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We already have a lot of civs which have access to War Elephants. Romans have focus on infantry and siege. They are also currently the only civ with an additional unit roster. I think they are fully covered now, but I would like to see the return of Donkey-pulled Scorpio cart. Romans have an abstract technology called "Roman roads", which provides a small speed boost. I'd say that the idea is fun, but this is not a City building simulation game. This is a fun idea, Praetorians had this feature. Again, would make this into a City building simulation game. The players already need to worry about positioning for their structures, we shouldn't make it worse. For anyone who played Metal Fatigue, you know how annoying this can be. Or fun, depending on if you're the one who built a huge tank and artillery army underground and are now wrecking the enemy's base.

Oh, and of courser not every stone quarry should offer an entrance to a cave system. It must be discovered. This might be an option to mine more stone over a longer period. In a typical game, stone appears to be a resource that is used in larger quantities mostly during build up.

The difficulity is of course the actual game mechanic: a building to walk on, not like a wall, not like a field. For sure not easy to implement, hence this might remain a dream. Ah - one more I remember from Settlers 5 that was fun: - tunnels/caves - you could discover and enter them, and then surface again on another place on the map (teleporting is a feature we have already iirc). Of course this works for both sides. To add more fun, the entry would be blocked by stone (a stone quarry). Once the stone is removed you have a secret passage to another part of the map. Watchout - it can also be used by your adversary if he discovers it!

This would be pretty epic, I always wished we could build the bridges from the scenario editor is Age II. Roads would be an interesting feature, most useful I think for shifting forces around your territory I would think, though aggressively building a road into your opponents land would be terribly funny as well

Sure, this is the best source I have been able to find so far, if anyone has a better source please post it. Putting it as a mercenary unit could definitely be one way of doing things https://warhistory.org/@msw/article/war-elephants-in-the-roman-army

If I may dream: Walls that protect against projectiles if behind a wall, except for "artillery" Abitlity to build a bridge (Settlers 5 had that) - this could preconfigured sites on the map where the path crossing a river or so is initially blocked (like a closed locked gate) but "somehow" indicating a bridge could be built here. Building a bridge basically means creating a building animation and when finished opening the path ("unlocking the gate") thus allowing crossing the bridge - similar to opening a gate in a wall or palisade. The mechanics must however be inverted: default closed for everyone. Only if the bridge exists the path is open - but for everyone. Interesting gameplay could be that you could destroy bridges as well thus closing the path again. Ability to build roads that have a speed aura for everyone following them. Adding water as a kind of resource - i.e. building a field in the desert does not make much sense unless you are close to an oasis (open water body) or build a well or fountain to get water from underground (romans of course build aquaeducts ). Crop yield could be low if no water with a limited lifetime of the field, and high if water is provided by a nearby source. For existing maps, the well house is the only possible source of water. For new maps, an area around water bodies (oasis, rivers, lakes, ponds...) could be defined that allows farming. On desert maps this could force players to fight for water access.

You should show sources, it's not that I don't believe you, but it seems more like a mercenary unit to me.

The Imperial Era does not feature here, we talking about the time frame from the Second Punic War up to the first century BC. I believe there are enough wars in that time frame to make the justification.

Campaign mode Very few wars took place during the entire imperial era with Claudius and the late republic era.

Commercial victory or pacifist victory.

Engine Optimization Single-player Campaigns Add one or more story-driven campaigns (with cutscenes or narration). Create tools/scripts to make it easier for the community to build their own campaigns. Enhanced Single-player Experience AI that feels more “human,” capable of using varied strategies. Mission objectives, scenario-based skirmishes, and solo challenges. Proper Translations Finalize and unify localizations (French, Spanish, German, etc.). Fix historical or linguistic inconsistencies. Improved Map Editor Simpler and more intuitive interface. Built-in scripting tools for advanced scenarios. A curated library of community maps highlighted within the game. New Ideas and Configurable Options Alternative game modes (army fight, survival, last man standing, economic domination…). Switchable options in the match settings (weather, limited resources, special rules). More "fun settings" to add variety and replayability don't copy AOE 2.

