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Up to mission 32 are now converted to a25 and can be downloaded here: https://github.com/SciGuy42/Macedonia_0ad/tree/a25 Just a few more to go! Most of the effort in converting goes into changing some function calls that changed as well as renaming the templates. I do test each mission once before I commit to the github and since I usually play on slow and turtle to micromanage better, that part can take a while.

Hello community, I would like to tell you about an alternative to discord that is open source. If you like to have a server on an open-source service. I could create one and maybe make it official one day. The site in question https://revolt.chat/ Ilt1s

Thanks so much! I love single player RTS games, so I am mostly drawing on my years of playing AoE I and II, Starcraft I, C&C series, etc. The trigger API also helps a lot, so many things you can do with code!

"always flanked by" I am not sure of. But yeah athletes were considered for the royal guard.

Some points to maybe think about finding ways to incorporate: Sparta's culture was very conservative, almost fascist (just being honest). Society was highly stratified, with the upper echelon jealously guarding its power over the lower classes. It was so difficult to enter into the upper class of society, that the number of Spartans in this class dangerously dwindled over time. By the time reforms were implemented it was too late to save the traditional order. The entire state was designed to maintain their army of Spartiates so that they could keep their population of serfs under control. Once a Spartiate became a man, he was given an estate which came with a population of subjugated serfs (helots) who worked the estate and supported the Spartiate's life of military training (it was dishonorable for a Spartiate to work the land or work to earn money). Women exercised like the men did, because strong mothers can bear strong sons. Strong sons can grow to be strong soldiers for the state. Spartans did not use gold or silver currency, except to pay foreign debts (like hiring mercenaries). Internally they used an iron ingot as currency or simply bartered. Trading and other merchant activities were carried out by the Perioikoi class, the "middle" class of Spartan society, who were obligated to defend the state as hoplites, but otherwise held no political power. The Agoge to train Spartiates from a young age was real. It had age classes and lasted until early adulthood, at which time they were required to marry a Spartan woman and begin to sire children. Spartan men who failed to complete the Agoge or who otherwise had become disgraced fell into a type of "limbo" class if landless pariahs. It was possible to regain one's honor and status, but rare. Spartan foreign policy largely revolved around building a series of alliances as a buffer against potential enemies, culminating in the Peloponnesian League. Sparta was the clear leader of this league and compelled its members to supply troops to Spartan armies when necessary. The benefit of joining the league was stability and the protection of the Spartan army. Functionally, this was a protection racket. Spartans did not like to send their army too far afield, lest their subjugated populations and allies take the opportunity to revolt, which did happen on a number of notable occasions. Sparta was ruled by 2 kings, each of a specific family line. When one king was leading the army to war, the other king stayed home, so that there would always be at least one king in Sparta. The power of the kings was checked by a small council of elder Spartiates called ephors. They had the power to impeach a king for impropriety, cowardice, corruption, or blasphemy, and they exercised this power frequently over the course of their recorded history. And under the ephors was an assembly of Spartiates having reached middle age. The city of Sparta, like early Rome, could more accurately be described as a collection of villages scattered around a common acropolis. The city sat nestled in the middle of a long fertile plain flanked by two mountain ranges. It famously had no stone walls until Hellenistic times, but did have a palisade on occasion of national emergency, once famously built by the women of Sparta after their men were defeated by Pyrrhus of Epirus. More to come.

Good idea. That would be unique. Olympic champion? Not sure if it is a proper name.

It is nice to see a patch that creates an unique identity for Persians. However what about Persian Architecture? Is it supposed to be as useless as in A25?

I think if you put an official 0ad server on another network than discord many players will follow especially if its looks like discord. Open source must support open source by using it in my opinion.

I too believe having an open source alternative to discord would be greatly beneficial (I for one don't have any will to join discord). What about matrix https://matrix.org/? it is a mature protocol with good clients, including web. Regarding the AGPL, I understand there is a continuous debate between the permissive and copyleft licenses camps, but I don't see how that would impact we using something under the AGPL, as long as you don't modify the code or distribute it you don't need to AGPL anything, and isn't 0ad engine GPL (great choice imo)?

Some of your claims are correct, while others are complete nonsense. Let's look at your claims: 1. Do not attempt to imposter berhudar. You are much weaker than him and it's obvious. 2. I'm not Kate. Christoffel-Symbol1-8 are mine, and so are Kensington-Olympia, Sevda. 3. Karissa is not Kate, we have proofs if you want. The fact that you didn't know the name of Karissa's original account shows your ignorance. 4. Farmer2000 is not Aoric, he is much stronger than Aoric and plays differently. 5. I, DoctorOrgans and KarissaX are the only active dancers in the lobby (I have seen); I have not seen anyone else dancing so phyZic is not active. 6. R.U.L is not Aoric, he is another player 7. xZen is not berhudar neither. He is a mercenary cavalry spammer and I watched him improve from noob to unbeatable. 8. Your list is very very incomplete, I can help by expanding it, but I won't. 9. You yourself is a smurf and have a large number of accounts, so don't criticise others. Finally, how did you make this list? Did someone report things to you? Are these reporters reliable?

Bonjour C’est un serveur de test qui m’a dit de voir que vous pensiez https://app.revolt.chat/invite/09EqT6J1

As I played the campaign, I truly enjoy 0ad's single-player experience. The use of trigger scripts always makes the missions exciting and a real struggle to complete, but all the more rewarding when you actually win them. Favourite single-player mod to date.