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Me and the bois about to go lay down some 0 A.D. @nifa

They're all here, lol:

Problem is, the shield pattern is nonsensical. Further prompting could fix that.

I'm going to make a lot more of these, but I'm going to start using the 0 A.D. Instagram account for more promotion.

A hoplite I generated. I feel like we'd need to train our own AI to get historically accurate results.

Instead of Aleppo Pines (which use old and ugly actors) for Mediterranean and Aegean pine trees, I've been using Pine_Maritime, which look a lot like Aleppo Pines and other coniferous trees I've seen in Mediterranean basin photos. For near the coast, medit_fan_palm, date_palm, and cretan_date_palm. Oak_holly is fine for some decorative or stragglers. Berries should be gaia/fruit/grapes. Hills can be covered almost completely in bush_mediterranean and bush_mediterranean_dry.

So, here's an example: Not trying to shoot anyone down. Just want your efforts to make it into the final product! You guys are motivated and talented, so I want you to use the best assets we have! So, why only use the newer terrains? It's because these terrains are higher resolution and have normal maps and specular maps. They're also all themed together really well and have consistent texels and image quality.

Please only use the new biome terrains, as the old ones may be deprecated sometime (possibly for Release 28). So, if this is a Mediterranean or Aegean area, use the Aegean-Anatolian biome assets.

Get me a normal map for this and we got a stew goin.

The team as a whole has forsworn the use of AI for now due to various concerns raised. The DE mod though does use AI portraits for heroes.

Already here:

Andy has said he's not interested in taking these maps. Best to have an an official "Legacy Maps" mod. Once we've finished polishing 30 good maps for the base game, we can polish 5-10 more maps from the Legacy Maps mod and merge them back into the game. rinse/repeat. Retold has 40 well-polished procedural maps: https://aom.heavengames.com/retold/random-maps/

The Last Alliance?

Removing maps doesn't delete them permanently. bahhhh

No disrespect to you personally, but I grow weary of this topic. I've made my case several times over several years. There are just way too many low quality maps.

A lot of modern RTS games don't have procedural maps. They're of the "Skirmish map" variety. Age of Empires games use "Random maps" I think, but again, that's the reason 0 A.D. chose the term. I think Procedural Maps or Generated Maps are good terms though.

We should, honestly, strip out the worst 50% of maps.

Procedural Maps or Generated Maps are my two preferences. I agree that "Random" here is misleading and not very accurate. The only reason this term is being used is inertia.

I'm replying to the discussion as it has evolved.

Perhaps a Fortified Watchtower could train some Border Troops.