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0 AD Alpha 11 Kronos
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0 AD – a free and open real-time strategy executed in historic style.
0 AD project is developing very rapidly, and the new version includes a large number of changes:
Gameplay:
- Celtic Faction: general celtic faction replaced by British and Gallic. Each faction has a number of unique features, along with the common Celtic units and buildings:
- The British have a chariot, “Longswordsmen” and powerful melee warriors. Available special building – nurseries are able to train military dogs, they are inexpensive and great for hunting and combat. New characters.
- The Gauls were heavy swordsmen and heavy cavalry. Heroes: “Vercingetorix”, leader of the tribe Arverni and the enemy of Julius Caesar.
- New AI: Aegis Bot – Combining qBot and Marilyn Aegis Bot most complex AI is implemented today in 0 AD (effectively collect resources and quickly spend it on training powerful units. Moreover, it can discern when he is attacked by a dangerous army and or weak, and respond to each case.
- Gates added.
- Random Card – available seven new maps: Pyrenean Sierra, Oasis, Northern Lights, Lorraine Plain, Sahel Watering Holes, Gear and Unknown. In addition, some improvements were made to the existing maps, such as Fortress.
- New sound system – Fixed some bugs.
Graphics:
- Ambient Occlusion (AO) – simulates a measure of how each part of the model is illuminated by indirect sunlight.
- Normal map – the method used to highlight the lighting strikes and dents in the 3D-model, and add details without using more polygons, which will slow down the game. This effect is easily seen on the brick and tile floor of the building.
- Pecularity – Some of the terrain and buildings are now shining like snow, and gold rings on the columns of a Roman temple.
- Trees in the game now gently swaying in the wind.
- Fancy grass material – laminate terrain pretends grass sticking out of the ground.
- Loading speed.
- Fixed some ugly texture stretching, which can be seen in the rocks.
- Smooth line of sight (LOS) – When an object moving in the fog of war or under the cover of darkness, the map is drawn smoothly.
- New Design: Updated Celtic Broch-proof; effect it the construction of buildings, the Greek docks; Theatron; Gymnasion and strength. There have been several kinds of rocks, new centers of Greek civilization, the Macedonian and Spartan siege rams and animation, new technologies will.
The game is available for Linux, Windows and OS X.