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  1. 5 points
  2. It's funny that the tide went from Capture should be optional to Capture should be the default when it eventually changed X)
    5 points
  3. Version 1.0.0 has been submitted to mod.io and is awaiting signature. Please do not manually download the update from mod.io with intent to play it in multiplayer as long as it is not signed. This would confuse many players. Please wait for the signature to play it! This update introduces wood balance. As long as there is enough space around the player's base, they will be given 3 forests in p1 territory. The total amount of wood in these forests is equal (in expectation, and with fairly small variance) among players, but there can be variance between individual forests. The shape of the forests remains pretty random so there can be small imbalances here but it shouldn't matter much. I made it so that forests look the same as before. Depending on the situation the new forests may contain more trees than before and I haven't yet harmonized it with the rest of the map, but this should be barely noticeable. I invite you to try different biomes now! They are a lot more playable. I didn't include berry tree balance yet, but I made it so they spawn a little further away from the player, so less chance you get a "one for all" farmstead at the beginning. Note that I mainly tested the map with 1v1 small size and 4v4 medium size settings, though I did some runs with extreme settings as well. This update makes Mainland Balanced incompatible with previous version's Mainland Balanced. Yet I still make the choice to disallow the incompatible mod check, for the same reasons I gave previously in this thread. As a small mitigation I made it so Mainland Balanced gets a new mappreview image, so if players with outdated version join a game with the up to date version, they will see an error related to the mappreview file. If a player reports such an error in the game, please say there is a new feldmap version and players who haven't done so yet should update it! (Please note however that players up-to-date that join an host with outdated version will not notice anything until game starts) Sorry, that's not for this version yet . Unless I make an exception for pizza settings, it would have to wait for at least a 2.x.x zone of control mechanic.
    5 points
  4. I'd like to add 2 thoughts to basic idea of this post. ( Let's ignore toxic behavior and lack of culture. Which is btw very important, especially in online communication when you can't actually see person's gestures and mimics which can lead to missundertandings.) (1) Vulcan: someone already replied. Performance and lag, especially in TGs is serious problem in 0AD. And devs really deserve to be highly appreciated for their volunter work. Not only on Vulcan... (2) Base idea of this post is to "prioritize tasks". It can be good approach in commercial projects, but in open-source where devs do it for free and for their own soul, that can be wrong sometimes. I think devs should have freedom to enjoy their "work" but off course, leaders must make sure that it doesn't ruin release game. P.S. 0AD is really nice project and huge job is already done and being done. Game is very playable so we should appreciate anyone who does anything to make it progress. Off course, I have many things I'd like to be improved so it becomes more competitive, but I am aware it's not simple.
    4 points
  5. I have some more texts in the works, but in the meantime here's an update on the UI work: A quick showcase: 0 A.D. 2024-03-03 20-49-23.mp4 I have done some layouting, moving everything to a place where it fits. It already looks a lot better than before, but I will probably still change some sprites, fonts or colors. How do you like the new arrangement? The right is still pretty empty, this is where the related articles section would be, they have to be added manually to each file and I havent done that (the Athenian civic center is the only article where I added some for testing). Here are the new features (mainly improving navigation between different pages and menus): - Because everything is structured like (and in) folders I added the current "path" at the top, by clicking on different parts of the path you can switch to the respective page. There also is an "UpButton" (with the arrow pointing up) to the left of the path that will alway open the current page's "parent" (like the "up" button found in most file managers) - Every action you take/ every menu or text you open will (temporarily) be saved. With the back and forward button you can move back and forth through your history (like the back and forward button in browsers) - the button "suprise me!" opens a random article (I am aware that it currently chooses "general" and "environment" more often than "civilisations". That happens because folders inside "civilisations" are only partially filled with files/articles (yet!)) I've also put together a quick mod: encyclopedia.zip Try it out! Let me know any errrors or unwanted behaviour you encounter or any suggestion you have! Keep in mind that it is still in progress, I have cleaned up the code, but it's not very well commented yet. I'm quite new to programming, so don't be suprised if something's done in a confusing way. Tell me if you think I should change something to bring it into line with 0ad's code. And regarding the sprites, @wowgetoffyourcellphone You've done a great job with the mockups. What textures did you use? Are they in the game files? I couldn't find them. I'm specifically talking about the beige/white background and the golden frame around the image. Was the background texture just a brigther and hueshifted version of 0ad's black background?
