Itms Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 Wildfire Games, an international group of volunteer game developers, is happy to announce the re-release of 0 A.D. Alpha 23 “Ken Wood”, the twenty-third alpha version of 0 A.D., a free, open-source real-time strategy game of ancient warfare. This version is a maintenance release. Blocking bugs were fixed and security and legal issues were addressed. The gameplay remained untouched, and both versions of Alpha 23 are multiplayer-compatible; however we advise you to upgrade to benefit from the following fixes. The team wishes to apologize for the delay in re-releasing. We have addressed other issues whenever we couldn't make more progresses on the game itself, so the re-release has not been a completely negative procedure. Easy Download and Install Download and installation instructions are available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. 0 A.D. is free software. This means you are free to download, redistribute, modify and contribute to the application under the same licenses (GPL v2 or a later version for code and Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 3.0 for artwork, see license). Although you might find some people selling copies of 0 A.D., either over the internet or on physical media, you will always have the option to download 0 A.D. completely gratis, directly from the developers. No “freemium” model, no in-game advertising, no catch. Improvements Multiplayer lobby Major fixes: Hosting and joining games on the lobby now works reliably on macOS. Lobby lag and freezes have been fixed. Measures have been taken to prevent lobby denial-of-service attacks. STUN cannot be abused to make clients crash anymore. Game start times have been improved (by up to 10s) when no AI players are present. This prevents disconnects on game starts. Quality of life: Lagging players can be reported at game start. Disconnects and quits are better handled during game loading. The "I'm Ready!" status can now be reverted by right-clicking the button. Hosts can no longer start games if some player is not ready. Auto-completion of chat messages in the game setup has been improved. Network synchronization Out-of-sync (OOS) issues arise when the clients of different players compute the simulation differently. Our OOS debunking work flow has been improved. Specific OOS issues on game rejoin have been resolved for the Danubius map and for square maps, as well as after double-clicking on the "Start game!" button. Kushites in-game text During the Alpha 23 release, Transifex (our translation platform) had not updated a few resources, resulting in some localized in-game text relating to the Kushites not appearing in the game, despite the hard work of our translators. The missing strings now appear in the game. GDPR compliance The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect on May 25th, 2018, just as we were releasing Alpha 23. We decided to take the bull by the horns and to continue working on the re-release by making 0 A.D. compliant and more secure. All the sub-services that collect personal data from you now feature a Privacy Policy and updated Terms of Service and of Use. To continue playing the game, you will have to accept all future modifications of those policies. In a few days, we will release the Privacy Policies of our websites to make them GDPR-compliant as well. New privacy policies For more information, now and in the future, please see the related wiki page: https://trac.wildfiregames.com/wiki/UserDataProtection Security The lobby server was upgraded to the latest versions of its distribution and software. The lobby client now supports the TLS cryptographic protocol. Lobby authentication is now required (new feature of A23). Secure HTTPS links are now used wherever possible in the game. Miscellaneous Lobby buddies are no longer printed in the main application log. A build issue on Arch Linux has been resolved. Support of biomes in map previews has been fixed. mod.io status update Alpha 23 saw the launch of mod.io, a platform for hosting and sharing mods, which allowed us to build a mod downloader inside 0 A.D. A few months later, we can say that this launch was a massive success! We went over the 10k downloads milestone, and at the time of writing, we are steadily headed towards the 50k one. We warmly thank the modders for their incredible work of making their mods work with A23, and uploading them to mod.io. It is thanks to them and the players that 0 A.D. is #1 on the platform! Don't hesitate to subscribe there if you want to receive notifications about new mods and secure our place on the platform. Support us The work is still in progress and can use every helping hand. We are looking for programmers, especially those interested in improving our game engine (written in C++), and most notably its graphics pipeline. Javascript programmers are also welcome to help develop the game mechanisms. Artists are always needed: in particular good animators and environment artists who could give our terrain textures a boost, and create more eye-candy. You can also help with translating the game in your language at Transifex, by donating, or simply by spreading the word around you. If you experience a technical problem with the game, please report it at trac.wildfiregames.com. This is also the first address to visit when you wish to dedicate some of your time to help patching the code. Got any further questions or suggestions? Discuss them with other players and developers at the forum or talk with us directly in the IRC chat. Subscribe Contact info for press, bloggers, etc.: aviv@wildfireAETHIOPIAgames.com without the capitalized name Herodotus used to designate the Kingdom of Kush. 9 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 Yeah I can finally commit stuff again !! Finally those five months of release stress are over. After I make the portable version of 0 A.D. and the chocolatey package. