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The date of 6th June 2021 at 23.59 CET has been confirmed for the 0 A.D. Alpha 25 Feature Freeze, a major precursor to the actual release of the new alpha version of the game. What is the Feature Freeze? The Feature Freeze is the point at which new features cease to be added to the new alpha version and the development team focus solidly on final preparations and bug fixes to facilitate the release. What Happens After 6th June? From June 7th to June 13th there will a period of intense testing and bug fixing. June 13th at 23.59 CET – Commit and String Freeze. This is the point where all further changes are suspended, and release candidate versions of Alpha 25 are created and distributed for testing in a controlled environment. This is the final opportunity to discover and resolve any release blocking bugs or issues. Want To Be Involved in Pre-Release Testing? If you’d like to be a part of the critical testing versions of Alpha 25 then please check the thread here; https://wildfiregames.com/forum/topic/41264-alpha-25-pre-releaserelease-candidate-build-testing/ When Will Alpha 25 Officially be Released? A provisional date range has been decided upon with June 20th being slated as the earliest possible release date and June 30th. Please be aware this is still provisional at this stage and is entirely reliant on a smooth transition through phases described above, with no major release blocking issues being present in the final tested release candidate. Final confirmation of the release date will be announced in advance of launch – ideally 3 days to a week prior, as will any postponement and revised timescales in the event of a major issue being discovered. What Will Alpha 25 Be Named? A final decision on the naming of the new alpha will be made during the Feature Freeze period, but you still have time to get involved. Every new iteration of 0 A.D. gets a name and this is your chance to contribute your suggestions. The Alpha 25 Name Suggestions thread on the 0 A.D. Community Forum has been open since January 2021, but there is still time to vote for your favourite and put forward your own suggestions. 0 A.D. release names start with the letter of the alphabet that corresponds to the release version. Alpha 22 was Venustas, Alpha 23 was Ken Wood, Alpha 24 was Xšayaṛša, and Alpha 25 will start with a ‘Y’. Check out the thread here; https://wildfiregames.com/forum/topic/35736-alpha-25-name-suggestions/

You should be well aware https://trac.wildfiregames.com/ticket/6085#comment:2

A 'Read more' button in the mod selection download screen when selecting a mod would be nice. Directing the user to the mod on mod.io. (or place/call the full discription from mod.io in a new window ingame if thats possible)

Ptolemaic Cretan Archer (left) vs. Seleucid Neocretan Archer (right) Possible updated look for Seleucid spear cav?

Buenos días/tardes; -Para las unidades Auxiliares/mercenarias terrestres (enlazando el tema anterior con las unidades auxiliares marítimas púnicas; Fenicios y Cartaginenses ) , aquí la proposición ; Auxiliares vetones ( tribu Vetona); -Localización; (Las fronteras varían según las fuentes ... pero no mucho ) Unidades Vetonas; Jinete vetón (caballería con espada)----------------------------(nombre lusitano desconocido) Lancero vetón (infantería con escudo pesado)-----------------(nombre lusitano desconocido) Escaramuzador vetón (infantería con venablos);----------------(nombre lusitano desconocido) (aún no encontré unas buenas fuentes fiables del idioma lusitano , pero seguro que se les podrá nombrar de alguna manera) -Aspecto de unidades; (Reclutados en edificio especial llamado ; "Castro Vetón" , solo creé 4-5 edificios especiales , creo que no son muchos) Aspecto de edificios y "Castros Vetones"; (Estas son las reconstrucciones del " Castro vetón de Las Merchanas", el más icónico y que sirve como aspecto general de esta cultura , pero hay más castros ; Castro de Saldeana. Castro de Ulaca. Castro de El Raso. Castro del Freíllo. Disculpen las molestias*

Buenas , Siguiendo con las unidades marítimas , aquí unos mapas de las rutas mercantiles fenicias en la Península ibérica; Posible Embarcadero(en vez de Puerto); (Lo hice así por que las descripciones dicen que los mercaderes fenicios desembarcaban en las playas/Bahías/calas etc.. cercanas a los asentamientos indígenas y siglos después de su llegada empezaron a construir algunas "Factorías Comerciales" aún siglos antes de la llegada de los romanos ) Disculpe las molestias*

Rendering is a bottlneck, it's not the biggest, but it is one definitely. We're adding more options to lower quality in the game for A25.

According to the stats 99.8% of our users support GLSL. So I'd say the art is more likely to do that than the removal. Plus it's not for now. Water too. A lot of people use intel gpus (50%) (It can also be because it uses the wrong GPU on laptops), and you can't exactly drop support for that. https://feedback.wildfiregames.com/results/gpu/

All low/disabled with glsl and water transparency + MSAA or FXAA for team games. If you play single player 1v1 you can crank all the setting to max. Notice I didn't mention any PC specs because it doesn't matter what you have, 0ad will still bring your pc cpu to its knees.

Alpha 25 Pre-release/Release Candidate Testing Thread. This thread will become active as soon as Pre-release/Release builds of Alpha 25 are available. Check back for updates. First testing bundle - revision 25741 Second testing bundle - Revision 25760 First RC - Revision 25799 Second RC - Revision 25808 Third RC - Revision 25840 Fourth RC - Revision 25842 Fifth RC - Revision 25848

Still agree with @StarAtt though.

exactly that happens to me.

