diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index efb3ceae1a..cffa58a2cf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 *.user
 # IDE files
 /.idea
+# Meson files
+*.wraplock
 
 compile_commands.json
 **/.ccls-cache
diff --git a/Data/Base.rte/Shaders/Background.frag b/Data/Base.rte/Shaders/Background.frag
index 7f8449e15b..1110efcbbd 100644
--- a/Data/Base.rte/Shaders/Background.frag
+++ b/Data/Base.rte/Shaders/Background.frag
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#version 330
+#version 330 core
 #extension GL_KHR_blend_equation_advanced: enable
 #extension GL_ARB_sample_shading: enable
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ uniform bool rteBlendInvert = false;
 uniform bool drawMasked = false;
 
 
-vec4 texture2DAA(sampler2D tex, vec2 uv) {
+vec4 textureAA(sampler2D tex, vec2 uv) {
 	vec2 texsize = vec2(textureSize(tex, 0));
 	vec2 uv_texspace = uv * texsize;
 	vec2 seam = floor(uv_texspace + .5);
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ vec4 texture2DAA(sampler2D tex, vec2 uv) {
 }
 
 void main() {
-	float red = texture2D(rteTexture, textureUV).r;
+	float red = texture(rteTexture, textureUV).r;
 	if (red==0 && drawMasked) {
 		discard;
 	}
 	if (!rteBlendInvert) {
-		FragColor = texture2DAA(rtePalette, vec2(red * vertexColor.r, 0.0)) * vec4(rteColor.rgb, rteColor.a * vertexColor.a);
+		FragColor = textureAA(rtePalette, vec2(red * vertexColor.r, 0.0)) * vec4(rteColor.rgb, rteColor.a * vertexColor.a);
 	} else {
-		FragColor = vec4(vec3(1.0), 0.0) - (texture2DAA(rtePalette, vec2(red * vertexColor.r, 0.0)) * vec4(rteColor.rgb, -rteColor.a * vertexColor.a));
+		FragColor = vec4(vec3(1.0), 0.0) - (textureAA(rtePalette, vec2(red * vertexColor.r, 0.0)) * vec4(rteColor.rgb, -rteColor.a * vertexColor.a));
 	}
 }
diff --git a/Data/Base.rte/Shaders/Blit8.frag b/Data/Base.rte/Shaders/Blit8.frag
index f61dfd7831..a1b5e05aff 100644
--- a/Data/Base.rte/Shaders/Blit8.frag
+++ b/Data/Base.rte/Shaders/Blit8.frag
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Blit8.frag
-#version 130
+#version 330 core
 
 in vec2 textureUV;
 
diff --git a/Data/Base.rte/Shaders/Blit8.vert b/Data/Base.rte/Shaders/Blit8.vert
index ee58dc5626..da626baa08 100644
--- a/Data/Base.rte/Shaders/Blit8.vert
+++ b/Data/Base.rte/Shaders/Blit8.vert
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#version 130
+#version 330 core
 
 in vec3 rteVertexPosition;
 in vec2 rteVertexTexUV;
diff --git a/Data/Base.rte/Shaders/Dissolve.frag b/Data/Base.rte/Shaders/Dissolve.frag
index 446027755b..859e7e2775 100644
--- a/Data/Base.rte/Shaders/Dissolve.frag
+++ b/Data/Base.rte/Shaders/Dissolve.frag
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#version 130
+#version 330 core
 
 in vec2 textureUV;
 in vec4 vertexColor;
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ float noise( vec2 U )
 	return mix( C.x, C.y, U.y );
 }
 
-vec4 texture2DAA(sampler2D tex, vec2 uv) {
+vec4 textureAA(sampler2D tex, vec2 uv) {
 	vec2 texsize = vec2(textureSize(tex, 0));
 	vec2 uv_texspace = uv * texsize;
 	vec2 seam = floor(uv_texspace + .5);
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ void main() {
 	if (noise(gl_FragCoord.xy + textureUV) < 0.5) {
 		discard;
 	}
-	float red = texture2D(rteTexture, textureUV).r;
-	vec4 color = texture2DAA(rtePalette, vec2(red * vertexColor.r, 0.0)) * vec4(rteColor.rgb, rteColor.a * vertexColor.a);
+	float red = texture(rteTexture, textureUV).r;
+	vec4 color = textureAA(rtePalette, vec2(red * vertexColor.r, 0.0)) * vec4(rteColor.rgb, rteColor.a * vertexColor.a);
 
