Kazu's Ideas

[Kazu Kun]

( Will edit later for more details )

So I was looking at the upcoming updates for alpha 9 and noticed that the roman shields were oval/roundish

Correct me if I am wrong, but;

Weren't they using Tower shields made specifically for a special type of fighting/defense Technic where they all surround each other, and form a lower ground formation, then used the shields of the men in the middle to cover their heads?

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Rubble? for when you destroy things, a tad bit unreal that you demolished a wall and there's nothing but perfect looking grass where it was before

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The Save option, should be as a SAVEAS direct, instead of a autosave function, that way, I can name my saved game something relative for a easy find later on.

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Chickens? When they die.. they are still standing up? Not going to lie.. I Lol'd when I saw this in-game

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Settings -Sound - A option to choose which soundport to operate off of? Take this for example.. I have a Soundblaster Audio Card, but I typically use a USB Portable Speaker setup, because its nice and convient, but by default, the game runs off the Soundblaster Audio card, and won't give me any way to change it to my USB Speakers, so I think it would be wise to impliment this into the Settings, when you guys get around to it :3

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This will probably be a Beta thing, but I would really like to see more GORE in this game..

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Next I have the Rotation of the buildings..

I find when I'm trying to build my buildings, I like them to be all organized and beautiful, so I try to turn them to face a decent direction and all that crap, only problem is, when I'm turning them, if its in a build able spot, but its not how I want it, and I release the left mouse button, it builds it @.@

This feature would also help build WALLS, as I have had a serious problem doing these with the left button function being the rotate function..

So i was thinking why not make that the right mouse button feature, instead of just canceling it out, Give me your opinions please

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Gates..

I haven't looked up the progress of when these will come out, but they are a must @.@ I'm tired of getting destroyed because the BOT walks in and decides my base isn't good enough for them LOL

but regardless, WE NEED THESE WORKING~

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Trees..

So I noticed when the people are cutting down trees, collecting resources from them.. They don't actually CUT THEM DOWN?

That's slightly unrealistic @.@ Just sayin..

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Aggressive AI for Player Units

Right.. So I finally got around to making a Hero Unit, and he keeps dying cause when a group comes, he wants to stay outside and fight instead of garrisoning into the fortress like how i clicked and demanded of him to do :x so the Aggro AI for player units (yes real players.. thus ME ) might need a little work in that area, Player commands should come before aggression commands..

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Getting hosted by Steam's Free-Game section?

I mean.. It would GREATLY increase the amount of traffic through the website, people would be able to download the game for free still, and we would have a rather large area of players (including friendlist and all that special little stuff ) to communicate with about the game..

Now I don't know the whole process, but I'm just throwing the idea out there

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Okay.. not to be offensive or anything.. but the catapults..

catapult = a bunch of planks stacked together at a angle

I mean.. they don't even have wheels @.@

The best setup for them, was generally something close to how they had it in AOEII

So I'm throwing a vote in for a revamp on the catties @.@

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Percentile/number displays, Healthbars

I think the number displays for health, attack, armor class and all that need to come into this game :x it makes for easier calculations on how long a unit will last when already damaged, what units do how much damage to your unit, etc. etc.

This would provide much much more information that would bring in some serious strategy in this game

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Walls

Okay so when in-game just a moment ago, I noticed that on the Iberians, their walls don't really attach as well as most of the other civilizations, plus i think a small area effect for the walls should be implemented, so they are always beautifully put together (if the player does it correctly ) For example, building walls on hills, they are fugly, because they don't line up correctly, possibly taking out the lower level of the wall, or having it build into the ground to where the walls would always, no matter what, line up at the top Or something along those lines..

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Okay, So I brought this up in another topic, in which I personally thought it was a good idea..

Instead of just straight up training women or men, why not make it to where they start as children, and gain exp through gathering resources, which will level them into Women and Men o.O

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Okay new idea, why is the map a circle? :x should make it a square, simply because its easier to build on a map like that, as far as the minimap goes, it shouldn't be a diamond, cause thats just complicated

<(^.^)^(>^.^)> ~ More to come ~ <(^.^<)^(^.^)>

Edited February 26, 2012 by Kazu Kun

[Android_]

( Will edit later for more details )

For now the main thing I can think of..

Well I can't think of anything at the moment! Writers block FTL

[Mythos_Ruler]

[Kazu Kun]

First post edited, Please remove your troll posts, I really don't want to see such sadistic forms of communication on my constructive thread.

[hhyloc]

I guess the guys is just joking around, now let us move on.

