rohirwine
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We are currently deciding what to do.
Please be patient just a bit more.
Later
Rohirwine
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This is a bit uneducated quote: who ever established that parents are perfectly sure about when their children will be able to run?In my experience (with my nephew) parents do not have a clue about the day their children will be able to walk, not to mentioning running...
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Imho, human society won't collapse.
Hopefully it will adapt, but with great costs and loss of human life.
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It's true that our main ability to adapt is behaivoural rather than genetic (at least in the short term), i doubt that we have the means to withstand a major climatic emergency though.
It's true, for istance, that we have technology on our side, the problem is that technology needs a somewhat healthy economy behind it to be of any help. It's doubtless that a major climatic crisis would bring a major economic one, thus limiting the soothing effects of technology.
Plus, the majority of humanity does not have access to the technology needed to survive in an hostile climate, and this could lead to a major social turmoil, on a planetary scale.
Think about emigration flows of these days, it's probable that they would increase in scale, and become much more violent.
As you said we have technology, wich could help to recover after a major climatic crisis.
My point is: why not intervene before?
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No doubt that in eastern europe (and other socialist or former socialist states) environment was ripped almost to exhaustion. The problem is that even if we're much more aware of current ecological dangers, we still seem not to be able to preserve environment as we should. Our capitalist economics lead us to behaive much or less in an equally (if less evident) spoiling manner. Look at what we're doing to regions and countries wich provide us with raw materials (or precious ones: coltan, diamonds, gold...).
It's sure that western and developed countries tend to be more careful with their environment, it's a completely different pair of shoes when talking about our politics when we have to grab some more oil, wood, or food from other less developed areas.
This kind of attitude isn't confined to environmental issues alone, of course, but extend to other areas as well (social security, direct interference with other countries politics etc., etc.).
The problem is simple, imho: how long will Mother Earth allow us to behaive like this?
Other dominant families of organisms (dynosaurs, as istance) have been wiped from the face of Earth, probably for climatic changes wich they were slow to adapt to.
Imho, the issue is if we are so confident to have a try of a similar ordeal, or if we prefer not to push our environment beyond the limit...
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The problem is if "sustainable developement" is possible.
I'm fairly positive that "sustainable human existence" is possible, but what about developement?
If we continue to believe on never ending (or ever lasting) growth, it's mathematial we'll finish avaible resources soon or later.
The keyword should be "sustainable preservation of human life within earth ecosistem", wich asks for a strong reduction of economic growth, imho...
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However, seeing as the range of IQs goes from the low 30s (? Is it possible to achieve a score lower than this while reasonably trying?) to the high 180s, and furthermore tends to follow a bell curve, it's reasonable to assume that, in truth, 100 is the average IQ.
Assuming that IQ is a correct intelligence indicator...
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Huh, i missed this reply, sorry.
Final stage should comprehend both mission driven and "free" play modes. But the general strategic/economic mode is far away if compared to the mission mode...
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There have been numerous mods for various versions of Civilization (wich is a turn based game and not a real time one, btw), some were of quite decent graphical detail (for the time), but now dust cover their Bytes...
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The game wil take place in one age, and you'l won't be allowed to mix civs in the first stage of developing/distribution, since it ewill be mission centered. It's next stage will feature economic/strategic gameplay more close to AOE, wich could let you meddle with different civs...
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A few answers: jewelry will probably be present as single items of great beaty and renown (as recalled Thingol and the Nauglamir, hem)
Underground cities have been pondered but no decision has been taken yet (plus: i'm not the expert int this field).
Third: navy combat will be limited and most of all the first release of TLA will be foused around events (translated into missions) in FA middle earth, where navy combat has been minimal if not non-existent...
Fourth: i don't think i'm alowed to tell you more...
Rohirwine
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Hi, awesome work.
Side note: the images links starting from chap. 3 seem broken...
Welkome to Wildfiregames and TLA though!
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Hmmm, Gothmog was actually depicted as an orc in the PJ third chapter of LotR, but are we sure this is what JRRT intended?
