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These features would make watching replays and speed-up AI matches much more convenient: A slider to instantly jump to any point in the replay, much like watching a video in a video player. Faster speed-ups, x32, x40, x50. This is especially useful for watching 2 AIs fight against each other. Are these feasible features to make?

@hyperion There's an eleven years old ticket: https://trac.wildfiregames.com/ticket/1468

The visible area near the city center seemed to me excessively small. I suggest either increasing it altogether, or giving buildings the appropriate technology to increase the visible radius, since playing in these glimpses of light is catastrophically inconvenient.

This is a configurable option actually. you can turn off "battalion style formations" in the options.

They are usable, in Atlas...

I voted for a nomadic civ. However, in multiplayer, games are often played on maps that feel quite small. My worry would be that these smaller maps might make nomadic civs feel rather static, but the only way to know is to try. If game performance were increased so larger maps wouldn't lag as strongly, that could be a good thing.

I bet they're advanced rank, the second rank of units. Usually you train basic rank units (one chevron above the health bar), then there's advanced (double chevron) and elite (golden triple chevron).

I am happy to anounce there will be a prize ! The victorious player will have my approval to use the following picture !

I am able to reproduce this situation in A27 RC 1. This happens only in the case, when you are playing the Han civilization and you have placed a minister in one warehouse. Because then the game shows you the cheaper technologies next to the technologies without discount. In this case I wouldn't consider this as a bug.

I have a naive workaround idea for this, not sure if it would work: My interpretation of how a replay works: The replay file seems to be a list of turns and the commands received from each player in each turn. As you watch the replay progress, the game computes what would happen due to these inputs, by referring to the mechanisms (Javascripts) and data (XML templates) stored in binaries/data/mods/public/simulation. By progressing through the file, the engine reconstructs the match. Scrolling back would be difficult because we need to reverse the reconstruction. The engine is designed to move forward in time, not backward. The workarounds: When we want to scroll backwards, invert all scripts and multiply all data value by -1 to reach its opposite. This would cause the evolution of the match to go backwards. Generate a temporary file storing the exact state of all entities at each turn while the replay is going forward. When we scroll backwards, we just specify which turn we want to go back to and the engine can generate the scene at that turn using the already computed data. Obviously this file would be huge, so it should be deleted automatically as soon as the user exits the game.

Awful. I guess this thread is less about recommendations but just any stuff we find about 0AD.

Could you maybe teach the AI the difference between geographical distance and walking distance? I think it's related to what @alre posted above. This also plays a role for efficient resource gathering. On maps like Cantabrian Highlands it's especially egregious. I specifically built a farmstead for my hunting cav at the bottom of the ramp, but this stupid no good for nothing rider still rather travels twice the distance to the CC.

Would you please name the files (at least a sample)? Thank you very much!

As a simple workaround, you can open the console and run: g_GameSettings.gameSpeed.setSpeed(speed) where "speed" is replaced by a number (for example, speed=10, to play at 10x). This is much harder to achieve. The major problem here is not much going forward, but backward. The issue of navigating replays has been brought up multiple times on the forum, but I'm afraid it requires some changes to the engine that may take some time to be developed. I hope this will become a feature soon, it's very useful.

@Yekaterina Thanks for all the positive stuff over the years, the advice when I was learning to play while testing a25, the learning resources on the forum or videos you made. (I'm still finding them now that I'm rusted and am searching to revise usual build orders)

Just coming around to says that it's a very pleasant surprise to see restorative justice advocated. Thanks @Norse_Harold and @leopard for pushing for it. That's a thing pretty much all online (and IRL) communities would benefit for handling conflicts no matter who says or leaves in the end. edit: no matter who *stays*

Remember that Replace (if it's implemented for tooltips) will replace a tooltip entirely; it's not an addendum, so you will have to restate that original tooltip text (if any) and then state your new stuff.

Base game has capturable farmsteads too. Only for skirmish maps. @Obelix I'll look at it, probably a mixup when I ported the files from DE to EA. I won't have laptop access for a week though.

If you watch a replay from the perspective of an AI, you can see the entire map even if the bot has not explored at all and Revealed Map = False. This is not to too bad at the moment, but either you forgot to implement the blinds for the AI, or the AI can see everything automatically. Not sure whether this is an intended feature or a bug. Watching player replays are fine. There is the blind to cover unexplored area.

