This is a port of the classic biplane shoot ‘em-up “Sopwith” to run on modern computers and operating systems. It is named “SDL Sopwith” as it uses the LibSDL cross-platform library.

SDL Sopwith

Sound on Windows was fixed.Medals are no longer cleared after a crash. Players now keep their medals until the end of the level, like their score.The purple heart medal is now only awarded to players injured in combat. Surviving a bird strike or crashing into an ox doesn't cut it.Out of tree builds were fixed (thanks Will Thompson)The close button now quits the game (thanks Will Thompson)The help screen is no longer shown when aborting the game.

Help text is now shown for new players. This is shown on game start in novice mode, but won't be shown again after a successful flight. The help text will also appear in other single player modes, but only if it looks like you're really struggling to get the plane off the ground.It's no longer possible to flip the plane upside down while sitting motionless on the runway (a bug since the original DOS versions).It's no longer possible to get wounded on the ground. If a plane shoots another on the ground, that's a successful raid. This fixes a bug where a wounded plane on the runway would still be damaged after takeoff.The game no longer freezes up in multiplayer mode if the other player quits. When establishing a connection, a helpful message is shown about how to abort.If the game quits with an error, a friendly dialog box now shows the error.

SDL Sopwith

The classic biplane shoot ‘em-up

Changes in version 2.3.0

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