allalongthetower Posted March 10, 2020 Report Share Posted March 10, 2020 Good day, all! I wanted to use 0 A.D. in class, but would be reluctant to have my students fight against another civilization (they're 5-10 years old). Is there an option in the sandbox mode where you are the only civ on the map? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki1950 Posted March 10, 2020 Report Share Posted March 10, 2020 Not setting an AI for the opponent will mean that no conflict occurs basically turns the game into a city builder which should be immersive enough for your target group  there will be an other civ on the map though so tell them to ignore it though a few sparks may still fly never seen a group of kids that uniform Enjoy the Choice   Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nescio Posted March 10, 2020 Report Share Posted March 10, 2020 11 hours ago, allalongthetower said: Good day, all! I wanted to use 0 A.D. in class, but would be reluctant to have my students fight against another civilization (they're 5-10 years old). Is there an option in the sandbox mode where you are the only civ on the map? 10 hours ago, Loki1950 said: Not setting an AI for the opponent will mean that no conflict occurs basically turns the game into a city builder which should be immersive enough for your target group 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptimusShepard Posted March 10, 2020 Report Share Posted March 10, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, Nescio said: If you choose "unassigned" you could still attack the other player. I think better would be to take both players into the same team, and to select fixed teams. You will win instantly, but you will be able to go on playing. Edited March 10, 2020 by OptimusShepard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nani Posted March 10, 2020 Report Share Posted March 10, 2020 16 hours ago, allalongthetower said: Good day, all! I wanted to use 0 A.D. in class, but would be reluctant to have my students fight against another civilization (they're 5-10 years old). Is there an option in the sandbox mode where you are the only civ on the map? Set all players to the same team and unselect all win conditions, then you will have what you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nescio Posted March 10, 2020 Report Share Posted March 10, 2020 1 hour ago, OptimusShepard said: If you choose "unassigned" you could still attack the other player. I think better would be to take both players into the same team, and to select fixed teams. You will win instantly, but you will be able to go on playing. 1 hour ago, nani said: Set all players to the same team and unselect all win conditions, then you will have what you want. Or just generate a random map with the number of players set to 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allalongthetower Posted March 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2020 Great suggestions! Thank you all so much! The community is one of my favorite parts of this game. Is there a way to get rid of the animals to get rid of that violence as well? Â Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptimusShepard Posted March 10, 2020 Report Share Posted March 10, 2020 You have to edit the map which you like to play. On a first look, it seems to be very easy. Should be enough to deleting only the part were the animals were created. You find the maps here "AppData\Local\0 A.D. alpha\binaries\data\mods\public\public.zip\maps\random". To editing the map, you have to move it outside the zip. The .js file is what you need. If you need more info’s about map scripting @elexis is the expert. If you want to have the map as a mod, @nani could tell you more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panther Posted March 11, 2020 Report Share Posted March 11, 2020 10 hours ago, allalongthetower said: Great suggestions! Thank you all so much! The community is one of my favorite parts of this game. Is there a way to get rid of the animals to get rid of that violence as well?  Thanks! This simple mod removes animals from the game: no animals.zip It's not the best solution, as it causes some error messages to pop up, but it works.  To use it, simply unzip and past the folder inside 0.A.D\binaries\data\mods Then enable it in-game via options -> mod-selection 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allalongthetower Posted March 12, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2020 Perfect! Thank you so much! And I just remembered that I can create a saved game for them with the preferences set up just as I like it and load it on their computers. Awesome! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allalongthetower Posted March 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 @Panther, did just whip that mod up just for me? If so, thanks so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allalongthetower Posted March 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2020 @Panther Do you know why this causes the technology tree to be hidden? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted March 20, 2020 Report Share Posted March 20, 2020 It probably breaks it because of the errors the mod causes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freagarach Posted March 22, 2020 Report Share Posted March 22, 2020 Very nice that you want to use 0 A.D. in you class! I fully understand your reluctance to use violence in class, therefore I've put together a mod that removes all attacks from the units. This means animals are still in, because who wants to teach kids animals do not exist? NoViolence.zip If there's something wrong or not working, please do not hesitate to contact me. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted March 22, 2020 Report Share Posted March 22, 2020 It should also fix the tech tree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allalongthetower Posted March 31, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2020 On 3/22/2020 at 11:21 AM, Freagarach said: Very nice that you want to use 0 A.D. in you class! I fully understand your reluctance to use violence in class, therefore I've put together a mod that removes all attacks from the units. This means animals are still in, because who wants to teach kids animals do not exist? NoViolence.zip 777.97 kB · 4 downloads If there's something wrong or not working, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you for this! I didn't want the kids to be able to hunt the animals--they're young, and especially since we're not physically in school right now, I'm not able to have a nuanced conversation with them about hunting, right or wrong, violence, etc. The "no animals" mod, teams, and unchecked win conditions seems to work pretty well, but sometimes I have trouble loading the mod with the other mods I have downloaded (some from inside the game, some added manually). Is there any way to get these mods, yours and the "no animals" mod added to the in-game download options so that I don't have to have parents manually move the files to specific folders? Thanks again for all of your support! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allalongthetower Posted April 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2020 @Freagarach OH!!!!! The people can't even kill the animals! I love this!!! This is perfect--thank you so much. I should be able to try it this week! You are the bomb! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted April 2, 2020 Report Share Posted April 2, 2020 One thing you can try is replace zip by .pyromod. if file associations are correct you should be able to double click to install Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allalongthetower Posted April 2, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2020 12 hours ago, Stan` said: One thing you can try is replace zip by .pyromod. if file associations are correct you should be able to double click to install Stan, Thank you for your reply. I'm kind of lost. If I change the extension of the file to .pyromod, they will be able to double click to install? Will it matter if they are using Mac or Windows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted April 2, 2020 Report Share Posted April 2, 2020 Yeah currently pyromods are associated with the game on mac. One think you might try though is to drag and drop it on the game's icons. That being said maybe convincing freagarach to upload it on modio is easier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allalongthetower Posted April 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2020 19 hours ago, allalongthetower said: @Freagarach OH!!!!! The people can't even kill the animals! I love this!!! This is perfect--thank you so much. I should be able to try it this week! You are the bomb! @Freagarach--is there a chance you can add it Modio so that my students can add it from right in the game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freagarach Posted April 3, 2020 Report Share Posted April 3, 2020 @allalongthetower It has been uploaded and currently awaits approval. I am very glad you like it! I hope you students will be as enthusiastic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allalongthetower Posted April 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2020 10 hours ago, Freagarach said: @allalongthetower It has been uploaded and currently awaits approval. I am very glad you like it! I hope you students will be as enthusiastic Me too! I do kind of have a captive audience these days. Thank you so much for ALL YOUR HELP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allalongthetower Posted April 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2020 On 4/3/2020 at 3:06 AM, Freagarach said: @allalongthetower It has been uploaded and currently awaits approval. I am very glad you like it! I hope you students will be as enthusiastic They love it! How long do you think until it will be approved as a download in the game? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted April 7, 2020 Report Share Posted April 7, 2020 25 minutes ago, allalongthetower said: They love it! How long do you think until it will be approved as a download in the game? It might take some time. The person doing the approvals has very limited time as he is working on his PHD thesis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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