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This is the first version of my Tower Defense mod. Tower Defense maps were very popular in Warcraft III times: Basically a Tower Defense is a game where waves of enemies walk into your base, and you have to build and upgrade towers to protect it from these invaders. In the case of this mod, I included two maps, one for 1 player and another for 2 players. The map for two player can only be played in multiplayer, as the AI cannot play this map. The goal of the game is to protect your base against the invaders by building towers. The one who survives longer wins. The strategy consists of choosing the best positioning and the best types of towers. As you upgrade your towers, there will be choices to be made between different types of specializations. As you kill the enemy waves, you gain loot. With these resources you can trade in the market and build towers/upgrade. Some Questions for you: Should I include this in the Community Maps mod? Or is it better to have it as an independent mod? The mod include some new templates for the towers, but it does not change any template that is used in the game. So you can use this mod without affecting any other map. Want to make another map in this mod? It should be quite simple. If you open Atlas using the mod, you can place the structures and units of the mod, search for "tdef" (the "fake civ" that has all the new units. It is a fake civ because you cannot choose it in game, it is by default in the Tower Defense maps). If you don't want to mess with scripts, it should still be easy to make a map using the mod. Just include this in your map (in the ScriptSettings part of the XML): "TriggerScripts": [ "scripts/TriggerHelper.js", "scenarios/tower_defense1.js" ], Then you just have to place the Wonder (tdef_wonder), which is the only "Conquest Critical" object (that is, if it is destroyed you lose), some workers (tdef_pawn), and the trigger_point_A and trigger_point_B (these are the places where the waves will spawn: A goes for player 1 and B goes for player 2). The workaround I used for the singleplayer map is to place a super OP tower for player 2 that kills all enemies instantly. You can use it in your map too: tdef_tower_ultimate. Next Versions I still want to improve it before sending to mod.io. Your feedback is welcome. Definitely will need balancing. One thing I wanted to do was to include an option to heal some life of your Wonder, costing some food, as this resource is not used much in the map. Have fun! (and let me know how many waves you can survive.) Spoilers below: tower_defense.zip tower_defense.pyromod

FYI for you -- that documentation is at this very moment in the process of being rewritten.

Balancing isn't like submitting code on phabricator. Others have tried explaining it to you that this isn't some AAA or any other kind of commercial game development enterprise. When balancing an alpha game, nothing is "out of scope," especially when it is essentially one guy doing his best to make something good out of the gameplay. The team can choose to implement the whole mod, parts of it, or none at all. The team could choose to delegate the gameplay and balancing to him, someone else, a small team of balancers, or no one at all. None of this is "out of scope" as long as that's how the team wants it done. So, that argument is largely invalid. How can you say "this" or "that" doesn't belong in a game which is still in alpha? lol, come on.

I've wanted this forever. I call it "shuttle speed." That way you can make pikemen and skirmishers shuttle their resources at the same speed and reduce the economic differences between them (Delenda Est gets rid of soldiers gathering resources because of this and many other issues, so is a moot point for my mod; important to implement for core game).

This is a Hobby, you must know that. modders is part of original vision and history. nobody knows you, so why be attacked? the success comes from people from outside and modders, and a good performance.

At 100th and counting It starts to lag

Well i'm bored, so i made this xd here is the 2 version what i made

give a penalty to the HP.. other idea make little villages from water supply. like a water reservior this gives a little radius and build some houses. . work as a CC but you can train units and gives boost with farms. redious is minor but you can hide in early in wood maps. you can health your units. water is life.

Thank you for keeping this in evidence.

you can use the civic center template as a base the hp of a template is in <Health> <Max>3000</Max> <SpawnEntityOnDeath>decay|rubble/rubble_stone_6x6</SpawnEntityOnDeath> </Health> for adding to a villager build panel you need to add this in the template <Builder> <Entities datatype="tokens"> structures/{civ}_your_building </Entities> </Builder> for the tech you need find this lines <ProductionQueue> <BatchTimeModifier>0.8</BatchTimeModifier> <Entities datatype="tokens"> units/{civ}_support_female_citizen </Entities> <Technologies datatype="tokens"> phase_town_{civ} phase_city_{civ} unlock_spies spy_counter </Technologies> </ProductionQueue> the bonus and the health radius are auras and added like this </Armour> <Auras datatype="tokens"> structures/wonder_pop_1 structures/wonder_pop_2 </Auras> <BuildRestrictions> the 3d model is set here <VisualActor> <Actor>structures/{civ}/your_actor.xml</Actor> <FoundationActor>structures/fndn_6x6.xml</FoundationActor> </VisualActor> I do not remember where is the max number of entites

