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WeirdJokes: 100 score - plays 0AD too long to be nub - late stage game changer - la viva cows - I love his german accent on jitsi - Non toxic person

MarcAurel: 100 Score - plays 0AD since last milennium or something - OP player ("the borg butcher") - gives me at least a small percentage of all the resources which I need ingame - helps the community a lot (moderator, tournament organizer, active forum member)

Food is the slowest resource to collect, easiest to interrupt, hardest to defend, and most difficult to relocate. If you regularly have too much food it’s because your economy is mismanaged. I agree with @Player of 0AD here. Fana don’t do particularly well in inf fights. But they shine in games where the enemy goes cav. If i know anything about Reza, he’s complaining because a handful of fana were able to easily defeat his much larger cav army. This is at least what happened last time I went fana against him.

Why would fanatics be OP? They are very expensive due to their high food cost. Also, temples are expensive and otherwise not as useful as a barracks. Fanatics have low armor and are not that fast. Also, if they would be OP, we would have seen them much more often.

I wanted to make a mod where the teams have a different line style. I spectate a lot, but never toggle team colors as it is clumsy and one has to untoggle soon enough anyway. I tried different line styles like dashed, dots and diamond. I think only the default + dashed works really well enough in my short tests. But in 99% of the games its just 2 teams anyway. Would be nice to just join a game and tell at first glance where the fronts are. The problem is art/textures/misc/territory_border.png is loaded in source/simulation2/components/CCmpTerritoryManager.cpp. So it's fixed in c++ code. I don't want to build a custom version. Would it make sense to move the path out in the future to be modifiable? How you like different line styles for teams?

sanafur: 99 +100pts for trying to make archers build works -100 pts for making archers when enemy is spamming champ cav +100pts is nice and teamworks -1pts cause he doesn't deserve perfect score

Against 1 very hard AI, all trees around the CC and even chicken preserved. All units including starting ones promoted. As of last save no death.

97 Score Is reasonable in discussions and likes my memes.

I love capturing as much infrastructure as possible. I even have an elite force to garrison those structures (my "tower guys", eight elite spearmen with a dedicated ctrl group.) For towers it helps consolidate your conquests and can also help eliminating roaming stragglers, saving you from searching for them. Barracks let me fill up my inf should I loose some, temples just because (and should I need a healing pause), and in most games (depending on the civ I RNGed) I use captured stables to ever increase my cav champs.

I've already given my opinion and I understand perfectly well that there is confirmation bias at work, so I'm not going to be a pain in the neck and start a crusade over such a minor detail. I'll let others debate if this is an important topic for them.

How many games have you lost to a swarm of fanatics? A once off curb stomp does not render any one unit OP. Also champion cavalry are nowhere near as OP as they where in the past, Selucids and Persians are an outlier on that point as they are a lot stronger than the regular, but that is by design since it has a historical basis. As for counters, basic spearmen are functional against them, you need a numbers advantage though and preferably some champions of your own to stiffen the line, whatever form they take. I have personally annihilated about 100 champion Macedonian lancers using just mass veteran Triari and consular guard, so it is quite doable. And sure they are speedy, but ultimately half of this is a skill issue and not the fault of the game itself. Learn to make the most of what one has to hand. If something is really obnoxious like those Iberian fire cav in previous Alphas then sure fix them, but otherwise just leave it alone as is.

I think in games where champ cav are banned, the civs with the cav mercinaries in mass have the same dynamic as the champ cav previously had. Only available to some civs which are the ones that usually didn't had champ cav. Last time camels worked great against the fanatics. Just back them up in time. Use 2 groups supporting each other. Occasionally use citizen soldiers when they are nearby - but don't chase. As the game progresses one should move away from only citizen soldiers. Elephant archers or siege towers in mass are good too. Just because a tactic can be applied successfully doesn't mean it's OP. One could make some game specific balance like here, but I don't think it's that bad. I would even include champ cav in games.

Is not the rock art from the bronze age? It's possible they would have abandoned the sail at some point (the Nordic bronze age seem wealthier and more connected than the later iron age cultures) and it was reintroduced later.

Who'd have thought that @diagonalo would do well here when the words are all just vertical-o and horizontal-o. Anyway, I think the missing words are still the main part of the challenge.

Actually either Rename and let the game install it Rename ResetSeed.zip to ResetSeed.Pyromod Double click, the game should open Enable the mod, save, and restart the game Drag and drop the zip Open the game Drag and drop the zip on the game's window Enable the mod in the mod selection Copy the zip into the right location Copy it to mods/ResetSeed/ResetSeed.zip Extraction (Least recommended) Extract the mod Put the contents in : mods/ResetSeed/*

Yes, @Dakara The mod ensures the seed for map generation to be reset so you don't play always the same map when you have Persistant map settings enabled on Options and you play exactly the same settings again. Notice that if you change some of the map settings, like biome (this should be check) or size, the seed will be reset. But if you keep the things same as game before you will playing the same seed until the end of times. You just need to copypaste the .zip content into your mod's folder like \mods\ResetSeed I think you can also just copypaste the .zip like: \mods\ResetSeed.zip but im not sure

Welcome to a new community activity! The idea is simple: rate the reputation of the player who posted just before you, out of 100. This is all about perception. How well-known are they? Are they respected? Feared? Gameplay style? Loved? Or do they blend into the background like a stealthy NPC? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How to Play: Give a score out of 100 to the player post above you. Not more. Add a short/medium comment or reasoning (funny, honest, vague, savage — just keep it respectful). Then post your message so the next person can rate you. You don’t need to really know the person. First impressions matter too! Let it be known that all here are wise and of sound mind, so no drama shall arise within this forum. However, should any dispute occur, may it be settled in Mainland. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How much would you rate me?

I'm developing a mod for 0 AD called Renaissance Dawn, set between 1450 and 1490. It focuses on the warfare and politics of the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance. The currently planned factions are the Kingdom of France and the Holy Roman Empire. Additional planned systems include mercenaries, princely and imperial courts, and consulates as subfactions or game mechanics. The timeline and phase structure are still being refined. I'm not a programmer or 3D modeler, but I'm fully committed to the project. I'm in charge of historical research, conceptual development, and visual references (gathering accurate images, sources, and design materials). I'm here to coordinate and support the team, and to seek out technically skilled collaborators, especially modelers and programmers, to bring the vision to life. If you're interested in joining or just following the project, feel free to visit our Discord. The link is in another post I shared. https://discord.gg/v4yHMRaQUv

@hyperion https://drive.google.com/file/d/15vGn4ddL1nNRbtZeXqI5sqKLhm7zyNAt/view?usp=sharing This is another example. The game was originally hosted by @erictommy, and everything was going fine until several spectators joined at some point. One of them caused an OOS, but we continued the match for a few seconds until the simulation completely froze (the GUI was still responsive). levai was one of the active players in the match — I don’t remember if he left on his own or was kicked, but once he was out, the simulation started working again. When he rejoined, the same thing happened: simulation frozen, GUI functional. We decided to save and rehost the match, this time with me as the host. After everyone loaded in, the simulation was frozen again. Once levai left, it resumed. So we saved and hosted again, but this time replaced levai with RangerK — who happened to be the player that, when kicked or banned, allowed the simulation to continue normally — as if there was a problem tied specifically to that slot or civilization. What’s strange is that the simulation started failing when a spectator joined the game. Until then, everything worked fine and levai hadn’t shown any lag or other performance issues. A preliminary hypothesis is that this bug occurs when a player or spectator finishes loading the game or map. Why do I think this? Because the only thing I can clearly identify in common between a match just starting and one already in progress when a spectator joins, is the act of loading the game/map.

mainlog.html from my host to @ffm2 to check. mainlog.html

84 score Reasoning: 0ad anthropologist

I prefer to capture towers close to the enemy town as well. Capturing Civic centers when possible makes a huge difference i think. And i think my favorite is to capture a Temple in the middle of the enemy town, fight around it, send wounded units into the Temple, rotate them so there are always tlsome troops harassing, and sustain the fight there.

Almost every time you post a complaint it is because some unit/feature makes your Carth merc cav rush weak. Better players disagree. Not all cav requires metal. Others have given you examples on how fana can be countered but you just ignore it and repeat your same complaints. This doesn't really matter. Food is gathered more slowly and is also more vulnerable compared to metal. The only challenge with metal is that it sometimes runs out but that is less of a problem since the maps were redone to spam more metal. Games are rarely won because one side runs out of metal faster than the other, and when it does occur it is usually because the side running out of metal squandered their champs/mercs with a bad KD, which is the actual reason why they lost. Personally, I like that fana have different input costs because it allows for more diverse strategies. (@TheCJ: you aren't considering upgrades--metal and farms are both collected at the same rate without upgrades but food upgrades increase speed by 20% while metal upgrades increase speed by 25%. It nets out to where food is about 12% slower in p3 for most civs)