I hate when my units do that. And I exploit it with enemy units.

The AI, PetraBot, certainly can be improved. It often uses bad strategies and is weak; I consistently beat 7 AIs all teamed up against me. So I am trying to improve the AI behaviour by tweaking its code and I would appreciate any inputs / suggestions. Firstly, I will identify a list of imperfections with the current AI: Suicidal early attacks - sends some units to attack you but then suicide all of them at your civic centre. It doesn't know how to retreat. The long march also delays their development by a huge amount. Wasting resources on non-essential buildings and techs: Greek theatres, towers, wonders (even though it's far from reaching the limit population and needs to spend resources elsewhere) Wasting time on capturing / damaging non-essential buildings, especially suicidal attempts at fully garrisoned fortresses. Poorly optimised army: too many siege units, too many mercenary units but not enough real fighting force. Does not interact with the player - they don't seem to care about what you are up to; they just attack walls and towers as they wish. Unwise expansions - too many civic centres placed at poorly chosen areas when they really need to defend their main base. Suicidal support units: they send women and traders into battle or under enemy towers Not playing: when checking the replays, I often see the AIs doing absolutely nothing for some time. If you spot any additional flaws, you are more than welcome to append to the list.

Hey folks, I tried around with the palisade and had the idea to make every trunk a single prop, which adapts to the height of the terrain, so that it has a nicer look on hilly terrains and the towers inbetween are (almost) obsolete. Let me know what you think of it palisades.mp4 It works good, some problems are left though. The tower is a single stick now, which doesn't make much sense. Sometimes the "stretching" leaves too much space in between or produces overlapping. I think those things could be solved by editing simulation/helpers/wall.js, but unfortunately I don't know javascript, maybe somebody would like to dig into it. I'd like to add more faction-specific lower walls, if that works. It wouldn't work with stone walls though

