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    Age of Empires Online Announced

    in Gaming Discussion & Match-making

    Posted

    Thanks.:victory: I perfectly know what Hypaspists were back in Ancient Macedonia, and these guys I made are really just the originals from the game, deleting the spear and shield and putting two xiphoi in their hands. Thanks to your incredible propping system, it took me three minutes.(y) (two additional minutes because I misspelled a data path first:( )

  4. New Celtic Buildings

    in Announcements / News

    Posted

    I just had a look on the new Civic Centre for the Celts. Great work!

    Was the "round house" style appropriate for "meeting halls" or "thronerooms", though? (which I think are meant to be represented in a Civic Centre) I was under the impression that Celts gathered in long houses. You may prove me wrong, however.

    (And even if it is not accurate, don't change it!:D)

  5. ARCHÉ

    in Game Modification

    Posted

    I have quite recently done some rework for the ages of the game. Currently, there are 20 ages in total, and looking at it now, as I am into detailled research for the factions, it seems a bit too much. One problem is, of course, the sheer amount of work that would be needed, but the other thing is more gameplay-wise: Many ages are much the same as the pervious ages (as it is now, Bronze Age - Iron Age, Dark Age - Medieval Age, Enlightenment Age - Revolutionary Age etc.) and there shouldbe something new in each age, in my opinion ... So for the sake of feasability and gameplay, I cut the ages down to 12:

    Stone Age

    (actually Neolithic Age, as oshron mentioned somewhere before in this thread, is the better starting age for a game that focusses on civilisationary structures and not on nomadic tribes)

    No Metal ressource yet. Primitive Infantry only, no cavalry. Basic fortifications (think of pallisades in AoK)

    Bronze Age

    Metal ressource activated. First light cavalry unit line. Stronger fortifications. From this age onwards, additional civic centres can be built.

    Iron Age

    Heavy cavalry and advanced siege engines activated. Also more naval units. Fortresses and Universities are now aviable.

    Classical Age

    Peak of ancient civilisation. Wonders and unique units can now be built.

    Medieval Age

    (to be honest, if I designed history, I would have skipped the Medieval Age, for there is nothing really innovational to gameplay which would make this age unique. However, I also can't just skip it.:victory:)

    Renaissance Age

    First appearance of gunpowder units. Artillery changes siege warfare. (14th-15th century)

    Colonial Age

    Mixed Pike-Musket-Infantry. (think 16th-17th century) Expanded naval options. (ships lose the ability to ram each other, but are now standardized equipped with artillery, whereas before, units needed to be garrisoned)

    Enlightenment Age

    Full gunpowder infantry line. (18th - early 19th century) Nationalism rises your territorial bonusses.

    Industrial Age

    Oil (Energy) ressource is now aviable. Armoured units (primitive tanks, battleships) change warfare drastically. (no boarding of ships anymore, for example) First primitive aircraft.

    Atomic Age

    (lacking a better name, this is WWII. Another idea was "Modern Age", but this is even more stupid)

    Rapid evolvement of aircraft and tanks. First nuclear units (nuclear bombers)

    Information Age

    (second half of 20th century)

    Nuclear units become more advanced, nuclear missile bases and nuclear subs are now aviable. Further advancement of land, air and sea units.

    Global Age

    (21th century, up to 2050)

    The ultimate age and the ultimate army. Just upgrades of earlier units, yet significant ones. Fancy stuff like laser troopers, anti-gravity tanks or fighting cyborgs will NOT be included. (might be an expansion, though, who knows)

    ---

    What do you think? Oh, and I would very much like some comments about the factions as well.(y)

  7. Campaign Mode?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    i know this is a historical rts, but cant the darn LEARNING CAMPAIGN just be used to educate the player about the game WITHOUT being historical? itll be alot easier to get the lessons across when you dont have to find something historical to fit it into

    Calm, calm, oshron (y)

    If we take a historical scenario as basics for the learning campaign, stretch it a bit to meet the demands of this kind of campaign ... does that sound so bad for you?

