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Yes exactly. That's also what I was hinting to in my previous comment, and I was checking it and indeed : Melee eles champs : <Footprint replace=""> <Square width="4.5" depth="9.0"/> <Height>9.0</Height> </Footprint> Chariots : <Footprint replace=""> <Square width="11.0" depth="11.0"/> <Height>6.0</Height> </Footprint> Edit MB, actually Clearance wasn't used for what I though it was.

The next thing I will probably work on will be placement, making vassals spawn within random places around the map based on the number of players. I can fix the resource thing after they are placed by placing some extra resources around them if they don't already exist. It's going to be harder to detect where important strategic areas are in each map though. One thing I really want to do, Is make sure the base AI in the game can also use them so they are compatible for single player. I'm not sure if the enemy AI will capture neutral/enemy buildings on their own, if so, then they are already compatible, however if they do not, the other option I'm thinking of is having the vassal town centres switch sides to their attackers at low life instead of being destroyed.

@Atrik I think the displacement (?) is just to big, maybe even bigger than elephant heroes. I frequently have chariots go around enemy settlements instead of straight through, because some shrub or something is blocking their path.

Probably just bad 'clearance' value for pathfinder, so trivial to fix. You could create an issue and attache a minimal replay on main with the bug happening that would very likely help someone to fix it.

I really wish movement of chariots were less of a shtshw. Here my hero can't reach the front line because he just can't get past that allied lumberjack. fn annoying.

FYI Pull Request #8881 (Persians to Achaemenids) got merged 11 hours ago (5268cb62a6).

These are massive changes. If these are proven stable, I wouldn't mind it in the base game at some point.

I found it

Do you have a github repo or something where I can download it?

UPDATE: 0.4.1 Changes to difficulty levels, etc. A detailed description has been added in Post 1. This update includes new features and settings.

I found textools quite useful for that

I like that idea too, but I don't know how to do it. It should be strategic points, like having abundant resource potential or a prime location, a strait or a plateau, for example.

That's because it first chooses the placement, without knowing whether the map supports it.

Beautiful! You're doing a lot better with UV mapping. Just try to minimize texture stretching and maintain texels

There are several ways to make Hamippoi work. I opted to make them all 1 actor and unit. Other ways could be: Cavalry can train cheap melee footmen called "Hamippos." Either as a default feature or unlocked with a tech. A tech called "Hamippoi" which boosts cavalry. A "Hamippos" infantry unit with a strong aura benefiting cavalry. Mix and match any of the above. I went with the one unit option for this release. Next release I could try something else.

In the pull request, they are simply called "Achaemenids" because of the current 1-word nomenclature for civs in the base game. I would like to change this where applicable (specifically when using dynasties for distinction as is the case for Achaemenids), but that's a different Pull Request and requires some discussion.

Thats pretty cool!

The main post has been updated with the latest version of vassals. -Vassal units can be selected if you want to inspect them but they ignore all commands given to them by the player. -vassals once captured project the players influence around themselves. -vassals will produce patrol armies that protect their territory. -Once a vassals patrol armies get big enough, they will instead be used by the vassal to attack your enemies. Vassals will spawn randomly, but right now they will spawn in the same specific random place on every map type for testing purposes. The idea of vassals as a complete AI player sounds like a really interesting way to implement the feature, I really want to implement them in such a way that they become points of interest on maps. Something to fight over.

All right. Here's a release candidate. I've added the Hamippoi. theban-greeks.pyromod

For now, I put it on the mod.io page! https://mod.io/g/0ad/m/theban-greeks#description

Agree, but how will you include it? Other than your "history" tabs which are OP!

I've got to include this someone. Pretty friggin epic, honestly. Indeed. It's always been my thought that "darts" or "darters" meant javelins and javelinists/peltasts in these instances. I think the Kestros came a bit later, with the Macedonians, and would make for an interesting "special unit" for the Macedonians.

I think these are better than the previous sets. Getting better and better. May I suggest a custom tile decal for the Tachara? Like, a "Persian tile" motif.

I made a preset functionality based on autociv's "bot" for ModernGUI

What about sea lions/walruses?