Pureon Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 I like your thinking on diminishing returns Mythos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMST Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 About the Persian Stables (now new in the public SVN). Is this going to be a new "regular structure", e.g. will the Hellenes, Celts etc. all get a Stable of their own - or is this a specific Persian structure? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aldandil Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 How would stables differ from corrals? Is it horses vs. other livestock? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcxSanya Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 About the Persian Stables (now new in the public SVN). Is this going to be a new "regular structure", e.g. will the Hellenes, Celts etc. all get a Stable of their own - or is this a specific Persian structure?As far as I understand they are unique to Persians, at least currently only Persians have stable in Design Document.How would stables differ from corrals? Is it horses vs. other livestock?Stable is military structure which trains cavalry, corral is economical and aimed for generating food somehow (as far as I remember initial plan was to 'garrison' herd animals there and they should slowly generate food, but currently you can 'train' them in corral and kill for food as regular animals). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feneur Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 The Stable is only for the Persians, its purpose (design purpose I mean, it's gameplay purpose is as Alexander said to train cavalry units, and eventually research cavalry technologies) (and I'm quoting Michael who came up with the idea and who's better at explaining it anyway): "would be to emphasize the Persian proclivity for Cavalry the same way we emphasize ethnic mercenaries and naval prowess for the Carthaginians". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeta1127 Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 (edited) initial plan was to 'garrison' herd animals there and they should slowly generate food, but currently you can 'train' them in corral and kill for food as regular animals).Ah, like the Animal Nursery from Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds, something I wish they would have implemented in Age of Empires II. Edited October 10, 2011 by Zeta1127 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oshron Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 i have a question: will wonders be included in the final game, like in other AOE-style games? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythos_Ruler Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Ah, like the Animal Nursery from Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds LOLwat?! For real? A Star Wars game basically had a barn where you raised animals? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeta1127 Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds isn't your average Star Wars game, it was built on the Age of Empires II engine, so it plays very similar to Age of Empires, and besides you could only garrison certain herd animals in it, but not train them their like the Corral. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ribez Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 i have two requests for the camera control 1) could it be possible to have a more cinematic zoom for the camera?Let me explain: now when you zoom in or zoom out, the camera angle with the ground remains constant. I'd like to change this angle during the zoom, setting two steps (initial and final) or three steps (inital, middle, final) for the angle. For example, one could set the final angle (max zoom in) to a lower value, to have a wide view of the horizon.2) now when you zoom in, the camera zooms toward the center of the screen, even if the mouse pointer is not centered. I'd like to have a zoom that follow the position of the mouse pointer, like google maps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oshron Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 sounds like a good idea to me, too, ribez. i remember that Empire Earth had a similar zoom function where you could toggle between three different zoom modes (with the F2 button, iirc): iirc, the first and default zoom mode lowered you to the ground about halfway, and then on the remaining half turned the camera so that it looked like you were on the ground. it let you feel like you were right in the midst of a battle i think the second zoom mode was called "epic zoom" which allowing you to zoom straight back or forward from a locked angle (ex: if you zoomed in with the default so that you were on the ground and then switched to epic zoom, it would allow you to zoom out from the point you were currently at); the last one was called "isometric zoom" iirc which was just a straight zoom from sky to ground without changing the angle. such zoom modes would also make it easier to showcase the graphics and features of 0ad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhyloc Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 (edited) It's strange that the deciduous bushes actually give wood when "harvested" (with axes!), they are bushes after all. So perhaps it would be more realistic if the bushes won't give any wood at all but the player still have to "harvest" it to clear ground for buildings or farms.The bushes are shown in the screenshot below with citizens harvesting them. Edited October 14, 2011 by hhyloc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ribez Posted October 14, 2011 Report Share Posted October 14, 2011 sounds like a good idea to me, too, ribez. i remember that Empire Earth had a similar zoom function where you could toggle between three different zoom modes (with the F2 button, iirc): iirc, the first and default zoom mode lowered you to the ground about halfway, and then on the remaining half turned the camera so that it looked like you were on the ground. it let you feel like you were right in the midst of a battle i think the second zoom mode was called "epic zoom" which allowing you to zoom straight back or forward from a locked angle (ex: if you zoomed in with the default so that you were on the ground and then switched to epic zoom, it would allow you to zoom out from the point you were currently at); the last one was called "isometric zoom" iirc which was just a straight zoom from sky to ground without changing the angle. such zoom modes would also make it easier to