New release 7.71.6

• The server list has a filter now to show active servers only
• It's easier to see the number of real players in the server list
• The server list sorts on player count + ping by default
• The antilag code got some optimizations
• The player setup pops-up at more places
• The newsfeed can show colors now apart from just yellow and white

New release 7.71.5

• The player setup will handle classic player models better.
• There is a new command to install classic player models: installmodel.

Classic player models and custom skins

Four classic player models with all their custom skins are available again: slashbot-classic, martiancyborg-classic, martianenforcer-classic and martianwarrior-classic. From release 7.71.5, you can install them with the console command installmodel. If you have 7.71.4, you can use installmap for that.

It's recommended to install all of them because you don't know which ones other players are using. Use installmodel classicmodelpack for that.

Itch.io

Alien Arena is now on itch.io!

New release 7.71.4

• Release 7.71.4 has most game operations running on alienarena.org.
• Automatic downloading of maps is using the http protocol again.
• The old obsolete stats have been removed.
• A new console command has been added to easily download and install new maps and/or map packs: installmap.

Debian and Ubuntu

Alien Arena 7.71.3 has been released on Debian 12 - Bookworm and Ubuntu 23.04 - Lunar Lobster.

New IRC server

For IRC, use irc.alienarena.org. The port should be 6697 for secure connections, otherwise 6667. With the latest game clients the IRC server will be changed automatically.

Known issues on releases before 7.71.7

Depending on the release you are using one or more of the following issues might occur:

• You can't connect to any server
• Downloading maps is very slow
• The newsfeed is not working
• Crashes in single player mode

• Discord
• Matrix


• IRC:
• irc.alienarena.org:6697
• irc.alienarena.org:6667