    4 points
  6. I used to think about creating a website for playing 0AD with cash prize, I am not against it but I don't know how many players are even good enough to play competitive games, if money is involved things will get complicated, we need strict rules and infrastructure to implement them, I am not sure 0AD can control its players the main reason I am not willing to play with money in 0AD is anyone can customize the game to their advantage, nobody has control. I am seeing @Norse_Harold trying to impose law and order in game but failing because we got players that don't want law and order in a free and open source game. I think 0AD survives because of players consider each other as friends, money kills friendships at least argument about them. if people hate each other they won't show up to play 0AD. If someone was sponsoring the tournaments that's another matter, no player is loosing money but winner gets a price, that would be nice but playing 0AD like a poker game will be bad, it is bad in real poker too that's why in many countries playing with money is illegal. may be we should find some sponsors for that we have to create a community in social media like facebook instagram etc and be active in it always and keep promoting 0AD. people use discord but I think it's like dark web, nobody will every find out we exit. if 100 people are willing to do marketing for 0AD then the fate of 0AD will change. money will flow in with it new programming Talents who can contribute to 0AD
    4 points
  7. Hello! I have just set up a mitigation attempt against the DoS attacks. Let us see if it holds over time, if it does, I'll close the ticket. Thanks for your patience PS. News are coming soon about the migration project, but it's unrelated to the attacks on Trac (the mitigation I am setting up will have to be kept in the future)
    4 points
  8. Hello, first I clarify that I am using a translator for this text since I do not speak English. I introduce myself, I play 0A.D. For a couple of years now my name in the game has been "H.Herle" and I really enjoy the game but as you know almost everyone speaks English in the chat and it is very difficult for those of us who don't speak English to translate it, since I have to copy it manually the text in English in my chat box and then paste it into Google Translate, I would like a function to be added to be able to select any history chat and have it automatically copied to my chat box, so I can copy it without having to Do it manually and pass it to Google Translate, something similar to the "/link" command but without the need to redirect you to any page, only in text in your chat box. I think this would help many players to be able to communicate better, personally it frustrates me a lot not being able to translate everything and missing almost everything that happens in the chat, since I can only understand some very basic words, I hope you can understand what I wanted to say Since I write this in Spanish, I hope that some developer reads it and can take it into consideration :') greetings!
    4 points
  9. @HerlyVery useful feature! I'm working on this using autociv's code as a base. This is what I have achieved so far, it still has some bugs, but it's working. I hope u find this useful screenrecord.mp4
    4 points
  10. How many workers is enough to boom?
    4 points
  11. Rule #1: Have the most Cavalry and you'll win (if you can micro). Rule #2: If not, have the most Barracks and you'll win. Rule #3: If not, have the most fields, and win. Rule #4: The Rules don't apply to top players like borg, vali, vinme.
    4 points
  12. Added some war paint to the elephant, but I have yet to figure out how to make it the player color (it is supposed to be blue here). UPDATE: Figured it out at last.
    4 points
  13. I'm finally working toward finishing the mod, starting with wood balance. Roadmap: - Release 1.0.0: Wood balance, straggler berry tree balance. - Release 2.0.0: Hidden map gen zone of control mechanic, to allow large scale resource balance while still having the map look natural, and be resilient under varying map size/number of players. Metal/Stone balance. At this point I will view Mainland Balanced as feature complete. Then I will consider porting the changes to other maps or merging stuff to 0 A.D.
    4 points
  14. @ Bothnia again, surprisingly not winter. "GrEaT fIsHiNg OpPoRtUnItIeS" Pffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffft
    3 points
  15. @Gurken Khan @Obelix I was not able to replicate the bug: However, forcing the game to choose a new name for each AI player (and avoid all the hassle with the Roman numerals) could be done by simply adding this:
    3 points
  16. @Feldfeld do you have a github where you are working on feldmap? id be happy to try and get the other badosu maps working with your balancers for some future release.
