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  4. AoEII HD

    in Introductions & Off-Topic Discussion

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    I think they should have made it available for free for people who already own the original Age of Empires 2.

    That way all fans would have been happy and they still earned money because new players can buy it from steam.

    Just recently I've red an article that making old successful games compatible with Windows 7/8 and selling them on steam is generally quite successful and profitable.

    Age of Empires HD was ranked 4th in the top sellers on steam, yesterday :)

  5. Rome 2 Total War Factions

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    1. The map will span from the British Isles to Afghanistan.

    2. I'm afraid there will be pre-order factions...

    3. There will be civ packs (DLC) where you unlock 'minor civs'. Luckily they learned their lesson from Shogun 2. The civ packs will be more unique than in S2 (new units, different playstyle) instead of just recoloured units & slightly different stats.

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  8. AoEII HD

    in Introductions & Off-Topic Discussion

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    Two comments: I'm afraid it will be a steam exclusive, so it won't be available on gog.com :(

    And most importantly, what if it isn't compatible with existing user created content (scenarios, campaigns...)? You play AOK for that. Anyone who has played campaigns like 'Tamerlane' will agree.

  11. New Sound Manager svn patch

    in Game Development & Technical Discussion

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    I can't build the game anymore.

    1>------ Build started: Project: simulation2, Configuration: Release Win32 ------

    1> CCmpSoundManager.cpp

    1>C:\Users\Bastijn\ps\source\lib/external_libraries/openal.h(34): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'AL/al.h': No such file or directory

    2>------ Build started: Project: test, Configuration: Release Win32 ------

    3>------ Build started: Project: pyrogenesis, Configuration: Release Win32 ------

    2> test_root.cpp

    3> Creating library ..\..\..\binaries\system\pyrogenesis.lib and object ..\..\..\binaries\system\pyrogenesis.exp

    3>simulation2.lib(CCmpSoundManager.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: void __thiscall CSoundGroup::PlayNext(class CVector3D const &)" (?PlayNext@CSoundGroup@@QAEXABVCVector3D@@@Z) referenced in function "public: virtual void __thiscall CCmpSoundManager::PlaySoundGroup(class std::basic_string<wchar_t,struct std::char_traits<wchar_t>,class std::allocator<wchar_t> >,unsigned int)" (?PlaySoundGroup@CCmpSoundManager@@UAEXV?$basic_string@_WU?$char_traits@_W@std@@V?$allocator@_W@2@@std@@I@Z)

    3>..\..\..\binaries\system\pyrogenesis.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals

    2> Creating library ..\..\..\binaries\system est.lib and object ..\..\..\binaries\system est.exp

    2>simulation2.lib(CCmpSoundManager.obj) : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: void __thiscall CSoundGroup::PlayNext(class CVector3D const &)" (?PlayNext@CSoundGroup@@QAEXABVCVector3D@@@Z) referenced in function "public: virtual void __thiscall CCmpSoundManager::PlaySoundGroup(class std::basic_string<wchar_t,struct std::char_traits<wchar_t>,class std::allocator<wchar_t> >,unsigned int)" (?PlaySoundGroup@CCmpSoundManager@@UAEXV?$basic_string@_WU?$char_traits@_W@std@@V?$allocator@_W@2@@std@@I@Z)

    2>..\..\..\binaries\system est.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals

    ========== Build: 0 succeeded, 3 failed, 11 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

  14. 0 A.D. Development Report #11

    in Announcements / News

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    0 A.D. Development Report #11

    Wildfire Games, the international group of volunteers developing 0 A.D., are happy to present this week's 0 A.D. development report.

    If you want to find out more about the development of this open-source, cross-platform real-time strategy game or if you are interested in game development in general, it might provide an interesting read.

    If you want to be part of this project, we urge you to post your application in our forums. We are currently looking for Gameplay, AI, Sound and Graphics Programmers along with Animators and 3D & texture artists. You prefer to do something else than programming or drawing? Luckily for your portfolio we are also looking for a Sound Lead, Video Editors, a Documentation Manager and Scenario Designers. Still no luck? Head to our forums and join our active community!

