Jeru Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 (edited) Wildfire Games proudly announces the release of a pre-alpha version of 0 A.D. It's not a playable release yet, and it's still meant for developers only. However, you can now install 0 A.D. much more easily and see what we've achieved, and as always, you're welcome to join the effort as we go on.Easy to Download and InstallDownload and installation instructions are available for Windows, OS X and Linux. For the first time, 0 A.D. can be installed without revision control software, like SVN. Instead, the game is provided prebuilt for Windows and Linux users, eliminating the need to download additional software just to get the game running. This makes installation much easier than before.Some installable packages for Linux are in the works and we encourage developers to make more of them. Links on the download page will be updated as packages come along.This Is Not a Playable Release If you are looking for the polish of your average RTS game, you are in for a disappointment. Not all of the rules of the game have been implemented, the AI won't fight back and you may encounter lag. In short, this release is still a work in progress and many features have not been integrated yet. However, the foundations are in place. We want to start producing regular releases, and this release is the first step.Stable, Solid and SecureThis release represents a lot of progress that has been made on the game over the last few months. It is now more stable, more secure, more debuggable and more extensible than the original July 2009 open source release was. The current code also allows us to properly support features like multiplayer in the future. An overview of the gameplay feature status is on our wiki.We have made this progress because we have completely redesigned and rewritten the gameplay code, adding about 17,000 new lines of code to the game. This was the major roadblock delaying progress over recent years, so we can now focus on producing a much more playable game. There is still a lot of work to be done, though. If you want to be part of this effort too, you're welcome to get involved!We know jumping right in to a project like this can be daunting. That's why over the next few months we'll integrate more features in a basic form and improve the developer documentation. Watch our website to keep updated, or follow us by e-mail, RSS, Facebook or Twitter. Edited August 20, 2010 by Jeru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallaecio Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 I'll see if I make a PKGBUILD for Arch Linux. Great news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattSherman Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 Congrats everybody from WFG and past contributers! This is a major step towards our goal! Yeeehaw! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCobra1 Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 YES! Soooo awesome! =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OranjeSun Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 WOW! Hopefully I can get this to work Been watching this game since y'all announced it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villi Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 Can't get it working on XP x64 ot XP x86. Perhaps I missed something. Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrut Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 You're doing strong and consistent progress. Great and thanks for an easy installation package for testers;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chisle Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 why does it say the download for ubuntu is currently unavailable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ykkrosh Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 Because it was not yet available when you read the page . The people at PlayDeb have made one available now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etitan Posted April 4, 2010 Report Share Posted April 4, 2010 Excelent!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomV Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 Just asking, but in the wiki we can find what you already know is wrong with the pre-alpha version? For example you know that the units will al stand in each other when you select multiple units and send them somewhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feneur Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 For an overview of what's been implemented in the new simulation system (and thus what features are currently present in the game) please see the following wiki page: http://trac.wildfiregames.com/wiki/GameplayFeatureStatusIn general I'd say that as long as it's not a crash/something that makes launching a game or similar impossible it's just not yet implement though and not worth reporting yet. We generally are nice and friendly and answers questions though, so don't hesitate to ask if something is weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendson Posted April 16, 2010 Report Share Posted April 16, 2010 Great job!!!. You're the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawDAMAN Posted April 23, 2010 Report Share Posted April 23, 2010 Wow! Been following this a long time. great progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patatkraam Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 I do notice that Berries have a random image of a hoplite or peltast,and that some elelphants are actually african bushes.For the rest, it looks nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted May 1, 2010 Report Share Posted May 1, 2010 Yeah, the entities and GUI code are going through a big revamp at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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