I'm not CaptainBlueSky, so I don't know where you got this. Maybe he was an old moderator? I was added as a lobby helper around September 18, 2022. If you were muted or banned before that then it wasn't by me. Anyway, the appeal process for any lobby punishment is explained in the FAQ. It's not allowed to do the appeal process publicly, so subsequent messages need to be forum PMs or IRC chat messages with lobby moderators such as Stan or Dunedan. Here are relevant lobby chat messages that might shed some light on what poopooman is talking about. As you can see, his claims that he didn't get help and that he never used profanity in the lobby are both invalid. The following contains profanity, pejoratives, and lewd subjects. Viewer discretion is advised. The time zone used for dates is UTC. 2023-02-06 16:44:12 poopoomaximus: can i say rhe n word] 2023-05-09 20:21:09 poopooman: help 2023-05-09 20:21:24 poopooman: I havn't been able to play in almost a year 2023-05-09 20:21:38 poopooman: "loading map data, please wait..." 2023-05-09 20:21:58 poopooman: can only alt+f4 to get out of that 2023-05-09 20:22:18 poopooman: anyone? 2023-05-09 20:23:09 poopooman: what happened to user1? 2023-05-09 20:23:13 poopooman: help!!!! 2023-05-09 20:23:59 poopooman: well fack it. I'll try back in another year I guess 2023-05-09 20:28:14 PleaseBanMeNow: ban me 2023-05-09 20:30:55 PleaseBanMeNow: defc0n 2023-05-09 20:30:57 PleaseBanMeNow: ban me 2023-05-09 20:31:02 defc0n: ? 2023-05-09 20:31:39 PleaseBanMeNow: пожалуйста 2023-05-09 20:32:18 PleaseBanMeNow: defc0n забань меня пожалуйста 2023-05-09 20:32:55 PleaseBanMeNow: sad you don't have ban authorisation 2023-05-09 20:32:56 PleaseBanMeNow: good night 2023-05-09 20:44:41 poopooman: anyone here help with 0ad problems? 2023-05-09 20:45:07 Basiliskos: poopooman what problem 2023-05-09 20:45:49 poopooman: i try to join game it says "loading map data, please wait..." and i can only alt+f4 to get out of that 2023-05-09 20:46:17 poopooman: havnt been able to play in almost a year, same thing since new computer 2023-05-09 20:46:27 Basiliskos: Norse_Harold 2023-05-09 20:46:44 Norse_Harold: what? 2023-05-09 20:46:53 Basiliskos: poopooman need help 2023-05-09 20:47:12 Norse_Harold: poopooman, there is a fix for that, which I'll explain if you change your name 2023-05-09 20:47:22 poopooman: ok 2023-05-09 20:47:24 Norse_Harold: use a name that isn't offensive 2023-05-09 20:47:35 poopooman: thats not gonna fix it 2023-05-09 20:47:51 poopooman: been doing this for a year 2023-05-09 20:48:53 Norse_Harold: I know it won't fix it 2023-05-09 20:49:16 Norse_Harold: change your name and I'll explain HOW to fix it 2023-05-09 20:49:32 poopooman: does anyone else have this problem? I've tried everything 2023-05-09 20:50:04 poopooman: no nevermind, not giving in to some authoratarian @#$%, thanks for nothing 2023-05-09 20:50:18 poopooman: if anyone can help please say 2023-05-09 20:50:28 Basiliskos: poopooman he is joking 2023-05-09 20:50:50 Basiliskos: Have you tried uninstalling and installing? 2023-05-09 20:50:52 Basiliskos: poopooman 2023-05-09 20:51:48 poopooman: im only running od with all outgoing udp allowed 2023-05-09 20:51:59 Tartalo123: download last version of 0AD 2023-05-09 20:52:18 Norse_Harold: poopooman, you don't have a choice about your name. It's the rules. 2023-05-09 20:52:37 Norse_Harold: talk to me on IRC for a solution to the problem with the game freezing when you try to start a match 2023-05-09 20:52:49 poopooman: Norse_Harlod i don't care cus i can;t even play 2023-05-09 20:52:53 Tartalo123: join my game and lets see poopoo 2023-05-09 20:52:54 Norse_Harold: you will play 2023-05-09 20:52:56 Norse_Harold: once I help you fix the bug 2023-05-09 20:53:08 Norse_Harold: to join IRC visit https://play0ad.com 2023-05-09 20:53:09 poopooman: no nevermind Norse 2023-05-09 20:53:12 Norse_Harold: and click on "IRC Channel" at the top right 2023-05-09 20:53:20 Norse_Harold: what do you mean nevermind? it's an easy fix 2023-05-09 20:53:24 Norse_Harold: and changing your name is easy 2023-05-09 20:53:30 poopooman: i'll just play something else though i loved this game 2023-05-09 20:53:36 Norse_Harold: what's your old name? 2023-05-09 20:53:54 poopooman: this is just a quick test account, poopooman