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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Widelands news feed</title><link>http://www.widelands.org/news/</link><description>The news section from the widelands.org homepage</description><atom:link href="http://www.widelands.org/news/feed/" rel="self"></atom:link><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2024 09:15:00 +0100</lastBuildDate><item><title>Widelands 1.2 Released</title><link>http://www.widelands.org/news/2024/Mar/30/widelands-1-2-released/</link><description> <p>The Widelands Development Team is proud to announce the immediate availability of the stable release Widelands 1.2.</p><p>Windows installer <a class="externalLink" href="https://github.com/widelands/widelands/releases/download/v1.2/Widelands-1.2-x64.exe" target="_blank" title="This link refers to outer space">64 bit</a> · <a class="externalLink" href="https://github.com/widelands/widelands/releases/download/v1.2/Widelands-1.2-x86.exe" target="_blank" title="This link refers to outer space">32 bit</a> <br/>Mac packages (64 bit) <a class="externalLink" href="https://github.com/widelands/widelands/releases/download/v1.2/Widelands-1.2-MacOS12-x86.dmg" target="_blank" title="This link refers to outer space">MacOS ≥ 12 Intel</a> · <a class="externalLink" href="https://github.com/widelands/widelands/releases/download/v1.2/Widelands-1.2-MacOS14-arm64.dmg" target="_blank" title="This link refers to outer space">MacOS ≥ 14 Arm</a> <br/>Linux (64 bit) <a class="externalLink" href="https://github.com/widelands/widelands/releases/download/v1.2/Widelands-1.2-x86_64.AppImage" target="_blank" title="This link refers to outer space">AppImage</a> · <a class="externalLink" href="https://flathub.org/repo/appstream/org.widelands.Widelands.flatpakref" target="_blank" title="This link refers to outer space">Flatpak</a> · <a class="externalLink" href="https://code.launchpad.net/~widelands-dev/+archive/ubuntu/widelands" target="_blank" title="This link refers to outer space">PPA</a> <br/>Source code as <a class="externalLink" href="https://codeberg.org/wl/widelands/archive/v1.2.zip" target="_blank" title="This link refers to outer space">.zip</a> · <a class="externalLink" href="https://codeberg.org/wl/widelands/archive/v1.2.tar.gz" target="_blank" title="This link refers to outer space">.tar.gz</a> <br/><a class="externalLink" href="https://github.com/widelands/widelands/releases/download/v1.2/Checksums-and-Signatures.zip" target="_blank" title="This link refers to outer space">Checksums and signatures for all downloads</a> <br/><a class="externalLink" href="https://github.com/widelands/widelands/releases/tag/v1.2" target="_blank" title="This link refers to outer space">List of all downloads</a></p><p>Since the release of version 1.1, we implemented several hundreds of new features and bugfixes; for example, to name just a few of the highlights:</p><ul><li><strong>UI Plugins</strong> are add-ons that can add more functionality to the user interface</li><li><strong>Naval Warfare</strong> preview: Invade foreign coasts using warships! <br/><em>This is included as a preview feature and needs to be explicitly enabled in the game setup screen.</em></li><li><strong>Soldier garrisons</strong> for ports and headquarters</li><li>Balancing changes to the Amazon economy</li><li>Fifth scenario for the Frisian campaign</li><li>More settings in the game setup screen, such as configurable durations for timed win conditions</li><li>Diplomacy handling for the computer players</li><li>Stick <strong>pinned notes</strong> onto map fields to mark important points</li><li><strong>Hyperlinks</strong> let you navigate within the encyclopedia and to the online help</li><li>Easy <strong>maps publishing</strong> inside the editor</li><li>High-resolution images for many more units</li><li>Accessibility enhancements for many user interface components</li><li>Expose more functionality to the add-ons and scenario scripting interface</li><li>Fixed many crashes and hangs and enhanced error handling</li></ul><p>Widelands 1.2 is translated completely into Catalan, German, Hungarian, Low German, and Russian, and the translations for 8 other languages are more than ⅔ complete.</p><p>Widelands is distributed for Windows (64-bit and 32-bit), Mac OS X ≥ 12.0 (Intel 64-bit) and Arm (≥ 14.0), Linux (AppImage, 64 bit), and in source code. For Linux users, we also provide a Flatpak package and a Ubuntu PPA and try to make compiling as easy as possible, and most distributions will pick up Widelands 1.2 into their repositories very quickly. Both binary and source packages are available under the links below and from our <a href="https://www.widelands.org/wiki/Download/">Download</a> page.