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  17. Battle report: RIVER DELTA (4P) My Carthaginians defeated 3 Petra of average level and random behavior: 1 Theban, 1 Macedonian, 1 Iberian. Conquest mode / map not revealed. Playing time = 3h08mn15sec, at an average speed of 0.25 (0.5 when all is quiet and 0.1 in the event of invasion or reorganization): I like to play slowly to give myself time to react and build. 118 saves made for this game. This delta is a very beautiful and immersive map, meandering through land crossings between peninsulas. I played it without using the mini-maps, which reveal resource locations. The development of a fleet allows you to harass Petra on its shores, as well as the rapid and massive movement of units to the delta's various peninsulas. Starting in the center of the map (with player 1) is unusual, and stimulates exploration. As the topography doesn't allow quick access to enemy territories, these sometimes far-flung confrontations require the ability to consolidate distant territories. If the 3 Petras neglect the maritime aspect, this will leave you little respite between their frequent invasions. In short, a great map! [Translated with DeepL.com (free version)]
    3 points
  18. https://code.wildfiregames.com/D5041
    3 points
  19. I must be in a huge minority thinking 1v1s should be played at 200 pop.
    3 points
  20. I mean if someone likes to do it - fine for me, thats those players buisness. Personally i think i would not be intrested because it would make 0 AD too serious, i would be bothered more by the outcome of the game, which is something i do not necessarily want for something i do for fun and escapism. After a game of 0 AD i dont want to go to bed and be mad bc i lost money etc. I also think it will lead to more conflicts inbetween players, especially given what past incidents i have witnessed, and also there would be trouble connected to the lack of infrastructure, authority and rule enforcement we have in our non-professional small community. Another issue would be the skill difference between players. Players who pay an entrance fee want at least an outside chance to win in the end, which will mean its gonna be tough to find many players willing to "bet" money. Another option that doesnt really seem promising due to a small community would be to use donations for prize funds, gathered through someone broadcasting the games, so the earning would kinda be a bonus. Consider that tournaments could have a non-monetary prize maybe, that is more about creativity and of symbolic value.
    3 points
  21. New version is out and can be downloaded from mod.io
    3 points
  22. We're back! While @Vantha is working on the encyclopedia UI we've decided to continue on with the encyclopedia. This time we're focusing on the rest of the Hellenistic Civilizations, that is not only Macedonia but the Seculids and Ptolemies as well! The reason is that although Alexander the Great's empire was broken up into the three different parts, the empires existed at about the same time and all had a common culture taken from Greece. This PR is the women for all the Hellenistic civilizations, it has some repeated parts because, as I said, the cultures of the three empires were very similar. https://github.com/TheShadowOfHassen/0-ad-history-encyclopedia-mod/pull/122 This is as good a time as any newcomers to join. You don't have to be an amazing historian (I'm most certainly not.) And writing articles is really simple, just check out what we have already written and try to write like that, everything else can be fixed in edits.
    3 points
  23. Thanks for your feedback. I think the Noba are just about done now. Version 1 is now attached to the OP (replacing version 0.5).
    3 points
  24. I'll be sharing some casual modding work of mine for Delenda Est in this thread. I'll start with a Noba war elephant unit I made for fun.I I might create a new texture for the elephant so that it has war paint matching the player's color later.
    3 points
  25. I just finished two more Han texts that I had started some time ago. With that we've now entirely finished the Han, our third civ. @ShadowOfHassen and I decided to get back to the Greek civs, we will do the Macedonians next and then maybe the Ptolemies and Seleucids in parallel. Here is the PR: https://github.com/TheShadowOfHassen/0-ad-history-encyclopedia-mod/pull/121 The Battle of Mobei: And the entire Han Xiognu war: (it's the longest text I've ever written, maybe I should split it up into multiple texts) I'm also still working on the new encyclopedia page UI, adding some more features. I think I'm close to finishing a good-looking prototype.
    3 points
  26. 3 points
  27. Thanks, Barcodes. That's consistent with my guess about 0ad reaching the maximum memory allocation for a 32-bit process. On Windows the limit is usually 2 GB, but it's 3GB if the executable is built with large address aware mode. I advise using Linux or Mac to host 0ad team games until alpha 27 is released and hopefully includes a 64-bit build for Windows.
    3 points
  28. It is pretty loosely 40 minutes. Sometimes it is 36 mins, sometimes, 42, etc. Another thing is that when this happens, it also seems that spectators are sometimes OOS, even though they are not players. It is an interesting problem, since relatively few games reach ~40 minutes.
    3 points
  29. https://code.wildfiregames.com/D5202 This patch is committed for a27, and changes the immortals quite a bit. Rather than reverting them to standard champions like those that many civs have, they are cheaper, weaker, and retain their weapon switching. This allows the Persian player to field a lot more of the immortals. I also removed their speed penalty, which was a little excessive, and slightly reduced their switch time to 6 seconds from 8. I could make this into a community mod patch if you like. It would be worthwhile for testing anyway.