    Besides, it is really not hard to find a historical scenario for a learning campaign. Any "Rise of a colony" or "Rise of a great leader" stuff would do, and there is many. I don't see why you are so upset. :victory:

  11. Hello

    in Game Modification

    Posted · Edited by SMST

    :victory:

    It has time, though. If you figured out how to get your work into 0 A.D., just tell me. I can't help you on those technical parts, unfortunately.

    This is a list of all buildings in the game. No pictures in there, though, I'm afraid. You can start the current alpha version and play the map "UnitsDemo" which has all units and buildings on it.

  12. Hello

    in Game Modification

    Posted · Edited by SMST

    Hey SMST.

    Unfortunately my computer crashed a couple of weeks ago, and most of the models you see in my library have been lost. I only have some russian ones, the greek ones, the british ones and some bits and pieces apart from them.

    Pity.(y) But given that Civilisation has, as you said, smaller buildings than common 0 A.D. scale, there will be need of making new ones, actually, if they are to be used in the mod. There will be also need for more specific buildings.

    You could take the general style from your Civ3 buildings, though.

    Can I just assume you are interested? :victory:

    Also does this game need animations for the buildings to be made by the person who makes the building model? Because i know nothing about animation.

    Buildings won't need any animations.

  13. Hello

    in Game Modification

    Posted · Edited by SMST

    @Kyriakos: I was just about to ask if you had spare time to invest to join a mod project for 0 A.D that I am currently working on alone. It can be found here. (check out the last page for updated factions) It is actually similar to Civilisation in that respect that it includes the whole history of mankind. (it is basically an RTS, however)

    I had the idea to ask you because you already have some experience in portraying various building styles throughout the ages. Please tell me whether you are interested or not.:victory:

  15. Hello

    in Game Modification

    Posted · Edited by SMST

    Ah, okay. That explains it, thanks. Should work now though.:victory:

    Edit:

    I overlooked the word "more" in Shield_Bearer's post. Is there anything you could add to this topic, Kyriakos? (y)

  16. Hello

    in Game Modification

    Posted

    There is great stuff in your Civ3 libraries. The buildings look very unique for each set and strike a good resemblance to their historical counterparts, as far as I can tell. Great! :victory:

    Btw you disabled your personal messages?

  18. ARCHÉ

    in Game Modification

    Posted · Edited by SMST

    No answers in ten days? Shame.:victory:

    Anyway, I have now a quite finalized version of the attributes and characteristics of the first ten factions for the first release and want to share it with you, to get your opinions, and maybe some constructive critics.

    The factions of the first release are taken from the Mediterranean and its surroundings, Europe and the Middle East. This is exactly the same area of the world 0 A.D. is set in, so there won't be trouble with biome changes.

    Note that with these faction I went for regional criteria rather than for ethinc. I am well aware, for instance, that ancient Gauls don't have anything to do with modern French or that the ancient Hittites are not related to modern-day Turks. Also, the boni for almost all civilisations are taken from the period where they were at their strongest. Both are for the sake of simplicity and gameplay purpose. (I suppose you don't want changing civilisation attributes either, something I played around for some time, but which I eventually abandoned)

    France

    France is a rather defensive and cultural-minded civilisation which can also develop a good offensive power if played correctly. They have a better cavalry than the average European nation and posess the strongest defensive structures of the game.

    Representation:

    Ancient Era: Gallic Celts

    Medieval Era: Franks/Feudal France

    pre-Modern Era: Absolutistic/Napoleonic France

    Modern Era: Modern France

    Bonusses:

    Leadership: This provides French "General" units (military support units that give a movement and attack speed bonus to your troops, similar to heroes in 0 A.D.) with a greater "aura", meaning their bonus affacts more of the surrounding units. Generals are also cheaper to acquire for a French player.

    Advancement: This provides French players with cheaper technologies, representing the fact that France was for a long time the leading cultural power of Western Europe.

