[Release] Age of nations IV - Pre-Release

[yonaba]

hey all,
Age of nations IV Pre release is out!

http://nsa04.casimages.com/img/2009/01/25/090125082309178306.jpg


Age of Nations is a Lua Coded RTS Game, based on Microsoft’s Age of Empires Game.


New features of this 4th Pre-release:

[GENERAL]

New Game Engine
Code Optimized (runs faster)
All Bugs Fixed


[IN-GAME]

Map Scrolling Fully enabled
Minimap Browsing was enabled (enables the player to jump to another location when clicking on Minimap)
New Design & Interface
Map was enlarged (now map is 1936*1632)

[Add-Ons]

New Main Menu
Added Options Menu
Added Pause Feature
Added Musics
Added Two fully playable Scenario


Download: Age of Nations IV Pre-Release (http://www.wikifortio.com/749127/Age%20Of%20Nations%20IV%20Pre-Release%20.rar.zip)

[wraggster]

thanks for the news, i love rts games :)

[zxxxy18]

WOW! AWESOME! so can i help you with the graphix?

[Buddy4point0]

Downloading now, I'll be trying it out in a bit!

Edit: It's comming along great. Still needs a lot of work but certainly has potential.

I also noticed that you're using luaplayer. I would strongly suggest switching it over to PGE.
I can almost guarantee all of your speed problems will be gone and you'll still have tons of power left over.

[dangee]

very nice.

I've done the Tut.
Couldn't stop the peasant chopping at 50, but that won't stop me having a try
with the scenarios.

Looking forward to the full release already.

[yonaba]

Thanks for testing this so.

[drifterx]

great. but i can´t start last campaign :(

[yonaba]

@drifterx: Thats normal, i've specified that this last one cannot be played yet.


Some Updates i've made since this Pre-release:

Interface:


I've modded a lot the game. Some pics have been added for resources.Also, the player now can disable/enable the upper board (which prints informations about his own amounts of resources) or enable/disable the Minimap.These features speeds up a bit the game, especially when many items appears, or even when the minimap or the board are hiding something on the map.

New screens :


http://nsa05.casimages.com/img/2009/02/02/090202111838912839.jpg (http://www.casimages.com)

http://nsa05.casimages.com/img/2009/02/02/090202112624955374.jpg (http://www.casimages.com)


http://nsa05.casimages.com/img/2009/02/02/090202113607436912.jpg (http://www.casimages.com)


http://nsa05.casimages.com/img/2009/02/02/090202113710937778.jpg (http://www.casimages.com)

WebsiteLink:Roland (http://roland.xtreemhost.com/?p=75)

[drifterx]

everything is great but icon of barracs is icon for tower :o

[yonaba]

Engine

I’ve almost ended the main engine code.At 70%, to give an idea.This was the most important steps, as some advised me.

Now using this engine as a custom function, i’ll be able tocreate tons of scenarios, campaigns,etc.

Actually, the engine is able to perform many features.

* Create Units (Peasants, Soldiers,Bowmen,Horsemen, Priests units)
* Show Burning Animation when a build is attacked and its health is being reduced.
* Repair Task is avalaible.
* It is also possible to collect ressources.Stone & Gold ressources requires Some updates before being collected.

What remains to do is building tasks,hunting tasks & some code for healing unit.I’ve also planned to add unit conversion & instant death (for priest), as soon as possible.

screens:

http://nsa05.casimages.com/img/2009/02/04/090204041241280010.jpg

http://nsa05.casimages.com/img/2009/02/04/090204043108216462.jpg

http://nsa05.casimages.com/img/2009/02/04/090204043144354488.jpg

http://nsa05.casimages.com/img/2009/02/04/090204043206605997.jpg

http://nsa05.casimages.com/img/2009/02/04/090204043229312633.jpg


02-05-2009

I’ve added some new features to the engine.

* Now Priests can heal units.
* Peasants can perform building tasks now as well

I’ve also modified a lot the background, adding some rocks and sand.This is just for testing.Maybe i’ll remove them after if it reduces the game speed.

http://nsa05.casimages.com/img/2009/02/05/090205100030665351.jpg

http://nsa05.casimages.com/img/2009/02/05/090205100714290357.jpg

http://nsa05.casimages.com/img/2009/02/05/090205100949981293.jpg

http://nsa05.casimages.com/img/2009/02/05/090205101035103247.jpg

http://nsa05.casimages.com/img/2009/02/05/090205101126964400.jpg

[yonaba]

Hi all,

i've uploaded this short 30 seconds video, recordered using FRAPS software.
This is just to show water animation and minimap browsing feature.

Download: Age of Nations IV Video (WMV Format) (http://www.MegaShare.com/589719)
Website: Roland (http://roland.xtreemhost.com)