    3 points
  30. I guess that Barcodes is referring to Windows servers crashing at around 30 minutes. I have noticed that 4v4 team games tend to use about 4 GB of memory (on a Linux system) around the 30 minute mark. I think that the problem that Barcodes is describing is caused by the memory limits of a 32-bit Windows process. The fix is to release a 64-bit build for Windows. Barcodes, to confirm, please tell us whether the players who crash around 30 minutes are using Windows. Also please ask those players to open Task Manager around 30 minutes and watch the memory usage of the 0ad process. Tell us whether it's close to 4 GB, such as 3.8 GB or higher, before crashing.
    3 points
  31. I am just trying to copy this from https://www.moddb.com/mods/hyrule-conquest/news/slimy-zolas-oh-my The Zolas are almost done, featuring lots of added slime. That's about it. Posted by The_Undying_Nephalim on Feb 7th, 2024 It's a few months shy of a year since I decided to take a hiatus from this project. I regretfully must say this hiatus is not done, as I still have little to no interest left in Zelda at this point and am quite deep into the middle of Star Fox Event Horizon at the moment. That being said, I've made a bit of an effort to try and get the last faction I was working on completed sporadically in the last 9 months. The last time I talked about them, the faction had the tentative name of "Wild Zoras." True to my character for any who know me, months later I became extremely dissatisfied with this name. At the moment, they're just called "Zolas." This is not an arbitrary choice, the reasoning for sticking with what is essentially a mistranslated name will become more obvious when we take a look at their roster and a predominate feature of their entire faction: Zol slime. 1. The Slow Swarm - A notable trait of playing as the Zolas that will be noticeable after fielding a variety of their units is that many of them have slow movement speeds. Many of the creatures in their roster are monsters that traditionally have been portrayed as sluggish and slow moving in Zelda games; for examples their numerous Zols, Octoroks, and even a Like Like. Having large portions of your forces be composed of slow moving units is not unique in Hyrule Conquest: both the Stalfos and Darknuts are known for their very sluggish movements speeds. However while the Darknuts make up for this with heavy armor values and outright being difficult to kill, and the Stalfos counter this weakness being able to replace their fallen troops with necromancy, the Zola forces are neither durable nor do they have the ability to rise from the dead. The Zolas paradoxically are encouraged to send many of their slow moving units to their deaths: a vast majority of their roster spawns additional swarms of units when they are slain. Be it their Zol's spawning batches of Gels, Bari splitting into pairs of Biri, or even their Octoballoon scouts exploding into showers of Puffers, the Zolas have many means of rapidly increasing their numbers as they begin to lose troops in battle. Even some of their larger units can spawn some of their lower tier units for free when they are killed in battle. 2. Walking Bases - The second trait of the Zolas, which has been discussed in detail in a previous article, is that almost all of their bases are completely mobile. With the exception of their Octorok Cave which trains the rest of their buildings, every other Zola structure is contained within the shell of a giant Octorok that can walk about. For more specific details about this feature, check out this article on the matter. 3. The "Zol" Slime - Lastly, the third pillar of the Zola is their use of slime, or as it's referred to in-universe and their namesake, "Zol." If there is one thing that unites the various creatures working together with the Zolas, it is their natural ability to create and secret this nefarious ooze. Octoroks and Parella Ink turns into this icky ooze. Zols and Zol Likes are able to secrete and spread it. This slimy sludge creates both passive buffs for your forces and debuffs for enemies that come into contact with it. With that out of the way, lets take a look at their heroes and units: Tier 1 Heroes: Barudakan - Queen Oren's favorite bodyguard, Barudakan is an easily amused soldier who loves his lot in life. While not exactly a brilliant tactician or commander, or a warrior with much finesse for that matter, his brute force and knack for "refusing to die" have lead him to win many skirmishes and campaigns against his enemies. His body is heavily scarred from his many near death battles, but he almost seems unaware of his disfiguring wounds. If there is one thing that Barudakan is more interested in than fighting, its fairies. This Zola has devoted much of his free time to learning about Fairies and he hopes to catch one as a pet one day. Maiamai - One of the only living Octorok mothers in Hyrule's current age, Maiamai maintains a symbiotic alliance with Queen Oren that has benefited both people for generations. While generally peaceful, she is obsessive of her newborns and will violently protect them. Like most Octoroks, she fears the