</p><p>If you like what you see, have a look around this site. You may also want to check the forums and our IRC channel, <code>#widelands</code> on LiberaChat, to arrange multiplayer games with other players.</p><p>We especially welcome every helping hand: Help us find bugs, translate the game, add new scenarios or features! If you want to get even more involved in the further development of Widelands, you can meet us on the forum at https://www.widelands.org/ or subscribe to widelands-public@lists.sf.net on http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/widelands-public. Releases are also announced to widelands-announce@lists.sf.net (https://sourceforge.net/projects/widelands/lists/widelands-announce).</p></description><pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2024 09:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.widelands.org/news/2024/Mar/30/widelands-1-2-released/</guid></item><item><title>Widelands 1.2 Release Candidate</title><link>http://www.widelands.org/news/2024/Mar/23/widelands-1-2-release-candidate/</link><description> <p>The Widelands Development Team is proud to announce that the Release Candidate for Widelands 1.2 is now available for <a class="externalLink" href="https://codeberg.org/wl/widelands/releases/tag/v1.2-rc1" target="_blank" title="This link refers to outer space">download</a>.</p><p>Windows installer <a class="externalLink" href="https://github.com/widelands/widelands/releases/download/v1.2-rc1/Widelands-1.2-rc1-x64.exe" target="_blank" title="This link refers to outer space">64 bit</a> · <a class="externalLink" href="https://github.com/widelands/widelands/releases/download/v1.2-rc1/Widelands-1.2-rc1-x86.exe" target="_blank" title="This link refers to outer space">32 bit</a> <br/>Mac packages (64 bit) <a class="externalLink" href="https://github.com/widelands/widelands/releases/download/v1.2-rc1/Widelands-1.2-rc1-MacOS12-x86.dmg" target="_blank" title="This link refers to outer space">MacOS ≥ 12 Intel</a> · <a class="externalLink" href="https://github.com/widelands/widelands/releases/download/v1.2-rc1/Widelands-1.2-rc1-MacOS14-arm64.dmg" target="_blank" title="This link refers to outer space">MacOS ≥ 14 Arm</a> <br/>Linux (64 bit) <a class="externalLink" href="https://github.com/widelands/widelands/releases/download/v1.2-rc1/Widelands-1.2-rc1-x86_64.AppImage" target="_blank" title="This link refers to outer space">AppImage</a><br/>Source code as <a class="externalLink" href="https://codeberg.org/wl/widelands/archive/v1.2-rc1.zip" target="_blank" title="This link refers to outer space">.zip</a> · <a class="externalLink" href="https://codeberg.org/wl/widelands/archive/v1.2-rc1.tar.gz" target="_blank" title="This link refers to outer space">.tar.gz</a> <br/><a class="externalLink" href="https://github.com/widelands/widelands/releases/download/v1.2-rc1/Checksums-and-Signatures.zip" target="_blank" title="This link refers to outer space">Checksums and signatures for all downloads</a> <br/>A Flatpak package can be installed from the <a href="https://www.widelands.org/wiki/Download/#all-distributions_1">Flatpak beta repo</a> <br/><a class="externalLink" href="https://github.com/widelands/widelands/releases/tag/v1.2-rc1" target="_blank" title="This link refers to outer space">List of all downloads</a></p><p>The final release is scheduled to follow on <strong>Saturday, the 30th of March, 2024</strong>.</p></description><pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2024 10:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.widelands.org/news/2024/Mar/23/widelands-1-2-release-candidate/</guid></item><item><title>Widelands 1.2 First Snow Feature Freeze</title><link>http://www.widelands.org/news/2023/Dec/10/widelands-1-2-first-snow-feature-freeze/</link><description> <h3 id="is-now-in-place">… is now in place.</h3><p>The First Snow Feature Freeze for the release of Widelands 1.2 has taken place on the evening of <strong>Sunday, the 31st of December, 2023</strong>.</p><p><em>What does this mean?</em> <br/>From now on, no further features and bugfixes will be accepted except those that have been decided to be critical for the next release. No changes to translatable strings are desired. There is still a batch of new strings incoming shortly from the new Naval Warfare feature. </p><p>The <strong>Winter Time Feature Freeze</strong> will take effect on <strong>Sunday, the 10th of March 2024</strong>. <br/>The release candidate is due on <strong>Saturday, the 23rd of March 2024</strong>, <br/>and the final release is planned for <strong>Saturday, the 30th of March 2024</strong> (Easter Saturday).</p><p><em>And what does that mean for you?