Changelog🔗

0.3.0 (2026-10-10)🔗

Decouple API version from the main Sledge version, starting at 1.0.0, with a separate changelog for future API changes.
Rename sledge_version field in mod metadata to api_version, which specifies the API version the mod was written on.
Resize the launcher window to 800 x 450 pixels.
Show the tooltip field in mod metadata as a help marker in the launcher.
Rename the game namespace to rfg.
Rename the defines namespace to enums.
Wrap gui.property_row labels when they are too long.
Merge the gui.set_tooltip and gui.set_help_marker functions into overloads of gui.tooltip and gui.help_marker.

sledge_version field in mod metadata, which specifies the version range of Sledge a mod is compatible with. This field is required by all mods.
Warning icon in the launcher's Mods window for incompatible mods.
Sledge version row in the launcher's Mods window.
types.xml_node:add method overload, which allows copying a node.

Move the documentation from MkDocs to Zensical.
Move FactionFiles mods button to the launcher's Mods window and rename it to FactionFiles.

Icon for the launcher executable.
xml_warnings_enabled config option, which logs warnings when an XML node or path doesn't exist.
requires_gameplay option for panels, which prevents drawing elements when player isn't in gameplay.
Semantic Versioning validation for the version field in mod metadata.

Overlay menu bar options to anchor widgets to a corner of the screen.
Icon for the launcher window.
Icon font for the launcher and overlay.
Tooltip in the launcher showing the default value of each mod option.
tooltip field for options in mod metadata.
keep_launcher_open, debug_logs_enabled, and imgui_demo_window config options.
sledge.register_file, sledge.register_packfile and sledge.register_xml_edit functions.
gui.property_table and gui.property_row functions.
types.xml_node.name, and types.xml_node.value field.

Rename overlays to widgets.
Disable the game loading table.vpp_pc.
Calculate the multiplayer hash using the hash of misc.vpp_pc, the current Sledge version, and the number of mods enabled.
Use TOML instead of JSON as the format for the config and mod metadata files.
Show the operating system's cursor when the overlay is enabled, instead of drawing a fake cursor.
Rename the open_key config option to overlay_key.
Make the Position widget show 0.0 for each coordinate when the player isn't valid, instead of drawing nothing.
Move the register_event, register_widget, register_window, log, log_warn, and log_error methods from types.mod_info to the sledge namespace.
Functions in the gui namespace now use callback function parameters instead of returning multiple values.
Replace the types.mod_info:get_option method with the types.mod_info.options field.
Replace the types.xml_node:value and types.xml_node:set methods with the types.xml_node.value field.
Replace the author field in mod metadata with authors, which accepts multiple authors.
Replace the Demo window item in the overlay menu with ImGui demo, which only shows if the imgui_demo_window config option is enabled.

fps_limit config option.
defines.event.parse_xml event.
gui.separator_text, gui.begin_tooltip, gui.end_tooltip, gui.begin_help_marker, gui.end_help_marker, gui.begin_tab_bar, gui.end_tab_bar, gui.begin_tab_item, gui.end_tab_item, gui.input_text_hint, gui.input_int_1/2/3/4, gui.input_float_1/2/3/4, gui.drag_int, and gui.drag_float functions.
types.mod_info.version, types.mod_info.description, types.mod_info.author, and types.mod_info.path fields.

Start the Sledge launcher window automatically when running the game.
Allow players to join others in multiplayer if they have the same Sledge version, the same number of mods enabled, and unmodified data files.