[Release] Age of nations IV - Pre-Release

**yonaba** · January 26th, 2009, 05:36

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

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

***wraggster*** · January 26th, 2009, 16:10

thanks for the news, i love rts games

**zxxxy18** · January 26th, 2009, 17:23

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

**Buddy4point0** · January 26th, 2009, 20:29

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** · January 27th, 2009, 19:05

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** · January 28th, 2009, 14:58

Thanks for testing this so.

**drifterx** · February 1st, 2009, 17:28

great. but i can´t start last campaign

**yonaba** · February 2nd, 2009, 10:53

@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 :

WebsiteLink:Roland

**drifterx** · February 2nd, 2009, 15:33

everything is great but icon of barracs is icon for tower

**yonaba** · February 5th, 2009, 09:27

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:

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.