</em> <br/>You have only a few more weeks to update the translations for Widelands 1.2. Head over to <a class="externalLink" href="https://www.transifex.com/widelands/widelands/languages/" target="_blank" title="This link refers to outer space">Transifex</a> (instructions can be found <a href="https://www.widelands.org/wiki/TranslatingWidelands/">in our wiki</a>) and add the missing translations for your language! <br/>And play the <a href="https://www.widelands.org/wiki/Download/">current development version</a> as much as you can and <a class="externalLink" href="https://codeberg.org/wl/widelands/issues/" target="_blank" title="This link refers to outer space">report bugs</a>. Widelands 1.2 should be a rock solid release like all the others before it. Let's make it so.</p><hr/><h3 id="the-v12-screenshots-submission-is-now-open"><a href="/forum/topic/5897">The v1.2 Screenshots Submission is now open.</a></h3></description><pubDate>Sun, 10 Dec 2023 15:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.widelands.org/news/2023/Dec/10/widelands-1-2-first-snow-feature-freeze/</guid></item><item><title>Naval Tournament 2023</title><link>http://www.widelands.org/news/2023/Jun/27/naval-tournament-2023/</link><description> <p>Ahoy, <br/>the tournament is over and our land based champion proved to be the master of the seas as well. </p><p>The winner is once again: </p><h2 id="worldsavior">WorldSavior</h2><h3 id="many-congratulations-to-our-suprising-second-place-_elefantenrennen-and-our-chieftain-nordfriese-for-being-third">Many congratulations to our suprising second place "_Elefantenrennen" and our Chieftain "Nordfriese" for being third.</h3><p>We hope you might consider participating in our next tournament, starting shortly after the release of Version 1.2 </p><p>For details see the <a href="https://www.widelands.org/forum/topic/5801/">Tournament thread</a></p></description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2023 22:48:08 +0200</pubDate><guid>http://www.widelands.org/news/2023/Jun/27/naval-tournament-2023/</guid></item><item><title>Changed Users Profile Page</title><link>http://www.widelands.org/news/2022/Dec/4/changed-users-profile-page/</link><description> <p>We did a rework on your users profile. Some old entries were removed and some new entries are added. It is recommended to set your operating system and currently used version of widelands. Both will be displayed in the forum below your avatar, so developers don't need to ask for this information in case of questions or bug reports.</p><p>If you had filled out the "Website" field, there is now a generic field called "Webservice/Nick" which you can use for this.</p><p>You may have to reload the website by hitting CTRL+F5 to force your browser to fetch all new changes of css and images.</p><p><a class="userLink" href="/profile/edit/" title="This link refers to a userpage">Edit your profile page</a></p></description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2022 09:57:52 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.widelands.org/news/2022/Dec/4/changed-users-profile-page/</guid></item><item><title>Widelands 1.1 Released</title><link>http://www.widelands.org/news/2022/Oct/23/widelands-1-1-released/</link><description> <p>The Widelands Development Team is proud to announce the immediate availability of the stable release Widelands 1.1.</p><p>Windows installer <a class="externalLink" href="https://github.com/widelands/widelands/releases/download/v1.1/Widelands-1.1-x64.exe" target="_blank" title="This link refers to outer space">64 bit</a> · <a class="externalLink" href="https://github.com/widelands/widelands/releases/download/v1.1/Widelands-1.1-x86.exe" target="_blank" title="This link refers to outer space">32 bit</a> <br/>Mac packages (64 bit) <a class="externalLink" href="https://github.com/widelands/widelands/releases/download/v1.1/Widelands-1.1-MacOS11.dmg" target="_blank" title="This link refers to outer space">MacOS ≥ 11</a> · <a class="externalLink" href="https://github.com/widelands/widelands/releases/download/v1.1/Widelands-1.1-MacOS12-Arm.dmg" target="_blank" title="This link refers to outer space">M1 Arm MacOS ≥ 12</a><sup id="fnref:1"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:1">1</a></sup> <br/>Linux (64 bit) <a class="externalLink" href="https://github.com/widelands/widelands/releases/download/v1.1/Widelands-1.1.AppImage" target="_blank" title="This link refers to outer space">AppImage</a> · <a class="externalLink" href="https://flathub.org/repo/appstream/org.widelands.Widelands.flatpakref" target="_blank" title="This link refers to outer space">Flatpak</a> · <a class="externalLink" href="https://code.launchpad.net/~widelands-dev/+archive/ubuntu/widelands" target="_blank" title="This link refers to outer space">PPA</a> <br/>Source code as <a class="externalLink" href="https://github.com/widelands/widelands/archive/refs/tags/v1.1.zip" target="_blank" title="This link refers to outer space">.zip</a> · <a