 	FragColor = color;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Data/Base.rte/Shaders/Flat.frag b/Data/Base.rte/Shaders/Flat.frag
index cb0e6e1dfe..cad17c7f4b 100644
--- a/Data/Base.rte/Shaders/Flat.frag
+++ b/Data/Base.rte/Shaders/Flat.frag
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#version 130
+#version 330 core
 
 in vec2 textureUV;
 
diff --git a/Data/Base.rte/Shaders/PostProcess.frag b/Data/Base.rte/Shaders/PostProcess.frag
index ed2835c5fd..c49408f682 100644
--- a/Data/Base.rte/Shaders/PostProcess.frag
+++ b/Data/Base.rte/Shaders/PostProcess.frag
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#version 130
+#version 330 core
 
 in vec2 textureUV;
 in vec4 vertexColor;
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ uniform sampler2D rteTexture;
 uniform vec4 rteColor;
 
 
-vec4 texture2DAA(sampler2D tex, vec2 uv) {
+vec4 textureAA(sampler2D tex, vec2 uv) {
 	vec2 texsize = vec2(textureSize(tex, 0));
 	vec2 uv_texspace = uv * texsize;
 	vec2 seam = floor(uv_texspace + .5);
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ vec4 texture2DAA(sampler2D tex, vec2 uv) {
 }
 
 void main() {
-	FragColor = texture2DAA(rteTexture, textureUV) * rteColor * vertexColor;
+	FragColor = textureAA(rteTexture, textureUV) * rteColor * vertexColor;
 }
diff --git a/Data/Base.rte/Shaders/PostProcess.vert b/Data/Base.rte/Shaders/PostProcess.vert
index 8c2ba4bfa1..affd9d6b06 100644
--- a/Data/Base.rte/Shaders/PostProcess.vert
+++ b/Data/Base.rte/Shaders/PostProcess.vert
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#version 130
+#version 330 core
 
 in vec3 rteVertexPosition;
 in vec2 rteVertexTexUV;
diff --git a/Data/Base.rte/Shaders/ScreenBlit.frag b/Data/Base.rte/Shaders/ScreenBlit.frag
index 6ce4707916..48b5e42ba6 100644
--- a/Data/Base.rte/Shaders/ScreenBlit.frag
+++ b/Data/Base.rte/Shaders/ScreenBlit.frag
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#version 130
+#version 330 core
 
 in vec2 textureUV;
 
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ out vec4 FragColor;
 uniform sampler2D rteTexture;
 uniform sampler2D rteGUITexture;
 
-vec4 texture2DAA(sampler2D tex, vec2 uv) {
+vec4 textureAA(sampler2D tex, vec2 uv) {
 	vec2 texsize = vec2(textureSize(tex, 0));
 	vec2 uv_texspace = uv * texsize;
 	vec2 seam = floor(uv_texspace + .5);
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ vec4 texture2DAA(sampler2D tex, vec2 uv) {
 }
 
 void main() {
-	vec4 guiColor = texture2DAA(rteGUITexture, vec2(textureUV.x, -textureUV.y));
+	vec4 guiColor = textureAA(rteGUITexture, vec2(textureUV.x, -textureUV.y));
 	float guiSolid = float((guiColor.r + guiColor.g + guiColor.b) > 0.0);
 	float blendRatio = max(guiColor.a, guiSolid);
-	FragColor = (texture2DAA(rteTexture, textureUV) * (1.0F - blendRatio)) + guiColor * blendRatio;
+	FragColor = (textureAA(rteTexture, textureUV) * (1.0F - blendRatio)) + guiColor * blendRatio;
 }
diff --git a/Data/Base.rte/Shaders/ScreenBlit.vert b/Data/Base.rte/Shaders/ScreenBlit.vert
index 3532362c5e..a5f67d44a3 100644
--- a/Data/Base.rte/Shaders/ScreenBlit.vert
+++ b/Data/Base.rte/Shaders/ScreenBlit.vert
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#version 130
+#version 330 core
 
 in vec3 rteVertexPosition;
 in vec2 rteVertexTexUV;
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 746465662c..007de18323 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,13 +38,7 @@ You may also want to check out the list of recommended Visual Studio plugins [he
 
 2. Clone this Repository into a folder.  
 
-3. Copy the following libraries from `Cortex-Command-Community-Project\external\lib\win` into the root directory:
-* `fmod.dll`
-* `SDL2.dll`
-
-  For 32-bit builds, copy the following libraries from the `x86` folder inside `...\lib\win` as well:
-* `fmodL.dll`
-* `SDL2-32.dll`
+3. Copy the `fmod.dll` library from `Cortex-Command-Community-Project\external\lib\win` into the root directory.
 
