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We need this in vanilla as well. Not including the apartment blocks was a mistake, and low walls would be nice for all civs, even if it's just for us single player guys who love to beautify our base...

@Stan` Really cool! I'll post it tomorrow. I think it would look better if they don't work with with their helmets on though, like in the original version...

I think those patterns may be inspired by the patterns of Berber straw mats/carpets. Not a bad choice imo...

Wow, you're a very skilled artist. I believe I've shared two of your works somewhere on the forum before. I really like your dinosaur art as well... Any and all archaeological references, as well as accurate artistic reconstructions of both buildings as well as units (including your own), are more than welcome in these threads. Feel free to start your own art and history thread about specific references or information about interesting Mesoamerican cultures (maybe a period sparring partner for the Zapotecs in the Terra Magna mod?) @Trinketos

@coworotel

Slow and steady wins the race

From an article on the upcoming AoE IV: Mierda... Anyway, good for them... We have this thread to prove that we didn't rip off AoE once we implement falcon scouts for 0AD

They were a major source of gold and ivory. Also iron, slaves, cattle and exotic animals. They always had far flung trade connections and traded in luxury products. So you could give them some kind of trade bonus. A higher rate of metal income from trading? They also built deep wells and water reservoirs to farm and keep livestock alive on the margins of the Sahel. A higher rate of food income from trading?

Also added reddit link to the first post.

I think we should have more. It helps a lot to not clutter up threads and quickly gauge community response. Red heart button for "love" Blue thumbs up for "like" A thumbs down button theoretically sounds logical, but for psychological reasons, it might not be advised. In theory we shouldn't let online interactions determine our feelings and state of mind, but reality is a different question. I think the "confused" choice is nuanced enough to express something akin to a dislike without being too harsh.

Veteran from the Punic Wars? I really like the Chemtou temple by the way...

Remember that these are North African Berbers/proto-Berbers, not Sub Saharan Africans. They would have looked tanned, but not quite like that These guys look a little more realistic: Numidians from Trajan's column : Also, unit diversity is probably going to be a bit of an issue...

Garamantes would be awesome. Personally, I know next to nothing about Numidian domestic architecture...

I haven't read through it myself yet, but seems an interesting start: https://www.academia.edu/5345062/Monumental_Power_Numidian_Royal_Architecture_in_Context_in_Prag_and_Quinn_The_Hellenistic_West_2013_179-215_?auto=download

It's one of those things that armchair historians would love to hate. Although I was a little surprised that gladiators were indeed sometimes used as bodyguards and exceptionally even in battle. But they probably wouldn't have looked like gladiators in those contexts. Are the two gladiators inside the ring actually animated? That would be really cool.

70 B.C., that works for me... (hey, that rhymed ) Roman Empire was traditionally founded 27 B.C.

@Lion.Kanzen, I'd love to share more videos, but Ideally they should have the highest graphics settings enabled, which isn't often the case. (not really the fault of the video-makers, because they have to make a choice between fps and graphics settings which means graphic settings usually loose out. Ideally we need more optimizations to the game so that average machines can play with high graphics settings as well) Are the reddit and discord channels official? because I assumed they were self regulated kind of things.

Our current followers, January 14, 2020: Instagram: 97 Mastodon: 99 Twitter: 3580 Facebook: 11,840 That's slightly better, and it's nice to see the appreciation for Mastodon, an open source alternative to the big social media sites. But we can still do a lot better than that. Come on my fellow forumites, let's push those numbers!

So, this was super popular with the fans... I think we should really give it a function in-game. One of the Facebook fans asked: I thought to myself, why not, actually? So maybe: Maybe something more unique? Thoughts?

0 A.D. Social Media Accounts (We need you!) I’ve been given the lovely honor to curate 0AD’s social media accounts. In this capacity, I would love to invite every forum member here at the Wildfire Games Forums to take a look at our current accounts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Mastodon. As you may know, 0 A.D. is completely free, libre, open source and volunteer based. No wages are paid in the development of this game and there is no budget for marketing. Exposure for this project is made up almost entirely of word-of-mouth advertising. We, the fans, are the developers of this game, both here on the forum, as well as on other platforms like trac, phabricator, GitHub and IRC. Together, we are all contributing towards the development of this game, however large or small those contributions may be. Every like, comment and share contributes towards the future of this game that we have all grown to love. The more people know about this game, the higher the odds that we will attract more developers in various fields from programming to art and translations. So, if you haven’t given these pages a visit yet, please take a look. And maybe give us a like https://facebook.com/play0ad/ https://twitter.com/play0ad https://instagram.com/play0ad.official/ https://mastodon.social/@play0ad (open source social media) Other media accounts worth checking out are: The Spanish language 0 A.D. Facebook page: https://facebook.com/0adfanslatino/ (managed by Lion.Kanzen) Our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/play0ad (release trailers and original 0 A.D. music tracks) Our Bandcamp site: https://play0ad.bandcamp.com (0 A.D. soundtrack) 0 A.D. on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/0ad/ Another reason I open this topic, is to receive community suggestions, feedback and comments about our accounts. And remember, there is also a lovely thread called “Your screenshots”. Don’t be shy to post some nice shots there. The ones that are exceptionally pleasing to the eye might receive a feature on our platforms. Our current followers, January 11, 2020: Instagram: 3 Mastodon: 22 Twitter: 3537 Facebook: 11,834 As Stan` the Man aptly pointed out to me recently: "" Some free promotional art (Click the image, then click it again to open the original sized file in a new window): Hero Portrait by JustinOperable, backdrop by LordGood. Ashoka the Great: Hero Portrait by JustinOperable, backdrop by LordGood. Hannibal: Hero Portraits by Victor Rossi, backdrop by LordGood. Marcus Claudius Marcellus and Queen Amanirenas: Remember, 0 A.D. and the Pyrogenesis game engine aren't just free. They are libre software:

Here is an example of a Nabataean cuirassed god, Dushārā (Dusares): And this one is from Bir Wereb, near Palmyra, a trinity of deities with Safaitic inscriptions, 1st half of the 1st century AD. "The lamellar cuirass was inspired by Oriental Hellenism." https://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/divine-triad

Nice...

There was a very high degree of Hellenization among the urbanite Nabataeans. It's highly unlikely that they didn't use body armor, helmets or shields.

No they are not. I figured out a big bone of contention in some/many of your historical critiques. You aim to represent factions as a specific snapshot in time, which makes referencing impossible and ignores that 0AD is set in the time period from 500 B.C. to 1 B.C. I already pointed out that the Ptolemies have Cleopatra VII in their unit roster. They also have Ptolemy I in their unit roster. The Seleucids have Seleucus I as well as Antiochus IV. This is not correct either. The Machimoi are even mentioned in the Rosetta Stone (under Ptolemy V).