didnt take 20 hours to think up 2023-05-09 20:54:26 poopooman: so i just want it to work or i bounce for another year or until a new ver comes out to test 2023-05-09 20:54:41 Norse_Harold: the problem is with your configuration, not the game 2023-05-09 20:54:45 Norse_Harold: the matchsettings.json file 2023-05-09 20:55:03 poopooman: i havnt edited anything 2023-05-09 20:55:08 poopooman: its all default 2023-05-09 20:55:22 Tartalo123: https://play0ad.com/community/support/ 2023-05-09 20:55:34 Norse_Harold: when you play the game you're editing the settings 2023-05-09 20:55:42 Norse_Harold: they don't get reset to defaults when you reinstall the game 2023-05-09 20:55:42 Umbritu: too much talk poopooman , for ppl who wanna help 2023-05-09 20:55:51 poopooman: its all "google captcha" crap to use forum 2023-05-09 20:55:59 Norse_Harold: poopooman, read this: https://wildfiregames.com/forum/topic/98828-bug-hero garrisoned-option-in-the-match-settings/#comment-530894 2023-05-11 18:15:32 jimo: [GenieBot], test779871928379123 is having some issues regarding his identity 2023-05-11 18:16:02 test779871928379123: oinly issue is can the person who muted me stop being a coward and explain? 2023-05-11 18:16:02 [GenieBot]: test779871928379123, Seems like you have an issue do you need any help? 2023-05-11 18:16:06 jimo: test779871928379123, I just summoned Norse_Harold for you 2023-05-11 18:16:24 test779871928379123: jimo thats the last thing i needed lol 2023-05-11 18:16:37 jimo: come on, he is a nice guy 2023-05-11 18:16:43 test779871928379123: so Norse is a mod or admin? 2023-05-11 18:16:49 jimo: he will come to right conclusion 2023-05-11 18:17:07 jimo: mr Norse_Harold, care to unmute mr poopooman 2023-05-11 18:17:08 test779871928379123: he told me yesterday change name to get help 2023-05-11 18:17:09 jimo: ? 2023-05-11 18:17:19 Norse_Harold: lul, jimo is joking about summoning me. It's a coincidence that I joined 2023-05-11 18:17:25 test779871928379123: i refused, then i get a mystery mute 2023-05-11 18:17:30 test779871928379123: today 2023-05-11 18:17:36 Norse_Harold: talk to me on IRC about it 2023-05-11 18:17:49 Norse_Harold: visit https://www.play0ad.com and click "IRC Channel" at the top right 2023-05-11 18:18:31 jimo: see test779871928379123, I just got an appointment for you with Norse_Harold 2023-05-11 18:18:41 jimo: solve your issue and be happy 2023-05-11 18:18:47 test779871928379123: i think i'll just uninstall 2023-05-11 18:19:05 jimo: that solves as well, glad I could help 2023-05-11 18:19:08 Norse_Harold: test779871928379123, you can try to make an appeal about the punishment 2023-05-11 18:19:10 test779871928379123: someone with the power to mute did so without reason 2023-05-11 18:19:19 Norse_Harold: an appeal would involve talking to user1 or Dunedan instead of me 2023-05-11 18:19:27 Norse_Harold: they're supervisors of sorts 2023-05-11 18:19:33 Norse_Harold: they're also reachable on IRC 2023-05-11 18:19:39 test779871928379123: makes this game seem dangerous to install, no telling what else that coward can/will do 2023-05-11 18:20:06 Norse_Harold: complaining here does nothing. Go to IRC to begin the appeal process 2023-05-11 18:20:08 jimo: I think poopoo is in the 0ad terms of usage 2023-05-11 18:20:12 Norse_Harold: or PM Stan or Dunedan via the forum 2023-05-11 18:20:14 jimo: I will read again 2023-05-11 18:20:24 test779871928379123: who do i appeal to? the coward who muted me won't step up 2023-05-11 18:20:58 test779871928379123: sorry i offend y'all with "poopoo" 2023-05-11 18:21:07 Norse_Harold: coward is a pejorative. Don't use that word, please 2023-05-11 18:21:09 test779871928379123: after 6 years i'm out 2023-05-11 18:21:16 Norse_Harold: you appeal to Stan or Dunedan 2023-05-11 18:21:22 test779871928379123: dont worry Norse im done 2023-05-11 18:21:27 Norse_Harold: neither of them was the one who muted you 2023-05-11 18:21:31 test779871928379123: this is bs 2023-05-11 18:21:44 Norse_Harold: you're committing virtual seppuku because you can't use the name poopoohead? 2023-05-11 18:21:48 Norse_Harold: seems like you're a masochist 2023-05-11 18:21:58 jimo: some ppl like poopoo 2023-05-11 18:22:08 test779871928379123: i have no idea what you just said 2023-05-11 18:22:16 test779871928379123: yeah 2023-05-11 18:22:17 Norse_Harold: dictionary.com has definitions of those words 2023-05-11 18:22:22 test779871928379123: poopoo is cool 2023-05-11 18:22:28 Norse_Harold: what's your original name, test779871928379123? 