class="externalLink" href="https://github.com/widelands/widelands/archive/refs/tags/v1.1.tar.gz" target="_blank" title="This link refers to outer space">.tar.gz</a> <br/><a class="externalLink" href="https://github.com/widelands/widelands/releases/tag/v1.1" target="_blank" title="This link refers to outer space">List of all downloads</a></p><p>Since the release of version 1.0, we implemented several hundreds of new features and bugfixes; for example, to name just a few of the highlights:</p><ul><li><strong>Three new scenarios</strong>: One each for the Atlantean and Frisian campaigns, and a new standalone singleplayer mission</li><li>An <strong>add-ons webserver</strong> allows efficient down- and uploading of add-ons as well as interactions such as voting and commenting on add-ons</li><li><strong>High-resolution images</strong> for many units</li><li><strong>Multithreading</strong> provides smoother performance</li><li>Multiple enhancements to the in-game <strong>encyclopedia</strong></li><li><strong>Diplomacy</strong>: Manage your alliances during the game</li><li><strong>Fastplace</strong>: Assign custom shortcuts to buildings to place them with one keystroke</li><li>In-game loading and restarting of games and scenarios</li><li>Save and load in-game windows</li><li>Editor tool history dialog</li><li>Various AI enhancements</li></ul><p>Widelands 1.1 is translated completely into Catalan, German, Hungarian, and Low German, and the translations for 10 other languages are more than ⅔ complete.</p><p>Widelands is distributed for Windows (64-bit and 32-bit), Mac OS X &gt;= 11.0 (Intel 64-bit and M1 Arm), Linux (AppImage, 64 bit), and in source code. For Linux users, we also provide a Flatpak package and a Ubuntu PPA and try to make compiling as easy as possible, and most distributions will pick up Widelands 1.1 into their repositories very quickly. Both binary and source packages are available under the links below and from our <a href="https://www.widelands.org/wiki/Download/">Download</a> page.</p><p>If you like what you see, have a look around this site. You may also want to check the forums and our IRC channel, <code>#widelands</code> on LiberaChat, to arrange multiplayer games with other players.</p><p>We especially welcome every helping hand: Help us find bugs, translate the game, add new scenarios or features! If you want to get even more involved in the further development of Widelands, you can meet us on the forum at https://www.widelands.org/ or subscribe to widelands-public@lists.sf.net on http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/widelands-public. Releases are also announced to widelands-announce@lists.sf.net (https://sourceforge.net/projects/widelands/lists/widelands-announce).</p><div class="footnote"><hr/><ol><li id="fn:1"><p>For the MacOS ARM builds, please see the <a href="https://www.widelands.org/wiki/Download/#arm-apple-silicon-builds">note on the Download page</a>. <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:1" title="Jump back to footnote 1 in the text">↩</a></p></li></ol></div></description><pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2022 11:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>http://www.widelands.org/news/2022/Oct/23/widelands-1-1-released/</guid></item><item><title>Widelands 1.1 Release Candidate</title><link>http://www.widelands.org/news/2022/Oct/16/widelands-1-1-release-candidate/</link><description> <p>The Widelands Development Team is proud to announce that the Release Candidate for Widelands 1.1 is now available for <a class="externalLink" href="https://github.com/widelands/widelands/releases/tag/v1.1-rc1" target="_blank" title="This link refers to outer space">download</a>.</p><p>Windows installer <a class="externalLink" href="https://github.com/widelands/widelands/releases/download/v1.1-rc1/Widelands-1.1-rc1-x64.exe" target="_blank" title="This link refers to outer space">64 bit</a> · <a class="externalLink" href="https://github.com/widelands/widelands/releases/download/v1.1-rc1/Widelands-1.1-rc1-x86.exe" target="_blank" title="This link refers to outer space">32 bit</a> <br/>Mac packages (64 bit) <a class="externalLink" href="https://github.com/widelands/widelands/releases/download/v1.1-rc1/Widelands-1.1-rc1-MacOS11.dmg" target="_blank" title="This link refers to outer space">MacOS ≥ 11</a> · <a class="externalLink" href="https://github.com/widelands/widelands/releases/download/v1.1-rc1/Widelands-1.1-rc1-MacOS11-Arm.dmg" target="_blank" title="This link refers to outer space">M1 Arm MacOS ≥ 11</a> <br/>Linux (64 bit) <a class="externalLink" href="https://github.com/widelands/widelands/releases/download/v1.1-rc1/Widelands-1.1-rc1-x86_64.AppImage" target="_blank" title="This link refers to outer space">AppImage</a><br/>Source code as <a class="externalLink" href="https://github.com/widelands/widelands/archive/refs/tags/v1.1-rc1.zip" target="_blank" title="This link refers to outer space">.zip</a> · <a class="externalLink" href="https://github.com/widelands/widelands/archive/refs/tags/v1.1-rc1.tar.gz" target="_blank" title="This link refers to outer space">.tar.gz</a> <br/>A Flatpak package can be installed from the <a href="https://www.widelands.org/wiki/Download/#all-distributions_1">Flatpak beta repo</a> <br/><a class="externalLink" href="https://github.com/widelands/widelands/releases/tag/v1.1-rc1" target="_blank" title="This link refers to outer space">List of all downloads</a></p><p>The final release is scheduled to follow on <strong>Sunday, the 23rd of October, 2022</strong>.