[How does the armour work ?]

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Disregard the link (..), that is outdated information (last updated more than a decade ago...).

Read through https://trac.wildfiregames.com/wiki/XML.Entity.Traits.Armour

It provides a description and an example how Armor works.

[Create archer that can fight as a swordsman]

Here is the ticket everyone is talking about: https://trac.wildfiregames.com/ticket/252

[Can't create groups]

I did test it again, it works for me with NEO 2 on arch. I'm not sure if I just remembered an old version or used the wrong hotkeys back then. (On both the last Alpha 22 and a somewhat recent svn build.)

Thanks for the patch, I'll keep it in mind if I ever have troubles again.

[Can't create groups]

Are there any workarounds for those non qwert* users? I'm one as well and wonder if there is existing documentation.

[Quick Realism Suggestion!]

Battle Realms (2001) had this feature as well. You could attack the opponents ranged units and force them into mêlée. Here a “Master Warlock” is forced to use his claws to defend against two “Kabuki Warriors”.

I did love that feature as well, adding not only realism (to a world of flying skeleton mages and werewolves) but also the option to catch unguarded ranged units. (The are even forced to engage in melee, you can't just shoot a different enemy while someone is hacking at you with a sword.)

Edit: However, it is a feature that may require more micro than 0ad aims for. For reference: 30 Units per player is the default pop. cap. in Battle Realms, it can be turned up to 40 pop. cap. for larger matches.

[Technologies discussion]

My tech mod will probably not have the web bcuz I am not a programmer. I propose the web for the develiper's game, but if they don't like it or don't want to do it, I can make my own tracker and enlist helpers.

I can imagine if the player had 2 blacksmiths the web window could have a "2" in the corner telling the player how many credits (or smiths?) they can use, so 1 credit(smith) per tech. Choose a tech and the 2 goes down to 1.

I think that would make a nice change to the main game as well. I would strongly prefer it over the current system.

If it isn't approved for 0ad, would you want it in your mod anyway? (Technology trees are a feature I would like to implement (After I did some other stuff to familiarize myself with the codebase.))

In my sample image the yellow strands mean those techs are unlocked because the previous tech has been researched. The green strands point to the techs that have been researched. Black strands mean those techs are not available yet because the one above them has not been researched yet. Most techs in the web, except those on the outside, can be unlocked by 2 other techs above them. The archery focus one was unlocked by Metallurgy because Metallurgy was researched. It could have been unlocked by Forging too,but wasn't. Either way it is now unlocked (in this example). Think of it like a pachinko machine (or pinball machine), except you control the ball.

Sorry about the miscommunication: I understood that perfectly well, but I was wondering, whether the engine (pyrogenesis/0ad) already supports that type of dependency. It doesn't really matter. There is stuff to implement and that just adds an extra detail.

[Technologies discussion]

Drawing the web procedurally still does not account for the orientation. (It could be randomly flipped from left to right) Some additional Information needs to be given. But the implementation details will be up to the person implementing them anyway.

I like the tech web as well. With the massive amount of technology I suspect “tech mod” to ship, one tree per building is appropriate. Other mods might want to use less trees. (Assuming the implementation is flexible enough to be reused.)

To prevent some micro on research: When considering the technology tree of the blacksmith, there isn't really a reason to bind it to a specific blacksmith. (As you won't use the blacksmith to recruit units.) The number of blacksmiths in play determines how many technologies may be researched at once. Any of them should be able to take orders for all of them.

This applies to all research buildings which do not produce units.

One further note on engine requirement: The 2nd level Technology “Archery“ depends on only one (“Smelting” or „Glowing Sword“). Is that something already supported?

[Tech/Structure Tree Visualisation]

Wow. Very nice. Would this work with mods I wondering.

It already does, you can change the mod using the little gray cog.

I like it as well :-) Even without game integration it is nice to have.

Edit: Ninja'd :-/.

The information is read directly from the mods, which are mirrored in his git repository. https://github.com/s0600204/0ad-techtree-v2/tree/master/mods/0ad

[JS / Programming / Modding]

(German version below)

Usually, if there is a [Patch], there is already a patch proposed.

In this case (and in several others, sadly) the patch was submitted 14 month ago and no further work was submitted to trac. Thus your chances are high, that you can work on the ticket. Using the existing patch as a base probably helps.

You could post your intention to work on it on trac (#1419) and ask if anyone knows what happened to mackeul (who submitted the original post).

When in doubt, ask in #0ad-dev. A web interface can be found on http://webchat.quakenet.org/?channels=0ad-dev if you don't have an IRC client installed.

(German version)

Wenn bei einem Ticket ein [Patch] vor steht, dann gibt es normalerweise schon einen Patch. Leider gibt es viele Patches, die nicht fertig gemacht werden, und dann im trac rumliegen, ohne jemanden, der für sie sorgt. Dieser Patch sieht auch so aus, schließlich hat sich vor 14 Monaten das letzte mal jemand ernsthaft daran beteiligt.

