It's been a long time in the making, but it's finally here (if a few days late). We'd like to thank everyone who's contributed to make this the most polished, the most exciting and the most fun Hedgewars release ever.There's a lot to see, so either read the changelog below or simply head to the download page now and grab it!Below is a summary of the new features, this is not a complete changelog

many bug fixes

speed optimisations

many new hats, hats visible while using rope and blowtorch

Exploding barrels

AI uses new weapons, aware of fire, can fight in artillery mode

New options in ammo editing - crate probability, delays

option of semi-opaque hog name tags to avoid fail when land is hidden by name

new British voicepack

notification sound when people join your room

translation updates

contextual help when using weapons menu

3d effect for waves

fade effect when starting/stopping game

new game modes - place hedgehog, king mode, randomise starts, allies share ammo, disable girders

shift + direction to turn without moving

view ammo menu when not your turn

new font for CJK text and better CJK detection

dud mines

hat reservation for donators (hats should be released to public in 6 months or so)

team flags

visual effects: dust on fall impact, smoke, shotgun shells, blink team name on start of turn, hogs pulling weapons out, falling flakes kicked by explosion and more

hogs react to throwing grenades / dynamite and when near them

graphic of crate contents when picking up weapon/utility

walk sound for hedgehogs

UFO changed to homing bee

splashes/droplets when things fall in the water

45 degree bounce when throwing grenades

new bounce sounds

information on game rules when starting game

knockball map (scripted map)

Birdy weapon and poisoning effect

maze generator for new random maps

new crazy map template

new Olympics, Desert themes, visual updates to many other themes

Background texture for land for a 3d effect on explosions

frontend able to delete teams

ignore/friends lists in frontend

alt weapon preview on rope, parachute

updated options in frontend: independent toggles for frontend/game sound/music, select locale

More

lua scripting

Lua scripting allows the easy creation of missions and special maps. Examples of this can be seen in the Knockball and Basketball maps, that are now scripted

P.S. Mac version is still uploading, and will be available very soon :)

mac build availble, see download page :D

We hope you enjoy this release, as always we look forwards to your feedback, we hope you have lots of fun and we'll see you all on the server.Expect a new tournament soon!..