Phoenix-TheRealDeal
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not currently planned for but has been put on the 'back burner'... has been addressed in detail.
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imo unreasonable use gandalg in 0ad
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Well yeah, on deck ranged hominid units could attack in any direction they want to.
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1. How will ships attack? ie. can ships ram other ships?
A warship can ram another ship. That's the only kind of attack a ship can do.
2. Will units on board ships add to the attack of the ship, and/or give the ship new attacks? ie. the ship can use its normal attacks (I suppose ships will attack with ballista bolts as in AoK), and any units on board can fire arrows.Ranged units aboard can shoot/throw their missiles. The number depends on how many are boarded... there is also some difference in range amongst unit types. Any siege engine is also a unit. Like other units, and depending upon what is 'authorized' in the type ship's complement, siege engine(s) may be boarded or disembarked to fight on the land as units are not integral to the ship. Hacker units are just that, hackers having no range capability. In certain circumstances hacker would be able to board ship-to-ship (though ranged could, too).
You, Caesar, are the player. If you have built ships it is entirely up to you as to what mix of units to place aboard... consistent with what MAY be placed aboard a ship... and your own stategy (the same must be said of the AI or any other player, too).
3. Does the bow of the ship have to face its target in order to attack (as in AoK)?Rams are mounted to the bows, eh?
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Carthaginians = some 'homeboy' type units + levys + mercenaries. Yes, shown in some way. Punic era.
Rome = Camillian era.
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Because it is a game requiring some semblance of balance in order to promote replayability, you need to think of it this way: as Romans have strong units to also make them cheaper would make the civ overpowering and the game unbalanced... pretty soon Romans are 'banned', or everybody wants to play Romans and th other civs get no play, or people who don't want to just give up on playing the game... noone of which are good results. The short answer is that the historical demographic isn't, or cannot, be adhered to without turning the game into a historical simulation... not our goal.
BTW, during most of the epoch pre-0ad, Carthage was far the largest city in the Med region.
That having been said, one of the civs does have somewhat cheaper units that are also somehat weaker generally, prompting the player to push for more pop to compensate for the inherent weakness... that's in the design, anyway. Oh, it isn't Romans or Carthaginians.
For some unknown reason people ALWAYS want to have a higher pop cap than comes along with the game. Because the way the game mechanics are being designed as being muchly data driven instead of hard-coded to the engine, it is likely that you'll be able to mod pop cap increase. HOWEVER, there are several 'risks' in doing so.
If you have a high end comp with high end gamer's video card it probaly wouldn't happen for a while that the thing gets overburdrend an slows the game down to a crawl (lag) relevant to what we find will be an optimal pop cap through testing (we'll doubtless go with as high as we van optimize for based on minimum playability specs). Another thing is that if you mod and someone you want to play someone who isn't modded the same then you are relegated to playing Singleplayer, nor can your buddy play your mod unless he installs it... that then puts him in the same boat as you are.
Note, I am not talking about scenarios here. Those are some considerations, anyway.
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You are becoming a master story teller, Josh, and this is, I believe, the best telling of this one that I've seen.
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An unusual story about a virtual unknown; interesting and well done.
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i LIKE this building.
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Great article... I didn't know that about Egypt.
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Good article... haven't seen one covering the subject so comprehensively anywhere else.
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This is a very fine article demonstrating a high degree of accuracy in its details. Kudos to the author for the research and writing of it and kudos for us that it resides in support of 0ad, the game.
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A great story of one of the wiliest and able of the Successor (2nd generation) kings... one that merits greater dissemination; another job ewell done, Joshua.
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Great story, Josh... and one I knew little about until now.
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Hehehe... except that the Mauritanian Archers were deleted form the Carthaginians line of troops and the Numidian Cavalry ARE Carhtaginina allies... lol
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Thumbs up, Josh.
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No mention of Cleopatra's dalliance with Gaius Julius Caesar and birth of a son named Caesarian said to be his before Marc Anthony entered the picture after Caesar's assasination? However, and otherwise comprehensive article that provides information that I DID NOT know... good job.
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I'd like to return to Argalius' question about whether weather would have an effect upon gameplay, or not... as I think that it is a bit of a confusing issue.
As originally spec'd, yes, some, IF Seasons are 'turned on' in game setup.
If Seasons are not turned on during game set-up, then there is not weather effect because there will be NO weather during the course of a game session.
