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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Latest release:
Alpha XXVI - Zhuangzi
Changelog
Last modified: Fall 2022
Troubleshooting
NOTE: If the problem remains ask for help either on the Forum or via IRC #0ad/ #0ad-dev(1), the game is maintained by volunteers who do all sorts of tasks, be patient.
General
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Do you have any antivirus software running? Try disabling it or add an exception for 0AD. |
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| Do you have any antivirus software running? Try disabling it temporarily or add an exception for 0AD. |
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Try disabling
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In single player mode, you can open the developer overlay with
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Network latency:
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Computation lag:
By toggling the wiki/In-GameProfiler with
Wiki/GamePerformance summarizes the problems, that need to be solved, to improve performance. | |
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Platform-Specific
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The left
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| If snap doesn't work, you can try the PPA (Ubuntu's Personal Packaged Application), see link below.
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Try to locate your cursorbackend = "system" nohwcursor = "true"
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| Workaround it with windowed mode and xfce4 fullscreen.
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The reason for this message is that 0 A.D. would need to be signed with a developer AppleID, which costs an annual subscription. At the moment, this problem can be bypassed for the installation by
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Disable the graphics option
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Enable the graphics options
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The default batch adjustment hotkey (
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| You need to adjust the property settings of the 0 A.D. application, see the link below.
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Go to the
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Multiplayer
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Try to disable
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Go to
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| This message usually appears, when you have got a typo in your password or username. If you are sure both are correct, you could create a forum account and contact user1. |
| Resetting is currently not possible via the user interface, you would need to create an account on the Forum and contact user1. |
| You may be using an older version of the game. Each major version of 0ad has a separate lobby. See play0ad.com/download for the latest version, or https://releases.wildfiregames.com/ for archived versions. Ensure that you are using the same version as your friends in order to join games together. |
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Firewall:
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| This error message is almost always caused by an incorrect network configuration on the host side, not by a bug in the game. Please ensure that the host has the UDP port 20595 forwarded at their router to their private IP address. |
| Port forwarding is a way to make a computer on your network accessible to computers on the Internet, even though they are behind a firewall/router. This is commonly used when playing games or downloading files. If you have forwarded a port in your router settings, it is referred to as an open port. 0 A.D. uses UDP 20595 by default.
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| See this forum thread with detailed instructions - Multiplayer on LAN (16/Jan/17). |
| Comprehensive instructions for hosting a lobby can be found in this Github repository: github.com/0ad/lobby-bots. So far, there is no way to run a game on a central server. One of the players is always the host.
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| If you were simply kicked then you are able and allowed to reconnect to the lobby immediately. There are four English swearwords (the worst 4-letter words) that cause the profanity filter bot to auto-kick players. If you were muted or banned then you need to tell a lobby moderator, via the forum or IRC chat, your lobby username and the approximate time and date that it happened. There is a possibility that you were auto-muted by the profanity filter bot, in which case only user1 can undo that currently. If you were manually muted or banned then it is usually intentional, and you can contact a lobby moderator on the forum in order to ask about the reason for the mute/ban, and to engage in the appeal process. As far as the language that is considered against the rules, please read through the lobby legal terms, especially the Terms of Use. The current lobby admin is user1. Current lobby helpers are Norse_Harold and seeh. |
Gameplay
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Read these forum threads and you will defeat the AI and most likely become a competitive player in the
Alternatively, you can watch Youtube replays (see Miscellaneous below) of pro players or download their replays to better see their build order and which tech upgrades they focus on.
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It shows the current rank of your unit. The bar normally increases during combat by gaining experience points, once a certain threshold is reached, the unit moves up a rank. Depending on the type of unit (Healer, Ranged, Melee), certain values of the unit are boosted. The
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| If you kill an enemy unit or building, you get the specified loot and all resources that the unit had on it. You do not get this loot if you delete one of your own units/ buildings. |
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There are three major types of damage:
The combat system works by matching the attack type with the resistance type.
In the image below, the
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In addition, there are | |
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The most effective defense against rams are units that are in the "swordsman" class. This can include certain cavalry and champion units. Female workers can also be used, but they have a low HP so should only be used as a last resort. All these units are effective because they deal "hack" damage, not "pierce", and rams block almost all pierce damage. Crush damage is also effective: elephants and clubmen are also both very effective against rams. Since ranged units tend to deal pierce damage, they are mostly powerless against rams and siege towers.
