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Bigmaster

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  1. Hi I used to track the development of this game some years ago. Some weeks ago, I remembered about it again and it's really great to see it playable already and with good active development. Thanks for the great work I have a couple of questions/doubts/comments, concerning the game in future: 1) I tested the game a few times and one of the things I noticed is that it's a lot heavier than I thought it would be, in terms of the graphics. I didn't expect this tbh, and was kind of disappointed by the huge requirements of it, which will limit the game imho. But, my doubt is: is this caused by the fact the game is still in Alpha? Will it be optimized in terms of demanding graphics, kind of? 2) When testing the game with AIs, I also noticed some huge slowdowns. The reason for it is the same as above? On AOE2 for example, I used to have huge lag with AIs, due to pathfinding mainly. Is this going to be addressed on 0AD, to avoid the same problem? What can I expect on this department? 3) Another concern I have about the game is the following. I'm a huge RTS fan. Since the mid 00's, the RTS genre started to disappoint me, mainly from AOE3 on. This was due to the fact that RTSs (just like most modern games) started to give more priority to graphics, instead of gameplay. When games (specially RTSs) follow this pattern, it's really a pity lol. I understand the graphics part is nice and catches people, but gameplay is the most important thing on a RTS. Well, by looking at 0AD graphics, they look amazing and incredible.... so this scares me , due to the reasons I pointed above. Are there any reasons for me to be worried? Is gameplay the most important thing on 0AD, like it should be? 4) Concerning AIs, one of the things that got me addicted to AOE2 during several years was the fact that there were like 500 AIs for that game, that could be used on SinglePlayer or MultiPlayer. For an offline player like me, this was huge. What can I expect on 0AD, regarding the AI department? I already see a couple of bots, which is nice, but do you think the game will have a lot more of them on future? 5) Last thing, this one regarding the famous AutoQueue option that some RTSs have. I noticed 0AD doesn't have this, which is nice imo . Is this set to continue like this? I know that option has a lot of different opinions and views, but imho it sort of kills part of a game as an RTS, and this comes from a complete noob offline player , which theoretically would benefict from it. I hope it's not included honestly, it's more fair and it would avoid complaints and flame wars lol. Sorry for the long topic, keep great work and thx for it Best regards
  2. Well, I think this sentence says it all, and that's what I was looking for: a time reference (no matter how big it was) for the release of the game... As it can be taken away from my posts, I totally understand 100% what you said, and obviously that's what we have to naturally expect from a game that is completely free of charge. But I have some kind of fear/doubt in my mind. As the game development lasts longer, that will make the game even more difficult to finish, because the code/stuff has to be constantly rewritten and adapted to fulfill the new demandings that natural evolution of games will bring in the future.... That's my honest opinion, but there's nothing to do, I know... But the word "years" made it clear for me.... Still some long time to wait unfortunately... Ok, keep the great work, good luck and best regards!
  3. I know, I mentioned that in my post. Obviously I'm not judging them, I don't have that right in this case! I hope people will not have wrong meanings about my post... I just have some kind of fear that the game will never be released and end up like many others... 5 years is a long shot.... At the same time, I was hoping for some date coming from them.... Time and waiting takes down hope you know....
  4. Hello to all! I'm new to this forum. I registered on purpose to write on this topic... Back in 2004, I was about to (finally!) switch from Windows to Linux and one of the first things I remember I did was to search for good RTS games for Linux, similar to Age of Empires, since I was and I am a big fan of those kind of games... I remember I discovered this game on my searches and ok, it was being developed and it was free! I said: fantastic! A great looking game, style Age of Empires, completely free and Linux compatible. That was the perfect solution for Linux, since I was going to completely get rid of Windows and I needed a game like this.... But after some problems and stuff, I had to maintain Windows on my PC, so the problem was gone, since I had Age of Empires back... But I found a place on my memory for this game, altough I never really got to the site to see the progress of it, since those times, back on 2004... Now in 2009, I finally was able to make the desired change to Linux 100% and guess what? I remembered that great game that I saw in 2004. After some searches, I found it back and I said to me: the game for sure has already been released since long time. After all, it was a great game and I was 100% confident I was going to find the game to download..... But, I found nothing.... Not yet released?? Since 2004?? Started back in 2003? Oh, come on! How can this be true? I know the game is free and there is 0 pressure to make the release, but 5 years is a long time to be happy about it... Normally, on these kind of situations, the games are never going to be released.... I went to the forum to see where the situation of the game was and what I've been reading makes me even less confident that the game will ever be released... Development has been slow after all! I know the game is free, I know that it's exceptional the work you guys have been putting on this, for free!, I appreciate that 200%, very honestly... But not finding a possible date for a release is usually a signal that it will be difficult that the game will ever be released.... This game is unique for Linux, judging from the features. Come on guys, I need this game for Linux LOOL Just joking ... seriously, not even a small idea for a possible date for the release? Is the game so far away from being complete? What can you say about this? What can I and others expect? Keep the great work and all the best regards!
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