Octorok sea god Bellum and perpetuates his return to Hyrule. Tier 2 Heroes: Krel - A highly intelligent mage who came into service of Queen Oren. He presents himself as an arrogant wisecraker, though amongst the Wild Zora he perhaps is the most loyal servant the royals have in their service. Nothing is known of Krel's origin of where he came from or what his real motivations might possibly be. He seems to have vast knowledge of the Zol slime that links the Zora, Octroks, and Parella together and how to control it. Jellyf - A very enigmatic figure in the court of the Zola, Jellyf is believed to be ancient and possibly one of the oldest beings alive in Hyrule. Jellyf uses her personal servants to speak for her, only speaking directly to Queen Oren. Jellyf's mysterious motivations raise suspicion and concern even amongst the royal court, but the turnaround success of reconquering lost Zola coves and territory since her arrival has kept any from questioning her. Tier 3 Heroes: Queen Oren - The real power that holds the Wild Zora together, Queen Oren is a shrewd diplomat and has a keen understanding of aquatic warfare. Unlike many of her contemporaries, she is more than capable of being reasoned with and has more or less become the spokesperson of her people. Despite this, is seems Queen Oren has suppressed much and is prone to huge fits of rage, fits that become so bad she'll bloat into a horrifying monster. Her land dwelling Zora cousins believe it's only a matter of time before she slips up and causes a full scale war between the various Zora kingdoms. King Zaro - King Zaro wields immense power among his people, despite this he prefers to let his wife Oren run his little kingdom and spends most of his time lounging around and avoiding his responsibilities. While not necessarily lazy, he simply has little interest in running a kingdom. King Zaro is known however, for his intense rivalry with the Zora kings of the Dominion and Lanayru Province. If there is anything that can call him to action it's the opportunity to ruin their reputation, foil their endeavors, or if possible conquer their entire kingdoms. Unit Roster: Zol - Zols are the foundation of the Zola as a civilization. These living slimes gather and spread the Zol sludge everywhere they go and large colonies of them are a sure sign that their Zola masters are only a season behind them. In game Zols are slow moving melee creatures that are capable of crawling across almost all terrain, notably cliffs and mountains. Zols split into two Gels if they are slain in combat. Octorok - Octoroks are one of the most common wildlife found throughout Hyrule. Zolas love to keep them as pets and their equivalent to guard dogs. Ocroroks serve as cheap ranged units in the Zola forces, spitting small rocks at their targets. Drudge - The lowest of the Zolas, Drudges are little more than slaves to their underwater overlords. They spend most of their lives raising and tending Octos, harvesting barnacles, and hunting and raiding. Within the Zola forces they serve as a simple Spearman unit, making them a cheap and effective way to halt enemy cavalry. Bari - These parasitic jellyfish are used by Zolas to infect and kill large beasts that they plan on consuming. They can only survive without a host for several days. They are able to shock and briefly stun their targets with a pair of dangling tentacles. If slain a Bari will split into a pair of small Biri. Tailpasaran - Another parasitic monster used by Zolas to infect their enemies. Tailpasarans are able to stay motionless for long periods of time, springing forth with surprise on their prey. In-game they are slow moving melee creatures with Camouflage. Octoballoon - These gas filled Octorocks are cleverly used by Zolas to scout out new lands to see if they are worthy of moving into and infesting. Octoballoons have a very large Line of Sight, but are at the mercy of winds and cannot be directly controlled by the player. If slain an Octoballoon will explode, hurting enemies beneath it and spawn a swarm of Puffers from its corpse. Zol Like - These horrific creatures are able to create a nearly endless supply of slime to be used by the Zolas. While their slow speed makes them very poor combat creatures, they are able to almost completely immobilize enemies that venture too close. Zol Likes spawn a pair of Zols if they are slain. Aerocuda - A small flying creature that is attracted to Zola slime. They are often used by Zolas as hunting animals. Aerocudas are very fast and can attack enemies in melee, but are otherwise quite frail. Geozard - Large and durable Zolas that serve as footsoldiers of their armies. Geozards wield crude swords and any debris they can find as a protective shield. Despite their lack of traditional armor, their slimy scales make them surprisingly durable and resistant to physical damage. Mucktorok - These Octorok monstrosities have been warped by the Zol slime into gibbering beasts. While frail, they are able to spit slime from quite a distance at targets. This slime can actually briefly ground flying units with this attack as well, making them very nasty counters to enemy fliers. There is