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Those who play on Windows cannot have two versions of the game installed, as the installation program detects old installations and does not allow installing without removing the previous one. Now that the new version is close and we need to test it, I thought it would be a good idea to share this with you. To avoid this, all you need to do is change the name of the folder where the game is installed before installing the desired new version. Here's a step by step guide: 1) locate and rename your current 0ad folder. In my case, it is installed in a custom path. The default path is probably something like C:\Program Files\0ad alpha<version>\ from this: to this: 2) Run the new 0ad installation file. It will ask you to remove the older version. You just click Ok/Accept 3) The installation wizard will attempt to install the new version at the previous folder. You might want to change this to the new version number. 4) When the installation is complete, you can rename the old folder back to its original name. from this: to this: 5) You will now have the shortcut to the new version you installed in your start menu by default. If you want, you can create a shortcut of the old version to the location you want to access it more quickly. Assuming you named the old folder "0 A.D. alpha 26", the executable will be located in the following path: \0 A.D. alpha 26\binaries\system\ example of my two desktop's shortcuts Now when we start a27 it will probably send us to the Mods section and ask us to disable the mods that are not compatible. By just disabling them, we can play our new version without any problems. 5) Additional step (not necessary) @Norse_Harold Shared with me this trick to avoid having to enable and disable mods every time we start a different version. This step is not necessary, but it makes things a little easier and requires some kind of knowledge to not mess things up. If you don't feel comfortable with this, just don't do it. You'll just have to enable and disable your mods whenever you want to open another version. But it does make things easier if you're switching between versions repeatedly. 0ad saves all our custom settings in the following paths: C:\Users\<YOUR USERNAME>\Documents\My Games\0ad C:\Users\<YOUR USERNAME>\AppData\Roaming\0ad C:\Users\<YOUR USERNAME>\AppData\Local\0ad So what we can do is rename the 0ad folders according to the version of 0ad that we have previously installed, and then create new empty folders that we will name according to the new version that we install. In the example the previous version we had was 26 and the new one was 27 so we will rename the original folder to "0ad26" and create a new empty folder called "0ad27" Here is the screenshot of the first path, but you need to do the same for the other two paths (Roaming and Local): As you can see, I have two folders called 0ad26 and 0ad27, each corresponding to its version. And additionally, I have a symlink called "0ad" created by the batch files I'm sharing. Note that you cannot make a symlink from the Windows Explorer as shortcuts. You have to do it from the command line. Therefore, it is very convenient to use a batch file that reproduces the commands so you avoid having to rewrite them every time you want to perform this operation. This symlinks takes you to one of the two folders, depending on which version of 0ad we want to open. You may need to edit the batch files and change some paths defined in the variables of both files, depending on your Windows configuration. These files need administrator permissions to work properly. So you will need to right-click run as administrator Again, this last step is not necessary and you can avoid it. Batch26.bat Batch27.bat

Joining the lobby should be possible from anywhere, unless your country blocks it. Joining someone's match on the other end is another matter. The only solution would be dedicated servers you can join, and that requires money.

I didn't try it but take your word. My question would be thusly: Why? Why on earth is the windows installer so extremely user-unfriendly when different versions aren't technically a problem? Could this be changed for future versions?

Maybe this helps: How to: Using two different versions of 0AD on the same windows machine:

Alrighty everybody, Happy Halloween! To celebrate, here is the newest release, version 0.4.0: Dead Hand. This time, there are two new races, who I will explain next. I would like to thank @Lopess for his help making the art code for the Ordona civ, he (or she?) has saved me a lot of time. The Ordona Province is basically your average civ, with no real special abilities or features. The only things that really set them apart from the other civs are this: - They rely heavily on cavalry, with only a few infantry units, and almost no ranged units of any sort. - Their units have much more life than vanilla races (their starting infantry has 190 HP!), while they cost the same. - They usually ride goats into battle. Need I say more? On the other end of the spectrum, the Stalfos civ is very different than vanilla races. They are the undead, risen by powerful necromancers, and their only goal is to grow their ranks by killing their enemies. They have a whole bunch of special features: - They have very few buildings, though each building is cheapish and gives them tons of pop. - All Stal units can walk through water, while all Poe units float over it. This means they don't need ships. - They are VERY slow, with their standard infantry having below average life. To counter this, they are very cheap, able to train 5 workers for the price of one. - Every time they slay a unit, it gives them AT LEAST enough food to train a new worker (who can fight, and doesn't run away like female citizens). - Their Poe units are almost invulnerable to normal damage (hack, crush, and pierce). While this may seem unfair at the moment, later releases will add several different magic types, along with mercenary spellcasters. - Their Stal units are almost invincible to pierce damage, since they are bones. I hope that you enjoy this release. You can download it here: https://www.moddb.com/mods/hyrule-conquest-revival/downloads/hyrule-conquest-revival-0-4-0, here: https://github.com/Perzival123/Hyrule-Conquest-Revival/releases/tag/new, and right here

autociv-sevda.zip This is my enhanced version of autociv, which displays the count of each unit class, KD ratio etc.