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A different strategy: download the released .zip file then build from there.

Nice idea. On it !

I increased both fps throttling to the maximum:

Another weird discovery: The gameplay only uses 35% of my GPU but the lobby uses 90%.

Here is something interesting: on extremely OP hardware, the game interface is able to run without lag. So it is not impossible to run the game smoothly, you just need to upgrade your hardware. This is the system usage during a huge fight: The frame rate was between 50fps-80fps. I am using Vulkan + GPU skinning. The operating system is Windows 11 with Atlas OS playbook. On i7-14700, 19% usage means a whole core has been consumed by 0ad. But the detailed load distribution is yet to be seen. (task manager is rubbish) The simulation still lags, but GUI level stutters didn't exist. When other players with weaker hardware are lagging, I just see the units standing stationary and repeating the same animation without the game actually progressing. Tomorrow I will try to install Linux on the same hardware and see if there is a performance difference. It is worth mentioning that in general, boosted Arch kernels allow you to achieve higher average frame rates than any Windows based OS.

Another update ! kate-overhaul.zip -Blue fields without tall wheat - you can see all of your farming women clearly. No chance for idles.

I would like to share my user.cfg which makes the game more comfortable to play. This includes fast scrolling and some other optimisations with controls and map view. Many possible configurations are omitted in the settings pages but can be adjusted by editing user.cfg. The most important line is renderactors = "false" The view methods are hidden gems. user.cfg

Hi, I am also trying to host my own lobby and following the same instructions from @Dunedan https://github.com/0ad/lobby-bots. When I tried to install the mod_ipstamp module, I encounter the errors: After some research, I found that ejabberd.hrl was removed since 1 year ago. What is the current workaround for this? Thanks.

Trees are purple cubes by default. All these purple cubes are trees:

@MetaPhyZic how you can edit the colours of trees: 1. Go into art/textures/skins/gaia 2. Find all trees_cypress_*.png. they should look purple by default. 3. Open them with gimp or some other drawing software 4. Colour them the colour you want and save Restart 0ad and you should see the trees change colour. The same method can be used to change the colour scheme of other things

How to edit your suffix and rating in A27: 1. Extract your public.zip where it is, then delete the zipped verison so that 0ad is forced to run on the unzipped public mod. 2. Go into public/gui/gamesetup_mp/gamesetup_mp.js 3. Edit the line which contains Engine.StartNetworkJoinLobby(playername + " ("+ g_UserRating + ") ", hostJID, password); You can replace g_UserRating with arbitrary string (will give you custom rating). You can also add an arbitrary string after the closed bracket (that will give you the suffix).

The AI is very weak on all maps. It has especially less optimisation for naval maps. What you need is an enhanced version of the bot. Please see the page

New update: - More concise and efficient pregame page - Fixed some errors with Unit.js and lobby rating report functions - Added new trees - Fields have been abstracted - Gives you a tag - Hidden easter eggs kate-overhaul.zip

Not everyone likes my graphics. They reduce lag by removing a lot of things and replacing diversity (variation) by just one monotone object. Yes the performance is better but some enjoyment is gone. So it should be optional but highly recommended. Players can opt out of it if they really need to. @MarcusAureliu#s, which map layout? Circle or River or Groups? I might be able to host for you.

Why? - Less lag + better pathfinder - PhyZic wants his donkey mill back.

I'm trying to run or recompile A23 on Linux from the source_code.zip on releases.wildfiregames.com How can I do that? I will post SpiderMonkey errors below if that helps.

This looks great, thank you! Ideally we can have the seagulls transparent, as they are irrelevant to gameplay? Also phyzic proposed brown trees, maybe we can try that out?

Teams and count kills are able to be displayed in the in-game summary page. Let's look at which engine commands they called in that page.

Thanks for the guide. My main question is: how can I re-compile the current release version of A27, as well as the released A26? I'm on Linux, so I assume I would have to download the source_code.zip right?

Could we perhaps monitor the time taken to handle each task (e.g. how long it takes to execute a particular C++ function) to find the source of lag? Another idea is async the GUI from the backend engine. Let the GUI run smoothly with animations but without attaching them to the simulation update loop of the backend.

Let's first fully experiment with them in A27 before jumping to conclusions. From what I see, cavalry do seem weaker right now because they cannot escape amidst the lag.

This is without GPU skinning. The frame rates are massively unstable and on average, worse. The resource consumptions are also low. This is very different to lag in A26, where a single process is consuming 100% of a CPU core and the GPU is also near maximum. Now we have load distributed across several processes but each one uses little power.

Here is an attempt to see the frame rate evolution with GPU skinning. The frame rate is low but the system resource consumption is also very low; the process is not using much processing power. Only 9% CPU usage and 5% GPU usage, yet the game is at 8 fps I think this is a matter of code optimisation. I'm glad to see some signs of multiprocessing, but the load could have been distributed more evenly.

The autociv will throw a lot of errors at this point. It is caused by the stats panel. To fix, go into autociv/simulation/components/GuiInterface~autociv.js Scroll down to Line 214, 215 then change these 2 lines to the following: "team": 1, "hasSharedLos": true, Overall, the dictionary is defined as: ret.players.push({ "name": cmpIdentity.GetName(), "popCount": cmpPlayer.GetPopulationCount(), "resourceCounts": cmpPlayer.GetResourceCounts(), "state": cmpPlayer.GetState(), "team": 1, "hasSharedLos": true, "phase": phase, "researchedTechsCount": cmpTechnologyManager?.GetResearchedTechs().size ?? 0, "classCounts_Support": classCounts?.Support ?? 0, "classCounts_Infantry": classCounts?.Infantry ?? 0, "classCounts_Cavalry": classCounts?.Cavalry ?? 0, "classCounts_Siege": (classCounts?.Siege ?? 0), "classCounts_Champion": (classCounts?.Champion ?? 0), "enemyUnitsKilledTotal": cmpPlayerStatisticsTracker?.enemyUnitsKilled.total ?? 0 }); The error is caused by nani trying to call non-existent functions. Remove them and replace with some default value will stop the errrors, but the team assignment will look wrong. You will have to rely on the diplomacy panel to be sure.

Crossbowmen have less range but more damage per second on average. However, they shoot once every 3 seconds, which is slow - good for stationary battles, bad for emergency situations that require agility. Archers have longer range and faster firing rate, so you can use them as mobile snipers. However, they do less damage per shot than crossbow. Ideally you want a mix of both, alongside some melee. This will prepare you for any situation. In order to satisfy both balance requirements and historical accuracy. This civ needed skirmishers or slingers in order to be on par with the other civs, however, the Han didn't use slings nor javs. The solution is to add a crossbow unit that has very similar stats to a slinger.