a small chance that this slime attack will spawn an attacking Gel. Aqua Auger - Lance wielding Zolas riding on the backs of Aquamenti dragons, these Augers serve as vicious cavalry that can easily take on other opposing cavalry. Bigocto - These large Octo creatures are not quite large enough to house a Zola base, but their durable shells give them use in Zola armies. Bigoctos are very durable, in particular their are highly resistant to non-magical ranged attacks like arrows and javelins. This makes them an excellent mobile shield against archer heavy armies. Parella - The Parella function as two different units depending if they are on land or in the sea. On land they are slow moving ranged units that spit ink at enemies, temporarily damaging their Line of Sight. In the water they are fast moving and graceful swimmers that latch unto and slow down enemy ships and other aquatic creatures. Regardless of land or seas, Parella are always able to use their chameleon-like skin to blend into their environment, granting them Stealth. Geozard Chief - The Commander unit of Zola forces, armed with a large sword and shield. While predominately a melee unit, Geozard Chiefs have a secondary fireball attack that slowly charges, periodically allowing them to deal splashing fire damage. Dera Zol - These large slimy creatures wear durable shells and serve as living battering rams. In addition to their strong melee attack against buildings, the Zol slime oozed from these creatures slowly and passively deals damage to any structure in range. When slain a Dera Zol will spawn Zols. Octogon - A very large living siege weapon, Octogons are specialized Octoroks that can lob giant stones kept within their shells. These monsters are ideal for taking out turrets and otherwise heavily defended bases from a safe distance. When slain an Octogon will spawn Puffers. Sludge Sharks - A Unique Unit only available to Krel. Sludge sharks are creature units that creates Zol slime that slows down enemy units around itself. They are much quicker than most Zola units and have quite a strong bite in melee. When slain a Sludge Shark will spawn a Mucktorok. Bari Host - A Unique Unit only available to Jellyf. These Parella carry a swarm of Bari Jellyish with them, which spawn and attack enemies if the Host is slain in battle. While living, Bari Hosts allow Bari, Tailpasaran, and other Parella to regenerate their health at a notably higher rate when attached to their battalions. Feral - A Unique Unit only available to Queen Oren. These crazed Zola are kept on a leash by their own people, and let loose in ravaging packs on their enemies. A Feral can quickly tear apart an unarmored target with with claws and long tongue and regenerate any of its wounds with each injury dealt to a foe. They are also exceptionally fast and can even catch up to speedy Cavalry. If slain in battle, a Feral will spawn a Tailpasaran. Cyclops Ku - A Unique Unit only available to King Zaro. These very slow and lumbering infantry units are able to spit burning fireballs from quite a distance. This makes them ideal for burning down enemy structures as well as anything vulnerable to fire. They also sport strong shells on their back, making them very resistant to melee attacks. Aquamentus - Zola Legendary unit. This massive water dragon sports powerful rending claws, a lancing horn on its head, and short range but deadly fire breath. Its wings are quite small for its size however, and as such this dragon can only use them for extended leaps rather then consistent flight. In addition, there are several units that the Zolas cannot directly train, but are instead spawned from slain units. All three of these creatures are more or less just mini versions of existing units. Gel - A tiny version of the Zol slime. Biri - A tiny version of the Bari. Puffer - A tiny version of the Octorok. It loses its ranged attack in exchange for a melee attack, however.
    3 points
  32. Maybe that's the culprit, should pick another name from the list? Edit: there can be eight players and there are nine names in the list; IMHO this slapping on of a higher number to chosenName needs to go.
    2 points
  33. Was based on svn before A26, closer to A25 I believe. The binary I deleted in the meantime but could be rebuilt, though might have to work around a certain python - sm issue. From my limited knowledge of Windows memory model, it allows sort of overcommit if backed by hdd, maybe sort of dynamic swap is a better term. For me 0ad typically takes about 7 GB of virtual memory on Linux 64bit and some 1.5 GB residential memory. Therefore I think it's very reasonable to assume that a 32bit builds will have trouble with the limited address space but a 64 bit build would work reasonably well with 4GB physical ram even on Windows. So I have no doubt that 32bit is an issue which people might run into occasionally, was just wondering if the last community mod might have moved the tipping point based on recent noise but according to @chrstgtr that doesn't seem to be the case. I think the last notable rise in requirements was with A24 and earlier version should be much less likely to run into this.
