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Back to the unit dialogue overlay, do you think player inputs (hovering, selecting, giving commands, ...) should be ignored while the dialogue is shown? As it is done in full "cinema path" cutscenes (that's how it's called in the code) like the one shown in the "Cinema Demo" map?

I see. This might be surprising to hear, but the essence of this is technically already possible in 0ad. It is possible in scenario scripts to push basic decision dialogs to the player and then wait and react differently depending on what the player chose. Now, the system isn't optimised for showing a lot of dialogs in a single game, as the code can get quite cumbersome, but it is surprisingly versatile and works. The reason it's so unknown is because it isn't actually used in any playable scenarios right now, there's only a small demonstration of it in the "Triggers Demo" map (the yes-no dialog). Sooner or later, I'd like to write a full guide about embedding storylines in scenarios and campaigns, to show that features like this exist and how to use them.

I believe that it's a nod to Norse Log Ram from Age of Mythology. Now, we just need their voices, too:

I built the latest version and tried the German civ. Here are some feedbacks specific to this civ's design: Overall it looks like Britons ++, because it is the same slinger civ, can use the same build order. However, the inclusion of a citizen class infantry clubman and spear cav instead of sword cav makes them better at spamming cavs and fighting counters. Very strong heroes. I worry that Teutobod might be too OP with his speed bonus and extra health. The weaker ram is kind of a joke unit, as it just dies to towers and any enemy army. But this is fine, just don't train it. The champion clubman raider is giga OP - much higher attack than a regular champion swordsman, much faster but lower cost. It is also available since p2 when other civs don't have the appropriate counters. It's slighly lower hack shield does not affect it that much as you would mix them with other infantry melee in an attack. There isn't a single counter to it; you can't even hide in buildings because they hack down CCs in no time. The only unit I can think of is large quantities of spear cav, but not every civ can field that in P2...

You could ask on the Linux Mint forums. I think they endorse using Flatpaks there. I would also consider using Debian proper. It now comes with non-free firmware by default, and it's easier to use than ever.

oops i forgot to mention debian based distros. Linux mint debian edition specifically, i didn't see version 27 there.

Good catch.

Whenever I start a game on a SVN version of the game, the textures (buildings, units, grass, etc.) start loading dynamically. This also makes random maps slow to load. How can I make the textures appear instant, like in a normal release? I've checked out only the "binaries" directory. EDIT: I think I know why. The release version comes with cached files inside the "public.zip" file. SVN version doesn't have these pre-cached files, they need to be cached on the fly.

German Women -> German Civilians. @real_tabasco_sauce

I saw it in the Gitea conversations. The development seemed to take forever. Let's try.

The current version of Debian, Debian 13 (Trixie) includes 0ad 0.27.0. There is also 0ad 0.27.1 available in trixie-backports. If you run an older version of Debian you either need to upgrade Debian or install 0ad from another distro-independent source, like Snap, Flatpak or AppImage, as detailed on https://gitea.wildfiregames.com/0ad/0ad/wiki/GettingTheUnixRelease.

It doesn't work for for me, maybe is not compatible with other mods

its committed Feel free to try it by getting the nightly build, or by building the game.

I was wondering how long does it typically take for the debian repository version of 0ad to update to the latest version?(v27). I prefer deb packages so I am willing to wait. I was just curious since version 27 released early in the year and it hasnt updated yet in the debian repository. thanks!

I don’t mean like, actual traps, but pits and spikes should slow down or block certain units. A wall of spikes would stop cavalry and slow infantry, a pit would slow infantry and stop siege machines and cavalry, a moat would stop all unless it is filled in by making a mound (using the same mechanics as digging a pig).

I saw that Wraitii wrote you something about the events of Paradox games. I think it's fair to a trigger that gives a decision dialogue. This happened in Rome II especially in Divide Empire dlc. Events occur throughout the course of play of Imperator: Rome. There are a whole range of events in the game, which can result in positive, negative and mixed outcomes for a player's country. They can either take the form of a pop-up notification on the player's screen or may optionally appear in the Event Queue, and they might present a player with a choice between various options or simply inform the player that something has happened and let them understand the context and consequences. Events can be fired randomly as the result of a regular on action pulse or be triggered by an action, decision, mission, or as a followup to another event, possibly with time delays or from another country's actions. https://imperator.paradoxwikis.com/Events

Ok, I'll add a next button then. It might make sense to support maximum durations that each line is shown nonetheless; mainly for dialogue in time-critical points of scenarios, to prevent players from gaining an advantage by artificially stalling the game by just not closing the dialogue. At least I imagine it could help in some cases to better enforce a certain pace, in maps like Survival of the Fittest.

Nope.

Moats are a Middle ages thing. We have palisades, we have Roman Siege Walls and Army Camps. Traps for Siege Weapons? The best ancients had was a big rock to throw at the thing. I say, keep it simple.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trench_warfare Trenches, moats and traps are not the same thing. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moat Moats are obstacles. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trou_de_loup

Red - Spartans and Romans Purple - Romans, Hans, and Mauryans Blue - Athens and Seleucids Yellow - Carthaginians and Iberians Green - Gauls Orange - Britons and Iberians Azure - Persians The actual royal colors of the Romans were purple and gold , while their military colors were red and gold.

Solved it, check out my Wandering Gaia Soldiers thread for my fix

Yeah, and those open plains and fortresses were surrounded by ditches full of spikes and traps to imped cavalry and siege machines. What do you think the moat was for? Even the Gauls had mounds of earth to give them protection from arrows if they didn’t have time to construct a palisade. I’m not saying deep enough for separate battles in trenches (like ww1), but some sort of slowing terrain to prevent siege machines and cavalry from crossing easily. PS: building moats would also be cool, though that is more Middle Ages than Iron Age.

Okay, so I figured it out (kinda) my current way is: First, copy the file that you want to wander into templates/gaia. Otherwise, your trainable units will wander and be uncontrollable. Then, edit the file like this: 1: Change the template at the top of the file to templates_units_fauna_wild_aggressive. 2: Add the movement speeds, armor, damage, generic names, health, vision, and all the other stats of the unit that the original template was defining. 3: Add to the Classes: Human and Organic. Add to the VisibleClasses: Melee. 4: Add what wowgetoffyourcellphone posted above, right above your Promotion data. Add Loot and ResourceGatherer disable=“”. If you want the unit to be nonviolent, make the template be templates_units_fauna_wild_passive. Also, make sure you say wild and not hunt, or food can be gathered from downed AI soldiers.

Mace tech is no dilemma.