LordGood Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 I am certain,You all saw this coming.PoniesAscendant_alpha_01.zipAs far as progress, there will be at least 3 factions in the finished mod; earth ponies, pegasi, and unicorns. Earth pony faction is nearing completion, Pegasus faction progress is a little further behind.They are in need of balancing, but I'll get on that.As a bit of a disclaimer, I'd like to say that this mod plays a bit differently than 0 AD,the buildings are more resilient, expensive, and take longer to build.Towers have much more health, and an reduction to the amount of damage they can dish out. This makes them more defensive rather than the offensive buildings we're used to in 0 ADFortresses are your "final phase" so to speak. Difficult to destroy, and a training platform for a faction's elite units and advanced siege.Units have more health, and train at different ranks depending on the building they're trained from.There are four unit types, skirmisher units, soldiers, armor, and anti armor (not including siege, support, and ships)Ranged units cannot hold their own anymore, spread and splash make them useful for softening up formations and small skirmishes, though they counter anti armor. They are also friendly fire capable, so be wary of that.Armor is extremely expensive and slow, but very effective against soldiers and skirmishers.Antiarmor doubles as anti-building but their vulnerability to pierce damage may urge a player to employ siege engines insteadPegasus faction may be a bit overpowered at the moment, even if they do have less units at the moment.0 AD's AI pathfinder restrictions regarding lag and naval maps still applyTemples have a massive slow heal radiusSlingers, archers, and buildings have a much higher rangeSomething I forgotSomething else I probably forgotI forgetThis was just a fun project for me to get to know how to employ different art assets a little better,Hope you like it so far!cheers 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki1950 Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 (edited) We saw it coming and some of us would have been disappointed if you hadn't So congrates on getting it in the can.Enjoy the Choice Edited June 19, 2014 by Loki1950 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoekeloosNL Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 lolz Love they pushing ponies always hoped for real push animations for siege engine,s 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNcog Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 (edited) I think you got the "friendship is magic" part wrong there. But I openly admire the work you did with this mod. Amazing stuff. If you could flesh it out into a "real" game with balance and no bugs, maybe some brony will find it and it'll light a spark and make the mod go viral. That would be pretty funny. Either way, nice work. Edited June 19, 2014 by iNcog 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted June 19, 2014 Report Share Posted June 19, 2014 Nice mod you don't want be part of council of modders? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thamlett Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 Nice mod you don't want be part of council of modders?Yeah, we'd love to have you! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sighvatr Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 (edited) I can't stop laughing!I would play this because LordGood made it. I am also very curious about how you would animate four-legged creatures to do humanoid tasks. Edited June 20, 2014 by Sighvatr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 I look all pics is very lovely your work. Is animated? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auron2401 Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 What I want to see, is a syntagma of pony units. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordGood Posted June 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 Not as many animations in as I'd like, but most of them are in place. I'm not sure I'd like to be tied up in the COM, but of course if I feel like contributing or sharing assets it wont hold me back. I've got the Seleucids to help out with nowhehe thanks guys, I'm glad it's well recievedWhat I want to see, is a syntagma of pony units. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auron2401 Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 (edited) Somehow pretty @#$%en awesome. Edited June 20, 2014 by auron2401 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serveurix Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 O.o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idanwin Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 I think this is nearly the right gif for the occasion. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabio Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 I tried it and it's very cool indeed! My notes:has a different interface and also a mouse cursor!works fine on A16, gives some errors on SVN;it also has animated mills and animated soldier on the barrack!This should eventually be provided as a total conversion rather than a mod (removing 0ad civs, but I suppose this is already planned). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niektb Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 This is HUGE!!!I'm not sure I'd like to be tied up in the COM, but of course if I feel like contributing or sharing assets it wont hold me back.Contributors in general are also very welcome But indeed the main game should be top priority. (But let's stay on-topic)Did you BTW made that map yourselves? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radagast. Posted June 20, 2014 Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 (edited) Not only the map, that guy also created all the pony avatars and other drawing himself. Miraculous!Look at that: Edited June 20, 2014 by Hephaestion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordGood Posted June 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 haha no that's a randomly generated english channel map, I just populated itI'm glad you guys like it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanderd17 Posted June 21, 2014 Report Share Posted June 21, 2014 I wanted to test this mod, but every time I download it, I get a size mismatch (only downloads 3MB, 12MB, 37MB, ... never the full 43MB). Does anyone have the same problems? LordGood, could you maybe upload your file somewhere else? Dropbox, github, ...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feneur Posted June 21, 2014 Report Share Posted June 21, 2014 I could download it just fine. Wonder what would break the download process Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordGood Posted June 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2014 https://github.com/LordGood/Ponies-AscendantGithub is a path too low, so it'll have to be put in a new mod folder to work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auron2401 Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 (edited) After trying it out, it seems to get really laggy after a while.Alot earlier than it usually does in vanilla 0ad. Edited June 22, 2014 by auron2401 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordGood Posted June 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 After trying it out, it seems to get really laggy after a while.Alot earlier than it usually does in vanilla 0ad.probably because of the bigger buildings, the AI tends to place them close together leaving tight spaces for the pathfinder to squeeze units through. Not much I can do about it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auron2401 Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 Ah yeah, good point.I'll try making a huge city without ai and see if i can reproduce the lag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion.Kanzen Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 Lordgood what happens if Starcraft meets you pony mod?Ponycraft war of ponies in space. Great work 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallaecio Posted June 22, 2014 Report Share Posted June 22, 2014 There is nothing about this mod that is not just awesome. Congratulations. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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