    2 points
  34. I don't have a github repo for it. I could make one if you really need it but otherwise I think you can also work without version control and send me a feldmap with the changes.
    2 points
  35. See https://trac.wildfiregames.com/wiki/Mod_Verification_Process (the mod.json section)
    2 points
  36. It's one of the reasons why I don't like ranged units firing so fast by default or being so accurate by default. We have no room for techs to increase firing rate or accuracy if they're already machine guns.
    2 points
  37. For Romans, their swordsmen should throw a pilum before closing into melee combat range.
    2 points
  38. 2 points
  39. I'm in parallel also writing some texts to keep the progress going. Here's the Ptolemaic, Seleucid, and Macedonian civic centers: https://github.com/TheShadowOfHassen/0-ad-history-encyclopedia-mod/pull/123/
    2 points
  40. I'm helping Bearithra troubleshoot the problem via IRC and Element. For anyone else facing a similar problem, there is advice in the FAQ (backup link here) about it, or you can talk to me via IRC.
    2 points
  41. I don't remember any such discussion. Anyway, even if I don't want to keep the building, seems to me that with my usual army composition capturing is quicker than chiseling away at it.
    2 points
  42. A couple of playtests:
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  43. Ok, I think the poll tells us what is more popular. changing pop costs might be too indirect a change. Instead, we will stick to the simple options. I didn't add a "1 and 3" option, but I imagine this would be popular. What I will do is 60 crush (half of previous) and 25 hack splash.
    2 points
  44. Now the Noba have a dock and fishing boat! The warships their dock can train are all captured Kushite vessels.
    2 points
  45. Gorgeous map! I just finished playing a session on it.
    2 points
  46. Heyo guys! How're you doing? Hopefully I won't regret posting it now already (I'm sure I will find so many flaws I overlooked in this map), but as I had a great day today and had the time this evening, I'll just publish this First Version to you. This time it is as well a scenario (as the title suggests, haha) on giant scale. The Legend of Mali is a figurative Map of the Mediterranean and its surrounding land - namely the Aegean, the North African Atlas Mountians and the steppe of the Levant. However, it's siginifant to consider my intentions weren't to make an exact cartography of the Mediterranean, instead it is like my first map "The Legend of Avilava" rather a figurative depiction, like the people back then imagined when they've got told a tale about it - the Mediterranean. Therefore, Romans, Greeks, Persians, Seleucids, Carthaginians and Ptolemies may don't match to appear all toghether in a certain time period of history, but as I said, that's not what matters here. Furthermore, I want to give a you a short overview of the Players: Player 1 (Team 1): Although being as their civ Spartan, they have two seperate headquarters, one Athenian and one Spartan. The latter going in hand with a seaport. They are on the one hand protected by natural walls like mountains and the sea and on the other hand by a short city wall, protecting them from potential Roman invasions. They have a significant starting population of women and citizens alike whilst going in hand with lots of resources to gather from. Player 2 (Team 1): Being Macedonian, they seem to have captured Athens or something as they just start off with a big mountainous city Enjoying not only their coexistence with big quarries, woods and prepared fields to gather resources from (gather from or gather of? no idea), they're protected by a huge wall stretching from the mountains in the West to the seaport of player 1 in the East. Also, Player 2 takes advantage of a huge starting population of not only women but lots of archers and soldiers on the city wall. Player 3 (Team 2): Being set in the rough terrains of the Southern Atlas Mountains, the Seleucids start out with a persian styled city. Having a lower starting population and difficulty to farm crops, they're heavily relying on their advantageous position in the high mountains which is difficult to reach. Player 4 (Team 2): Also enjoying the beautiful view from up the mountain, the dense arrangement of city's buildings already suggest it's biggest problem: The lack of space of these Persians for fields to farm on. Nevertheles, the unreachable height of the mountains is their biggest ally - as the supporting army of player 3. Player 5 (Team 3): Being settled in the warm steppes of the Levant, the Roman capital is divided into two Players - Player 5 and Player 7, both Roman, both stationed next to the sea. Having set fields, a quarry and enough wood to prosper of, they are also in process of building a city wall. Player 6 (No Team): The Carthaginians - Set in the wild transition from mountain to coast, they are protected by the natural environment and city walls alike. Nevertheless, finding space for crop farming seems to be a problem at first - as long as you don't miss the berries! Player 7 (Team 3): The Northern part of the Roman capital has not only some territoral issues on which expanding is impossible, but