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Genava55
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20 minutes ago, real_tabasco_sauce said:
They argue that the larger notches on some glyphs might be masts instead of crewmen. They argue that sails could have been used, but its not really conclusive evidence.
Yes I know, I debated with some people about this paper. The problem is that the use of sail should have triggered a major change and become widespread. As was the case during the Viking era, when all large ships eventually had a mast and a sail. It's very likely that even if sailing was known to Bronze Age populations, it didn't arouse the same interest. Perhaps they preferred to navigate rivers and coastlines. Not to mention the fact that having a mast and a sail required building ships that were a little wider. Which could make them less transportable on land.
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1 hour ago, Stan` said:
Also i think the game files still have their norse names karvi snekkja etc do we have other words for them ?
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/baitaz
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skipą
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2 minutes ago, real_tabasco_sauce said:
The wikipedia article has a petroglyph with a ship seemingly much larger than the others.
Probably longer, but as nimble, versions of this boat existed too. Maybe you can use two sizes of the same boat type.
7 minutes ago, real_tabasco_sauce said:also, the merchant ship is a bit big
Yeah the merchant ships are probably too large.
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1 hour ago, Stan` said:
@Genava55 is it fine to have viking looking ships 1500 years ahead of time ? Also i think the game files still have their norse names karvi snekkja etc do we have other words for them ?
First, of which civ are we talking about? The Cimbri ? The Suebi ? The Germans ?
The oldest evidence we have for boats is obviously the Hjortspring boat (around 350 BC). But this is a more nimble boat, carrying approx. 20 men and without any sail.
The other major find is from the Roman (imperial) period, circa 320 AD, the Nydam ship. This is larger, for 30 men, but without sail as well.
The first evidence for a sort of longship with a sail could be Kvalsund II, but it is not certain, it is disputed. Anyway it is dated around 780 AD so clearly too late.
The first undisputed ship with sail and looking like a Viking ship is the Oseberg ship, circa 830 AD.
I looked what the literature says on the topic, it seems to be in agreement with the few I know:
QuoteThe question of when the sail was adopted in the Norse homelands and how this affected the beginning of the earliest overseas voyages has been hotly debated. Some scholars support the idea that sails were used in Scandinavia long before the Viking Age, while a mid to late eighth-century date has been the generally accepted opinion (see Bill, Reference Bill and Klæsøe2010; Westerdal, Reference Westerdahl, Barrett and Gibbons2015: 18). One of the two vessels discovered at Salme in Estonia in 2008 and 2010, dates to around ad 750 and is the earliest evidence of a combined rowing/sailing vessel used by the Scandinavians (Price et al., Reference Price, Peets, Allmäe, Maldre and Oras2016). For Norway, the use of sail is not archaeologically attested before the Oseberg ship which was constructed in ad 820 (Bill, Reference Bill and Klæsøe2010: 27–28), although it is unlikely to have been the first sailing vessel in Norwegian waters. Nevertheless, the introduction of the sail and developments in shipbuilding technology during the Viking Age in this setting should be regarded as improvements and adaptions in response to new uses rather than the result of revolutionary inventions (Barrett, Reference Barrett, Anderson, Barrett and Boyle2010: 290).
1 hour ago, Stan` said:What's the license on this ?
Not compatible with 0AD. The EB team requires the explicit permission for each asset and for each use. It is not open source.
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39 minutes ago, real_tabasco_sauce said:
also good inspiration for an emblem IMO
This is what Europa Barbarorum did for the Suebi, they took inspiration from one of these bracteate to make a simpler version (top right):
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Gold Bracteates from the migration period:
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58 minutes ago, Emacz said:
What would their swordsmen be called/used for?
Hoplites means 'men-at-arms', this is a generic word.
Swordsmen could be named something like Makhairaphoroi, aka 'makhaira-bearers', makhaira being a popular one-edged sword.
1 hour ago, Emacz said:Would just be spartiates as a secondary weapon.
It is generally a secondary weapon yes.
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On 04/05/2025 at 4:36 PM, Arup said:
Why do we not have a Han Infantry Swordsman ? In most, if not all depictions of the era, sword and helbs alongside crossbows is by and large the highlight of their weapons. "The jian was mentioned as one of the "Five Weapons" during the Han dynasty, the other four being dao, spear, halberd, and staff. Another version of the Five Weapons lists the bow and crossbow as one weapon, the jian and dao as one weapon, in addition to halberd, shield, and armour." - Wikipedia article on Han Military
Technically, every civs should have swordsmen from the start. Even the Hellenistic civs.
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On 21/03/2025 at 8:03 AM, Genava55 said:
Sadly the means for cheating are disproportionate in comparison to the means to fight them.
Another video about the issue:
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11 hours ago, Deicide4u said:
@Genava55 Ancient Egyptians are not the same people as the people that currently live in modern "Egypt".
That's true but at least the people and the state identify themselves with the Egyptians and the people still share a large ancestry with them. Obviously the Arab domination left a huge legacy on modern Egypt and its people.
