The Kardakes mercenaries, trainable at the Persian Hall, are
historically problematic. Few sources exist on Kardakes troops, but they
seem to have been rather heavy infantry, and likely not mercenaries. As
such, they would be rather redundant with the Immortal.
The elephants are attested, and might be reintroduced later.
Further, the Ishtar Gate is Neo-Babylonian and predates the 0 A.D.
timeline. As such, given its limited use, it is removed as a buildable
structure.
Patch by: Nescio
Accepted by: borg-, wraitii
Differential Revision: https://code.wildfiregames.com/D2742
This was SVN commit r23888.
This unit is historically well attested, such as the Battle of Cunaxa or
the Battle of Gaugamela.
This unit is currently added at the fortress, though another pass for
chariots in general is needed.
Patch by: Nescio
Differential Revision: https://code.wildfiregames.com/D2683
This was SVN commit r23887.
This splits the "LOS"-query from the "Attack"-query. The LOS-query is
only enabled for skittish animals for now and entities without cmpAttack
don't try to set up an Attack-query anymore.
Differential Revision: D2824
Reviewed by: @bb.
This was SVN commit r23877.
This allows to specify a world population capacity that is divided
evenly amongst living players.
Differential Revision: D2426
Reviewed by: @Angen
This was SVN commit r23873.
Overall costs are reduced by around 25%, keeping a high Metal cost, and
they are made uniform across champions as a baseline.
Loot is adjusted.
Patch by: borg-
Accepted By: badosu, Nescio, wraitii
Differential Revision: https://code.wildfiregames.com/D2816
This was SVN commit r23868.
Units in formation can occasionally request many short paths (and thus
introduce crippling lag) if their offset is obstructed.
This particularly happen when the formation is idle, since the offset
then always remains obstructed.
To prevent this, it is OK to immediately stop pathing on any motion
message (obstructed, failure, success). This does not break formation
movement since messages are only sent when the formation controller is
not moving (this finishes what was started in 0535eb9b92).
Ideally, this hack could be removed if the short-pathfinder was quick
enough / units were better at aborting.
Fixes concern raised by Freagarach on a7da40ac2f.
Refs #5624 in that the max-short-path range is the source of the lag.
Reviewed By: Angen
Differential Revision: https://code.wildfiregames.com/D2871
This was SVN commit r23867.
template_structure_economic_market.xml → Market
template_structure_military_dock.xml → Dock
<Market/TradeType> node → Trade
requirement for bartering: BarterMarket → Barter
Change Petra accordingly
Also changing:
Renamed the Gates class to Gate, LongWall to WallLong (cf.
WallTower), and StoneWall to Wall, to match their template file names.
Adjusted AI code, technologies, and templates accordingly.
Entity build restrictions:
renamed Apadana to Palace;
replaced UniqueStructure with IshtarGate and TempleOfVesta.
added Council to the (unbuildable) spart_gerousia.xml, since
it's functionally identical to athen_prytaneion.xml.
Introduced the following classes:
Council, IshtarGate, Library, TempleOfVesta, and Theater, to
match their build restrictions.
WallMedium and WallShort, to complement the already existing
WallLong and WallTower classes.
Stoa, TempleOfMars, and TriumphalArch, for completeness.
Made the ArmyCamp, Colony, Gate, Lighthouse, Naval, Palace,
Palisade, SiegeWall, and StoneWall classes visible.
Deleted the now unused Apadana, Kennel, SpecialBuilding classes.
Removed the Village class from outposts and palisades, because those
are not supposed to count towards the phase technology requirements.
Slightly rephrased the phase technology requirements tooltips.
Corrected the <GenericName> of the various palisade files.
Updated Structure tooltips from D2578 that have not already been
committed elsewhere.
Patch By: Nescio
Differenital Revision: D2892
This was SVN commit r23865.
String-values in modifications fail if the modifications do not apply,
as they end up in the "multiply/add" path, following D270 / 70c71bff0f.
Also allow multiple token modifiers, so that multiple tokens may be
added for example. This becomes order-dependent but the positive
outweighs the negative.
Reported By: wowgetoffyourcellphone
Reviewed By: Angen
Differential Revision: https://code.wildfiregames.com/D2894
This was SVN commit r23862.
When starting a game with exactly one player that instantly wins the
game (consequest victory) and after that ceasefire running out will
trigger first the correct victory chat message, then a broken and
undefined have won the game chat message, initiated from the
ceasefiremanager.
Check for allies emptyness and do not send it if no players are active,
what means they all have been defeated or won.
Differential Revision: https://code.wildfiregames.com/D2891Fixes: #5675
This was SVN commit r23857.
The logic concerning visible garrison points (i.e. turrets) is moved
from `GarrisonHolder` to a separate file.
This is logical because garrisoned != turreted, so this allows for
turrets that cannot be garrisoned (refs. D1958).
Also references #3488.
Differential Revision: D2367
Reviewed by: @wraitii
This was SVN commit r23856.
Classes:
The Defensive class is made visible (cf. Civic, Economic, Military).
The Fortress class is made visible (because of build restrictions).
The Tower class defined in template_structure_defensive_tower.xml is now
visible.
The unused GarrisonTower class is removed.
