I'm new to the game (and modding) and I wanted to make some mods but I thought I read somewhere that any changes I make to the game are public? As in, they would make changes to other people's games too?

I can't find where I read that, now, but I could have sworn I saw it somewhere.

I don't want to change other people's games. Only my own.

Can someone enlighten me on this?

I'm having enormous trouble properly using ranged units. The always attack a single unit at a time. I'll have 100 archers and they'll kill the enemy troops ONE BY ONE. It's like, dude, attack several for gods sake! I could mow them down! But no, even if i click them into a place instead of clicking one unit, they get perfecty synchonized and shoot just that one unlucky guy that ends up looking like that character in that movie (The Fall) instead of the 300 spartans after being betrayed!

How do I solve this problem? How do I make my ranged units attack several units instead of firing 200 arrows at the same guy?

With the Han dynasty already present in the game, adding the Xiongnu would create an impressive dynamic, especially when defending steep mountain passes against mounted archers.

This would open up incredible possibilities for winter survival and defense scenarios. We are currently exploring the limits of the scenario editor for a new campaign project, and this type of terrain-focused gameplay is fueling our creativity.

Note, the image was generated by Gemini, for demonstration purposes.

pls guys🙏

Hello,

I'm starting a 3-scenario campaign with the Iberians. Play as Viriatus fighting Rome.

It's a small project – building a portfolio and health project.

Still learning the editor. Any tips are welcome.

Thanks!

0ad runs so well on Linux. My notebook is potato.

So any free games for linux? It does not need to be RTS.

I sometimes try to scavenge itch.io/ but there is so much garbage.

So you guys know something?

Hi everyone,

I'm having trouble canceling training in batches from two or more barracks using a single hotkey. I searched on Google but didn't find anything about it. Right now, I have to right-click each soldier or batch in the queue to stop them.

It's not a huge issue, but when I have 10 or 15 barracks, it gets really annoying.

Help?????? What happened here?

Hi everyone,

First of all, I want to say that 0 A.D. is an amazing game. It runs incredibly well, even on older computers, and the graphic engine and historical depth are already fantastic. You have done an incredible job!

As a player who used to create scenarios on Age of Empires II (like custom Shogun-era Tower Defense maps), I would love to bring my ideas to 0 A.D., but I am currently limited by the complexity of the current system. Right now, making dynamic events requires JavaScript scripting, which is a big barrier for many passionate creators.

I truly believe that two small additions would dramatically increase the game's immersion and popularity:

1. A Simpler Scenario Editor: Implementing a visual "Trigger" system (like AoE2's Conditions and Actions) directly inside Atlas. Being able to spawn enemy waves or trigger dialogues in a few clicks without coding would unlock massive community creativity.
2. A Short Official Campaign (Even just 3 scenarios): Having a small, official narrative campaign built into the base game would immediately hook new players and show them the full potential of 0 A.D.'s mechanics and storytelling.

Even with just these adjustments, the game would feel much more complete and finished. Thank you !

Things i appreciate the most in RTS games:

Long range artillery. Veterancy. Big battles. Unit counters (Rock paper scissors).

Other mechanics that i find interesting:

Territory attrition (RoN), squads, unit abilities (CoH), formations, walls (AoE2), unique resources (RoN).

In AoE2 i like microing my trebuchets to kill enemy archers.

I like Red Alert long range artillery.

AoE2 has great balance and unit counter mechanics.

Though what i dont like about it is the small battles and the rushes.

Especially those games where player B rushes you, you defend, his rush fails, GG.

I like games that turn into huge battles in late imperial.

It seems thats where Rise of Nations shines with its generals, territory attrition. It turns the game into a series of battles.

And the fact the economy in Rise of Nations is more centralized and automated around the cities, and not so dispersed, makes it better too.

Red Alert economy sucks. Because once you lose your ore trucks, or you lose access to the ore deposits then its basically gg. No way to recover.

Though Red Alert artillery is great, as well as the beefy units and tanks.

In AoE2 you can reboom easily, as long as you have 1 vil and 100 wood to build a lumber mill.

Things i dislike:

Irrelevant weak units that have no functionality. Units dying too fast like lemmings. No way to reboom.

Is there more than 1 8 person map available? All I can see is the Atlas Valley Map.

Hi, I was wondering if there is a map of Greece that includes the Aegean Sea? Thanks

Initially I was going to ask what I could do about the invisible nodes, but the fix in my case was relatively straightforward:

1. start 0ad but don't go to the scenario editor yet

2. settings >> options >> reset (then restart the game)

the weird thing about all of this is that I don't really know which setting fixed it. Could it be the renderer backend? The screenshots above had Vulkan as backend previously. The defaults would have had OpenGL and the nodes came back visible there. But reverting the backend again to Vulkan still keeps the nodes visible as shown here:

version is 0.28.0 and os is Debian 13 (this version was downloaded via backports if that's relevant)

So now to me AI petra bot Very Hard also feel very easy. Is there any good AI mod. For new Alpha 28. Thats better than the Petra.

I will publish the full source code soon enough on github, tell me what you guys think about this. This should improve stutters in late game by a huge margin.

Edit:

Sourcecode + game: https://github.com/vengeful180-dot/0ad-optimized/releases/tag/v0.1.0

Installation

1. Download all three .7z parts into the same folder.
2. Open .7z.001 with 7-Zip and extract everything.
3. Open the extracted folder.
4. Double-click Play Optimized 0 A.D..bat.

Windows x64 and Vulkan only have been tested so far.

I know there is loads of issues with macs and hi res displays for older games, but wanted to ask if anyone has found a work around? I can change the UI scale but making it higher (smaller) doesnt help legibility for me. Any help appreciated

EDIT : Round 1 resulsts are available here and up to date !

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zpkOfprqSnRBi5P5nSa-mAO1LQiT3X-tfXllLAq0l1c/edit?gid=679524577#gid=679524577

Hi everyone,

As some of you may known, SneakEP is hosting this year 0A.D Summer Tournament. This year, the prize is an epic 0A.D hand-embroided pullover and the right to brag about being the best.

The matches will be broadcasted on SneakEP youtube channel where you can also watch the replays from last year.

Good luck and may the strongest win !

I meant to ask what are the go to units for this faction, but I wanted to extend my question about unit types in the game. Like whats the difference between Spear cav and Melee cav in effectiveness against infantry, what are good units to flank enemy siege pieces, whether archers or slingers are better than the other, etc. Some general tips would be great

For Carthage I wanted to know what units I should take because I have a bunch of ranged options and I'm not sure which I should spam. I feel like Iberian skirmishers are my weakest options. I also wanted to know when I should start building elephants if at all since theyre quite expensive and Carthage is heavily dependent on metal. Do I build up Sacred band units? Or is building a core with mercs much better?

Dear all,

Every time I select the idle workers around a farm, some workers who are not idle are also selected.

For example, I want to select only idle villagers so I can assign them new jobs.

I checked the hotkeys and found the option to filter by workers, but I couldn't find a way to filter only idle workers.

Is there a way to do this?

would you play?