Anyway the purpose of this figure I shared here was simply to show there are periods during 0AD timeframe when Egypt was independent.
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1 hour ago, leitoso said:
but I see a lot of issues with 0ad open for hours and you start to see a lot of memory issues and warnings popping out in the logs
This issue could happen with LuaJIT as well no? It uses a garbage collector too. Although it is right there is a limitation per process.
43 minutes ago, Stan` said:Indeed, luajit did not exist at the time. Might have some more info here too
LuaJIT also had issues with memory limitations and 64bit adresses in the past. It became mature only recently.
49 minutes ago, Stan` said:There are some gains to be had with better datastructures https://code.wildfiregames.com/D1739 and more threading => https://gitea.wildfiregames.com/0ad/0ad/issues/5874
I know web-browsers and a few web apps are putting a lot of energy into WebAssembly. Is there any consideration for AssemblyScript to speed up a few calculations without removing the whole easy-to-mod philosophy?
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A bunch of interesting issues closed on gitea, showing all the work behind the curtain:
Stuttering and low FPS with Alpha 27 #7589 https://gitea.wildfiregames.com/0ad/0ad/issues/7589
Add workaround to turn off nursery size heuristic #7736 https://gitea.wildfiregames.com/0ad/0ad/pulls/7736
Incredible investigation by @Langbart: https://gitea.wildfiregames.com/0ad/0ad/issues/7714
I'm sharing this just to give a little visibility to the work and problem-solving done by the team.
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2 hours ago, leitoso said:
Lua could become the preferred language for performance-critical mods, while JS remains great for UI/scripted events.
Is JavaScript really the bottleneck? Are there specific cases where JavaScript is the definite cause of a lack of performance in a mod?
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On 31/01/2025 at 8:20 AM, Classic-Burger said:
Age of Empires III definitive edition Game is dead.
Nope
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On 11/12/2018 at 10:09 PM, fatherbushido said:
As said before, the state of that fork is not yet publicly available, but all information will be given on our website when available.
5 années sont passées depuis la dernière publication...
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1 hour ago, Outis said:
I was worried about safety. For instance, logging into my google account. In fact, that is the reason i kept my old laptop disconnected.
Browsers will probably continue to receive security updates for a few years.
Windows 10 won't disappear in October, numerous companies will continue to use it and pay the extended support.
Google Chrome supported Windows 7 up to January 2023, 3 years after the end of the regular support. Google stopped to support Win7 exactly when the extended support ended.
So most of the apps are getting updates up to 2028 for Win10.
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9 hours ago, Outis said:
But do you suggest to keep Win 10? The end of life is October. Isnt that just delaying the investment on a Win 11 compatible laptop just a bit more?
Well, if you want an old gaming PC, you will have more option with Win10 than with any Linux. And in all cases, a SSD is just a massive increase in comfort and performance for a cheap price. Whatever if you go with Windows or Linux, a SSD changes considerably the experience.
The end of support for Win10 will mostly concern Microsoft integrated features and Microsoft cloud based apps. Most of the programs and application will still run on Win10 for a few years.
Even if you are getting a new Win11 laptop, upgrading your Win10 laptop would be a good option to increase its longevity.
If you want to try Linux Mint, you can put it on the SSD directly and like this you still have the HDD with Win10 in case you change your mind.
9 hours ago, Outis said:Like this one?
Yeah it looks fine. Just check you can open the case of the laptop and change the disk drive easily before buying it. And verify the HDD is a 2.5 inch form factor, generally it is the case but it is better to check.
Ah and something else, you don't have bitlocker activated on the Win10 laptop? If it is a home or familial edition, it is generally not the case.
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8 minutes ago, Outis said:
Both have HDD only. Unfortunately, its HDDs all the way down... Is this a problem to have a Linux Mint only setup?
Ah ok. No Linux Mint works fine with HDD. It is quite similar to Win7 in terms of performance on HDD.
Although I think there is less risk in transforming your old Win7 laptop into a Linux Mint instead of changing your wife's laptop.
Now that you specified this HDD issue on your wife's laptop, I would clearly suggest swapping the HDD for a SSD (SATA). This is something I did for my wife a while ago, it is not that complicated. And SSD are cheap. You only need to do a clone copy of your wife's HDD.
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8 minutes ago, Outis said:
Well, not really... Win 10 and HDD are not a good combination...
Either we've misunderstood each other, or your wife's laptop runs on a HDD too.
Civ: Germans (Cimbri, Suebians, Goths)
in Delenda Est
Posted · Edited by Genava55
More probably a religious symbol. I don't know how plausible this could be they fixed shields on the side. It is certain the vikings and normans did it* but I don't know if the older shields from the Iron Age could be tied in the same manner. Maybe. Adding those would not be an issue.
*https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/66056/did-viking-longboats-in-fact-have-shields-on-the-side-of-the-ships
Yes it is plausible. At least I know the Celts did have such carved animal on the stems of some of their ships: