Comments - Mythos_Ruler

This is fixed for Alpha 24. Citizens can build all buildings.

Unfortunately, 3DS Max costs hundreds of dollars.

haha, not a render. It's an in-game shot with the camera restrictions turned off. :)

Many play. Wow.

Lots of mechanization, but we all know that boots on the ground is what holds territory. Any information on this mechanic?

The red giant's surface is silly.

The 32 bit version should work just fine...

Looks too modern, IMHO.
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Right now, soldiers can only stand on inanimate objects like walls. So, no soldiers on ships yet. Working on it. :)

Yep! The official name of the game is now "0 A.D. Empires Ascendant." Its planned sequel has the working title "0 A.D. Empires Besieged."

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Octavia?

Are there any other kinds?

Yes.

They are. :) Buried barrels are salvageable by land units. Floating barrels are salvageable by merchant ships. :)

I hate that channel.

Just for scenarios for now.

Everything has a very dirty, gritty steam punk look, which is cool. Is there any faction with a shinier, newer, more high-tech look?

Windows 8's Start Screen is just like the Start Menu of older versions, but it's just full-screen with big icons everywhere. So, you should be able to find the shortcuts to 0 A.D. on the Windows 8 Start Screen.

In singleplayer, Ctrl-D gives you a menu where you can choose the option to go camera free.

Not necessarily. The phalanx had open order, close order, and locked shields. When in close order, they could form to "locked shields" by the rear rows filing forward and "locking shields" with the fore ranks. At least, this is what is surmised (as far as I know, exactly how they closed ranks was not described in detail by ancient sources, we can only speculate and try for ourselves to see what works and what doesn't).

"Legionnaires" of this period were the Hastati, Principes, and Triarii of the manipular legion.

The actual Testudo formation and effects haven't been coded yet.

Won't be able to station troops on walls in Empires Ascendant. We might try to add wall combat to Empires Besieged, but it is a difficult, tricky business.

About the Palmyrenes, it is possible we could include them in Empires Besieged.

Half and half. Right now they don't hold formations for very long and devolve into a mosh pit. I took this shot right as they started to fight.

But in the future we would like to make combat less chaotic and more organized.

This is most true. :)

This page will tell you how to enable the wbg (whizbang graphics) yourself until we add a graphics options menu: Trac.wildfiregames.com

Not sure I agree. Music is very much about repetition and variation. Keep in mind that the main melody in most music is often repeated 4 times (listen to any other song and you will notice this). I think Omri did a great job on the composition here. Though, I appreciate your thoughtful and well-reasoned comment. :)

A low angle shot:

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You really don't get to see the game at this kind of angle very often. :)

Soon. ;)

This is the Ptolemaic Egyptian wonder. :)