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Also known as WZ2100

1999 Windows strategy video game by Pumpkin Studios published by Eidos, revived by Warzone 2100 Project

Game data

Released
1999-04-10
User rating
4.04 / 5
Genres
Strategy
Platforms
PC, PlayStation

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Source code

Warzone 2100 is a free, open source, 3D real-time strategy game with a story-driven single-player campaign, online multi-player, offline skirmish, and more. Note for videos in Ubuntu: For important information during the game, download the videos manually. Assuming the game is installed in the standard ~/.local/share/ folder, use these commands: Warzone 2100, was originally developed by Pumpkin Studios, and released in 1999 as a ground-breaking and innovative 3D real-time strategy game. It has been developed, maintained, and improved by the community ever since, under the banner of the “Warzone 2100 Project”. After the liberation of the Warzone 2100 source-code on December 6th, 2004, all proprietary technologies have been replaced with open-source counterparts, and extensive improvements and additions have been made throughout while preserving what made the original release so great. How to get the latest Windows development builds: 1. View the latest successful Windows builds . 2. Select the latest workflow run in the table / list. This should display a list of Artifacts from the run. 3. Download the warzone2100 win installer artifact. Note: A free GitHub account is currently required to download the artifacts. How to get the latest macOS development builds: 1. View the latest successful macOS builds . 2. Select the latest workflow run in the table / list. This should display a list of Artifacts from the run. 3. Download the warzone2100 macOS universal or warzone2100 macOS universal novideos artifact (depending on whether you want the full app bundle or not). Note: A free GitHub account is currently required to download the artifacts. How to get the latest Ubuntu development builds: 1. View the latest successful Ubuntu builds . 2. Select the latest workflow run in the table / list. This should display a list of Artifacts from the run. 3. Download the appropriate warzone2100 ubuntu amd64 deb artifact. If you are running Ubuntu 22.04: warzone2100 ubuntu22.04 amd64 deb If you are running Ubuntu 24.04: warzone2100 ubuntu24.04 amd64 deb Note: A free GitHub account is currently required to download the artifacts. 4. Extract the contents of the downloaded .zip ( warzone2100 ubuntu amd64.deb ) to your Desktop. 5. Execute the following commands in Terminal: 6. Download the video for crucial information during the game, for more see "Videos" section. Assuming the game is installed in the standard ~/.local/share/ folder, use this command (update warzone2100- ): Development builds are a snapshot of the current state of development, from the latest (successfully-built) commit. Help testing these builds is always welcomed, but they should be considered a work-in-progress. Videos You can download videos from here, or here. You will need to rename the downloaded file to sequences.wz , and place it into your Warzone 2100 directory, as described above. Note that .wz files are just .zip in disguise, you can rename it and extract the content if wish to inspect them. This game still has bugs and if you run into one, please use the GitHub bugtracker ( to report the bug. In order to fix those bugs more quickly, we require that you follow these rules: 1. If the game crashes you may save a memory dump. Please do so and upload it when reporting the bug. (Linux locates that file at /tmp/warzone2100.gdmp, Windows at /Program Files/Warzone 2100/warzone2100.RPT, macOS by clicking "Details" in the crash error message) A self created backtrace is just as useful. 2. Give as much information about what you were doing before the crash/bug occurred. 3. Try to reproduce the bug and add a description of the process to your bug report. 4. You may even upload save files. These consist of one file and one folder. Both are named after your savegame (e.g. MySaveGame.gam and the folder MySaveGame). 5. Bug reports are not submit-and-forget. It may be that you forgot some information or forgot to upload a file. So it is also in your interest to watch the bug-

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Wikidata facts

Official website
wz2100.net
Image
Warzone 2100 - base.jpg
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Commons category
Warzone 2100
software version identifier
4.7.0
publication date
2025-06-11
Commons gallery
Warzone 2100
source code repository URL
github.com/Warzone2100/warzone2100
minimum number of players
1
maximum number of players
10
user manual URL
betaguide.wz2100.net
data size
1
title
Warzone 2100
translation contribution URL
crowdin.com/project/warzone2100
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