they also face the threat of Greek invasions. Nevertheles, with sufficiently enough guardsmen they try to handle the problem. Player 8 (No Team): Sadly indeed, the Ptolemies neither have any starting city nor strong military power from the start - beside these two cute elephants. However, their surroundings provide resource availability at its best. Moreover, not only can they construct fields sufficiently, but they've also enough space to build their own city on. In order to give you a little overview of the Players (starting of with Player 1 and ending with Player 8) I'll "attach" some screenshots I just took in the following "space" (lol my English is dead by now haha) So, spoilers ahead! Okay, that's regarding the Players. Oh my god, now finally presenting these little cutouts in the forum instead of howering above them in the atlas editor makes me watch these otherwise so familiar places of the map completely differently Well, to give you guys an even clearer overview of the map I'd suggest to show you even more screenshots, e.g. of the landscape (hm, not to "give you guys an even clearer overview of the map" as if this thing would be throughout rational, instead to remain honest here to "make you guys even more horny" yo :p) Well wow okay that's enough about meaninglessly bragging around. Actually I still wanted to make a point. If don't feel okay with hearing a tragic story, skip the next paragraph. I built this map based on a real dream I had in December last year, waking up saying: "I need to create this in 0ad!" xD I started out building that month, but breaking off after little attempts to properly start. Just in early January I got up on track again. Me taking up this work again was the result of my beloved house cat Mali passing away on the early morning on December 28th, 2022. A sweet, black and white, shy, but extremly content and lovely cat. Although of his shyness only after some years he came and trusted us, though he mostly remained just watching us doing things, completely interested in all things. But just rarely ready to cuddle as he was so shy, ye. I was allowed to enable him a more or less convenient life for 7 or 8 years, after his heart stopped beating when he was at the doctor for a regular health check. The reason for this was his heart weakness - of which my family and me hadn't been aware of previously - which kicked in because of his panickiness at the unfamiliar and negatively exciting, stressful situation at the veterinary. The vet said the day before Mali deceased that the cat needed to overnight at the station in order to finish the check the next day, and my family and me didn't think that Mali was in real danger because of his anxiety. The next morning, Mali must have been so anxious and stressed that his heart beated so heavily that the cardiac septum, the barrier between the two ventricles, teared up (this was his heart problem- an inborn weakness of this barrier / cardiac septum). As a result of this, the blood clyce went in the wrong direction. From this point on, his minutes / hours must have been counted; hopefully, man, he passed away a peaceful way, although being anxious and left alone. Oh @#$% man, telling this makes me cry yo @#$%. Oh Mali, we must have known earlier of your heart weakness ... I just hope he's at a better place right now, watching me publishing this map in honor of him. The thing is that in my monthlong grief I somehow built this map. I didn't know what else to do. Don't ask me why. Whatever now, I decided to name it after him. So he lives furhter on in this world. Thank you Mali for the time I was able to spend with you. I really wish the best for you. My little buddy and best friend Mali. Well it felt good to talk about this. Thanks to you guys for hearing me out. I hope you understand me naming the map after him. Holy man I did not expect to write so much about this haha. Well, I think that's about it for today guys. I hope you enjoy the map, you can do whatever you want with it, play it, edit it, put it into whatever you want. I just built it but I don't wanna "own" it or anything, by publishing it it belonges to everyone now (so I'm not proud of it our anything, just happy to have another large scale battleground! ) To give you a last big overview: Okay, let's set the record straight - to get you god darn horny to try this out haha: And btw: You guys are great. Especially the ones contributing to this fascinating game! Oh my god for real I'm having to much fun with this game and I really wanna thank the developers for creating this favorite game of mine. More over that it's even for free, you gotta be totally kidding me this game is so wonderful haha Well, I now gotta go for sleep for sure, so see ya guys! Me friends always tell me I talk to much haha. Feel free to voice your opinion and also critical view of this! It be very pleased Have a good day! *Hope you can download it? 1316113461_TheLegendofMaliFirstVersion.pmp 442990980_TheLegendofMaliFirstVersion.xml
    2 points
  47. For me personally, performance has always been the biggest issue of the game. So for me, Vulkan falls more under the category 'enhancing playability' than 'adding new features'
    2 points
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