    Britain

    Britain posesses the strongest late-game navy in the game and is thus best suited for naval maps. It also posesses a strong light infantry arm and, later in the game, a strong airforce.

    Representation:

    Ancient Era: Brythonic Celts (maybe with some Pictish influence in later ages)

    Medieval Era: Anglo-Saxon/Norman feudal England

    pre-Modern Era: Colonial/Imperial Britain

    Modern Era: Modern Britain

    Bonusses:

    Rule the Waves: British naval transports carry twice as much units, to emphasize their focus on colonial attempts. Together with the strong military navy, this bonus should give Britain a great edge on water maps.

    Colonialism: British players can acquire territorries on provincial maps just by building two military buildings on that territory (rather than have to build a town centre on a specified settlement). This is meant to be representative of the British colonial empire.

    Germany

    Germany has good infantry from the very start of the game, which enables it to do some nasty rush attacks. However, Germany is strongest in the late ages of the game, where it gets strong industrial units such as tanks and aircraft.

    Representation:

    Ancient Era: Germanic Tribes

    Medieval Era: Holy Roman Empire until the rise of Habsburg.

    pre-Modern Era: Kingdom of Prussia

    Modern Era: Unified German State

    Bonusses:

    Industry: Germany was a industrial powerhouse after its unification. To represent this, German citizens gather metal and oil at a faster rate.

    Federalism: As opposed to the centralism of many past and modern states, Germany is even today a federal state, the origins of this system dating back to the Holy Roman empire where it was a loose confederation of single states. German civic centres' economics will grow at full rate even if not connected with the capital civic centre. (a recent idea was the economical development of cities and territorries)

    Russia

    Russia has the fastest light cavalry in the game, which enables them to raid frequently and effective. It relies on numbers of its soilders rather than on quality, backed up with some or the greatest industrial units in the late game.

    Representation:

    Ancient Era: Skythians and Sarmatian tribes

    Medieval Era: Rus/Early Moscowite

    pre-Modern Era: Tzaristic Russia

    Modern Era: Soviet/Modern Russia

    Bonusses:

    Russian Winter: The vast landscapes and harsh climate of the Russian lands have spelled doom for many invaders throughout the whole history of thet country. In the game, this will represented by enemy units suffering movement and attack rate penalties as well as reduced resistance to damage and a lower stamina regeneration rate when invading Russian territorry.

    Grand Population: Reflecting the numerous Russian population and the huge armies made of it throughout the history, a Russian player will be ablew to exceed the game's max population cap by 25%.

    Italy

    Italy (or Rome) is a early game civ, having excellent infantry with both strong offensive and defensive stats. It also has good siege and naval capabilities. From the ancient era onwards, the mighty legions are a serious threat to any player.

    Representation:

    Ancient Era: Roman Republic/Empire

    Medieval Era: Italian City States

    pre-Modern Era: Italian States

    Modern Era: Modern Italy

    Bonusses:

    Legions: Italian melee infantry gets increased formation bonusses if put in formation.

    Imperialism: The Romans, and later, less known, the Venetians, built great Mediterranean empires. Italian players are able to capture enemy units and buildings faster than any other civ.

    Balkan

    The Balkan faction are good defenders, having the strongest hevay infantry of the game and also strong structures and naval units. They are strong in technological aspects and can reach the higher ages faster than the average civilisation.

    Representation:

    Ancient Era: Greek Poleis/Hellenistic states

    Medieval Era: Byzantine Empire

    pre-Modern Era: Serbian kingdom

    Modern Era: Modern Greece or Serbia

    Bonusses:

    Phalanx: Balkan heavy infantry gains a bonus against other infantry, providing them with fair offensive capabilities. Offensive infantry line is non-accessable or a Balkan player.

    Philosophy: Ancient Greece is the place where Western science and philosophy originated. Greek produce more knowledge per scholar garrisoned. (knowledge being the ressource to research all technologies)

    Persia

    Persia has the strongest cavalry in the game as well as good archers. That means they should be mainly used in the earlier ages of the game, where cavaly has the most significance.