You should see how champ cav performs on a TG, and how is the dynamic we talking about. they really need a nerf or some kind of counter unit. its absurd that some of them can wipe out pikes like nothing

Yes I know. And as I mentioned there, the consensus is mostly supporting a late adoption of the sail: "The question of when the sail was adopted in the Norse homelands and how this affected the beginning of the earliest overseas voyages has been hotly debated. Some scholars support the idea that sails were used in Scandinavia long before the Viking Age, while a mid to late eighth-century date has been the generally accepted opinion (see Bill, Reference Bill and Klæsøe2010; Westerdal, Reference Westerdahl, Barrett and Gibbons2015: 18). One of the two vessels discovered at Salme in Estonia in 2008 and 2010, dates to around ad 750 and is the earliest evidence of a combined rowing/sailing vessel used by the Scandinavians (Price et al., Reference Price, Peets, Allmäe, Maldre and Oras2016). For Norway, the use of sail is not archaeologically attested before the Oseberg ship which was constructed in ad 820 (Bill, Reference Bill and Klæsøe2010: 27–28), although it is unlikely to have been the first sailing vessel in Norwegian waters. Nevertheless, the introduction of the sail and developments in shipbuilding technology during the Viking Age in this setting should be regarded as improvements and adaptions in response to new uses rather than the result of revolutionary inventions (Barrett, Reference Barrett, Anderson, Barrett and Boyle2010: 290)." Source: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/european-journal-of-archaeology/article/earliest-wave-of-viking-activity-the-norwegian-evidence-revisited/C2A3AB5F0C962CFB700EEAF24970BE49

I mention and emphasize again,fanatics and champ cavs have no counter. Some nave people say you can counter champs with champs. But its not that true. For example for sele/persian/gaul cav champs, there is 0 counter units ( or champs) in Maury civ. Other units like citizens or mercs ( even cav mercs) have counter in all civs, then they are ok.

Totally agree on this. But I'd say that every unit should have a counter unit to make the game more dinamically. If a unit doesnt have a counter at least from a good number of civs, then the game just turns into a champcav race. And thats make some kind of boring gameplays

I have a different suggestion. How about the 20-30 top-rated "competitive" players agree on a "multiplayer balance" mod, and y'all start using this mod in your games? Leave the "broken" units alone. Every single RTS has them.

The issue with sails is that they are a weak point on boats and ships, especially for warfare. The Nordic Bronze Age collapsed and the trading network changed considerably with the transition to the Iron Age. Sails could have been used only in long distance trading during the Bronze Age for example. And indeed during the Iron Age, the context changed. Finally, rock arts were mostly located in Sweden and Norway, not in Denmark.

Hello, can you tell us what the mod does with an easy word for noob edit : the issue of same map all time?

@Atrik ayo is there any repo for this? add instructions for noobs like me please.

The original post of this pinned thread needs an update or to be unpinned. If updated: First URL should be replaced by https://gitea.wildfiregames.com/0ad/0ad/wiki/GameplayFeatureStatus (a page which was last updated 6 years ago). The second one isn't really replaceable, as we are now working with issues as well as pull requests. Therefore needs to be deleted or declared as old.

People always build towers and research 'Sentries' in the hope of having a strong defense system after research completion. But, a tower without garrisoned soldiers is a present for your enemy. Better destroy your own tower early before letting it fall in the handy of your opponents, if you're not capable of garrisoning your best swords men there. It's not a bug, it's not unintended, it's part of the players own strategy.

Thanks, Going by the video the issue is likely the simulation freezing due to a player not sending his turn end signal within a reasonable amount of time, which is different than the game freezing. For the player causing the issue this might indeed look like a game freeze tho. That would also match @Gurken Khan report which I first thought to be unrelated but actually might be the same. Given that in one video there are still sporadic simulation updates happening it's not a hang but something taking much more time then it should. So of most interest right now are logs / OS / hardware from players causing the issue. Looking at the mainlog of @erictommy there are a few mods which are unlikely to cause the issue but at least in theory could, so keeping an eye on what mods are enabled wont hurt at least. That mainlog also contains warnings for compiling glsl shaders. That is reasonably suspicious as it also happens early in the game. Maybe a problematic GL driver might be the root cause. That could also explain why 0.27.x as there where major changes there to support Vulkan. Players causing the issue might want to try switching to Vulkan if possible to see if it helps. Trying to update the driver is certainly a good idea as well. I'm not yet able to reproduce it so more hints are welcome.