Honestly I would love to see a limited option for roman war elephants, sadly few if any games let them have them in any shape or form. I read up on it and they apparently were supplied from Numidian allies for most of the second century BC, until Rome fell out with them which pretty much ended things, and that they were used in most of the Roman campaigns during that time frame. I don't suppose Delende Est has this option does it?

We barely have any volunteers in that area.

I'd also add in the sound quality. Music is beautiful, but the sound effects need to be more pronounced. Like, if my catapult hits a building with a large flaming rock, that should be felt. Currently, only thing we hear is a faint "thud". It's the same with units, especially ranged units. Right now you can't even be sure if your archer fired a bow or not. Melee fights get that obnoxious "umpf, umpf, huff" sound. If you were only listening, you'd think they're doing something entirely different than fighting. Still, some sounds are on point, like building selection sounds and the sound when your melee units attack buildings.

There should be other ways to win, such as a victory through trade influence. You initiate trade with a neutral faction (it doesn't need to be on the map), and the more resources you give them, the faster you achieve victory. There could also be a fifth resource, something like glory, where the player achieves victory if they reach a certain number. Glory could increase with a number of kills, territory size, etc.

Yes, it existed between a15-a16.

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Above leave more details, what units are you adding?

Strangely, the problem fixed itself, I think??? There's a specific save where it doesn't work, but on new/subsequent runs it does work. So... Problem solved, I guess?

You mean, re-introduce? They were available briefly in Alpha 16, but every civilization had them for specific unit classes only. It's a good idea.

You must first make a template and see how patent templates work. Then make sure your unit exists as a base unit, for example a new ship needs 2 new files to work. A parent ( class) and civ unit specific template. <Trainer> <BatchTimeModifier>0.8</BatchTimeModifier> <Entities datatype="tokens"> units/{civ}/ship_fishing units/{civ}/ship_merchant units/{civ}/ship_scout units/{civ}/ship_arrow units/{civ}/ship_ram units/{civ}/ship_fire units/{civ}/ship_siege </Entities> </Trainer> You need this is parent template or in specific template. https://gitea.wildfiregames.com/0ad/0ad/src/branch/main/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/template_structure_military_dock.xml

This progress is noticeable in battles. A militia cannot defeat the champion unit of Rome. Same axeman and Legion. Spam trash units vs the best units.

I'm working on a mod that adds new Civs based on various fantasy races and every other structure and building and training setup has worked so far. However, I have ran into an issue with making new Docks for my Civilization. Specifically, the issue I ran into was I made the Dock structure itself, which functions correctly and gets all of the Upgrades the way it's supposed to. However, despite having a functional ship_fishing.xml in the correct location with the correct labels, and with the dock.xml having everything labelled correctly, the fisherman boat doesn't show up on the menu for the docks. I'm honestly at a loss for what the issue is. Everything is set up correctly as far as I know, with most of it being direct copy/pastes of the Mauryan structure and unit templates before I started adding changes, with the Civ tags changed to be the correct label so that they are labelled under the correct Civilization. Even more bafflingly, in the information tab of the docks, it shows that it can train fisherman boats, yet it doesn't actually show up on the UI, for some strange reason. Any help or information would be greatly appreciated. Can't really make any naval ships until I figure out what's causing this issue. Worst case scenario, this Civ won't be able to have a Navy, which would be unfortunate. (Shown below is screenshots of the evidence + the attached offending .xml's) dock.xml ship_fishing.xml

Another thing that is wrong is the forge/arsenal upgrades. Everyone receives the same shield according to that logic, there are no shields for infantry, cavalry, or archers.

I like to always have trash soldier.(SC level). In fact I would separate it into 3 versions. Tier1 SC level. Tier2 Semi champion Tier 3 Champion. Similar to total war. You can always use the lower ranges to fill. It would be nice to unlock champions in general.