However, I’ve found that they don’t perform well when playing against humans, and they were written for an older version of 0 A.D. (though this can be easily fixed in the `mod.json` file). That said, I might plan to upgrade Petra or create a new bot; if the bot in my mod proves successful, the features that are already working will be incorporated and improved upon.

It would be great if you would be so nice to tell us the URL, please. The forums software can render it beautiful and nobody has to search for his/her/their own.

With a map 2.5 times the diameter of the Giant map, I don’t see any issue with having a total of around 1,000 units.

"... and be visible" I guess you mean, and yes, I just tried and can't reproduce what I thought I saw long ago (since then I've never used horizontal view again). Maybe something got fixed, or I misinterpreted what was happening back then.