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I must and ner take into account that 0 AD has CS (citizen soldiers). Therefore, I need to find three equipment levels: basic, advanced, and elite.

I've had problems with the Palmyran archers; I don't want to take the easy way out, opting for the Syrian Auxiliar Archer. At least judging by the look of the archer from the Principate era I-II AD.That would be very lazy of me. If you notice, I'm not looking for cataphracts; those references are very easy and popular. There are no direct references to Palmyrene archers, it only says that they could very well have been Syrian Roman auxiliaries, but we do not know what they looked like in the third century.

The second phase is to find secondary sources. Illustrations and photos of the renaactor or of reconstructed parts/pieces. As you can see, not all the armor belongs to infantry, or at least I'm skeptical about using it en masse. I need more references for this idea... and I'm look around trying to drawings and wargaming figures or even Total war forums/Tale forums. I also read, but for an artist, reading is not the same as watching. And if not, I resort to making drawings or asking an artist to do it for me. We used to turn to Lorgood for sketching. Lately we've been resorting to @Obskiuras We had several artists, none of them active. Some of our artists have gone on to work on current Age of Empires projects.

I'll show you an example of something very problematic. This unit is problematic. This is the primary evidence. As far as I know, there is no archaeological evidence of this equipment. When I say archaeological, I mean that this equipment was never found. It was only found artistically. Again, I repeat, as far as I know.

What is modern to you? Fantasy is more probably and best choice of words. You're missing something very important; I'm not the one who's going to design the final textures. You're new here... I'm not, maybe my username is. The process that our units go through is very detailed. They will not be based on a single illustration. Then one or several artists create initial designs, which are then evaluated by the community and experts. Forums are for discussing and presenting evidence. What I want from AI is for it to save me from having to combine several concepts at the same time. I can tell you to take the helmet from one side, take the armor from the other. I will open a topic on the use of AI in 2026 because probably another year of advancement, investment in data center and memory, plus learning, will allow it to do detailed things. It would be interesting if Angus McBride himself drew oriental archers that Palmyra could have used.

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Which is my point. Your image now is much closer to what we actually know about. Both styles are quite different.

"Looking like that" I don't think boots that look like a draw exist. https://www.res-bellica.com/en/shop/calcei-4/ Second, I'm not focusing on footwear.(Right now). @Thalatta you know to draw? How do I know if this boot is modern or not? I see a bunch of very blurry pixels.

Can you show evidence of any ancient boot, Persian or otherwise, looking like that?

There were boots of Persian origin at that time; they don't seem modern to me. But she is not trained to make Persian boots, very specific Roman helmets, very specific trousers. Mostly, I take an existing drawing and use it to show me a better version. For example, I need to better appreciate the riders.

Pants? Look at those boots, that design looks so modern I'm sure I can go out and buy them in the next hour. I think one has to be way more careful with AI, not the first dubious thing I've seen around lately.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modius_(headdress) Another item of clothing worn by the units is the modius hat. I'm not sure if it was only used by priests.

@ThePoshBarbarian This is the image you wanted.

I'm going to put this label up to be more transparent. I requested this image based on the previous images. I'm not happy with how the pants were designed. The helmets that this unit would use are very specific. Auxiliary cavalry helmets.

http://byzantinemilitary.blogspot.com/2024/12/roman-camel-cavalry.html?m=1 My intention was only to show Arab clothing used by some Palmyrene units; it's complicated to show a single look for the troops. The most outstanding and different units in the Palmyra army that distinguish them from other civs are the camel riders. "Dromedarii were camel-riding auxiliary forces recruited in the desert provinces of the late Roman Empire in Roman Syria". "A 1000-strong dromedarius unit, the ala I Ulpia Dromedariorum milliaria, was established by Trajan in Syria. A small number of dromedarii is recorded as part of the Cohors XX Palmyrenorum based in Dura-Europos in Roman Syria".

The original uses javelins, but the descriptions mention multiple weapons: swords, spears, javelins, and arrows. I am using AI to refer to units that have hardly any illustrations. https://www.historiascripta.org/classical-antiquity/dromedarii-camel-riders-in-the-roman-army/ "Palmyra / Tadmor, Homs governorate, Syria: Palmyra Museum. Caravan camel guarded by men armed with spear and sword".

That theory turned out to be wrong, as I was able to confirm with "openssl client" that providing a self-signed and therefore invalid certificate to the lobby server works just fine. ejabberd in our configuration does just ignore any client certificate provided. Disabling requesting client certificates would be a workaround, but doesn't appear to be possible with ejabberd. Seems like SChannel is doing something weird, as my understanding is that the client code terminates the connection after the TLS connection got established, not ejabberd. The best way forward is probably somebody debugging this who's running Windows.

