Update 23.0

OpenFront 23.0 was released late May, early june 2025.

See minor updates.

• Discord login integration (FakeNeo)
• Prevent the same account from joining a game more than once (FakeNeo)
• Clan tags can now have lowercase characters (Théodore Léon)
• Stats tracking system implemented (record only for now) (FakeNeo)

• Overhauled attack mechanics, including speed and loss effects from terrain, defense, and other factors (1brucben)
• Revised population dynamics and gold income (1brucben)
• Changed port ship spawn function (1brucben)
• Donate the attack-ratio% instead of always 1/3 (troops only) (PilkeySEK)
• Transport ships arriving at allied shores now conquer the tile without betrayal (FakeNeo)
• Launching offensive weapons at allies causes immediate betrayal, allowing SAM interception (FakeNeo)
• SAM interception (FakeNeo)
• Bots and nations save up for larger attacks and counter-attack (FakeNeo)
• Gold value of trade ships calculated by actual traveled distance (Koranir)
• End automatically set embargoes after a cooldown (Léo-21)

• Added special effects: Nuke explosions, SAM interceptions, Naval combat (IngloriousTom)
• Nukes now follow a curved trajectory (IngloriousTom)
• Defended borders highlighted with checkered pattern (IngloriousTom)

• Added overlay showing combined team gold, troops & owned territory (Killersoren)
• Warships count, betrayal count, and alliance expiration timer added to player panel (Dovg)
• Focus boats, bombs and attacks when clicking warnings in chat (Léo-21)
• MLS 4 Game integration with quick chat system (Aotumuri)
• Added keybinding configuration (Aotumuri)
• Added custom disable settings (Aotumuri)
• Display team count option added (Aotumuri)
• Minor alignment improvements to main menu UI (Demonessica)
• Use monospace font for lobby code (ImDarkTom)
• Add team labels in Teams mode (Marto)
• Add duration to defense debuff messages (walker)
• Updated UI text: 'Embargo against you' → 'Stopped trading with you' (tryout33)
• Improved build menu port description and instructions layout (tryout33)
• Add boat retreat (Vivacious Box),
• Fix troops not added back if boat can't leave (Vivacious Box)
• Improved build menu port description, updated instructions text and layout (tryout33)
• Can pause on replays (evan)
• Show defense under player name (evan)

Precompute TileRef <-> (x,y) conversion tables for improved performance (FakeNeo)

• Pangaea: Added rivers (Greymald)
• Black Sea: Fixed reversed topography (Nikola123)

• Deglaciated Antarctica: Uncover Antarctica ice-free and raw (Nikola123, Backn)
• Falkland Islands: A compact island in the South Atlantic (Nikola123)
• Baikal: Central part of Lake Baikal in Siberia (Nikola123)
• Halkidiki: Greece's iconic trident-shaped peninsula (Nikola123)
• Giant World: A massive map of Earth (N0ur, 1brucben)

• Updated lobby sizes (FakeNeo, Nikola123)

• +150 new flags added (N0ur)

Updated translations by our dedicated translator community:

• Fixed emoji exploit (PilkeySEK)
• Fixed unit sprites drawing order (Vivacious Box)
• Fixed isolated clusters being captured when surrounded by empty or allied tiles (Vivacious Box)
• Fixed MIRV targeting the same tiles (Vivacious Box)
• Fixed flags not loading properly (tryout33)
• Fixed error popup being too wide and unclosable (tryout33)
• Fixed Player Info Panel being partly out of view (tryout33)
• Fixed Light and Dark Mode buttons overlap (Nilsfram)

Thanks to all these people for making this update:

• Goblinon
• Xaelor
• erinthegirl
• Makonede
• r3ms
• sheikh
• N0ur
• Moha
• SyntaxPM
• Toyatak
• theskeleton4393
• Lollosean
• frappa10
• Vekser
• Rulfam
• RinkyDinky
• zibi
• 6uzm4n
• jacks0n
• Pilkey
• cldprv
• gx21
• gafunuko
• daimyo_panda2
• Aotumuri
• NewHappyRabbit
• Nikola123
• FakeNeo
• 1brucben
• Backn
• Greymald
• evan
• Vivacious Box
• walker
• Marto
• ImDarkTom
• Demonessica
• Léo-21
• Dovg
• Killersoren
• IngloriousTom
• Koranir
• Théodore Léon

• Update 22.0
• Minor Updates of 23.x
• Update 24.0 Open Beta