Ask Apolyton Anything About Rise Of Nations

[MarkG]

how are those?

well, like all tutorials
lots of lots of audio guidance

Once you get to play with it, or if the AI ever comes to you and makes an offer, let us know

oh, i've had the AI beg for peace lots of times(i'm playing on the easiest level)
and as the situation became worse for it, it offered more resources....
i'd like to see a smac-style "surrender, become eternal ally, pay regular tributes" offer....

there arent any trade agreements either(alliance includes that, you can send your caravans to allied cities)

[Main_Brain]

Whew Thnx.. A pity that half of the Names are Wrong.. Lack of Ü,Ö etc.


// Neither Wien nor Strakburg (I suppose this should be Strassbourg) are German Cities at all. I suppose it comes from some WW scenario..

[tniem]

Main_Brain, It will be in a text file, you can fix them if you like.

Markos: Does diplomacy take you out of the game, i.e. its RTS and how are you able to have meaningful diplomacy in that context?

[MarkG]

when you open the diplomacy window time continues to run. the answer comes in 1-2 seconds.

i think you can do a proposal while paused(you can give build/move/research orders while paused)

[Main_Brain]

@Tniem: Thats true but its quite sad u know I mean its great the use the German names of teh Cities and not the English ones (munich etc.) but I cant see why such things happen in so many Games
Okay I can see why it happens but it makes me sad.

[Inverse Icarus]

Originally posted by Main_Brain
@Tniem: Thats true but its quite sad u know I mean its great the use the German names of teh Cities and not the English ones (munich etc.) but I cant see why such things happen in so many Games
Okay I can see why it happens but it makes me sad.

it's because we're american. duh.

sorry, but if e did it for you, we'd have to do it for others.

imagine playing civ with the chinese city names in chinese.

i can see the diplomacy now:

"dude, you attack that house with a line through it, and i'll go for that upside down T with an x in it"

[theponyguy1]

Do formations and war strategy play a big role as stated in Rise of Nations? Did you ever have a smaller army and defeat a bigger army becasue of your army formation or tactics?

[theponyguy1]

Also, when a building gets damaged, does the health meter automatically come up over the damaged building? Because when I see battle pics, some buildings have the health meters above them but the buildings are not selected.

[MarkG]

Do formations and war strategy play a big role as stated in Rise of Nations?

i havent used formations much but i'd like to note that ron has several models(unit/research costs, combat results) which are transparent to the newbie but the hardcore gamer has lots to dig into and experiment

what is more obvious is the need to use combined forces. you can just build a large army of infantry and tanks and go take a city. airforce and artillery is necessary if you want to minimize your losses
the same goes for infantry and horses in ancient ages, etc

when a building gets damaged, does the health meter automatically come up over the damaged building?

yes

[adaMada]

Originally posted by MarkG

Do formations and war strategy play a big role as stated in Rise of Nations?

i havent used formations much but i'd like to note that ron has several models(unit/research costs, combat results) which are transparent to the newbie but the hardcore gamer has lots to dig into and experiment

Even if you haven't had a chance to use 'em, any chance you know what the interface is like? In empire earth, you could select a group of units and then click a button that set one of several very basic formations. Though this seemed nice at first, I found it sorely lacking (though a more intelligent formation AI might solve that problem) -- even if you haven't played with it much, can you give us any details about how formations are set?

-- adaMada

[MarkG]

pretty much the same way

when you select a group of units(either by selecting them with your mouse or by keyboard shortcut for a team you have set) there is button which goes through all the formations
i'll have to check to seethere keyboard shortcuts for them too....

[adaMada]

Originally posted by MarkG
pretty much the same way

when you select a group of units(either by selecting them with your mouse or by keyboard shortcut for a team you have set) there is button which goes through all the formations
i'll have to check to seethere keyboard shortcuts for them too....

Ok, thanks Markos . (Wouldn't it be wonderful to have an exclusive Apolyton screenshot of the selection dialog box ...)

* MarkG realizes he should have never told people he had the demo
/me snickers, and then resumes groveling.

-- adaMada

[theponyguy1]

Is the bar only temporary, or is the only way to get rid of it is to repair the building?

[theponyguy1]

also, is there an option to change the resource amount bar to the top, instad of top left hand corner. I liked the way it looked in the older screenshots...those were the days *sighs*

[MarkG]

the only way to get rid of it is to repair the building

yes

is there an option to change the resource amount bar to the top, instad of top left hand corner.

where was it? i havent tried to move it