Field update

Build the battlefield

dWars v0.5.3 · 8 August 2026

The Map Builder turns any neighborhood into a playable map, Command mode shows your forces at a glance, and WebGPU players are back on the field.

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Map Builder is live. Select a neighborhood, fetch real streets from OpenStreetMap, and generate a playable map — terrain, movement fields, supply coverage — all from inside the game. A progress bar tracks each pipeline stage so you know where the build stands.
Shipped campaign maps now offer a Copy action in the map list, opening Build Map preloaded with the original area so you can start from a known layout and adjust what you want.
Players on GPUs that can't run the full pipeline now see a clear hardware warning before the game downloads anything, with a Continue anyway option for those who want to try.

Command mode now draws units at their actual map scale — they were specks before and now read clearly at a glance.
Per-unit effects (supply glow, explosion sparks, projectile trails) stay inside the unit circle in Command mode instead of hanging outside the outline.
Custom levels now field a force sized to their actual resource pool. A level authored with 50,000 RP no longer deploys only what a 125-RP budget could buy.
All seven campaign levels now ship with six battalions per side — Burwood Girls and Summer Hill gain their missing third battalions.
Level List scroll moves in smaller steps: one wheel notch glides a third of a row instead of snapping a full card out of view.
Shadow quality scales with your performance profile, reducing render cost on lower-tier hardware without affecting full-settings appearance.
Unit collision radii (Drone, Roller, Tank) have been tuned and apply game-wide.

WebGPU players on valid GPUs (GTX 1070 and equivalent) were seeing a full-screen "GPU does not meet minimum requirements" modal that also swallowed every button click, leaving the game unusable. Fixed.
Battalion outlines no longer trail along shell and shot flight paths.
The Loadout screen no longer dead-ends on a blank page after a startup failure — it logs the error and returns you to the previous screen.
Tunnels no longer paint roads on maps as if traversable from above ground.

Every map is a real neighborhood. Every battle is fought on real streets. — Elle