NEWS AND UPDATES

Onyx 3.0 Notes for 64-Bit Windows and Mac OS X 10.5.4

Two issues have been identified for some users of 54-bit Windows and OS X 10.5.4. People who install the 64-bit edition of Windows Vista may encounter some strange behavior, including a garbled entry in the Task manager and/or unexpected crashes. A problem has been identified which only affects the 64-bit edition of Vista; the normal (32-bit) editions of Windows Vista are not affected.

A second, unrelated issue has been identified in some computers running OS X 10.5.4 that may cause the Onyx game board to vanish during play. This issue appears to be related to the Nvidia drivers used for the graphics hardware in some Macs, and will supposedly be resolved by Apple in 10.5.5.

A new version of Onyx, version 3.1, is currently under development. This new version should fix these problems.

Onyx 3.0 Is Now Available!

Onyx 3.0 is now available for download. The new version of Onyx has many significant new upgrades and improvements that many players have asked for, including:

• A larger game board with improved graphics
• A more flexible and sophisticated Action system that lets you fine-tune the game to your own personal tastes more easily
• A vastly improved Card Editor, which makes writing new actions or changing existing actions simpler and easier
• Roles, which allow you to define the types of activities you and the other players want to engage in! Onyx will assign actions to players based on the roles they have chosen.

Anyone who registered Onyx 2.5 on or after June 1, 2006 will qualify for a free upgrade to Onyx 3.0. Upgrade pricing for Onyx 3.0 for users of 1.x/2.x is $10. For more information on upgrades from Onyx 1.x/2.x, click here.

Registering Onyx

Please note that Onyx can only be registered by credit card. The mail and StormPay options are no longer available. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

OS X 10.3 and 10.4

Some registered users of OS X 10.3 "Panther" and 10.4 "Tiger" have reported problems with the Card Editor application. If you are a registered user and you've experienced difficulty with the Card Editor under Mac OS X 10.3, you can download a new Card Editor application here. Unstuff this application and place it in your Card Editor folder. Not everyone seems to experience this problem; if you are not experiencing difficulty with a garbled screen display, there is no need to update.

Onyx 2.5 now available!

Onyx 2.5 is now available. This new version introduces a significantly improved user interface and many minor bug fixes. It also fixes a serious problem on some Windows XP systems that made earlier versions refuse to play under some circumstances on Windows XP. Onyx 2.5 is a free upgrade to current Onyx 2.x users.