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| As a rule of thumb, training units with batches is more efficient the longer you do it and the larger the batch is.
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| The unit only runs when it flees or when it is called into formation. There is no special command with which you can order a unit to run.
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Your units are positioned in a certain way, e.g. in the
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Click with the right mouse button while holding down the |
| The buildings have capture points for all players. If a player reaches 100% of the capture points for that building that player gains control over that building. Capture points can be gained by ordering units to capture that building or by that building standing inside a players area of influence (the player-coloured borders). |
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You can assign a specific
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Select a bunch of units and then press |
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Either you build two markets and have traders run from one to the other or you send your traders from your market to one of your allies, the latter being more lucrative. Docks can also be used as market destinations.
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| Click with the right mouse button on the symbol at the top left, the small indicator changes the symbol.
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| Currently, only 1v1 matches are rated, and this option can be turned on or off by the host of the game. When the option is turned on, it will be displayed at the bottom of the game settings page. You will start with a score of 1200, which will increase if you win and decrease if you lose. After your first rated game, the rating will be visible.
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| You need to find the correct replay file (see wiki/GameDataPaths) and upload it here: Ratings Disputes and Offence Reporting (11/Jun/21). |
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Contributing
Main game
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For more details, check the wiki/GettingStarted article. Contact us through the Forum or via our IRC #0ad/ #0ad-dev(1) channels. |
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| Phabricator (aka Phab) is used to manage patches. You can upload your solution there and request a review of your patch. If the developers accept it, it will be added to the development version and later ends up in the bundled release version. Details on how to submit patches can be found here: wiki/SubmittingPatches. |
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Guidance on how to report bugs correctly can be found here: wiki/ReportingErrors. |
Map making
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The game comes with a |
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| Depending on which options you enabled/disabled when saving the map, you should find them under the correct map filter.
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This tutorial was made by a Youtuber called
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Modding
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| You can find and download mods in the following places:
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The game itself is developed to be highly modifiable, to get started see wiki/Modding_Guide and wiki/Mod_Layout.
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| You can ask via IRC #0ad/ #0ad-dev(1), or you might find old threads in the Game Modification subforum answering your questions, otherwise you can create a topic and ask for help there. |
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As long as you abide with the 0AD license. |
| Here you can find all the information on how to get the source code and build the game: wiki/BuildInstructions.
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| This page lists the components that can be added to entities and the XML syntax for their initialisation data. |
| Simply follow the instructions below.
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Miscellaneous
| When it will be ready. Unfortunately we can't be much more specific than that, there are too many things we just don't know. We're working on the game in our spare time, so we don't know how much time we'll have to make the game. |
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| A developer wrote (21/Mar/21): "0 A.D. is also still quite laggy, and needs a fair few improvements before I think it's ready for a more mainstream audience. I would push towards dropping the 'alpha' from the name, but that doesn't mean it's quite ready." |
| We're going to look at putting the game on Steam to make it easier for people to find out about it, but not until we get to the beta stage at the earliest. We want the game to be as good as possible so people don't miss it among all the other games that are there. |
| Yes, but gameplay related infos (Features, Factions, Game Manual) are a bit outdated. This needs to be fixed, if you want to help us, raise your voice either via the Forum or through IRC #0ad/ #0ad-dev(1). |
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For casual players there is no channel that summarizes progress. From time to time there are some social media posts and a development report, but they are rare. |
| You can find a list of all accounts at the bottom of our homepage play0ad.com. |
| The four most popular channels are: |
| There is no official Discord, however there are some unofficial servers run by members of the community.
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| There are mods that add more factions to the game (see github.com/0ADMods), see the forum links below for some likely candidates.
The concerns, for adding new factions, mainly revolve around balancing all the factions so that they are equally strong, but still different from each other and to be historically accurate.
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It has been added to
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| The game is completely free and open source. We only use donations to pay for server hosting, etc. |
| On this page - releases.wildfiregames.com - you can find all released versions and some statistics about how many times each version has been downloaded recently.
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| You will find a list of names in the Wildfire Games Team Wiki and in the Forum's Staff Directory. |
| Join IRC #0ad/ #0ad-dev(1) or check the Help & Feedback subforum where many questions have already been answered. You may also ask any new questions there. |
Footnote
(1) Most active team members are in the CET time zone. The chat is logged irclogs.wildfiregames.com.
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