With over 1000 commits since the last release, it’s time for Warzone 2100 v4.0.0!

4.0.0 General Highlights:

• New graphics backend support:
  • New support for:
    • Vulkan 1.0+
    • OpenGL ES 3.0 / 2.0
    • DirectX (via libANGLE, OpenGL ES -> DirectX)
    • Metal (via MoltenVK, Vulkan -> Metal)
  •  In addition to the existing support for:
    • OpenGL 3.0+ Core Profile (default), OpenGL 2.1 Compatibility Profile
  •  See the new "Graphics Backend" option in the Video Options menu.
• New "Factions" for multiplayer / skirmish
• Higher-res terrain textures, backdrops
• New Music Manager, + Lupus-Mechanicus's new soundtrack album
• Support for "script-generated" / "random" maps (and two new built-in maps that take advantage of this: 6p-Entropy and 10p-Waterloop)
• Scrollable room chat, and many other UI / widget improvements
• Updated / smarter AI bots (Bonecrusher, Cobra)
• New "headless" mode (for --autogame, --autohost, --skirmish)
• JS API enhancements, + a new "Script Debugger"
• Removal of Qt as a dependency, + a new embedded JS engine: QuickJS
• New Blender 2.9x ".pie" addon
• Quality-of-Life / smoothness improvements
• Hundreds of bug fixes

With this release, we also now offer native builds for additional platforms:

• New: Windows 64-bit builds (for both Intel 64-bit / x64, and ARM64)
• New: macOS Universal Binaries with native Apple Silicon support (in addition to Intel 64-bit support)