Jeru Posted October 19, 2010 Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 (edited) Wildfire Games proudly announces the release of "0 A.D. Alpha 2 Bellerophon", the second alpha version of 0 A.D., a free, open-source game of ancient warfare. This release comes with victory conditions, fog of war, formations, a new in-game GUI and many other features that make 0 A.D. feel more like a real RTS than ever before. Who will emerge as the victor? Download and play to find out!Easy Download and InstallDownload and installation instructions are available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. 0 A.D. is free of charge and always will be. You can redistribute it and modify it as long as you abide by the GPL. No registration, no advertising, no catch.New features in this release: Gameplay: Added fog of war; group movement and basic formations; victory conditions; health bars; hunting and fishing; population limits; repair command. Performance: Improved pathfinder performance greatly. Moved data files into a zip file for faster loading. Added automatic texture compression; Added streaming music decompression. GUI: Completely new in-game GUI. Improved minimap, added unit-following camera mode, added building rotation keys. Art: Savanna biome (terrain set, flora and fauna such as baobab and giraffes); All Celtic buildings revamped or remodeled; Greek fishing boat; Theban Sacred Band; Hellenistic Spartan Phalangite; Eyecandy such as broken and fallen columns, unfinished Greek temple, Royal Stoa, stone fence, etc. Multiple new maps and scenarios to play.Room for improvement: There is no computer opponent AI yet. In single-player games the enemy does nothing. There is no random map generation yet. Many unit stats are still unbalanced. Many planned gameplay features are not added yet: There is no research, no auras, no rank upgrades, no settlements and territories, no resource dropsites, etc. Many bugs and small missing features. There is no multiplayer matchmaking service. You have to connect by IP address. (More convenient ways may be implemented in the future).An overview of the gameplay feature status is on our wiki, and as you can see, there is still a lot of work to be done. If you want to be part of this effort too, you're welcome to get involved!Why "Bellerophon"?We name our releases according to development status ("Alpha" or "Beta"), successive release number (1, 2, 3, ...) and a word relating to the ancient world, in alphabetical order ("Argonaut" for A, ...). In Greek mythology, Bellerophon (pronounced buh-LEHR-uh-fun) was the hero who tamed Pegasus, a magical winged horse, and rode him, using a golden bridle given to him by the goddess Athena. Bellerophon also defeated the Amazons and slayed the Chimera, a monster with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail. As Bellerophon's fame grew, though, so did his hubris. Bellerophon felt that because of his victory over the Chimera he deserved to fly to Mount Olympus, the realm of the gods. However, this presumption angered Zeus and he sent a gad-fly to sting the horse, causing Bellerophon to fall all the way back to Earth. From then on, Pegasus would never let Bellerophon or anyone else ride him again. (Source: Wikipedia). To mark Alpha 2 Bellerophon, we included a Pegasus unit in the game.For the next alpha, we welcome fan suggestions for words relating to the ancient world beginning with C. As a loose guideline, they should have to do with at least one of the six civilizations set to be represented in the game.Long Time, No SiegeWildfire Games will continue releasing new versions of 0 A.D. periodically. Watch our news feed to keep updated, or follow us by e-mail, RSS, Facebook or Twitter. And you're always welcome to join the 0 A.D. community on our forums. Edited October 20, 2010 by Jeru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumo Posted October 19, 2010 Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 Congratulations guys ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dretch Posted October 19, 2010 Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 Awesome release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur_D Posted October 19, 2010 Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 Congrats; can't wait to try it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dungeonkeeper Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 Congratulations and thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blablahead Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 Awesome, looking forward to trying it. Im disapointed there are there are still no Persians or Carthaginians, etc . Oh well, makes sure I have something to look forward too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 We might release ONE more faction during the Alpha phase. Not sure yet. The idea has been rolling around in my head for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blacklake Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 Very nice guys, huge improvement over the last alpha. Just as a side though, no matter what I try I am unable to get the game to run for more than 10-15 seconds in Ubuntu 10.10, but will run in Windows 7 just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feneur Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 Very nice guys, huge improvement over the last alpha. Just as a side though, no matter what I try I am unable to get the game to run for more than 10-15 seconds in Ubuntu 10.10, but will run in Windows 7 just fine.Are you perhaps using Nvidia drivers? Seems like there's a bug in the drivers, so unfortunately there's not much we can do about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blacklake Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 I am using the Nvidia drivers. So if it is a bug oh well, hopefully a fix comes out soon. Great work anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMST Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 Cerberus - three-headed dog, would make a great editor unit.^^Charon - ferryman of the Underworld - well, this is perhaps a bit too dark-mooded, after allClio - the muse of historiographyClotho - one of the three parces (fate godesses of Romano-Greek mythology)Colossus - I am talking of the one in Rhodos.Take a pick, if you want. I am not really sure what your real guidelines are with naming the releases, but you may as well find one that suits you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnDorian Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 What about Cyclops?Gonna try the game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMST Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 Forgot about Cyclops. You could also take Cyrus, Caesar, Caros or Carthage and take it as a opportunity to include the related faction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supreme Sifu Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 This looks better than AOE Online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey242 Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 Cool gonna try this out! How about using Calgacus as the next code name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pureon Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 Awesome, my 'Greek fishing boat' got a mention! Thanks Mythos! Downloading now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur_D Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 I think SMST's 'Colossus' suggestion is the best one so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeru Posted October 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 I am not really sure what your real guidelines are with naming the releasesWe're quite flexible and we make up the rules as we go along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shield Bearer Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 I want to go with Cerberus a three headed dog would be awesome XDanother suggestion would be '"Camulos" Celtic god of war.' suggested by someone from Moddb.I think that would be a nice change since the first to releases were Greek names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elring Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 Awesome (pre)release & game. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aldandil Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 Yeah, good point. The "Celts" should get an alpha named for them, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 Not so sure about that. Then people will assume a Celtic-themed release when we have no such plans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassador_Chris Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 I vote for Clio as the next Alpha name to represent all of the history research that has gone into this game and to give a nod to the history buffs who helped out. If not for alpha 3 then for Beta 3. Clio needs to work her way in somehow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteTreePaladin Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 By the time we get to beta, I hope we haven't exhausted the alphabet and need to start with "A" again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omicron1 Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 Go for a non-Greek name! How about "Alpha 3 Clannad"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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