[Phoenician Purple]

Here are some purple Carthaginians:

[Catapult Animations next release?]

Will there be animations for the siege units next release? Would be very nice

Maybe I'll work on animating them for Alpha 9.

More importantly, I'd really like to see them unpack and pack (like the trebuchet in AOE2). All the models needed are in place, so all we need is one of the developers to work out how to do it!

[qBot (yet another AI)]

I will be working on qbot in the next year.

This will be a hectic month for me, work, work and moar work

Hope it all goes well for you Infy

[qBot (yet another AI)]

Bug report: Siwa Oasis, latest svn qBot - 2 unassigned players, 1 Persian qBot, 1 Iberian human player. AI errors produced during the match: http://pastebin.com/j3Y0U30U

[Ancient Greek translations for voice recordings]

Brilliant, thanks for the quick response.

With the verbs ("attack", "dig", "farm", "march"), what form should the Greek be? Is it supposed to be a statement, "I am attacking" or "we are attacking", or a command, "attack!", or something else? The Greek form to translate each of these is different, so I need to know which is intended.

I didn't write the voice list myself, but I'm assuming it's the unit being clicked/ordered that is talking. So it would be in future tense:

"I will attack"

"I will dig"

"I will farm"

"I will march"

On pronunciation, do you want to use the correct pronunciation as reconstructed by historical linguistics, or a simpler, more Modern Greek pronunciation? If you would like the correct pronunciation, the transliteration system needs to represent all the features of Ancient Greek pronunciation. Several features are missing from the transliteration, including long vowels and different types of pitch accent. These features are present in Ancient Greek, though not in Modern Greek. (That is, in Modern Greek all vowels are short, and there is only one type of accent, stress accent.) Do you want an accurate historical pronunciation, or a simpler one that is closer to Modern Greek? Either way, I can help out.

I should have mentioned that the voice list uses the ancient Attic dialect. I'd assume we are aiming for the correct Ancient Greek pronunciation - could someone on the team please confirm

[Empire Earth for free]

I've never tried it, so it's worth a look. Lots of similarities with 0 A.D. - such as animated rallypoint flags

[Empire Earth for free]

Thanks. Downloading now

[Audio Design 5 - Voice List]

Now he does

Merci beaucoup

[Audio Design 5 - Voice List]

I'd like to contact Erutuon to ask him to review the Ancient Greek voice list, but he doesn't have PM activated

[qBot (yet another AI)]

Bug report: On Arcadia II set qBot as Player 1 (Hellenes), and yourself as Player 2 (Celts) - qBot does nothing, the starting units just stand in their starting positions. When I move an attack force into their territory, they garrison in the CC and only then begin working/building when they ungarrison. I've tried it 4 times, each time with the same result.

[qBot (yet another AI)]

When completed, your plans for building placement within the main base will also help garrisoning be much more effective - towers and fortresses will be at the front defending the civilian buildings at the back.

[Voice-Actor Application - Miles B. Huff (Sweyn78)]

...So, may I have a list of what all you'd like me to say for the game?

We'll probably ask you to start work on the Greek voice list as that's already partly implemented into the game. I've posted the list here in the hope that our Ancient Greek translations can be verified by the online community. Have a think about those for now (and if required look into Ancient Greek pronunciation)

[Ancient Greek translations for voice recordings]

We would like the community's help in reviewing our translations below. If you have a strong understanding of Ancient Greek could you please go through the list and offer any suggestions or additions you think we should make.

English = 'Ancient Greek'

Yes? = 'Ti estì?'

My Lord? = 'Dèspotes mu'

How may I serve you? = 'Pos dynamai therapèuein'

As you wish = 'os epithymèis'

I am coming = 'trècho'

On my way = ' '

Attack! = 'eisbàlomen'

For my family! = 'pro ten patrìda mu'

Build = 'tèucho'

Farm = 'Georgèo'

Mine or Dig = 'skàpto'

Chop = 'kòpto'

Gather = 'syllègo'

Herd = 'nèmo'

Fish = 'ìchthys'

Repair = 'siachno'

Hunt = 'kynegetèo'

Your Orders? = 'pos kelèueis?'

Ready, Sir = ' '

My Liege? = 'etòimos, o stratège'

By your Command = 'òsper àrcheis èsto'

Yes, my Lord = 'pany ge, kyrie mu'

As you wish = 'pràsso'

Cities will Fall! = ' '

War Cry! = 'alalài'

To victory! = 'Zeus sotèr kài nìke'

Yes, great one? = 'prostàxe'

Your wish? = ' '

By the Gods = 'ma tus theùs'

Heal = 'iàomai'

At your service = 'ypo tu prostàgmatos su'

Orders, Sir = 'prostàxe, kyrie'

Ready = 'ètoimos dià ten màchen'

Move out! = 'ypakùo'

March! = 'porèuomai'

With my honour = ' '

Engage! = 'èis ten màchen'

Attack! = 'prosbàlomen'

Formation = 'tàxis'

Hold your position! = 'katàschete ten tàxin'

Retreat! = 'hypochorèsis'

Surround them! = 'amfibàlete autùs'

Advance! = 'katà ton èchthron'

Battle cry = 'alalài, alalalài!'