There is only one possible answer for us: back to the sources folks!
(That's including me, of course...)
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Like a baseball ball? ...
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One thing for sure: there will be no dwarven gunmen...
As for crossbows-shortbows, i prefer the latter, but things are still in progress and i'm not sure bowmen will be included (at least in FA dwarven hosts).
And please, forget about darts too (it either sounds too much AD&D or "Let's have some nice Pub evening with friends"...
) ;) ... i don't know if you get what i mean... Mat
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Well, I don't think it's legal to curtail noncommercial freely-distributed fan-fiction, which is in an unconventional form, perhaps, what TLA ultimately is: we're making a game of a book, instead of novelizing a story from a game. Given that TE, whichever TE it is (see the legal thread), can't keep a lid on Tolkien fan-fiction, I don't see how they could legally put a lid on us. Heck, mods for other games based on Tolkien would have even worse copyright issues, since they use two different franchises, and they still don't get booted because they are noncommercial.
Well, usually copyrighted material has.. ...er copyright on his content for some decades after the author's death. In this case Tolkien Enterprises holds © over Lotr and Hobbit, while the professor's family holds the rights for the rest of his works. I don't know when these rights will be set free, but i'm pretty sure someone could argue that a free product involving Arda might be of damage to a potential commercial one...
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Very well Joshua, thanks for the volunteering, please take in account a bit of time is needed before a reply due our recruiter (aka: Enarwaen) real-life issues...
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Concept art
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My opinion is Ted Nashmit is better at lanscapes than human/other races portraits. He manages to depict human figuers at a very little scale quite well, but i find his larger size depictions not at his general level...
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I fell between the dock and the sailing boat i had to moor.
It was a 12,5 tons boat...
...i can assure i beat every short distance swimming record known since the reopening of the olimpic games...
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Well, sometimes it's too much cold or snowing to even dare spending any time into such kind of activities...
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Just a sidenote: every termonuclear war is predicted to be a no-winner situation. People in Hiroshima and Nagasaki still can feel the effects of those primitive [almost experimental] bombs. I doubt NK ones are low tech as those used against Japan, and even if they were it's simply insane to think we can handle even a "little local nuclear clash". Humanity should avoid Nuclaer Weapons use as long as it can... (and destroy every single nuclear weapon on Earth asap)...
My two utopian cents...
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Hehe, you clever guy!...
That doesn't explain anything mora than what i stated, believe me...
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Some Minor units might be playable in some scenarios eventually (please take note that i said might), but i'd say that what Crazy Thumbs stated should be taken as a valid general rule...
I'd like to play Sindar during FA as well...
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As long as we do not distribute anything commercial we should be safe, more so as long as we stay in development status...
...so no need to worry about our wiki thing!
0 A.D. Fantasy Mod (Was: "Just wonder.....")
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Posted · Edited by rohirwine
Yes, as Rob says, we more or less got overridden by real life issues and are no more in shape to keep on with the project.
TLA was far too ambitious for 2 or 3 people to bring it on, moreover for a long period we tried to recruit new staff members but finding really dedicated peoples to whom pass the torch proved almost impossible.
So we decided to mothball it (it was a general WFG staff decision).
I think i must ask our fan their pardon for not writing an explanatory message in the forums and on the main TLA website.
There is really no rational excuse a part maybe the fact that throwing the sponge made us feel somehow sick about the situation (at least these were my feelings).
In any case there is still much material archived that could be helpful if someone in the future is willing to restart the whole thing (no need to reinvent the wheel).
Plus i have the TLA folder stored away in my HD, with some xls files and other draft work made by the team.
Still i think it could be a nice idea if the 0 a.d. project reached its final stage before starting TLA again, thus benefitting from the existence of a final and stable version of the major sister-project and maybe from the help of some of the "no more so busy" members of 0a.d. staff.
Till then, a big thanks to all you for your ideas, support, comments and criticism.
For me it has been a really exceptional human experience, and i thinlk i'll bring it on with me in the future.
Best to all
Matteo (aka Rohirwine)