The package contains static binaries for the client and sound system, as well as 32 position bitmap albums. There are three static binaries in the archive, one for each of libc5, glibc2.0, and glibc2.1, because static binaries are not compatible between the different library versions. If you don't know what C library your Linux system has, just try them one by one. The package also comes with a base configuration file, the comments for each of the many options serve as the most complete client documentation around.

A complete list of changes can be found in the client README, but here is a short summary of some of the new features.

• See weapons on galactic map
• Auto-rotate galaxy to put playing teams on left side
• Dashboard timer to show repair or refit time remaining
• See the army count for the planet your are orbiting
• Remap your keys via the help window. Just push the key you want over the name of the function you want to assign to it.
• Use the same key for both bombing armies and picking armies. The client can tell by context with one would make sense.
• You can set configuration options to different values for different server types.
• Double buffering support for graphics. When turned on, eliminates flicker. Very useful for LCD monitors.
• Extensive support for enhanced observer mode:
  • See all players' tractors and pressors while observing.
  • You can lock onto a cloaked player and observe them.
  • All your ship stats will reflect the player you are observing. Even torps out, kills, and army capacity.
  • Your ship and player letter don't get drawn on top of the player you are observing's ship and letter.
  • Observers won't have stats shown in your player list, cluttering it up unnecessarily..
• Stereo sound effects!
• Highly configurable speech synthesis!
• Option to omit the team letter of ships on the galactic. Just show '0' instead of 'F0', since you can tell the team by the color of the letter.
• Game score on hockey servers calculated and put on the galactic for easy reference.
• Cool looking streaking background stars when transwarping on Bronco servers.
• Flags on the dashboard gauges indicating the fuel/shields/hull needed to refit or transwarp.
• Single key transwarp on Bronco servers. Push '-' to automatically lock onto your base and warp to it!
• 19FLAGS protocol enhancement. Reduces messed up flags from packetloss. Hockey players, this will eliminate stuck tractors and pressors.
• Works with WindowMaker. Window manager delete buttons work.
• Hockey bug fix, puck doesn't cloak at warp 15 or 31.
• Support for short packets 2. Reduces bandwidth and improves playability with packetloss.
• Supports SBHOURS feature, see how many base hours someone has.
• Shrink phasers, like BRMH.
• Support for wheel mice. The wheel will scroll the message windows, and can be bound to actions like other mouse buttons.
• Re-enter the game after dying by pushing the spacebar, instead of clicking on the right team window. Faster and prevents selecting the wrong team on accident in 4v4 hockey games.
• 32 position ship bitmaps. Your ship rotations will look smoother.
• Small red circle around ship shows det radius.
• Tic marks to show exact ship heading.
• Arrow on puck to indicate direction.
• ID of player you are tractoring displayed next to your ship.
• Configure what columns are in the player list, both the one-column and two-column list. You can also change the width of the each field, so show fewer digits for instance.
• UDP portswap option that lets the client work through NAT firewalls, like Linux IP_MASQ, without a special module.