Sundiata

The Umayyads (661 - 750 AD) are being developed for Millennium AD, a mod that takes place from 500 AD to 1000 AD. The Lakhmids date from 300 AD to 602 AD, and the Ghassanids date from 220 AD to 638 AD, so for both of them, the majority of their history falls outside of the timeframe. Their territorial extent and interconnectedness are also very limited. With only 4 playable factions to date, it's important to focus on the most powerful states of the time first. Ghassanids were a Byzantine client state, and the Lakhmids were often a Sassanid client state. So Byzantines and Sassanids are more important, and Sassanids haven't been developed yet. In terms of territorial extent and interconnectedness, it's not even a competition. The Umayyad Caliphate was one of the largest and most powerful empires of it's day. There are a number of other early medieval states that would also be more relevant before the Lakhmids and Ghassanids. For example: Abbasid Caliphate Khazar Khaganate Avar Khaganate Turkic Khaganate Uyghur Khaganate Chinese Tang Dynasty Tibetan Empire Asuka and Heian periods of Japan Chola Dynasty Pallava Dynasty Aksumite Empire Kingdom of Makuria Ghana Empire Great Moravia Emirate of Cordoba Lombards To name a few.

Nah, I think naval maps need to be designed with more open water and less bottlenecks in the waterways. Ships need at least a few units on deck (deckhands/captain) so they don't look like ghost ships. If the ships are made smaller it would increase awkwardness.. Maps (and their layout) need to be spacious enough in general, which isn't always the case.

I would personally really love this in vanilla as well...

That last trireme looks gorgeous by the way. As does the first one. I always love to see your newest works on the forum

I'll give it a shot Give me a little time.

Ah, one of the many programs I never mastered... Vectors... Gold on white seems perfect to me... Vim!

Even the green color doesn't belong in this period. Green flags in Islam appear with the Shiite Fatimid Caliphate.

@Lion.Kanzen For a split second I was worried that I might have accidentally recreated the black flag flown by ISIS, but I checked, and ISIS and their crappy flag design ain't got nothing on me Some more PNG's. Do with them as you will (Lion's trademark photoshop magic):

I still do . Quoting myself: It's an abstraction, but a small one, in my opinion. Especially considering the million other abstractions that make no sense, eagle scouts seem more than intuitive enough. And fun...

Uhm, yes... I mean, have you never seen Mulan??? That's totally a legit reference, right?

@stanislas69 I don't think any apologies are necessary, at all... We should all rather be grateful for all the headaches you guys (and gals?) put yourself through so we can all play one of the world's greatest historical RTS-games!

They sure are pretty, those Zapotecs...

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Thank you @trompetin17, @Itms and @Tobbi! Thank you soooo much.....

That game is so pretty... Their squad based system has interesting elements definitely applicable to 0AD. Something in between that and TW is my dream for 0AD combat.

The Settlers III was the first RTS I played, and I loved it so much... No hard pop-cap. Actual and logical supply chains, simple enough to understand, complicated enough to stay interesting and immersive. All goods would be visibly transported to storage yards, or to whatever structure that needed them. It was all interconnected.. It was so much fun to watch those chubby little dudes go about their business, but when it came to military, however simple, you had full control. I only remember playing a demo for Settlers V, and thought it was interesting. At least the military was a little more fleshed out.

A naturally growing civilian NPC population, from which you recruit military units that you can control directly would be so cool...

¿Estás utilizando un macbook? Si es así: https://wildfiregames.com/forum/index.php?/topic/24318-fgod-mod-for-0-a-d-a23-fully-compatible-with-0-a-d-players/&tab=comments#comment-353598

I could definitely give it a shot, but give me a few days

Ha, mentioning the same thing at the same time. Weird...

@Lion.Kanzen, nice... I was thinking that the Shahada, the testimony of faith, would be supremely appropriate for the Umayyads, who featured it frequently on the earliest Islamic coins. Something like: لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا ٱلله مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ ٱلله lā ʾilāha ʾillā llāh muḥammadun rasūlu llāh "There is no god but God. Muhammad is the messenger of God." Umayyad coins featuring the Shahada:

Seriously though, if that's what it takes, I'll be more than glad to help fund a bigger SSD (BUT, I can only spare the cash from January going)

Beware though, as I used to have a 2011 macbook pro that wasn't able to run alpha 21 anymore. Another guy with a mac (2011 or 2012, can't remember), had the same problem, asked on the forum, and was told his machine was just too old... (can't remember the specifics)

@wackyserious, just a few more unit ideas

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