sauer community
Cube2.fr - the Sauer community for French speaking people
SauerLatino - A Community Site for Spanish speaking people
Server-related Sites:
Quadmapserver - Play new maps from Quadropolis
ShockZone - A dedicated server with registration, occasional little fests
Sauer-Zone - Get a free Server for your clan
Mapping
One of the best things about sauer is that you can create your own maps pretty easily. All you will have to do is hit E and start editing. Most works by dragging and scrolling with your mouse sometimes combined with the push of a key, like Y or Q or G ... A small guide can be found here. Once you start becoming addicted to editing, these pages are ones you should see:
Quadropolis - THE ONE AND ONLY page for all user generated content of all Cube-based games
Wadfather - A huge resource for free textures and skyboxes
Cubescript Guide - Learn how to make interactive single-player maps!
Stuff you might want to host your own clan
Maybe you want to found your own clan. Good Idea, the more the merrier. BUT: Maybe think twice about it BEFORE YOU DO, as it takes a lot of time to run a clan and you should maybe also first find out if you'll stay at Sauerbraten. This is not to hinder you from creating one, but rather to make sure you do it at the right point, when you have gotten to know the game a little. Founding a clan should not be something you do before you have played the game for lees than 6 Months, I would dare to say. We have seen many clans popping up and then last for only a week. Anyway, these things might be helpful:
Mumble - free and open source audio chat, to chat with your clanmates while playing
TeamSpeak, Ventrilo - proprietory (but free) audio chat clients/servers
CSM - free clansite with many features
XSBS / HopMod - open source servermods (choose your poison). Our servermod is homemade and not public. Sorry.
Cube-engine based stuff
Sauerbraten is based on the Cube engine which is developed open-source and which serves as a basis for various other games. Here are some of them:
Misc
These things are stuff, Sauerbrateners frequently visit too:
Cubevid - Videos with Cube-engine based content
mibbit - web based IRC and therefore suitable for work ;-)
