

Bugfix (vanilla): Game freezes for about 4 seconds when a fight starts or a round is finished.Please downgrade to version 2.0.5 or use version 2.0.7 or later. As a workaround, the game automatically disables all sounds if it detects this version during startup. Warning: SDL2 2.0.6 on Linux has a fatal bug in the audio conversion code. a C++17 compatible compiler is now required.Make sure to uninstall any previous versions before installing. For users willing to take a risk we also provide automatically created nightly builds. This should help users to easily get started with Jagged Alliance 2 Stracciatella. We are shipping pre-built packages for Linux, Windows and OS X. Preliminary Android build (beware: not adapted for touch input).Configurable game speed (set ms_per_time_slice in game.json).Supporting Unfinished Business tilesets.Initial scripting support via lua scripts.soldiers, sector info, weapon cache location, strategic AI policy, NPC placement)

Several hardcoded values and assumptions are now externalized to additional json files for easy editing (SAM sites, merchants, game items, M.E.R.C.Through 479 commits at least 30 bugs were fixed, 5 of which are known to affect vanilla. It includes several new features, plenty of bugfixes compared to previous versions and the original game, clean-ups of the old code base, and most notably much more work in externalizing hardcoded game data. The Jagged Alliance 2 Stracciatella team is proud to present a new release.