showcase the graphics and features of 0admaybe the ground view is not very useful, but it would be very cool, when skies will be implemented Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhyloc Posted October 15, 2011 Report Share Posted October 15, 2011 @Lion.Kanzen There's an edit post button so there are no need to triple post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibelheim Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 Hi guys !In first time, I want to congratulate you about the game, it's very amazing !Are you interested by a French translation ? I can do this but I just need how to do it (a config language file ?).Bye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhyloc Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 (edited) Hi guys !In first time, I want to congratulate you about the game, it's very amazing !Are you interested by a French translation ? I can do this but I just need how to do it (a config language file ?).Hi! I believe the WFG team is interested in translations of languages, but right now the game is still under heavy development so many in-game texts are still subject to change so perhaps you should wait for a while . I'm sure that they'll announce it when the game is completed and the texts are ready to be translate to other languages. Edited November 8, 2011 by hhyloc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibelheim Posted November 8, 2011 Report Share Posted November 8, 2011 OK, so I would follow the development.This game has a real potential.Good luck dev ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oshron Posted November 12, 2011 Report Share Posted November 12, 2011 an idea occurred to me last night: what if you and other players could give units to one another? it could work well as a pre-programmed aspect of the game for the campaign modes and scenario design and be useful in multiplayer games, so that if one player is going to lose soon or has to leave for RL purposes, they can just cede all of their units (and possibly buildings) to their ally, or even to one of their enemies if they want a different enemy to lose. it could also be useful in multiplayer situations in which one player has been having alot of trouble playing, so their better-off ally gives them some of their units as well as some resources through tribute so that they can rebuild their base closer to their ally for protection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhyloc Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 an idea occurred to me last night: what if you and other players could give units to one another? it could work well as a pre-programmed aspect of the game for the campaign modes and scenario design and be useful in multiplayer games, so that if one player is going to lose soon or has to leave for RL purposes, they can just cede all of their units (and possibly buildings) to their ally, or even to one of their enemies if they want a different enemy to lose. it could also be useful in multiplayer situations in which one player has been having alot of trouble playing, so their better-off ally gives them some of their units as well as some resources through tribute so that they can rebuild their base closer to their ally for protectionI think this is a planned feature: clicky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feneur Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 I think this is a planned feature: clicky (Not everything in that document is relevant, but in this case something like that is not too unlikely.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuliusColtranePille Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 hey guys, - don't wanted to start a new topic, so i'll start the little discussion here:it's about the size of the maps,do you think the maps could get bigger? due to the territory-function and therefore with need of controlling areas of a map (expanding) i think it would make up a great experience if the maps are maybe 1.5x as big as the now available biggest maps.plus it has not to be the standard (it would be nevertheless an option for guys with fast computers anyways) and even if it would elongate the duration of a match i think it would be still an interesting feature (superhuge-maps) for some players (me for example)and - it would not be that problematic to implement, since it's merely an addition of size ( AxA instead of axa) - am i right here?and yeah, i know the game is currently getting very low in performance whith already medium maps and more than 2 players - but these performance-problems will be solved in about 1 year i think.what do you think?just my 2 cents,regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pureon Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 do you think the maps could get bigger?Have you tried a 'Giant' random map? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha of the Eagles Posted November 30, 2011 Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 (edited) Not sure if this has been mentioned, but regarding infantry 'converting' buildings instead of destroying them:- What if you need a hero unit to convert an enemy Civic Centre or Castle- If you right click on of these buildings with an ordinary soldier, he will loot one random type of resource for his maximum capasity and then beeline home to drop off? This would open up for more tactical possibilities if an early attack (before city walls) proves disfavourable, and a retreat must be made. Edited November 30, 2011 by Alpha of the Eagles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurora Paradox Posted December 2, 2011 Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 (edited) - If you right click on of these buildings with an ordinary soldier, he will loot one random type of resource for his maximum capasity and then beeline home to drop off? This would open up for more tactical possibilities if an early attack (before city walls) proves disfavourable, and a retreat must be made.I like the concept. Raiding your enemies supplies should be a viable tactic. It would also add a little more strategy to the early stages of the game.Has resource raiding been done in another RTS before? Edited December 2, 2011 by Aurora Paradox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiasco Posted December 2, 2011 Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 wayyyy back in the early stages of aom you could get gold with Odin's raiding cav. if you attacked with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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