Yep, unfinished. lol

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I'm trying my own test buildings but I fail with building templates so I will trying a one can be civil only but is quite different from others. be me, I'm very oudated making buildings templates or mods (non related to art) Chracteristics. expand territory as civic centre. but I need test the radius from myselft must be some quite little than a colony. little hp and capture points. farm bonus - add a bonus to each farm around some building can be placed around how assign icon to be builder by villager or citizen? add tech to this building. restriction limit between them. a little health radius to heal nearby units. restrict their numbers at last 15. give bonus to gather to quarries and mines after research. how related to art file, I mean 3D appearance?

Hello everyone! First of all, congratulations for this latest game version and its new mods selection/installation functionality. It really is an important step to facilitate the access to the amazing work done by modders. However, let me say that, in a way, History is also important for mods, lol. What I mean is that it would be cool to embed inside the vanilla version of the game itself, inside some menu (I dont know exactly where), a bit of the all the history behind the 0 A.D. active and inactive mods, with some screenshots, a brief descriptive paragraph, and basic information about release date of the latest version and official website. All this may give us all a sharper dimension of all the collective effort around 0 A.D. and its mods - present and past. For instance, look at both screenshots below: a real image of the game mods selection, which despite making things easier, is still difficult to understand for a novice player... The second image intends to give a general idea of how a mod history menu may looks like, just like on the site: https://www.moddb.com/games/0-ad/mods, although it is possible to expand and make things even clear / better / more information. What about?

Summary For a while I've been working on a new mod to balance 0 A.D. for pro players. It features a lot of changes, and may take some getting used to. A counter system: melee infantry counters cavalry which counters ranged infantry which counters melee infantry (rock paper scissors) All techs are now useful and new dilemas have been added: many techs were too expensive to be worthwhile before Only six civilizations: each one very different to the others, with more depth and possible strategies More military buildings: units are split between barracks, archery ranges and stables Balance severely nerfs "dancing" but allows for tactical manoeuvres Battering rams and bolt shooters are now available in the town phase, but catapults are still city phase-only Citizen soldiers cannot gather resources (except cavalry can still hunt) but they can still build Women can build all buildings but civic centers can't build military units any more Many features from similar civilizations have been merged into the six available civilizations Stone and metal are more limited and only 16 women can gather from a mine at one time Numerous small improvements: rams don't attack fields, loot is consistent, etc General Meta The game encourages rushing more since citizen soldiers cannot gather resources. Generally players will produce women at the start while using their citizen soldiers to build and defend the women from rushes. Some civs can use dogs/tigers/lions for very early rushes. It's important to build at least any two of the barracks, archery range and stables fairly early so you are able to counter incoming attacks. The civic centers can build "Minutemen" which are cheap, have high attack and train fast, but slowly lose health over a minute. They're ideal for buying time if a rush catches you by surprise. There are now extra techs in the civic center and houses to increase women's vision, health and attack which can be used to mitigate against rushes. In the town phase siege is available in the workshop and some civilizations get access to weaker champions. Many civilizations also have special buildings available. In the city phase heros and more tech becomes available. Champions dominate in the late game. Unit Counters The barracks now trains melee infantry: swordsmen, spearmen and pikemen. Spearmen and pikemen are now fast moving and are particularly effective at countering cavalry. Swordsmen "soft" counter cavalry and other melee infantry and have strong armour making them useful as a "tank" unit, but they're slow moving. The archery range trains ranged infantry: skirmishers, slingers and archers. All these units are effective at countering melee infantry. Archers have the greastest range but are slower to move. Slingers do the least damage to infantry but are somewhat effective against buildings and siege. Skirmishers are fast moving and soft counter other ranged infantry but have less range than archers. The stables train sword cavalry and spear cavalry. Sword cavalry is stronger in almost every way but only Brits and Mauryans have access to them. In addition, Ptolemies have access to camel archers which are weak and mostly only useful for hunting. Brits Opening Strats Starting units: 6 women, 2 spearmen, 2 slingers, sword cavalry and a dog. Brits are good at rushing with their strong sword cavalry. However Brits also have access to dogs which can be used to rush very early in the game. It's a risky strategy though since if you don't kill enough enemy women you will fall behind economically. Dogs are only useful while your enemy may not have much army and become useless after 2-4 minutes of play time. Brits also have access to slingers and spearmen. Iberians Opening Strats Starting units: 6 women, 2 swordsmen, 2 skirmishers, spear cavalry and walls. Iberians walls are more effective than in vanilla because of the fewer ranged units. Iberians have access to swordsmen, slingers, skirmishers and spear cavalry making them quite versatile. They also have upgraded towers with no minimum range. Their early game is mostly defensive and economy focused. They become stronger in the town phase with access to cheap Embassy swordsmen. Mauryans Opening Strats Starting units: 6 women, 2 spearmen, 2 archers and 2 worker elephants. Mauryans are good at rushing with sword cavalry and upgradeable archers. They have access to tigers in the civic center which can be used for very fast rushes like Brits dogs. Mauryans start with two worker elephants which allows them flexibility in taking resources however they're the only civilization not to start with any cavalry which means that women have to gather chicken instead, slowing their economy. Ptolemies Opening Strats Starting units: 6 women, 2 pikemen, 2 skirmishers and 2 camel archers. Ptolemies have free houses, farmsteads, storehouses and corrals making them great for booming. However early in the game they don't have access to any strong cavalry which means they need to exclusively build skirmishers and pikemen, which are slightly strong than spearmen. In the town phase they have the easiest expansion with cheap military colonies. Rome Opening Strats Starting units: 6 women, 2 swordsmen, 2 skirmishers, spear cavalry and a healer. Rome are mostly defensive early in the game but they can do small very early rushes with lions. Since they can build ranged units in their barracks, they they are slightly more versatile in the opening period. Rome become much stronger in the town phase with their strong siege. Sparta Opening Strats Starting units: 6 women, 2 spearmen, 2 skirmishers, spear cavalry and a farm. Sparta start with strong women (+100% health, +200% attack) which helps them if they're rushed. Sparta's early game should be focused on reaching the town phase and spamming their strong champion units and skiritai. Be warned there may be bugs! Use at your own risk. Please send me your suggestions and thoughts! champ-mod.zip