</p></description><pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2022 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>http://www.widelands.org/news/2022/Oct/16/widelands-1-1-release-candidate/</guid></item><item><title>Widelands Tournament 2022</title><link>http://www.widelands.org/news/2022/Aug/6/widelands-tournament-2022/</link><description> <p>The traditional pre release Widelands tournament 2022 is over now. </p><p>The winner is: </p><h2 id="worldsavior">WorldSavior</h2><p>Congratulations for this epic win again. </p><p>Many thanks to all the participants who made this tournament a nice experience. <br/>I hope you enjoyed the matches.</p><h2 id="for-detailed-results-visit-the-thread-here"><a href="https://www.widelands.org/forum/topic/5613">For detailed results, visit the thread here.</a></h2></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2022 23:33:01 +0200</pubDate><guid>http://www.widelands.org/news/2022/Aug/6/widelands-tournament-2022/</guid></item><item><title>GunChleoc is Passing the Chieftain Baton to Nordfriese</title><link>http://www.widelands.org/news/2022/May/9/gunchleoc-passing-chieftain-baton-nordfriese/</link><description> <p>Five and a half years ago, <a class="userLink" href="https://www.widelands.org/profile/GunChleoc/" title="This link refers to a userpage">GunChleoc</a> took over the Chieftain role of the Widelands project from our founder <a class="userLink" href="https://www.widelands.org/profile/SirVer/" title="This link refers to a userpage">SirVer</a>. During this time, she has contributed more to the project than any other developer. She has implemented hundreds of features, fixed thousands of bugs, and overseen major changes such as the project's transition from Launchpad to GitHub, and much, much more. The entire community is deeply grateful for the enormous amount of work she has put into Widelands.</p><p>More recently, GunChleoc has found less and less time for coding for Widelands, and I, <a class="userLink" href="https://www.widelands.org/profile/Nordfriese/" title="This link refers to a userpage">Nordfriese</a>, have slowly been taking over most of the Chieftain's duties. Now we made it official.</p><p>I joined the project five years ago, a Biology student dabbling in computer sciences looking for some hacking help. After a warm and helpful reception from the community, I stuck around, contributed some Lua scripting and other easy patches, then learned advanced C++ coding and Blender 3D design while working on bigger features for Widelands. This project, in which I invest the largest part of my spare time, has taught me a lot, and it's all thanks to Widelands that my C++ skills developed to a level where I now work as a professional C++ engineer<sup id="fnref:1"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:1">1</a></sup>. As a senior developer, I have overseen some major changes such as the transition of our CI from Travis to GitHub Actions, and I have been managing the last two stable releases of Widelands. I promise to keep contributing to the Widelands project to the best of my abilities as Chieftain for what I hope and intend will be a long time yet.</p><p>But wait, there's more! The project has many developers, and two of the most senior active members, <a class="userLink" href="https://www.widelands.org/profile/hessenfarmer/" title="This link refers to a userpage">hessenfarmer</a> and <a class="userLink" href="https://www.widelands.org/profile/tothxa/" title="This link refers to a userpage">tothxa</a>, are taking over two posts of responsibility: Let's all welcome hessenfarmer as the first <strong>Elder of Scripting</strong> and tothxa as the new <strong>Elder of Graphics</strong>! Here's what they say:</p><h3 id="tothxa-elder-of-graphics">tothxa – Elder of Graphics</h3><p>I would like to thank being appointed to the position of Elder of Graphics.