I have noticed that soldiers sometimes don't go on to the next tree, likely because they are assigned to a formation. Formation controller/UnitAI conflicts and makes the soldiers stop gathering after the first target is depleted?

@Lion.Kanzen, your request has been heard, buy I would first like to know which maps are consider bad and need to be filtered out.

As I understand it it's not the difference between a human or AI opponent, but the number of units; so generally in 1v1 you have less units than in a 4v4. If you watch ValihrAnt's vids on yt you'll frequently see him lower the graphics settings as the game progresses. @Stan` Thanks for the answer, still I don't think practical tips are easy to find.

I assume that most of you already know this, so please forgive me linking it again: https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/articles/identifying-the-frame-rate-bottleneck-in-0-ad.html

I really want to model a new republican CC for the game. Haven't had time yet.

You can disable post-processing. @vladislavbelov plans to remove the GLSL disable button. (And the code behind it) as it's sometimes slower than GLSL. @Gurken Khan not sure whether https://trac.wildfiregames.com/wiki/FAQ or

Yeah, I got it. Our devices have Intel iGPUs from 605 to 655 and Intel CPUs between something as 1.5 and 2.4 GHz (2 and 4 cores). When we (3 people) play together vs. 1 AI opponent, all device fans are at max. ;) @nani Just to make sure that I understand you correctly: You mean that I shall enable GLSL, shall set everything to low or even disable it, and what about water transparency + MSAA or FXAA? Also disable/lower them? Sorry that I am not quite clear about this (though it's obvious to me that disabling everything is best for performance). I have no experience, though, which of the other settings (besides Shadows and Silhouettes being expensive, as @Stan` already mentioned) are most demanding.

Hi, There is currently no benchmark feature in 0 A.D. for this. What draws the most really depends on your hardware. Shadows and Silhouettes are expensive.

Performance... I guess.

How about some extra functions for the mini map? E.g. the possibility to toggle some items of interest like show only enemies or only allies or only neutral civs, emphasize locations of civic centres (or make them more visible in general?), show paths of patrolling units or merchants, etc. (If that makes sense on the mini map at all).

I know the frustration I'll see if more time to finish and pack it comes my way

There will be some improvements in A25 but nothing too drastic

"Pirrians" ? You mean the mollossian epirots surely but no way they are too close to macedon both culturally and strategy wise, maybe in the future could be a hero idk as he did rule macedon very briefly. The numidians are inserted in the carthage faction as well as phoenicians , i mean Tyre is know for the dye and being besieged like all the time.

Recently I watched a historical video which says that the pop-culture siege towers (which are used to capture walls) are rather wrong. In reality, the siege towers where used to shoot at the defenders (and to destroy gates / walls / buildings) So they should be fine.

No hay voluntarios para ese Port.

Or you can mix ranged and melee in the same group, perhaps little legions of 20 men each.

:D

Well if they are all unrelated that's their common ground I could use icons like this

Buenas ; @Lion.Kanzen , esto es un Primer boceto ; (como no tenía certeza de a que se refería me vendría bien que corrigiera lo antes posible) Disculpen las molestias*

That's really broken diplomacy XD

We do have Amerindian skin tone presets. I'll upload them tomorrow. I think @Trinketos already have the source files for the Amerindian infantry textures.

Well, we all know earth is a flat circle, and if you throw it down that hole, “a brazen anvil falling from earth nine nights and days would reach Tartarus upon the tenth.” (Hesiod Theogony 724-725)

not quite but hey

Update: Added coastal actors Fixed players' starting entities. Fixed some inaccessible stone mines.

Just finished a match on Giant. Really nice fun map.

Hi again ! New map. Was quite easy to make but nonetheless fun. Tha map is supposed to be the Sahara desert so there is not much to it apart from the sand and dunes. Players will have to trade and fight to defend their trades lines while using the strategically height of the dunes to defend and attack. Best setting are gameplay with teams, very high starting resources and map size large, very large or even for better experience: gigant . The procedural generation of the dunes is taken partly from the pdf "Dunes and Sandwaves with Terragen 2 A tutorial by Laurent Avenel (Wiwine)". Feel free to point out some possible flaws or improvements that could be made and try it out ! Thx @(-_-) for the perlin code. DOWNLOAD MAP: nani_maps_v0.10.0.pyromod

Sand dune maps are so cool but so impractical from a gameplay standpoint. That said I'm not a huge fan of the orange sand, and it's a bit boring both from a texture standpoint and in terms of terrain. I think there should be random open/lowland areas that aren't covered in dunes. Maybe even oases. That would make it more interesting and also create an opportunity to add trees and things to the map to make it less resource poor. This too, although that's really easy to do.

It would be cool to have some random sandstorms

Please, no myth units, dragons, tanks and other crap. How can someone have such a stupid idea. Historical RTS with Minotaur. Come on.

A Panzer tank and a Sherman tank !!!!!! and a american and german ww2 soldier that traveled back in time because of a malfunctiun in hitlers time machine and now work together to survive in ancient times !!!!!!! lol

GALLOWS AND OTHER TORTURE INSTRUMENTS PLANTS, TREASURE CHESTS, BARRELS, HEADS IMPALED ON A STICK OR A SPEAR, SHIPWRECKS. LOT OF BLOOD ALSO A LAZER BEAR WITH A CANADA FLAG TIED ON HIM