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Collections: This. Isn’t. Sparta. Part I: Spartan School – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry (acoup.blog)

Interesting. How do you work together on this project? Do you have an internal section on the forum or do you use other means like discord? Or you are only submitting changes through github or others?

Interesting article about Age of Empire original technology, based on Assembly: https://www.pcgamer.com/age-of-empires-developer-confirms-the-game-is-mostly-written-in-low-level-assembly-code-because-we-could-scroll-the-screen-and-fill-it-with-sprites-as-fast-or-faster-than-competitors-like-starcraft-even-though-we-had-twice-as-many-pixels/ This isn't quite on those lines, but a redditor recently noted that Chris Sawyer wrote Rollercoaster Tycoon 1 and 2 in Assembly language, and apparently Age of Empires was the same: "AoE is written in Assembly: is this actually TRUE?!" It's important to note that this wasn't uncommon back in the day, though it would still be pretty remarkable if an entire game was hard-coded this way. Assembly language, to be as brief as possible, is any low-level coding language that communicates more directly with a computer's architecture than high-level languages like C++. The question about whether Age of Empires was coded in Assembly language hit gold in the replies thanks to Matt Pritchard, one of the founding members of Ensemble Studios, who was in charge of graphics and optimisation on the early games, and on the later HD / DE editions the coding lead. "I guess I can clarify this, since I wrote all the assembly code used in Age of Empires and Age of Kings, along with many other parts of those games," says Pritchard. "There were about ~13,000 lines of x86 32-bit assembly code written in total." [...] The Assembly code remained in use even by the time of Age of Kings: HD edition (a 32-bit game), but Pritchard "re-wrote the assembly functions into C++ for both Definitive Editions, as they are 64-bit programs and inline assembly was never supported by the 64-bit C++ compiler, and the vastly improved register sets and compiler optimizations made it unnecessary. Additionally, sprite drawing in the definitive editions is multi-threaded, and will use up to 4 cores for that task alone."

Interesting video about the current issues with Total War games and the players community reaction to it

There are 11 pages in this thread... so obviously no.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer_stones_culture

The Silk Road should not be a technology, it is better as a team bonus. Instead, give them a technology about producing paper maps and give them a speed bonus for the merchants.

<< S. K. Chowdhury’s analysis (Gaur, 1983) of the plant remains found in the Atranjikhera excavations reveals some important details. The OCP and BRW phases yielded a few remains of rice, barley, gram, and khesari. The PGW (Painted Grey Ware ~1100-800 BC) level gave evidence of wheat, and the manner in which plant remains were scattered about and found in heaps suggested more abundant grain production than before. The NBPW (Northern Black Polished Ware ~600-200 BC) phase showed the cultivation of rice, wheat, and barley, with the addition of a new pulse (Phaseolus mungo). The wood remains included laurel, farash, bamboo, deodar, and Himalayan cypress. As cedar and Himalayan cypress grow in the northern mountains, these finds suggest contact with these regions. Almost a thousand pieces of bone fragments from the site were analysed. Those belonging to the NBPW phase included bones of domesticated humped cattle, buffalo, goat, sheep, pig, and dog. Horse remains occurred in the PGW and post-PGW phases. Many animal bones were split or cut with sharp tools and charred—clear evidence that the animals were killed for food. The bones of cattle vastly outnumbered those of other animals, indicating that beef was an important part of the diet, apart from venison, mutton, and pork. >> - A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century, p. 278 << Excavations in the Parashurameshwara temple at Gudimallam (Chittoor district, AP) have revealed the history of this Shiva temple from the 2nd century BCE onwards (Sarma, 1994). In the earliest stage, the stone Shiva linga carved with the image of the god was placed within a 1.25 m square stone railing. The temple was hypaethral (open-air, roofless). Bones of domesticated sheep with cut marks on them suggest animal sacrifice. Phase II in the structural history of the temple is dated from the 1st to the 3rd centuries CE. An apsidal temple was built around the Shiva linga in this period. Considerable architectural elaboration took place in early medieval times. However, it is interesting to note that the same Shiva linga remained the object of worship in the sanctum throughout. >> - A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: From the Stone Age to the 12th Century, p. 447

The original Vedic religion didn't forbid the consumption of cow and beef meat. It is Brahmanism which started to incorporate new elements, notably forbidding the consumption of cow. See the following: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_sacrifice_in_Hinduism The Brahmanic texts explicitly state that five creatures were suitable for sacrifice in Vedic India, in descending order man, horse, cattle, sheep, and goat. The texts of rigveda and other vedas provide detailed description of sacrifices including cattle sacrifice Although it is true that it started progressively during the Mauryan period. Ahsoka notably promoted a vegetarian life.

Liburnian ships

Have the compatibility issues been resolved?

The exceptionally rich chamber grave of Gommern (Sachsen-Anhalt), from the late 3rd century CE. Grave goods include Roman tableware and military belt, gold jewelry, bow, other weaponry, and an embroidered round shield (boss made from a Roman drinking vessel) The nobleman was buried on Suebian territory, but a clay vessel shows connections to the Chatti tribe in the west. He was probably in war against Rome and/or in Roman military service for some time, and later became an important chieftain or local king. It is also suspected he received diplomatic gifts from the Romans. The grave also contained a board game, speaking for the strategic mind of the buried man. Depicted are the playing stones and metal fittings of the apparently foldable board, which is now decayed.

The dromos is a running racetrack.

Yep and it could be exclusive to the Spartans if the theater is exclusive to the Athenians. Otherwise there is the dromos of Sparta that could be unique.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tentative_reconstruction_of_the_palaestra_of_Aristotle’s_Lyceum_(Lykeion)_by_Dimitris_Koukoulas,_2013,_Athens_(45180131185).jpg

@Thorfinn the Shallow Minded do you agree with @wowgetoffyourcellphone about the wooden theatre of Sparta?

I think those are the champion's upgrade with experience

Giving shields to the Samurai cavalry is a bit ugly

Is there any news on this? https://code.wildfiregames.com/D368 https://trac.wildfiregames.com/ticket/252

Yeah, the design of the game is a bit cartoney, very colorful and very bright features everywhere

Close up preview of the units