    Representation:

    Ancient Era: Achaemenid Persians

    Medieval Era: Sassanid Persians

    pre-Modern Era: Choreswm/Safawid/Afghan Persia

    Modern Era: Modern Iran

    Bonusses:

    Wealth: Persian players start off with a bonus amount of every ressource. Special technologies increase wealth acquiring as well.

    Horse Breeding: Unlike other civilisations, Persians can capture wild horses and bring them to corrals just like in 0 A.D. Garrisoned horses decrease costs and increase production speed of non-mechanical cavalry units.

    Egypt

    Egypt is rather defensive, relying on good counter units for enemy offensive units. They are good in a "wall in+build wonder" type of game, since they have good defenses and are bonussed in terms of wonder building.

    Representation:

    Ancient Era: Pharaonic Egypt

    Medieval Era: Arabic Egypt

    pre-Modern Era: Arabic Egypt (Mamlukes)

    Modern Era: Modern Egypt

    Bonusses:

    Nile Flood: The fertile soil along the River Nile was utilized by the Egyptians, making them one of the first agraric civilisations and the grain suppliers for the ancient world. Egyptian farms yield more food, and citizens can collect food faster from farms.

    Monuments: The ancient Egyptians build arguably some of the greatest monuments ever, most notably the Pyramids and the Sphnix. The later Arabic culture built great mosques and other buildings in Egypt, too. To reflect this great tradition, Egyptian players have access to wonders earlier in the game. They can also build wonders cheaper.

    Phoenicia/Spain

    They are the greatest seamen and traders in the earlier ages, however, their glory wanes in the later ages when Britain comes into play. Thus, they are strongest around mid-game.

    Representation:

    Ancient Era: Phoenicians/Carthagenians

    Medieval Era: Christian Spain

    pre-Modern Era: Reconquered Spain

    Modern Era: Modern Spain

    Bonusses:

    Exploration: Both Phoenicians and Spaniards were great explorers of their time. Phoenicians were the first to surround Africa, while Spain discovered and colonized the New World. In the game, all Spainsh/Phoenician human land and naval units gain a increased LOS.

    Trade Masters: Spanish/Phoenician players gain a increased income from all trading routes.

    Turkey

    Turkey is something of an all-around faction, with focus on siege and cavalry. They are best used around midgame, where their units are at their strongest.

    Representation:

    Ancient Era: Hittite Empire

    Medieval Era: Seljuk Turks

    pre-Modern Era: Ottoman Turks

    Modern Era: Modern Turkey

    Bonusses:

    Siege Masters: The Ottoman Turks were very good at besieging cities. Thus, gunpowder siege units gain additional damage bonus against all structures.

    Multiculturalism: Asia Minor was always made up of many different cultures. At its peak, the Ottoman Empire consisted of many nationalities and made use of that. This is reflected in the mod by having research and training speed at its maximum already in newly conquered provinces. (for you make better use of the local population's skills)

  20. Fog of war

    in Game Development & Technical Discussion

    Posted · Edited by SMST

    Ah, that's actually a feature, believe it or not :P See http://trac.wildfiregames.com/ticket/543

    It might be re-enabled for cinematic scenarios/custom screenshots though (y)

    :victory:

    Shame, I loved your skybox. This is actually a step backwards in my opinion.:) Well, I suppose you won't see much of the sky anyway in actual gameplay.

    EDIT:

    But now the different lighting options (sun position) are gone too? It appears to be that there are now just two lighting options - high noon and midnight. Any "gray zones" seem to have disappeared.

  23. Campaign Mode?

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by SMST

    I was gaoing for Syracuse in one of the older threads because they had a conflict with Carthage in which the player could learn military stuff, but Taras would fit nicely as well. Perhaps one could also make up a conflict between the colonies or something.

  25. Civs

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Roman traders visited the Indian coasts, thats for sure. ROman coins have been found there.

    Read my post as "no military or political dealings". Individual traders naturally come around a lot more than large armies.:victory:

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