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Servo Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 Would MP replays and SP saved games be retained after DL of rerelease? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itms Posted December 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 3 minutes ago, Servo said: Would MP replays and SP saved games be retained after DL of rerelease? Yes, they should Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordGood Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 Yaaaaay! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asterix Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 2 minutes ago, LordGood said: Yaaaaay! Yaaaaay! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowgetoffyourcellphone Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 26 minutes ago, asterix said: Yaaaaay! YOU ALL KNOW WHAT TO DO 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowgetoffyourcellphone Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 2 minutes ago, stanislas69 said: That might belong in the Fork A.D. thread. lol 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
implodedok Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 Congratulations on the new release! Looking forward to all the new improvements planned for A24. :-) 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundiata Posted December 24, 2018 Report Share Posted December 24, 2018 13 hours ago, Itms said: Wildfire Games, an international group of volunteer game developers, is happy to announce the re-release of 0 A.D. Alpha 23 “Ken Wood”, To all the people involved in this, Thank you soooo much!!! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 24, 2018 Report Share Posted December 24, 2018 (edited) great Edited December 24, 2018 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarcoma Posted December 24, 2018 Report Share Posted December 24, 2018 Can you update the ppa? Many ubuntu users are desperate after upgrading to get same version. If their connection is slow i bet theyre furious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted December 24, 2018 Report Share Posted December 24, 2018 The packagers were notified I believe. @Itms did you update the ppa ? You can also download the files from releases.wilfiregames.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeru Posted December 24, 2018 Report Share Posted December 24, 2018 Congratulations, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Looking forward to Alpha 24. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itms Posted December 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2018 3 hours ago, sarcoma said: Can you update the ppa? Many ubuntu users are desperate after upgrading to get same version. If their connection is slow i bet theyre furious The ppa should be updated soon, I got to chat with ricotz yesterday evening. I guess he's AFK because of Christmas, but you can expect the PPA to be updated after the celebrations. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmzerocold Posted December 25, 2018 Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 @Itms I hope now someone can look at my open topics especially new voice structure and RTL issue 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted December 25, 2018 Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 I don't know about RTL but Id like to commit your voices after Christmas. Can't remember if they were in a committable state tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmzerocold Posted December 25, 2018 Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 (edited) 30 minutes ago, stanislas69 said: I don't know about RTL but Id like to commit your voices after Christmas. Can't remember if they were in a committable state tho. Thank you, Which style? old one or new structure? i prepared for both of them Edited December 25, 2018 by dmzerocold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted December 25, 2018 Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 I guess I will use the new structure, after maybe I discuss it with @Samulis and @Itms 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 25, 2018 Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 What RTL issue? Arabic is RTL and displaying fine. What’s different in Farsi? Apart from the missing font texture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted December 25, 2018 Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 15 minutes ago, (-_-) said: What RTL issue? Arabic is RTL and displaying fine. What’s different in Farsi? Apart from the missing font texture. Well we display Arabic in the European way If we used the Arabic way it would not display correctly. With the font. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soshanko Posted December 25, 2018 Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 (edited) new release alpha23b is not installing in my windows. it says a problem in pyrogenesis exe. Edited December 25, 2018 by soshanko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted December 25, 2018 Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 7 minutes ago, soshanko said: new release alpha23b is not installing in my windows. it says a problem in pyrogenesis exe. A problem, or just the smart screen filter ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soshanko Posted December 25, 2018 Report Share Posted December 25, 2018 3 minutes ago, stanislas69 said: A problem, or just the smart screen filter ? plz see the screenshot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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