Ich würde an deiner Stelle in das Ticket 1419 kommentieren, dass du am Patch arbeiten möchtest. Dann kannst du vermutlich den Patch von damals als Grundlage nehmen um einen aktuellen zu bauen.

Viel Erfolg dabei, wenn du fragen hast kannst du in #0ad-dev auf irc.quakenet.org fragen. Die Entwicklung vom Quellcode läuft ehr über trac und den chat als über das Forum.

[JS / Programming / Modding]

Well, is there something that you don't like about 0ad? Is there a feature that would amaze you? Pick one, check with some people, file a ticket, write code, submit a patch.

More precisely

• Well, picking one, go wild.
• Ask on #0ad-dev if they would accept that feature (stay around, you don't get immediate answers!). Or open a forum thread, but I guess that is even slower.
• If they like it, open a ticket on trac, to keep track of development and provide a place to comment.
• Write code, don't be afraid to ask, people are nice on #0ad-dev. (at least towards me )
• Submit a patch with your feature to trac (your ticket). Prepare for criticism.
• Code some more, to appease the critics, then go back to the previous point until the patch is accepted.

Or even better: If you can figure out how to fix a bug, then it doesn't require any creativity and you aren't likely to be rejected, as with certain features.

Keep in mind that I am not part of anything official. This is just what I am currently doing.

Edit: feuneur was refering to the simple tasks found over there: http://trac.wildfiregames.com/query?status=assigned&status=new&status=reopened&keywords=~simple&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=type&col=priority&col=milestone&col=component&report=16&order=priority

[How can i join the Art Team?]

Wouldn't some converter program work as well?

Do stuff in (old) Max → convert it to Collada.

[Suggestions for 0 A.D.]

I guess you can just count that one as a win, especially since you were about to win anyway. IMHO, you leave — you loose.

On that account, I don't think you should be able to leave the game without resigning. That is just an unnecessary distinction. Why are those buttons kept separately anyway? (Should be “resign” when you play and “leave” when you observe.)

Edit: I didn't play 0ad multiplayer yet, so I was unaware about the existing rankings as Itms kindly pointed out to me on IRC.

Edit2: There are changes planned, by the way. But currently no one is actively working on it. (AFAIK)

[Some little improvements]

- When a resource is depleted, for example a metal mine, the workers go to the nearest deposit or civic centre. This is a mess cause is hard to click the metal workers without messing all the people farming...Don't know if I explained well.

I expect that Alpha 18 will allow you to select only idle units using a hotkey. (Not just one idle unit, all idle units inside the rectangle you highlight.) Technical details can be found on http://trac.wildfiregames.com/ticket/2407.

Do you believe this can solve the issue?

[Can 0-AD hear my prayers ?!]

- An option to only select idly female citizen if the general system of the game doesn't change.

You aren't the only one thinking that :-)

Hopefully you will be able to select idle units only in A18, then click on the women. (http://trac.wildfiregames.com/ticket/2407) Patch isn't in for A17, due to the feature freeze.

The patch mainly rewrites some parts of the selection code which makes it easier to add more selection options later on. Here are some things I could imagine:

• Button for random idle worker ⇒ Selection option for all idle workers in selection
• Button for random idle military unit ⇒ Selection option for all idle military units in selection
• Button for random idle female ⇒ Selection option for all idle females in selection

Keeping them in pairs should also reduce brain overload.

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[The game is very lag when a large number of units]

Out of curiosity, what percentage of time is spend pathfinding?

[Userscript: Remove member titles on the Wildfiregames Forums]

Of course, I don't expect any official endorsement for a script stripping “mainline” functionality ^^

But I guess it is obvious, that it isn't an official script. Unless you insist on it I won't put a “This ain't official!” disclaimer in the code.

[Userscript: Remove member titles on the Wildfiregames Forums]

I am not quite happy with the "member_title" applied to each user (Tiro, Senator, ...). They feel like useless clutter to me and I tend to confuse them with usernames.

If anyone feels the same, you can apply the userscript found on https://gist.github.com/roSievers/e07535285f88ed94eab1 to your Firefox, Chromium or Chrome. (Only tested on Firefox, but the script is quite simple.)

[Start node for Russian users]

I don't think they are asking for a Russian translation of the game. IMHO, Laguna would rather like to have a Russian language subforum:

WGC Forums → International Forums → Россия.

This would provide an obvious place for questions of Russian players who can't or don't want to post in English.

Whether this is a good idea to bolster the Russian speaking 0AD community or a bad idea leading to a fragmentation of the global community is a tricky question. I don't have a particular opinion on that. I would stick to posting in the English forum and ocassionally check “→ #mylanguage”.

(With a rather liberal interpretation of “stick to”, as this is my first post^^)

Edit1: realized “Tiro” wasn't his name.