0 A.D. [Official Site] the free and open source RTS from Wildfire Games has a new alpha build available and it's a pretty huge release.
I'm always amazed at the progress of 0 A.D. as they really do put the effort in to make it looks so incredibly detailed and professional. This release is no different, with a lot of work going into all aspects of the game.
At a glance, here's what's changed:
- New Civilization: Kushites
- Mod Downloader (Using the mod.io open API we recently wrote about)
- Cavalry and Spartan Building Models
- Combine Victory Conditions
- Attack Range Visualization
- Diplomacy Colors
- Destruction Damage
- Unit Information Dialog
- AI Behavior
- Lobby Authentication to prevent impersonation
- Nomad Mode on all Random Maps
- New Random Maps: Lower Nubia, Jebel Barkal, Elephantine, Fields of Meroë, Hellas, Dodecanese, Scythian Rivulet
Here's their update trailer:
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It might be quite some time between each new alpha release, but they sure are a dedicated bunch.
If you wish to download it, head here. The Ubuntu PPA has not yet been updated, hopefully it will be soon. I enjoyed my time with the previous alpha, can't wait to test this one. Maybe we can get some community multiplayer events going soon.
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I was pleasantly surprised when the snap updated yesterday. Didn't see any community mods yet but I expect it won't be long before a few show up.
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I do like this game.
It is a very good AOE like game.
The AI can be a bit brutal to beginners though.
My only issue is this has been in Alpha since I was in college 10 years ago. Wondering if I'll die of old age before they ever reach Beta status.
It is a very good AOE like game.
The AI can be a bit brutal to beginners though.
My only issue is this has been in Alpha since I was in college 10 years ago. Wondering if I'll die of old age before they ever reach Beta status.
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Very nice. Didn't try it for some time now, will have to play a bit again.
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Still missing the option "Do not minimize on focus lost"
Until then:
Until then:
SDL_VIDEO_MINIMIZE_ON_FOCUS_LOSS=0 0ad
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Cyba.Cowboy May 21, 2018
I was pleasantly surprised when the snap updated yesterday.
Is that the snap from Ubuntu Software? I'm still on Alpha 22...
Also, I have a question - with my NVIDIA laptop, is there any (graphical/performance) benefit over using one version (snap or "regular" installation) over the other?
Last edited by Cyba.Cowboy on 21 May 2018 at 9:51 am UTC
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I was pleasantly surprised when the snap updated yesterday.
Is that the snap from Ubuntu Software? I'm still on Alpha 22...
I was mistaken, it was the flatpak version: https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.play0ad.zeroad
Also, I have a question - with my NVIDIA laptop, is there any (graphical/performance) benefit over using one version (snap or "regular" installation) over the other?
Being that it just packages the libraries I don't see why it would.
I could see startup taking longer as all of the libraries would need to be loaded into memory. With a traditional setup, shared libraries can exist in memory already which helps with load time.
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Cyba.Cowboy May 28, 2018
I was mistaken, it was the flatpak version: https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.play0ad.zeroad
Oh okay.
Hopefully the snap update shouldn't be too far away then...
Being that it just packages the libraries I don't see why it would.
I could see startup taking longer as all of the libraries would need to be loaded into memory. With a traditional setup, shared libraries can exist in memory already which helps with load time.
Yeah, I have noticed that with snaps...
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