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Wonder is in SVN (i.e. to be included in the next Alpha).

http://trac.wildfiregames.com/ticket/2160

This topic was getting slightly off-topic in parts, so I've created a separate topic for more general discussion: http://www.wildfiregames.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=18030 Please use that for any non-planning discussion.

Well, I would try using one of the existing animations first There are plenty of existing animations after all Maybe look at what animations cavalry units use?

We could enable more file formats, but I'm generally against it - it's better if people put their files in ZIPs/7zips/GZs/some compressed format as that takes up less space on the servers/is quicker for people to download

No, before we start working on part 2 we will go through first beta phase, and then have a final game, then we'll start working on the second part. If there's enough interest in the Thebans, perhaps they will be added, but apart from that it's very unlikely that there will be any new civs in part 1 apart from Seleucids.

(Personally I would have preferred to have just one sound for reaching phase 1, and one for reaching phase 2, for all civs. Having one of each for each civilization makes it harder to actually know/recognize what they mean - you have to relearn it for each civilization. But the consensus previously seems to be that we should do things uniquely for the different civs as often as possible, so I'll not argue, just mention how I feel.) I see there are two sounds for each civ, are they meant to be one for each phase or just two alternatives and one would be used both for reaching phase 1 and 2? To me they aren't different enough to be one for each phase, so I'm assuming they're just different alternatives. In general I would say they are pretty good, and as far as I can tell fitting their civs reasonably well. I would like to hear Omri's opinion (I'll send him an email pointing him to this thread) as they are essentially music, so it would be nice to hear what he thinks.

Time to start planning Alpha 16. I'd say we're already off to a good start, already less than a week we have got a new victory condition (wonder), trade improvements, a shark, a crocodile, a town bell function, and a lot of gameplay changes by Michael, and a ton of smaller fixes to a lot of different things. Now the question is where to go from here, and as part of that, should we base our plans on getting certain features in, or on a specific date that we want the next Alpha to be released on? There are merits to both approaches, and in the end we'll probably end up with a compromise, but it would be good to have a focus Taking a quick look at Trac it seems like Translation, Herding/Corralling, finishing up the Ptolemies, and improving the Lobby are the big things. Are there other things we should focus on? (And I'm mainly asking this as "Are there things you are prepared to work on?" rather than "Are there things you wish should be in the next Alpha?", though the latter of course can be relevant as well.)

The wiki manual is linked from the learn to play page in-game, and there is this: http://play0ad.com/category/game-manual/ on the web site.

The minifaction does work fine, you need to use: -mod=polynesiawhen starting pyrogenesis to get the content of the mod though.

My point was not that everything is there already, but rather that there is a beginning - a place to keep these kind of things So feel free to edit one of the existing pages or create a new one

http://trac.wildfiregames.com/wiki/0adManual

Actually you shouldn't need to use a specific tool just to display it, Pyrogenesis should automatically detect that a file has been changed and update the display. Just open up Atlas and add an object using the shader you're working on and save the file when you want to see the result.

(Please double-check that you're getting the correct file, I had forgotten to update the download links, so if you started the download more than a while ago it might be a good idea to check it.) There shouldn't be any need to change anything, just enter a login name and a password and press register (It's not 100% certain that you will be able to host anyway though, the method we're using for Alpha 15 is not perfect, but if it doesn't work keep trying and it should work.)

None of those are implemented yet, so you'll have to wait until these features are implemented before being able to try them out

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Presumably http://www.wildfiregames.com/forum/index.php?showuser=494

Generally speaking updates are more common on IndieDB/Facebook/Google+ than on the web site

Hmm, not sure exactly how to phrase it, perhaps one could say it sounds a bit "echo-y" The same sound being played almost at the same time, but not exactly, just makes it sound weird. I'm not sure how to describe it.

That is the unit which uses the champion_unit_3.xml in the celts folder in the art\actors\units\ folder yes Copy that into a new XML file in mods\yourmodnamehere\art\actors\units\germanic\ (change "yourmodnamehere" to the actual name of the mod) and change the things which are supposed to be different. Most importantly perhaps change the weapon from <prop actor="props/units/weapons/broadsword.xml" attachpoint="r_hand"/> to point to the file where you've defined the axe.

It might take time to write More seriously though we're waiting for the release video to be done

Renamed the thread to be more descriptive, feel free to change it further, just please make it something descriptive so people can remember what thread it is and not just something generic like "A mod", or "My Mod" or something

Hmm, two threads called "My mod" in one day I'll rename them to make it easier to distinguish them (Feel free to change the title of the thread, but please be descriptive and not just say "My mod", or "A mod", or something

Something else to remember: The point of the summary screen isn't necessarily just to have a purpose in the sense of seeing who's the better player, or what strategies were used, or whether it paid off to do things at a certain time etc. It's also got a purpose in the sense of making the game fun, providing some "useless" statistics which are just there to amuse the player isn't necessarily a bad thing. That doesn't mean that we necessarily have to display the total score on the first page or have the less strategically important things show up in the first tabs or anything, just that we shouldn't remove things just because they don't make you a better player if you study them carefully. That said I'd actually say that the total score can still be a useful thing, especially if it's displayed in-game. I find in e.g. Age of Kings that it gives you a good idea on how you fare against other players, not exactly, but you'll know if you're far behind them etc. Also, since this is an economy/war game, and not just a war game (nor a citybuilder or something where only/mostly the economy side is important), it's not as if it's useless to gather a lot of resources. I highly doubt that you'll get a high overall score just due to gathering a lot of resources, if so I think the score needs to be adjusted rather than removed completely. Again, perhaps something else is more important to display on the first page, I just think that it shouldn't be removed completely.

Most defend the castle type games seems to use a system where you get resources depending on enemies killed, if you want to go down that route you could just make sure to give all units a lot of loot in their unit templates and you wouldn't have to implement anything more complicated than that =) Also not sure what you mean about the merchants if you think you have to script them? But perhaps you have something really intricate in mind? I would imagine it should be possible to do something like have all enemy units killed give you some kind of "token" (i.e. a new resource that's only received as loot, and only used to trade with the merchant) which could then be used to buy other resources from the merchant? Depending on how you want to have the player construct buildings their role could be a bit different: If you want the player to just be able to place the buildings directly (i.e. no construction time, no units used to construct it etc) they would of course not be involved in that, but perhaps they could still be useful in repairing them? Maybe give them a tiny attack and make them cheap so they could be used to last you through a little while until you've gotten enough resources to buy something more expensive?