= 0 A.D. Alpha 23: Ken Wood =
Go to the [wiki:Changelogs changelog overview], if you are looking for a different release.[[BR]] Check the [wiki:Alpha23?action=history history overview] to only read updates of this site.[[BR]] [[BR]] [[TOC]] Development started by ​Wildfire Games on July 29^th^ 2017 (r19923).[[BR]] Feature Freeze: [[BR]] String Freeze: [[BR]] Translation Freeze: [[BR]] Commit Freeze:[[BR]] Release: [[BR]]

Release Announcement:[[BR]] Tickets: https://trac.wildfiregames.com/query?status=closed&group=resolution&milestone=Alpha+23 [[BR]]

[[BR]] An overview of all tickets handled is found at the respective [http://trac.wildfiregames.com/query?milestone=Alpha+23&max=50 milestone] on trac.[[BR]] To download and install the developmental release of 0 A.D., have a look at the [wiki:BuildInstructions build instructions].[[BR]] [[BR]] The following list presents all changes noticeable to the enduser up to r20100 , more important ones first.[[BR]] Many small bugfixes, typo fxies, and code cleanups are not mentioned here.[[BR]]


== AI ==
r20025 Actually make the AI aware of aura and tech modifications of templates[[BR]]
r20031 Stop Sandbox difficulty Petra from expanding[[BR]]
r20039 Improve support for more than 3 phases.[[BR]]
r20052 Support more obstruction shapes (eg arches).[[BR]]
r20063 Fix building of first CC (which is also used if all CCs were destroyed when rebuilding).[[BR]]
r20065 Let Petra build wonders to increase the pop-cap, even if not in Wonder victory mode.[[BR]]
r20072 Improve the behaviour of currently capturing units when these are attacked[[BR]]
r20084 Remove the obsolete tutorial AI[[BR]]

== Art ==
=== Improvements ===
r19948 Give Spartan elite spearmen heads. (#4686, D752)[[BR]]
r19964 Give Scythian archers capture animations (#4711, D771)[[BR]]
r20020 Fix 6x6 and 8x8 foundation actors.[[BR]]

== Atlas ==
r20021 Help menu pointing to the manual and helping with reporting bugs[[BR]]
r20058 Add scrollbars to all tabs. Should make Atlas more usable on small resolutions.[[BR]]

== Balancing ==
r19956 Change CtR default to 2[[BR]]
r19967 Unsuccessfully bribed people get to keep your money (#4623)[[BR]]

== Game Mechanics ==
r19950 Death damage (#1910, D451)[[BR]]
r19969 Linear splash damage now uses the correct vector[[BR]]
r20007 Calculate spread from the aimed at position instead of the current target position[[BR]]
r20015 Make civ and classes bonuses work for splash damage[[BR]]
r20079 Allow BuildRestrictions Min and Max distance to be modified by techs and auras (see TechModifications)[[BR]]

== GUI ==
r19955 Victory and defeat reasons (#4382, D762)[[BR]]
r19957 Rally point lines now in player color (#4618)[[BR]]
r19965 Update the color of the selection ring, rallypoints and territory outline when the playercolor is changed in Atlas (#4643)[[BR]]
r19966 Build time tooltip now with more correct values[[BR]]
r19970 Resource total now on the left in the summary screen[[BR]]
r19980 Allow users to interact with the GUI while cinematics are playing[[BR]]
r19987 Fix the attack cursor for entites in the FoW[[BR]]
r20005 Support XMPP MotD[[BR]]
r20006 Make the sorting arrows in tables point in the correct direction[[BR]]
r20050 Display all relics and heros for observers (where all means less than 19 in total)[[BR]]
r20070 Display old chat messages in the lobby when returning from a game[[BR]]
r20071 Visual move order indicator (#4732)[[BR]]
r20073 Display the move order indicator to observers when following a player[[BR]]
r20075 Implement readonly Input GUI objects, allows users to copy paths in the replay menu[[BR]]
r20081 Focus on deleted entities in observer mode if following a player[[BR]]
r20097 Display the move order indicator in the SoD[[BR]]

== Maps ==
=== Improvements ===
r19935 Fix metal mines in latium[[BR]]
r19972 Stop spawning attackers on wiped out sides in Danubius (#4715)[[BR]]
r19974 Attackers now use secondary gates on Danubius)[[BR]]
r19998 Fix tuturial being stuck (#4696, #4697)[[BR]]
r20084, r20085, 20086 Convert the Introductory Tutorial to a tutorial map[[BR]]

== Renderer ==
r20001 Shadow map quality option (#4351, #743)[[BR]]

== Engine/Modding ==
r19951 (and a few more later) Allow the AI to load custom templates (follow-up to #2951) (D693)[[BR]]
r19952 Allow using {civ} in builder lists when some civs don't have those templates without errors (D707)[[BR]]
r20035 Fix an assertion failure when closing the game in the map loading scren (#4154)[[BR]]
r20067 Add a window icon (#4363)[[BR]]