How seasons would 'present' themselves is tied to climatological biome (as a theme)... one might say loosely but not really inaccurately, climatology zones... such as Alpine, Temperate, Mediterranean, Steppe, Semi-Arid, Desert, Savannah, Tropic and Arctic... yeah, that's all 9 of them spec'd for the game and its maps.
If on a Desert map (of which there are spec'd to be several 'types' more-or-less representing places in the real world, like 'Cradle of Civilisation' or 'Nile Delta' frex) one could expect to see very little in the way of weather, perhaps occasional short and sort of 'violent' squalls or 'sandstorms'. On an Arctic map one could expect a lot of weather, heavy weather blowing snow, especially during Winter, probably during Autumn and during Spring, too... with relatively mild Summers... the idea being to simulate, sort of, the weather patterns that typically occur throughout a year in time. As mentioned briefly before (and presuming that the four seasons amount to 4 equal time periods on the game clock making up that 'year' in time) on a Temperate map it could rain at any time of the year and likely snow just about anywhere during winter. Whether rains or snows may oin some cases depend on elevation or distance from the sea, as it certainly would on a Mediterranean map. So, depending upon the map (its climatoloical characteristics we call biomic), seasons may present themselves in various ways.... Summer thunderstorms in some places being strong and violent, Winter rains in others being long-lasting and drizzly-dreary, whatever is 'characteristic' of the region.
Now to the crux of the matter on how 'might' affect gameplay... in a couple ways.
For the human player, HP, I guarantee you that if it is snowing or raining it is going to BE more difficult for YOU to SEE your troop dispositions or what ever else going on on the map (though indicators may appear on the mini-map) therefore weather is gong to have an adverse affect on your ability as an HP to command and control your civ when the weather is adverse... that 'fits', doesn't it?
By the same token the computer player, CP, will 'feel' the affects of adverse weather, too. Frex, if the ground is wet and muddy or deeply snow covered troop movement rate will be slowed down by some factor commensurate with the degree of hindrance and LOS may be reduced, ergo, poor visibility and lousy target acquisition, eh? Also, 'fitting' of an environment that seeks to cast an aura of realism as immersive qualities inherent in the game, or not if not so desired by the HP setting it up.
Note also the HP's units will not move as fast on soggy or snowbound ground either.
So, this is how we've looked at the issue of how virtual weather might affect gameplay. These are things still being worked on and still being worked out, so of course not yet a 'done deal' as far as programming is concerned, nor for that matter even if we do get them to 'work' it remains to be seen if how work will be realistic enough to continue to bother with or just a bother in the main and not.
If implemented, whether or not anyone joins the host's game the way he/she sets it up is entirely up to them, and of course, 'comers' can make their own judgments about that. Tes, there will be a lot of variability, options, in how that may be done regarding game set-ups to include the kinds of games to be played... and noone shall know which fall out as being the most popular ways to set-up until after people have played the game for a while and those begin to 'shake out' of the mix. Anything before that is pure speculation.
We've stated what we want to have in the design document, now we are having to see if we can make that 'come true'.
Any programmers out there that want to join a great team that has made a lot of progress and still has work to be done that one could hone their skills on... that isn't going to be a flake and bug out when finds that great coding and documentation is a lot of WORK to get this thing well made? If so, please apply.. see the 0ad webpage for where and how.
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Incredibly good, Josh! The ONLY thing that I can see missing in it is that Nobilior's major loss (by the time that Nobilior disengaged that DAY he'd lost not just 6,000 in the initial ambush but 10,000 to 12,000 troops--40% of his army--it was later that evening when Caros was killed) led to the senate in Rome declaring that day to be a dies aster and the Roman commanders NEVER voluntarily again fought a battle on that day in the calendar, the 23rd of August... from that moment in time drives our understanding of the word: disaster.
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No doubt about it, Paul.. a superb explanation of what it takes to 'get it right'.
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Why is it that SSSI has problems choosing good publishers for their games?)
I dunno, Nate.
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Yes, Esteban, it is. But it's recently been announced that the game is going to be delayed for release on into 1st Quarter of 2006... Midway, the publisher has been having financial problems.
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Ummmm, yes, you can. At certain times during the game and for specific periods of time you can 'step into the shoes' of your hero/heroine and control that unit as if you are in the midst of the battle yourself leading your troops, inspring them to greater feats of derring do, etceteras. But you cannot stay in that mode for very long without having to come back out for a while.
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BECAUSE of the existence of TLA.... where he would 'fit'... I would consider it an infringement upon Adam's and his boyz rights, a social feau pas at least.