2023-05-11 18:22:36 test779871928379123: i'm not saying 2023-05-11 18:22:37 Norse_Harold: been playing for 6 years, surely we would recognize one of your older names 2023-05-11 18:22:52 test779871928379123: yes we played together many times 2023-05-11 18:23:11 test779871928379123: but this is unacceptable 2023-05-11 18:23:27 Norse_Harold: if you consider it unacceptable then you can engage in the appeal process 2023-05-11 18:23:52 test779871928379123: nah this game is for conformed biiches, i was goldafternoon btw 2023-05-11 18:24:00 test779871928379123: so bye forever 2023-05-11 18:24:07 Norse_Harold: I don't agree with that 2023-05-11 18:24:33 test779871928379123: well disagree and mute me or whatever dont matter now cus im gonna bounce (he left the lobby. Norse_Harold was already typing the following message and it was sent after he left) 2023-05-11 18:24:43 Norse_Harold: come back soon 2023-05-12 00:01:25 poopoogirl: Norse_Harold your a moderator now? 2023-05-12 00:01:34 helicutie: He is 2023-05-12 00:01:45 poopoogirl: that's who banned me then 2023-05-12 00:01:53 helicutie: Maybe 2023-05-12 00:02:03 poopoogirl: for "poopoo" 2023-05-12 00:02:16 helicutie: Are you logging in via 0ad or external clients? 2023-05-12 00:02:26 poopoogirl: 6 years then i get thrown away like trash for "poopoo" 2023-05-12 00:02:39 helicutie: Are you Trashy? 2023-05-12 00:02:58 poopoogirl: me? trashy? 2023-05-12 00:03:08 helicutie: There's a player called Trashy 2023-05-12 00:03:15 helicutie: And he got muted by Norse 2023-05-12 00:03:16 helicutie: Lol 2023-05-12 00:03:18 poopoogirl: no i was goldafternoonfix then BUBS I think 2023-05-12 00:03:24 helicutie: Oh ok 2023-05-12 00:03:38 poopoogirl: i havnt played in almost a year cus tech problems 2023-05-12 00:04:02 poopoogirl: then i came here asking for help and Norse said "change name first" 2023-05-12 00:04:59 poopoogirl: i just wanted to let devs know he's a bad mod, all their work goes poof to at least 1 well behaved long time player because Norse is offended by "poopoo" 2023-05-12 00:05:41 poopoogirl: i can VPN or whatever but the point is 2023-05-12 00:06:03 poopoogirl: if authoratarian moderation is acceptable then I'm gone 2023-05-12 00:07:09 poopoogirl: I'll just troll and be bad on purpose because 6 years wasted piiiisssses mee off 2023-05-12 00:07:10 helicutie: No 2023-05-12 00:07:12 helicutie: Wait 2023-05-12 00:07:20 helicutie: I can help u with tha 2023-05-12 00:07:23 Palaiologos: Why did you get banned? Why do you want to try and bypass the ban? 2023-05-12 00:07:26 poopoogirl: faaack you Norse_Hairybutt 2023-05-12 00:08:06 poopoogirl: I got banned for the name "poopooman" that's all. I didnt cuss or say anything. only asked for help with a tech problem 2023-05-12 00:08:32 Palaiologos: Sorry poopoogirl, was asking helicutie... 2023-05-12 00:08:33 poopoogirl: Norse_Harold needs to go if 0ad wants to keep decent players around 2023-05-12 00:08:43 Palaiologos: You played as goldafternoonfix and got banned? 2023-05-12 00:08:49 poopoogirl: others said he's a control freak as well 2023-05-12 00:09:00 poopoogirl: not just me, ask around, bad mod 2023-05-12 00:09:50 poopoogirl: Palaiologos no Ive had a tech problem and made a temp account just to try and fix it 2023-05-12 00:10:15 poopoogirl: Norse_Harold thinks "poopooman" was too bad a name then muted me 2023-05-12 00:10:21 Palaiologos: Did you succeed in getting the tech problems fixed? 2023-05-12 00:10:48 poopoogirl: Palaiologos nope, he said "change name then i get help" i refused 2023-05-12 00:11:22 poopoogirl: anyways im out. just please spread word. I never cussed or did wrong on this game 2023-05-12 00:12:07 poopoogirl: 0ad losty a decent player because "poopoo" if devs spent years coding for that kinda athoratarian abuse then so be it. bye 2023-05-12 00:12:23 helicutie: No no don't leave 2023-05-12 00:12:43 poopoogirl: and last fack you again Norse_Harold. fatazz bich control freak. horrible mod. 2023-05-13 04:33:11 profanity in the lobby from a user named BigD*ckN*gger. He mentioned poopoo at one point.