</p><p>When I was added to the elders team on GitHub, I wrote that I have hardly any programming experience. Fortunately this time around I can actually claim some technical and theoretical expertise in both 2D and 3D computer graphics, <img alt="face-smile.png" src="/static/img/smileys/face-smile.png"/> being a mechanical design engineer with over 2 decades of experience in 3D CAD. Unlike previous Elders of Graphics though, I have no artistic skills, and no previous experience in Blender, our main graphics tool. So feel free to consider me the Acting Elder of Graphics until someone better comes around. <img alt="face-smile.png" src="/static/img/smileys/face-smile.png"/> And of course, I'd be more than happy to step down if any of my predecessors returned to reclaim their rightful position. <img alt="face-smile.png" src="/static/img/smileys/face-smile.png"/> </p><p>My CAD background means that Blender is at the same time quite familiar and quite alien to me. Fortunately I'm coping with it so far, and I'll keep working on bringing you high resolution images for the old tribes, keeping the old look and feel of the game alive.</p><h3 id="hessenfarmer-elder-of-scripting">hessenfarmer – Elder of Scripting</h3><p>Many thanks to the developers who chose me to be the newly introduced Elder of Scripting. </p><p>Being a player socialised by the Settlers and Anno Series who loves playing slowly, I found widelands quite some time ago and directly got addicted to it. </p><p>After having played for some years trying almost every map and every tribe, I felt that the things I miss most are more scenarios. So I started to create one and learned some lua for this. While doing this and testing it I learned that the AI might need some help as well. So my second passion in contributing to widelands was discovered. </p><p>As more scenarios are only one good idea to get more variety in the game, but new tribes are another very good idea I realized I could contribute a lot by implementing or reviewing the scripting of new tribes. This comes together with calculating balance scores and making the AI handle them. </p><p>All in all these are my three passions in Widelands: Scenarios, Tribes and the AI. So anybody who might have an idea for new content or improvement might just open a new thread and I will be happy to assist / implement the ideas.</p><p>May we create lots of new stuff together.</p><p>Best regards <br/>hessenfarmer</p><div class="footnote"><hr/><ol><li id="fn:1"><p>Our founder said much the same when he looked back on his time as Chieftain in <a href="https://www.widelands.org/news/2016/Nov/15/sirver-passing-chieftain-baton-gunchleoc/">this post</a> which is well worth a read :) <a class="footnote-backref" href="#fnref:1" title="Jump back to footnote 1 in the text">↩</a></p></li></ol></div></description><pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2022 15:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>http://www.widelands.org/news/2022/May/9/gunchleoc-passing-chieftain-baton-nordfriese/</guid></item><item><title>Widelands 1.1 First Snow Feature Freeze</title><link>http://www.widelands.org/news/2022/Apr/22/widelands-1-1-first-snow-feature-freeze/</link><description> <h3 id="is-now-in-place">…is now in place.</h3><p>The <strong>First Snow Feature Freeze</strong> for the release of Widelands 1.1 has taken place on <strong>Sunday, the First of May 2022</strong>.</p><p><em>What does this mean?</em> <br/>From now on, no further features and bugfixes will be accepted except those that have been decided to be critical for the next release. No changes to translatable strings are desired, except for the two new scenarios that will be part of the release. <br/>When all remaining critical bugs are fixed, we will wait another two weeks and then call the Winter Time Feature Freeze.</p><p><em>And what does that mean for you?</em> <br/>You have only a few more weeks to update the translations for Widelands 1.1. Head over to <a class="externalLink" href="https://www.transifex.com/widelands/widelands/languages/" target="_blank" title="This link refers to outer space">Transifex</a> (instructions can be found <a href="https://www.widelands.org/wiki/TranslatingWidelands/">in our wiki</a>) and add the missing translations for your language! <br/>And play the <a href="https://www.widelands.org/wiki/Download/">current development version</a> as much as you can and <a class="externalLink" href="https://github.com/widelands/widelands/issues/" target="_blank" title="This link refers to outer space">report bugs</a>. Widelands 1.1 should be a rock solid release like all the others before it. Let's make it so.</p><hr/><h3 id="the-v11-screenshots-submission-is-now-open"><a href="/forum/topic/5571">The v1.1 Screenshots Submission is now open.</a></h3></description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2022 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>http://www.widelands.org/news/2022/Apr/22/widelands-1-1-first-snow-feature-freeze/</guid></item></channel></rss>