The DefenseTower class is deprecated in favour of one unique class in
each of the *_tower.xml children templates:
*_artillery.xml → ArtilleryTower
*_bolt.xml → BoltTower
*_sentry.xml → SentryTower
*_stone.xml → StoneTower
template_structure_defensive_wall_tower.xml does not inherit from
*_tower and therefore has a WallTower class instead of a Tower class.
Updated the Identity.js file accordingly.
Updated the Petra AI files accordingly (DefenseTower → Tower).
Tower build restrictions are changed to simply Tower.
Technologies:
tower_armour.json affects all towers, but not outposts (unchanged).
tower_decay.json and tower_vision.json affect only outposts (unchanged).
tower_crenellations.json, tower_murderholes.json, tower_range.json, and
tower_watch.json affect now only the Sentry and Stone towers, instead of
all towers. This alters gameplay for the Artillery and Bolt tower, but
those shouldn't have been benefitting from arrow tower technologies
anyway.
Standardized the tooltips per the style guide.
Updated the <Identity/Tooltip> in the tower templates.
Inserted <BatchTimeModifier>1.0</BatchTimeModifier> in
template_structure.xml, where the <ProductionQueue> is defined, and
removed the <BatchTimeModifier> from templates that can't train any
units.
Patch by: Nescio
Reviewed by: Angen
Differential Revision: https://code.wildfiregames.com/D2549
This was SVN commit r23853.
This prevents units to rotate when leaving formation as they already
have correct rotation.
Differential Revision: https://code.wildfiregames.com/D2889
This was SVN commit r23851.
`target` did not always exist, thus raising errors when patrolling or
guarding.
Fixes concern raised by @Freagarach at 4bed678194
Reported By: Freagarach
Reviewed By: Freagarach
Differential Revision: https://code.wildfiregames.com/D2883
This was SVN commit r23846.
This adds a new mode to modifications called "tokens" which allows
clever token parsing.
Technologies, auras and modifiers in general can use this to switch out,
add or delete tokens dynamically.
Currently implemented are production and builder queue tokens.
Reviewed By: Freagarach
Differential Revision: https://code.wildfiregames.com/D270
This was SVN commit r23843.
The 'Hellenic Architecture' bonus for Greek civilisations increased
health and capture points slightly, but also build time.
Because it is active from the start, it ended up being a large economic
debuff that made these civilisations less competitive.
The build-time increase is removed so "Hellenic Architecture" is now a
pure bonus.
Patch by: Feldfeld
Accepted By: wraitii, borg-
Differential Revision: https://code.wildfiregames.com/D2839
This was SVN commit r23840.
Rome was unable to build palisades (presumably as it had unique access
to the somewhat comparable Siege Walls).
This however made Rome unable to build walls in Village Phase, and
restricting access to palisades makes little historical sense.
Patch by: Nescio
Accepted By: ValihrAnt, borg-, Lionkanzen
Differential Revision: https://code.wildfiregames.com/D2741
This was SVN commit r23839.
Seleucid armies used cavalry alongside pikemen, making the unit
versatile.
Depending on other balancing changes, this may be revisited later.
Patch by: Nescio
Accepted by: borg-, wraitii
Differential Revision: https://code.wildfiregames.com/D2858
This was SVN commit r23838.
Reduces build time of most buildings (except Barracks), and standardize
costs better across civs.
Furthermore, tooltips are updated and <Identity> nodes ordered as listed
in Identity.js.
Patch by: Nescio
Accepted by: borg-, wraitii
Differential Revision: https://code.wildfiregames.com/D2821
This was SVN commit r23837.
The Gauls were part of well-connected trade networks in ancient times.
Their exports mainly centered on slaves, mercenary, and military
equipment.
As such, a team bonus reducing blacksmith costs makes much more sense
than one reducing technology research time (particularly since the
historical justification for the existing team bonus was... thin).
Patch by: Nescio
Approved by: borg-, ValihrAnt, wraitii
Differential Revision: https://code.wildfiregames.com/D2669
This was SVN commit r23832.
'Hack' melee units had a preference towards Siege units. This made them
awkward to use in some fights.
PreferredClasses is not intended to remove Micro from the player's hand
but to prevent units from attacking unlikely targets (e.g. ships for
land units).
As such, this reworks PreferredClasses so that:
- Ranged & Spearmen/Pikemen (which deal Pierce damage) target Human
units, against which they are reasonably effective.
- Other units target either Human or Siege units with no particular
preference (Unit+!Ship).
This further specifies the preferred classes for all base templates for
easier modification, since extending this list (ordered by priority) is
tricky.
Patch by: borg-
Reviewed By: Nescio, wraitii
Differential Revision: https://code.wildfiregames.com/D2851
This was SVN commit r23831.
This was missing in 62f07098ea.
Based on a patch by: luiko
Also reported by: serveurix
Tested by: Freagarach
Fixes#5750
Differential Revision: https://code.wildfiregames.com/D2172
This was SVN commit r23830.
This is a major buff to their anti-ram capabilities and thus to their
viability in general.
The historical background for this unit is an elite corps of Thracians
under Philip V of Macedon.
Patch by: Nescio
Approved by: borg-, badosu, wraitii
Differential Revision: https://code.wildfiregames.com/D2872
This was SVN commit r23829.
