Open source RTS game Warzone 2100 version 4.7 brings major changes

Warzone 2100 is an excellent classic real-time strategy (RTS) game that continues living on thanks to the open source community, with a huge new release out. Originally a full commercial release back in 1999, it was open sourced in 2004.

With v4.7 - the Legacy & Lobby Update it brings with it major improvements to Vulkan support, improvements to shadows, a new soundtrack, a "v1.10 Campaign Balance Mod" that has the closest representation of the stats that the original developers intended and other fixes.

The biggest addition though is the brand new lobby system for online play which includes all these improvements:

• Easier Joining
  • See the GameId of any lobby room once you host or join
  • Easily share the GameId with friends
  • Join games via GameId, without having to hunt for them in the lobby listing!
• Fixes For Connection Issues
  • Improved accessibility for those behind difficult connections or firewalls that block unusual ports
  • Improved ability to host for those on difficult ISPs
• IPv4 + IPv6 Hosting Support
  • Hosts can list multiple connection methods
  • Clients can fetch and filter based on supported connection methods
  • Even if a host is behind CGNAT (or a provider that otherwise interferes with opening IPv4 ports), they may now be able to host for others with IPv6 connectivity
• New Host Options
  • The expanded “Host Lobby Options” panel provides a single place to configure many more host options, without having to jump back out to the main Options menus. Just click the Gear icon next to the Players / Spectators tabs (when you are host).
  • Hosts can configure & customize new lobby join protections, as desired, to help handle trolls or attempts at ban evasion
• Improved Security, Privacy & Visibility for Hosts
  • HTTPS is now used for all communication with the lobby service
  • Lobby listings display additional host player info to help authenticate and identify games, but hide things like host IPs, providing improved visibility & privacy for hosts
• Live Web Lobby View
  • Keep an eye on matches from your browser: https://wzlobby.wz2100.net
• Fix: Properly persist player mute option
  • Player mute state is now persisted between games, as expected

Source: Official Website

You can download it easily on Linux via Flathub.