 Now you're ready to build and launch the game.  
 Simply open `RTEA.sln` with Visual Studio, choose your target platform (x86 or x64) and configuration, and run the project.
@@ -75,10 +69,9 @@ The Linux build uses the meson build system, and builds against system libraries
 
 ## Dependencies
 
-* [`meson`](https://www.mesonbuild.com)`>= 1.0.0` (`pip install meson` if your distro doesn't include a recent version)
+* [`meson`](https://www.mesonbuild.com)`>= 1.6.0` (`pip install meson`/`brew install meson` if your distro doesn't include a recent version)
 * `ninja`
-* `gcc`, `g++` (>=12, clang unsupported) 
-* `sdl2`
+* `gcc`, `g++` (>=13, clang unsupported) 
 * `opengl` (usually provided by the gpu driver)
 * `flac`
 * `luajit`
@@ -88,7 +81,6 @@ The Linux build uses the meson build system, and builds against system libraries
 * `lz4>=1.9.0`
 * `libpng`
 * `dylibbundler` (required only if installing on macOS)
-* `SDL2_image` (linux only)
 
 For unspecified versions assume compatibility with the latest ubuntu LTS release.
 
@@ -123,13 +115,13 @@ If you want to change the buildtype afterwards, you can use `meson configure --b
 - `Xcode` or `Command Line Tools for Xcode` (if you need to, you can also generate an xcode project from meson using the `--backend=xcode` option on setup)
 
 **Homebrew (macOS):**  
-`brew install pkg-config sdl2 minizip lz4 flac luajit lua libpng tbb gcc@13 ninja meson dylibbundler`
+`brew install pkg-config sdl3 minizip lz4 flac luajit lua libpng tbb gcc@13 ninja meson dylibbundler`
 
 **Arch Linux:**  
-`sudo pacman -S sdl2 sdl2_image tbb flac luajit lua minizip lz4 libpng meson ninja base-devel`  
+`sudo pacman -S tbb flac luajit lua minizip lz4 libpng meson ninja base-devel`  
 
 **Ubuntu >=22.04:**  
-`sudo apt-get install build-essential libsdl2-dev libsdl2-image-dev libloadpng4-dev libflac++-dev luajit-5.1-dev liblua5.1-dev libminizip-dev liblz4-dev libpng++-dev libtbb-dev ninja-build python3-pip`  
+`sudo apt-get install build-essential libflac++-dev luajit-5.1-dev liblua5.1-dev libminizip-dev liblz4-dev libpng++-dev libtbb-dev ninja-build python3-pip`  
 `sudo python3 -m pip install meson`
 
 **Fedora:**  
diff --git a/Source/Managers/WindowMan.cpp b/Source/Managers/WindowMan.cpp
index 2b80a62be6..51c87a1616 100644
--- a/Source/Managers/WindowMan.cpp
+++ b/Source/Managers/WindowMan.cpp
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ void WindowMan::Initialize() {
 
 	ImGui::StyleColorsDark();
 	ImGui_ImplSDL3_InitForOpenGL(m_PrimaryWindow.get(), m_GLContext.get());
-	ImGui_ImplOpenGL3_Init("#version 130");
+	ImGui_ImplOpenGL3_Init("#version 330 core");
 	ImGui_ImplOpenGL3_NewFrame();
 	ImGui_ImplSDL3_NewFrame();
 	ImGui::NewFrame();
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 9ec9394b80..604c0d7797 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-project('Cortex-Command-Community-Project', ['cpp','c'], subproject_dir: 'external/sources', default_options:['cpp_std=c++20', 'buildtype=release', 'default_library=static'], version:'0.1.0-Pre-4.1', meson_version:'>=1.0.0')
+project('Cortex-Command-Community-Project', ['cpp','c'], subproject_dir: 'external/sources', default_options:['cpp_std=c++20', 'buildtype=release', 'default_library=static'], version:'7.0.0-dev', meson_version:'>=1.6.0')
 
 #### Build environment Setup ####
 
@@ -231,6 +231,8 @@ sdl3_image_dep = sdl3_image_proj.get_variable('sdl3_image_dep')
 boost_dep = declare_dependency(include_directories: include_directories('external/include/boost_1_75'))
 meson.override_dependency('boost-175', boost_dep)
 install_rpath = prefix/get_option('fmod_dir')
+tracy_proj = subproject('tracy')
+tracy_dep = dependency('tracy')
 allegro_proj = subproject('allegro 4.4.3.1-custom')
 luajit_proj = subproject('LuaJIT-2.1')
 luajit_dep = dependency('luajit')
@@ -241,8 +243,6 @@ luabind_proj = subproject('luabind-0.7.1')
 luabind_dep = dependency('luabind')
 raknet_proj = subproject('RakNet')
 raknet_dep = dependency('RakNet')
-tracy_proj = subproject('tracy')
-tracy_dep = dependency('tracy')
 deps += [sdl3_dep, sdl3_image_dep, allegro_dep, luajit_dep, loadpng_dep, raknet_dep, boost_dep, tracy_dep]
 
 #### Sources Setup ####