Vega Strike v0.8.0

This is the final, "Gold Master" release of Vega Strike Game Engine version 0.8.0. Among other things, this release:

• Deprecates Python 2 in favor of Python 3;
• Updates the set of Linux distros it's compatible with, including Fedora 34 and 35; Rocky Linux; Ubuntu 21.10 "Impish"; and Debian 11 "bullseye";
• Introduces a CMake option to choose between GLVND and legacy GL implementations on Linux;
• Is more or less compatible with Privateer: Wing Commander Universe, or PWCU for short; and
• Introduces engine and API versioning, so that in the future, we can make breaking changes to the API between the Game Engine and the assets for individual games, and "do the right thing" when the game engine and assets are not compatible.
• Vega Strike Game Engine v0.8.x also runs on Windows 10, although we do not yet have a Windows installer. We do, however, have a reproducible build process.

Vega Strike v0.8.0-beta1

This is the first beta release of Vega Strike Game Engine version 0.8.0. Among other things, this release series:

• Deprecates Python 2 in favor of Python 3;
• Updates the set of Linux distros it's compatible with, including Fedora 34 and 35; Rocky Linux; Ubuntu 21.10 "Impish"; and Debian 11 "bullseye";
• Introduces a CMake option to choose between GLVND and legacy GL implementations on Linux;
• Is more or less compatible with Privateer: Wing Commander Universe, or PWCU for short; and
• Introduces engine and API versioning, so that in the future, we can make breaking changes to the API between the Game Engine and the assets for individual games, and "do the right thing" when the game engine and assets are not compatible.

Vega Strike Game Engine v0.8.x also runs on Windows 10, although we do not yet have a Windows installer. We do, however, have a reproducible build process.

Note that this is a beta release, so some parts of the code may still be buggy. Hopefully we will straighten those out soon.

Vega Strike v0.8.0-alpha5

Merge pull request #642 from stephengtuggy/short-sha_0.8.x

GH Actions, CMake, cibuild: Use SHORT_SHA

Vega Strike v0.8.0-alpha3

Fixes a versioning issue or two.

Vega Strike v0.8.0-alpha4

More on versioning issues

Vega Strike v0.8.0-alpha2

Trying again after some build/packaging issues with the first alpha.

Vega Strike v0.8.0-alpha1

This is the first real alpha release of Vega Strike Game Engine version 0.8.0. Among other things, this release series:

• Deprecates Python 2 in favor of Python 3;
• Updates the set of Linux distros it's compatible with, including Fedora 34 and 35; Rocky Linux 8.4; Ubuntu Impish; and Debian bullseye;
• Introduces a CMake option to choose between GLVND and legacy GL implementations on Linux;
• Is more or less compatible with Privateer: Wing Commander Universe, or PWCU for short; and
• Introduces engine and API versioning, so that in the future, we can make breaking changes to the API between the Game Engine and the assets for individual games, and "do the right thing" when the game engine and assets are not compatible.

Vega Strike Game Engine v0.8.x also runs on Windows 10, although we do not yet have a Windows installer. We do, however, have a reproducible build process.

Note that this is an alpha release, so some parts of the code may still be buggy. Hopefully we will straighten those out soon.

v0.7.0

Stable release of the Vega Strike Game Engine, version 0.7.0

This release is a culmination of a number of refactors that have been applied since 0.6.0.

• Windows and Mac builds are not supported at this time.
• The Networking functionality has been disabled, and the Vega Strike server is no longer built. This functionality was problematic, incomplete, and the team needed to focus on getting the core back in shape. The functionality will be addressed again in a later version.

Vega Strike v0.7.0-beta14

• update documentation for the helper utilities - vs, vsettings

Vega Strike v0.7.0-beta13

Merge pull request #438 from stephengtuggy/fix/ChangeLog_on_0_7_x

Update the CMakelists.txt to find the actual ChangeLog on 0.7.x