Buenos días o tarde; - @Lopess y yo estamos trabajando en varias facciones de la Península Ibérica en el Mod Endovélico: Lusitanos.(100%) Íberos.(50%) Celtíberos.(25%) Astur-cántabros(idea) -Por ahora sólo los Lusitanos y sus auxiliares Vetones están totalmente terminados al 100% y otras culturas regionales también están previstas, pero como auxiliares; Vacceos(Auxiliares de los Celtíberos) Carpetanos(Auxiliares de los Celtíberos) Turdetanos(Auxiliares de los íberos) Baleares(Auxiliares de los íberos) Vascones (Auxiliares de los Astur-Cántabros) Galaicos(Auxiliares de los Astur-Cántabros) (Temporalmente los celtíberos están disponibles como auxiliares íberos) ¿Ustedes qué Opinan? Disculpen las molestias*

Maybe it can start with a unique building, like a general embassy where you can recruit Viriathus or Caros or Corocotta. They would be unique heroes filling the unique slot the player can use for the hero. But each one of them can set a unique building to start the construction site. From these unique buildings, new units, techs etc. can be available.

That's the idea and I think we can even go a bit deeper than simple embassies, as Duileoga made a few good designs:

90 score Reasoning is 665 out of 666, so just a tiny bit below diabolical.

I noticed this too checking the commands per second for the auto clicker on the oddity mod. Would be better. Another thing is resignation at pause. Sometimes players get frustrated e.g. on a long pause to wait for one player of a game that is decided already and resign during pause and leave. The others then wait maybe even more for both to join and if they eventually continue only then find out one actually resigned. Currently saved&loaded, rejoined or late joined games are not stored consistently (maybe to save bandwith at the start). Would be better to have the complete game, e.g. load it if the connection is over a certain quality check or at pause. But it's a huge improvement that specs rarely cause lag.

I've seen a lot of people asking if the creators of 0.a.d have an official Discord. We all know the answer is currently no, so I decided to make an unofficial one. I made it mostly for people who like to make mods, 3D models, art, etc., and to meet more people who like strategy games in general. I'll leave the link for anyone who's interested. https://discord.gg/v4yHMRaQUv

I've experienced this as host. Max Lag for observer set to -1 on my case. Didn't test kicking observers. I've experienced this with at least 3 different hosts that often hosts games, including me as host. Idk, will ask next time I'm not sure but I think it happens with both versions. Currently using 0.27.1 but i'm not sure if everyone is using it

Leonidas with his swag aura checking out ladies from the enemy camp.

The old 0 A.D. start screen/menu (alpha 6 Fortuna).

Tnx for Update 27.1

Não que eu saiba, além de muitas atualizações: https://github.com/wltonlopes/Endovelico

Olá, aconteceu algo com o mod? não consigo encontrar o link no github.

But it has to be consistent and coherent with other civilizations. Too often, there's the immature temptation to want to put everything in every new civ, and this quickly becomes absurd and unbalanced. The Kushites underwent a similar development. I think it is something to keep for a later version of the Germans. Currently, it is based on the Cimbri. When there will be the later Germans, we could add the Cherusci pikemen. But in the meantime, let's focus on the Cimbri.

I don't think there was a specific troop wearing wolf skin and wolf head. Tacitus, Cassius Dio and Caesar don't mention it. The only place with a depiction of a sort of warriors wearing such items is on the Trajan column, but it is unclear if those are Germans or not. Those men are Roman auxiliaries in full armor, while the actual Germans fighting in front of them with their native weapons are bareheaded. Furthermore the current design is focusing on the Cimbri and pre-roman period. The berserkir/ulfhednar is mostly attested during the viking and post-viking period, in the Norse mythology and Norse laws. And nothing suggest they were a specific battle unit. So for the moment, leave them aside.

Macedonia 45 - Nightmare (323 BC) Alexander is in trouble. His skin is burning up, head is raging with internal fire and strife. As he lay dying, in his mind there is one final battle to be fought. The landscape is desolate, covered in fire and ash. The sea is red and full of blood. All his enemies have gathered against him -- from the Spartan rebels, to the city of Tyre, and all the way to India. His only allies are the people who greeted him like a living God -- the land of Egypt. Will he prevail? Only you will find out. AI Settings: Player 8 (Doom Guard) should be set to Sandbox. For the rest of the players use a difficulty of your choice. For casual game play, set your Ally to Hard or Very Hard and your Enemies to a combination of Easy and Medium difficulties. You can also gift units to your ally. Simply move them to the little palisade pen and they will switch ownership. Your ally may also gift units to you as well.