I believe that first image, used as reference for the ai, is carrying javelins? I at least think it's javelins, as the rider seems to be pulling it out of a quiver? It looks like it might be a large/long quiver but I'd need to find the original image to check.

Quick look at the gloox sources there is no explicit handling of client certs at all. Also https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/secauthn/performing-authentication-using-schannel suggest Windows only looks for client certs if the server actually asks. Maybe you can configure ejabbered to not do that.

For reference: https://gitea.wildfiregames.com/0ad/0ad/issues/5396 I believe it's likely that this is caused by the same underlying problem.

That's great, perhaps broadcasting the matches on several social media platforms would promote both the game and the mod.

https://www.eliteminiaturesaustralia.com.au/a-miniatures-palmyran-army-3rd-century/?srsltid=AfmBOootOYKRW1X_8_8-2LqMPbaZcWsD7OyOnIvm8ALkbG7Qh2ZLwLTf This is difficult; there aren't many sources on the appearance of archers. Basically, it's a combination of Eastern archers with a Persian archer and a Syrian auxiliary archer.

https://www.romanarmytalk.com/rat/archive/index.php?thread-18515.html Composition of the armies of the third century. It would seem that, if III Gallica are representative of other legions, the Roman army in the east remained loyal to Rome after the death of Odenathus. There could well have been defections, but as far as I know there's no evidence for this. Palmyrene cavalry was very heavily armoured, so cataphracts would be a good guess. Otherwise, Zosimus gives Zenobia 'Syrians... Saracens and Armenians' - apparently light cavalry. Palmyra was a great trading centre, and probably made good use of mercenaries - the shifting allegiance of the Saracens and Armenians might reflect this. Aurelian's army of the period was similarly polyglot: 'Mauritanian horse... Tyaneans... Mesopotamians... Syrians... Phoenicians, and... Palestinians' besides the Praetorians and legionary troops drawn from the Danube. (all quotes Zosimus , Historia Nova, Book I) - Nathan

Infantry equipment. I had already shared my vision of the Palmyra swordman infantry above. https://www.twcenter.net/threads/updated-collection-of-palmyrene-and-late-phartian-early-sassanid-armies-pics-and-miniatures.772222/

Hi everyone! Happy Summer! To celebrate, here's a new, super improved release. First of all, the Darknut Legion has finally become a major faction! They're super slow, super powerful, with access to every mercenary in the game. They can't build more than the one starting civic center, but they can build smaller outposts. Next, the Gorons now use the Plot system. This means that they're a lot less OP, but they're still a strong faction. The Gorons also have a full navy, consisting of three ships with which to wage war across the seas. Their navy centers around durable boats, though they are a bit slower than most. Third, thanks to the dedicated work of Odysseus, the Hylians are fully, completely balanced. They went through some major rebalances, mainly of their technologies and higher tier units. Their heroes are set to three different tiers (Low level, Mid level, High level), each hero has a unit (or in Seres' case, a structure) locked behind training them, and a technology. They also have full hero levels, and (most) of their abilities. The Hylians also have a good navy, very average and durable. Speaking of which, Unit Abilities are finally in, thanks to Stan' over on the WFG team. Only the Hylians have their full sets of hero abilites, and a few units (mainly the ReDead, Fiddler, and Wind Witch) have access to abilties of their own. The Gerudo also have some rebalance changes, though not as many. They also have a new technology or two, a new unit (locked behind one of those techs), and a full navy! Their navy is fast, and excels at capturing other navies via piracy. I had been hoping to give Labrynna an entire navy in time for the release, but I wanted to get a lot of these new balagnce and bug fixes out, so they only have one: a Hot Air Balloon, capable of trading between markets like a merchant, or used as a mobile flying weapons platform. The Gohma have also gone through a large rebalance, at least structure wise. They rely a lot more on expanding their territory via buildings, and are a pretty aggressive faction. I have also gone to lengths to nerf their spawning, so they get a lot less free units (for example, spawned Mites now disappear after a few seconds). The Stalfos have had the least changes; all that has been altered is the ReDead now has an active ability for it's scream instead of an aura, and their units are a lot less durable. The Wizzrobes have been both nerfed and expanded upon; they even have a new Chilfos unit. There are WAY too many other balance changes to list, so you'll have to see for yourself. I hope to see you in the tournament. Perzival12 https://www.moddb.com/mods/hyrule-conquest-revival/downloads/hyrule-conquest-revival-0130