[qBot (yet another AI)]

There is a huge exploit now to use against qBot that is crippling for it.

Right now, qBot garrisons all of its females and a lot of its soldiers whenever I send only a few soldiers into its base. This cripples qBot economically, as the units will remain garrisoned as long as I have my little raiding party in its base. Secondly, if a garrisonable building is already full, females will continue to crowd around this building and wait to be slaughtered by my men. Both behaviors are extremely damaging to the qBot player.

I've noticed this too. Unfortunately qBot performed much better without garrisoning

[Audio Design 5 - Voice List]

Do you want to copy a column from the table in this post?

In firefox you can select cells with pressed 'ctrl' key, other browsers can have other methods.

Thanks fcxSanya, that'll work for now

Do we want any other voice sounds that aren't on the list?

Unless someone can think of a better way, I'm going to post this on the forum:

English = Ancient Greek

Yes? = 'Ti estì?'
My Lord? = 'Dèspotes mu'
How may I serve you? = 'Pos dynamai therapèuein'
As you wish = 'os epithymèis'
Im coming = 'trècho'
On my way = ' '
Attack! = 'eisbàlomen'
For my family! = 'pro ten patrìda mu'
Build = 'tèucho'
Farm = 'Georgèo'
Mine or Dig = 'skàpto'
Chop = 'kòpto'
Gather = 'syllègo'
Herd = 'nèmo'
Fish = 'ìchthys'
Repair = 'siachno'
Hunt = 'kynegetèo'
Your Orders? = 'pos kelèueis?'
Ready, Sir = ' '
My Liege? = 'etòimos, o stratège'
By your Command = 'òsper àrcheis èsto'
Yes, my Lord = 'pany ge, kyrie mu'
As you wish = 'pràsso'
Cities will Fall! = ' '
War Cry! = 'alalài'
To victory! = 'Zeus sotèr kài nìke'
Yes, great one? = 'prostàxe'
Your wish? = ' '
By the Gods = 'ma tus theùs'
Heal = 'iàomai'
At your service = 'ypo tu prostàgmatos su'
Orders, Sir = 'prostàxe, kyrie'
Ready = 'ètoimos dià ten màchen'
Move out! = 'ypakùo'
March! = 'porèuomai'
With my honour = ' '
Engage! = 'èis ten màchen'
Attack! = 'prosbàlomen'
Formation = 'tàxis'
Hold your position! = 'katàschete ten tàxin'
Retreat! = 'hypochorèsis' 
Surround them! = 'amfibàlete autùs'
Advance! = 'katà ton èchthron'
Battle cry = 'alalài, alalalài!'

[Audio Design 5 - Voice List]

Sorry

I would prefer to have them reviewed first, it was so long ago that these lists were compiled, but I'm not sure we have someone on the team with enough knowledge of ancient Greek to do that. Perhaps ask the forumers to help? There seems to be a couple with at least some knowledge of ancient Greek.

Good idea. How do I only copy the Greek column from the list?

[Audio Design 5 - Voice List]

Regarding Sweyn78's application - should he first work on enhancing our Ancient Greek voices, rather than creating new Roman voices?

bumpy. Should we replace the existing Hele voices?

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Welcome to the forums MagusOfMirrors

Take a look at the Introduction to 0 A.D. programming if you haven't done so already.

What do you think of 0AD, have you played many games? Are there any changes or additions you would like to make to it? It's usually best to work on something that inspires you

[Credit Screen - Info needed]

If any other devs have an opinion, I'd love to hear it.

I'm with quantumstate on this one gudo

[qBot (yet another AI)]

Thanks for the summary

Some possible additions:

• Place foundations in safe areas - It shouldn't place new foundations where the enemy has already destroyed multiple building attempts.
  
• Long range siege defense - It should be able to defend itself better against rock throwers.
  

qBot is already doing really well - It's much less predictable and does expand throughout the map

[Formation pathfinding [was: Analysing performance problems]]

I actually prefer the battalion system to separate soldiers, but no one else seems to (although this may be self-selected, since most of our fans were Age of Empires fanatics). Oh well.

battalions =

Yep, AOE fanatic here

[Audio Design 5 - Voice List]

Regarding Sweyn78's application - should he first work on enhancing our Ancient Greek voices, rather than creating new Roman voices?

[Voice-Actor Application - Miles B. Huff (Sweyn78)]

Here they are!

Sounding a lot better buddy

My Lord.wav - This recording has a sound click near the beginning, when you say the letter 'D'. Audacity's effects like 'Click Removal' may help, but I suggest you re-record it.

Carthage Must Be Destoyed.wav - Sounds good. You may want to say it with more emotion to emphasis it's a strong call to action.

Your new microphone has definitely helped remove the sound errors I noted a few weeks ago. Very impressive

[Feedback and comments]

I honestly think we are pushing each civ's individuality now. Mythos is putting a lot of effort into making the civs unique, and once technologies are added, the unique characteristics will be heightened.

By removing the 3 Carthaginian embassies we'd be removing uniqueness, I'd like them to stay personally.

[New Civs]

Already is a mod for China in the works, but it looks dead in the water which is a shame.

We need to focus on more important things first, like finishing 0 A.D.

More info on Rise of the East