Not sure if this is intended or a bug, but I was playing this map today and started without any military units... I went to phase 2, but since I only had workers, I could not build a barracks. The AI apparently had the same problem.

Capturar eso era lo que queria decir gracias

Done

common in DE. be patient. there some many maps unfinished.

I found a bug in the script, it was skipping the hardest waves I'll post an update soon. Edit: updated the files on the original post.

Well given how flat the map is, I'd say it's not finished ?

Hello @gameboy, this is a know issue: https://trac.wildfiregames.com/ticket/4420#comment:7 It will be fixed in the upcoming days.

Thanks! Added to original post.

Yeah, should be fine. Not much to be packaged with maps.

This is my first time making a topic here I believe. Of course, my memory isn't exactly the best but lets not dwell on that. This here is a place to throw up concepts and ideas for all to see for review, constructive criticism, and inspiration. Perhaps even garner support for someone to aid in making the mod a reality. Mods can be either implementing your favorite franchises into the game to duke it out (example Warhammer vs Warcraft), to suggestions for gameplay elements for other people to use, or even concepts you've conjured in your Original Setting that you have in your head. Example: If you have Ideas for the modding community to use or make, pitch them here for inspiration or review. If you like an Idea, be sure to click the heart of the post and copy past it into your computer just in case.

If you save in Atlas it should automatically show up in the game (at least that's what happens for me). If you did not change the name field in Atlas it will appear as "Unnamed Map". You can see here depending on what OS (Windows, Mac, Linux) you use where is the folder: https://trac.wildfiregames.com/wiki/GameDataPaths