About the your suggestion of the Save function, yes this feature will be added eventually in the upcoming versions, personally I'd like to have 3 save options:

- Autosave (turned off by default): with an option the adjust the frequency of the autosave

- Quick save: accessible from the upper menu bar, for players who are too busy playing to wait for a proper saving process

- (Normal) save: like you suggested, players can rename their saves, load or delete it from a Save window in-game

Many features and animations are still missing from the game, but let us be patient and they will be added.

[Kazu Kun]

Just tryin to make sure its all there After all, you can't eat cereal without milk XD

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well you can.. but its not nearly as fun XD

[Pedro Falcão]

[Thorfinn the Shallow Minded]

Perhaps control groups could be saved when you load a game.

[Pedro Falcão]

Kazu, besides the sound settings' problem, every other problem has already been listed and discussed. The trees and animals (not only the chickens) don't actually die because it's still needing death animations, the guys had a great idea about the walls, just needing time to implement the features. And about gore, of course there will be blood as you wish, but not yet, the pathfinding problems are of a greater concern, since it currently plays a major role on the game's performance.

By the way, good point, Thorfinn and Will.

[Kazu Kun]

I haven't really gotten around to loading a game yet, the control groups don't load with it? :c

Also keep in mind I haven't researched these yet XD these are just things off the top of my head, so I don't forget them.

Edited February 15, 2012 by Kazu Kun

[Kazu Kun]

updated

[Mythos_Ruler]

@ Catapults: They will eventually pack into carts like AOK's trebuchets.

@ Building Rotation: Try using the [ and ] keys next time for more precision placement.

@ Chickens: They have been fixed for Alpha 9. They will flop around and fall dead when killed. They will squawk and flap their wings when running away, etc.

@ Save & Sound options: More options will be added in the future.

@ Trees: Not sure if we'll show them falling or not. Maybe by Beta we will.

@ Gates: Gates will be implemented properly when the wall system is put into place. Maybe for Alpha 10.

@ Aggressive AI: The AI will be improved before release, rest assured. It's just difficult to make the AI challenging right now when the gameplay is in so much flux and not all of the features are implemented yet.

@ Rubble: We'll probably put a "rubble" decal in place of a collapsed/destroyed building, that will fade/decay with time.

I hope this answers most of your questions.

[Kazu Kun]

@ Catapults: They will eventually pack into carts like AOK's trebuchets.

Will they have big, adorable wheels? >:3

[Kazu Kun]

dont forget replant farm button.

I wasn't really worried about a reseed function, I think its good that you have to checkup on your homeplace every once in a while to give your opponent time to re-cooperate

[Kazu Kun]

@ Catapults: They will eventually pack into carts like AOK's trebuchets.

@ Building Rotation: Try using the [ and ] keys next time for more precision placement.

@ Chickens: They have been fixed for Alpha 9. They will flop around and fall dead when killed. They will squawk and flap their wings when running away, etc.

@ Save & Sound options: More options will be added in the future.

@ Trees: Not sure if we'll show them falling or not. Maybe by Beta we will.

@ Gates: Gates will be implemented properly when the wall system is put into place. Maybe for Alpha 10.

@ Aggressive AI: The AI will be improved before release, rest assured. It's just difficult to make the AI challenging right now when the gameplay is in so much flux and not all of the features are implemented yet.

@ Rubble: We'll probably put a "rubble" decal in place of a collapsed/destroyed building, that will fade/decay with time.

I hope this answers most of your questions.

Yes, that pretty well covers all of it for now

Edited February 16, 2012 by Kazu Kun

[Kazu Kun]

updated

[feneur]

updated

It would be a lot easier to comment if you'd put the new ideas/thoughts in a new post. It's good to have it in this thread, it's just that it's hard to have to go through the list and try to remember which we've already commented on/read

[Kazu Kun]

xD its a good way to make you read them all again *burns the Kazu's idea's into thou's skullz*

[AuroN2]

I was scrolling down to give some constructive critisism, but i saw those two... things.. laughed my head off, and i cant rmemeber a @#$%ing thing, first two posters iwth images, please kindly remove them >.>

[nocompile]

If we want to will we beable to combine part one and part 2 (by copying the data directories together) and have everyone?

I would like to do that

Don't really see why anyone wouldn't

How do you add that asian faction someone's working on btw?

[feneur]

If we want to will we beable to combine part one and part 2 (by copying the data directories together) and have everyone?

I would like to do that

Don't really see why anyone wouldn't

How do you add that asian faction someone's working on btw?

For part two all civilizations should be included in one download, or if it's too much to download at once multiple downloads, but in any case one installation. It's very likely that new features added in part two will have to be applied to the existing civilizations etc. As we aren't even finished with part one yet I don't think we should decide too much, but I'd be very surprised if not all civs were included

[Mythos_Ruler]

Indeed, afaik, Part 2 should have at least 12 civilizations--the 6 from part 1 and the new 6 from part 2.