    !!! We are in need of (skilled) programmers. Are you one of them? Redirect yourself to this thread. Your contributions are crucial !!!

    Feature of the Month: Building Construction

    v0cV9AW.jpg

    Programming & Art & Sound

    Our one-man-orchestra, Omri Lahav has been busy lately, very busy. Not only has he finished a new track for the Celts, the Hellenes and Mauryans will also receive some new tracks very soon. As always, when a track is released you can check it out on Bandcamp.

    historic_bruno added building previews that rise during construction (screenshot above) and a build script for OS X dependencies & bundles , making it easier for developers to work on 0 AD using OS X.

    Aside from tens of bug fixes, historic_bruno also took care of textures not loading. Remember when you start a game and everything looks grey for some time? This should be a thing of the past now.

    Pureon has committed the Mauryan headgear/faces and a siege onager. Long time, no siege! Currently he's tackling the Mauryan farmstead.

    Enrique has been working on the Mauryan elephant units and the Mauryan Market.

    Leper committed a lot of patches: player notification when receiving a tribute (by alpha123), template fixes (by qwertz/kosmo), tribute stats are added to the summary screen (by alpha123). He's also added user mod support and fixed a number of bigger and smaller bugs.

    stwf has posted a patch with a rework of the sound manager. This is currently being tested and will hopefully be implemented soon.

    Gen.Kenobi added normal, parallax and specular maps for all Mauryan buildings and ships.

    Spahbod added a new random map, Kerala.

    éminence grise Philip tinkered a bit with stats collecting (Windows 8 supported), he also fixed some static analysis warnings.

    Battle detection was implemented by zoot! For example: when a battle is raging, the game will change the music from peaceful to battle music. This is only one example of the benefits of battle detection. More on this later.

    ndragu committed a Mauryan warship.

    Yves' Javascript debugger attracted the attention of mmayfield45, who created a web-GUI.

    Mythos_Ruler committed a lot of balance changes.

    See you in a couple of weeks with the latest development news!

  16. 0 A.D. Development Report #10

    in Announcements / News

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    Next report due this week/next week.

    They used to be weekly, yes. If I would have continued publishing them weekly they would be only half as interesting, as progress is sometimes slow, sometimes more speedy... At the current rate, it will be a monthly blog. But when things speed up, I"ll write it every two weeks.

  20. Carthaginian embassies

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I am suggesting to diversify the deals by packaging different ethnic groups of mercenaries for each kind of embassy. This way it wont feel as if you are specializing in one group of people, and yet still provide that option to specialize only in the embassy you chose.

    Make a list :) ?

  21. Carthaginian embassies

    in General Discussion

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    Carthage's military was of mixed ethnicity, true. But if we move Celtic, Italian and Iberian mercenaries to the embassy building you will still be able to recruit soldiers from the following ethnicities: Numidian, Libyan, Nubian, Mauritanian, ... as these regions are much closer to Carthage (than Italy or Spain), many soldiers were recruited from these people.

    A one sided deal forces you to make a choice... which is great for replayability but also gameplaywise: you choose depending on your strategy and the enemy you're playing against.

  23. Carthaginian embassies

    in General Discussion

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    I also like that idea. It reminds me a lot of the Consulate building in AOE III: The Asian Dynasties.

    I was thinking about that :). You start out with a 'general' consulate/embassy building. By choosing a faction, the building gets unique units and techs. Changing to another faction will cost time and resources. You can only have one building.

  24. Carthaginian embassies

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    I agree with Sighvatr for this one but the embassy must be upgraded if they want to train ranged units, mounted units, etc.

    I don't agree. What if you're playing 1vs1?

    In my opinion you should only be able to build one embassy, and you'll have to decide which mercenaries you'll attract (Italians, Celt-(Iberi), ...). This will give the embassy building new props related to that culture. Also: unique technologies would flavour up the choice-making.

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