ShadowOfHassen

No. Why should I? I have native Linux builds.

The first time I started 0 A.D. it didn't, but then it did.

Let's put it this way, on the steam survey, Ubuntu is the second most popular distro. The first is Arch, (from the steam deck, I think.) But even if you don't count arch, all the other distros put together are almost twice the amount of users as Ubuntu. https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/?platform=combined Another possibly imperfect place for us to look is the Gaming On Linux Stats: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/users/statistics/ Those stats seems to suggest that while Ubuntu based distros are the most popular, Ubuntu is only slightly higher than Pop!_OS or Linux Mint, and both of those Operating systems get rid of snap. In fact, I used to use Ubuntu, and it's still my go to operating system, but the first thing I do is ditch snap. I'm sure a lot of other Ubuntu users do likewise. So yes, technically Ubuntu is the most popular distro, there still are more people using Fedora/Arch/OpenSuse/etc than Ubuntu.

In that case, do you want me to confirm the issue exists? I can spin up a virtual box and see with 23.10

I'm going to be honest, most of the time the distribution packages can be woefully out of date, and most of the advice I see for new Linux users is to just go with flatpak. Also, snap is only used by canonical, and not a lot of people use it. I'm willing to help with testing/ mantaining a flathub repo. If we steal the unofficial one, I think most of the work would be done.

The issue was with 23.04 which is unsupported by Canonical, so I think we could safely close the issue.

Trac looks alive. However, couldn't use submit the thing to the GitHub mirror?

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/flathub-now-prominently-notes-unverified-flatpak-apps/ I understand that it's extra work for the developers, but I can foresee this as a potential hang up for new Linux users trying to get onto 0 A.D. Flatpak is by far the easiest way to install an up-to-date version of the game, and a big unverified tag might turn people away. Anyway, I'm sure whoever runs the unofficial flatpak repo, would gladly hand it over to the developers, and so all the set-up work will be done. All that would need to be done is update the flatpak whenever we get a new release.

How many moderators does the forum have?

Me too. Mostly funny things. I try to make the mods day. Also, Cryptonauts. Doesn't that sound cosmonaut? Cosmonaut is much cooler than Astronaut.

Also, seeing that it's Easter...

Well, it was a bit more than a weekend...

It's in the game...

I'm going to be busy getting ready for Easter Saturday, so here's my weekly Encyclopedia writing early! Here's a PR for the Macedonia wonder and temple. Once this is merged, it looks like all we'll have to do for Macedonia is its soldiers! https://github.com/TheShadowOfHassen/0-ad-history-encyclopedia-mod/pull/132

What, exactly, is the Macedonian wonder?

I would pay good money to see that happen.

I wonder how you say, "I am violating my principles I'm a doctor not a warrior!" in Greek?

If it helps, I like the non-random arrows. Sure, they need tweaked, but I build a guard tower to kill people, and it's kind of hard to kill people if it skims the top 50% off of the invading Spartans and then moves on to shoot something else.

HI! Also, if you don't want to do something related to web development, there are plenty of things you could do. The Game Engine is written in C++ but the AI and game files are written in .xml and JavaScript, and being a web developer, you might be familiar with that. You can find open tickets here: https://trac.wildfiregames.com/report/1 to see if you can implement a feature or squash some bugs! Or if you want something less technical you could contribute to the Encylopedia project:

I don't get it.

A new Pr for the farming articles for the Secludes and Ptolemies. https://github.com/TheShadowOfHassen/0-ad-history-encyclopedia-mod/pull/130

Interesting. I can see where it's coming from, however I'm not sure if I'm convinced that they all are intentionally related. In writing circles, we've had a thing where two authors come up with the same idea at the same time because they had been exposed to similar cultures. It could be either though. I'll have to do some more research.

I'd be interested in seeing where you got that information from. Granted, It's plausible, a lot of ancient mythologies have very similar characters. I read that Zeus and Jupiter were technically separate deities but they were close enough that the Romans decided they were probably the same guy.

I played the first few levels, and it was pretty good. I liked the mechanics, and the game seemed well polished. I couldn't quite figure out what the story was about, Two horse running away? But it was fun. My only gripe is the ads (I hate ads) but I can understand why you had to put them in. I heard apple charges 99 dollars a year to develop an app for them, and you have to make that back. I'm not a big phone gamer, but now when I get bored, I know I have something fun to do while I wait. Oh, and I'll write a review after I play it a bit longer.

I have a github account (https://github.com/TheShadowOfHassen) if you add me, I can start working on improved writing. Or I could just fork and do a PR. Whatever would be easier for you. Another thought is there's the kind of message that is used in the game's tutorial. You could use something like that to state objectives, or to transmit dialog. Personally, I'd like the side chat message box and flashing characters that Age of Empires 3 uses for some of their cut scenes.