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Regnum Online is a free to play MMORPG that is developed in Argentina. The world is divided into three separate realms (kingdoms) that are at war with each other. The game has both PvE and PvP, many quests, and decent 3D graphics that are on par with many other commercial MMORPGs. You can choose to be a Human, Elf, Dark Elf, Half-Elf, Morlock, or Utghar. You can be a Warrior, Mage, or Archer, and each one has two subclasses that become available in later levels - Knight, Barbarian, Warlock, Conjurer, Marksman, or Hunter. The game does have a slight commercial side to it as they sell premium content, such as renting horse health and mana regeneration potions, and an experience boosting scroll.

The information in this review may change as the game continues to develop. There are still a few bugs in the game such as NPC dialogs that are not complete and show error messages (although this usually does not affect gameplay) and some spells not working correctly. The game client seems to be fairly stable but does crash on occasion. NGD Studios is constantly updating the game so most of these issues will (or already have) been taken care of, so don’t be discouraged by my complaints.

PvP consists of each a large area or War Zone in the middle of the world where all three kingdoms fight for control of forts and castles. Each kingdom has two forts and a castle that they must defend while trying to capture the structures of the other kingdoms. Players earn “Regnum Points” for kills and assists in battle and the rankings can be found on the official War Status page. Also be sure to check out the official forums - your username and password are automatically created and will be the same as your game account.

All in all, I think this is one of the best games currently available for Linux and is one of the best free games for Windows. It is very fun to play and looks great. See the screenshot gallery to see what I mean. Better yet, download it now.

In-Game Commands

Type these commands into the chat box. Commands must be prefaced with a slash(/) as shown here or with a hyphen(-).

• /reset_powers - Resets your spell points to zero so you can redistribute them
• /unlock_powers - If for some reason your skills stop working (you are unable to cast spells), this should fix them.
• /chat <username> - Open a private chat with the specified user. Do not type your message after the username, just wait for the new chat tab to open.
• /leave - If you type this in a private chat tab, it will close the private chat
• /buddy <username> - Adds a player to your buddy list. This will print a message to the chat log when your buddy logs in or out.
• /remove <username> - Removes a player from your buddy list.
• /ignore <username> - Ignores party and clan invites from a player as well as prevents you from seeing what they type in your chat logs.
• /unignore <username> - Returns an ignored player to normal, meaning you will see their chats and invites again.
• /users - Shows the number players currently online.
• /help - Not yet implemented. This will eventually list all available commands.
• For more commands, please check out this list at RegnumZG.com.ar.

Helpful Keyboard Shortcuts

• alt + i - show/hide framerate, CPU, and bandwidth usage
• alt + p - show/hide lag information
• F11 - show/hide the console
• tab - show/hide the GUI
• more at Regnum: Zona de Guerra

Skills

RegnumZG.com.ar has two nice webapps for skills, one is a Skills Notebook that gives you a nice breakdown of each skill including its mana costs, casting times, damage, cooldown time, etc. for each skill point. The other is a Build Trainer that allows you to select your level and figure out which skills to invest in.

Linux Troubleshooting

If the sound does not work in Linux - Create a file named .openalrc in your home directory and put the following information inside:

(define devices ‘(native))

Create a symlink called libopenal.so in /usr/lib to the correct openal shared lib for sound to work (in my case /usr/lib/libopenal.so.0). You can do this by typing the following into a terminal as root:

# link /usr/lib/libopenal.so.0 /usr/lib/libopenal.so

Language Barrier

The game is developed in Argentina and although some players speak at least some English, many players only speak Spanish. Here are some useful English to Spanish translations you can use in the game. (Update: there is now a server with English as the primary language.)

• zg - abbrievation that stands for “zona de guerra” in Spanish, “war zone” in English, which is player vs. player area of the game
• hablo solamente Ingles - I only speak English
• gracias - thank you
• de nada - you are welcome (sometimes abbreviated dnd)
• dame un minuto - give me a minute
• entiendes? - do you understand?
• no entiendo - I do not understand
• tengo que irme - I have to leave
• lo siento - I am sorry
• buena suerte - good luck
• verdes - greens (Syrtis)
• rojos - reds (Ignis)
• azules - blues (Alsuis)