@feneur You might want to lift the 3 posts limit. Looking at the crash's call stack it is indeed the GLSL bug. Thanks for the report. > pyrogenesis.exe!PerformErrorReaction(ErrorReactionInternal er, unsigned int flags, volatile int * suppress) Line 426 C++ pyrogenesis.exe!debug_DisplayError(const wchar_t * description, unsigned int flags, void * context, const wchar_t * lastFuncToSkip, const wchar_t * pathname, int line, const char * func, volatile int * suppress) Line 483 C++ pyrogenesis.exe!wseh_ExceptionFilter(_EXCEPTION_POINTERS * ep) Line 289 C++ pyrogenesis.exe!CallStartupWithinTryBlock() Line 365 C++ [External Code] ntdll.dll![Frames below may be incorrect and/or missing, no symbols loaded for ntdll.dll] Unknown pyrogenesis.exe!CShaderProgramGLSL::Link() Line 380 C++ pyrogenesis.exe!CShaderProgramGLSL::Reload() Line 465 C++ pyrogenesis.exe!CShaderManager::NewProgram(const char * name, const CShaderDefines & baseDefines, std::shared_ptr<CShaderProgram> & program) Line 271 C++ pyrogenesis.exe!CShaderManager::LoadProgram(const char * name, const CShaderDefines & defines) Line 68 C++ pyrogenesis.exe!CShaderManager::NewEffect(const char * name, const CShaderDefines & baseDefines, std::shared_ptr<CShaderTechnique> & tech) Line 545 C++ pyrogenesis.exe!CShaderManager::LoadEffect(CStrIntern name, const CShaderDefines & defines1, const CShaderDefines & defines2) Line 369 C++ pyrogenesis.exe!CShaderManager::LoadEffect(CStrIntern name) Line 351 C++ pyrogenesis.exe!SkyManager::RenderSky() Line 262 C++ pyrogenesis.exe!CRenderer::RenderSubmissions(const CBoundingBoxAligned & waterScissor) Line 1538 C++ pyrogenesis.exe!CRenderer::RenderScene(Scene & scene) Line 1897 C++ pyrogenesis.exe!CGameView::Render() Line 489 C++ pyrogenesis.exe!Render() Line 223 C++ pyrogenesis.exe!CGame::ReallyStartGame() Line 319 C++ pyrogenesis.exe!ProgressiveLoad() Line 279 C++ pyrogenesis.exe!Frame() Line 364 C++ pyrogenesis.exe!RunGameOrAtlas(int argc, const char * * argv) Line 634 C++ pyrogenesis.exe!SDL_main(int argc, char * * argv) Line 680 C++ pyrogenesis.exe!main_utf8(int argc, char * * argv) Line 126 C pyrogenesis.exe!wmain(int argc, unsigned short * * wargv, unsigned short * wenvp) Line 151 C [External Code] pyrogenesis.exe!CallStartupWithinTryBlock() Line 364 C++ [External Code]

No, I think cow wants a tech which adds a static +X health. I could see this being used as a power-up or health potion type thing.

Make *.pyromod too please

If the map doesn't interfere with the others then include it.

Another thing that would be a powerful resource to encourage attacks would be to enable the dropsides in neutral territory. That would be incredible, but I do not know what the players opinion about it would be.

Hi, congratulations for the initiative. One idea that passed me would be a "survival" type mode in which a growing sequence of enemy hordes would besiege your city in the center. Your city with a good food and wood reserve but more valuable resources were found in areas of difficult defense.

nice, would like to see some footwars 2 here =D or helms deep map in 0 ad xD btw this was best tower map, wintermaul!! there is a wintermauls wars map 2

Since 0 A.D. is a hobbyist project and has lasted for more than 18 years, it will be fine. Also the founders didn't account for everything.

Currently the Engine does not allow changing the sun position through the simulation but pne could add that.

That's still an open question at the moment. Moderator's note: This comment, whilst a valid response to an on-topic remark, resulted in an off-topic stream of posts that were relocated here.

0 a.d. have their first policemen Roman Policemen. Cant gather resources; Cant promote; Can building; Cost only 60 food and 3secs training time; Trained in cc; Limit of 6 units; Less hack armor than others spearmen; Have aura +5% gather rate for units near, range 12 or 15 (any suggestion for aura name?).

https://www.xataka.com/ordenadores/mac-pro-caracteristicas-precio-ficha-tecnica the new mac pro.

What the f*** is that

I also removed the training of soldiers in the center. This helps a lot in the dynamics of the game. But I really liked the idea he proposed to be able to create weaker soldiers in the center. Maybe we could have a special unit in cc, cheap, quick, for raid defense or rush, like a militia. In mod, the promoted units have no economic loss and also the gains are much smaller than the vanilla, are +10% health, +1 armour, +20% attack, both for ranged and melee. There is no gain of speed of movement, precision , among other things. The champions are calculated based on the citizens, example, citizen infantry spearmen, 70 health, 3/3 armour, 6 hack attack. So the calculation is done like this: 70 health + 10% of town phase bonus + 10% city phase bonus, +10% advance rank, +10% elite rank, = 102.5. So I give + 10% since championship units should be better than a promoted soldier, = 115.0. The same applies to armor, attack, etc.

its a typo. Antiguo in Spanish Antique. in french. the most hard words are the germanic influence. -------------------- about the font what about this.

I trying to use a pen tablet

or Ghouls?