As long as the game is free, I can't pay the required server space. If I find a solution to get enough server space, I will immediately add this feature.
Today I decided to try out a few new ideas that I had.
I created Donald Trump and his great wall vs the Mexicans, AND THEN, I made a huge Australia and set the red team against the blue team to see if they could take my beautiful country from me or if I could defend it!
hey JNI you sould make it in the costum battle thing where if you put your mouse over a unit it shows the units health sound like it might end up being in the game
Very pleasantly surprised at how fun this game actually is. I decided to push the limits with a 1,016 unit battle. My PC may or may not have survived the endeavour lol.
aquatic fish should be able to be on a team (red and blue) so fish that are on the red side only attack blue,not other reds.and there should be just random fish (for example:a shark that isn't on red or blue)
swordfish(they jump out of the water and slice enemys to pieces special thing about this fish:it ignores armour)
pikefish(does less damage then a swordfish and can ignore armour too)
piranha (does little damage but does a lot in swarms special thing about fish:brothers in fins((if a piranha is near another piranha,both piranhas get a damage boost))
blue whale (a super big whale that belly flops onto ships)
squid (special thing:ink ((when its hurt it will let out a bunch of ink that stuns and hurts enemys))
boss aquatic animals:
mega piranha(a super big piranha that also has brothers in fins and does more damage then a regular piranha)
megalodon(a very big shark that does a lot more damage then a regular shark and has bloodlust((sometimes will get a sudden burst of hunger and do even more damage then usal))
sharks should also have bloodlust
kraken (a huge squid that will grab ships and pull them down to the bottom of the ocean special thing:lord of squids ((spawns a bunch of angry squids that attack everything))
Moby Dick (a very very very large white whale that belly flops onto ships and does double damage against squids and the kraken and it does more damage then a blue whale)
Leviathin(bigger then Moby Dick and it swallows ships whole special thing:Lord of Aquatic ((can spawn any fish even bosses and spawns water warriors that are very strong and can spawn with any armour and weapon and shield))
that's all I can think of.hope you like it JNI and anyone else who reads this.it took forever to make.
Yeah I love it! And it will take forever :D Thanks for all the suggestions/ideas!
I will add some of this then I have the time.
Next update (26th February) will heavily improve the performance. I have one last problem and if all goes well, I will increase the performance from 35fps to 60+ fps with 100 melee units. I will write more details about that in the next devblog.
The new movement system will also allow me to add unflat terrain, maybe aI will add that, too.
There will be many fixes and small new features. More procedural battles (sieges and deahmatch).
Of course the ocean battles and I would like to improve the graphics, too.
Once I finished the new AI system, I would like to update the experimental versions to test the performance on other computer. But this will take about a week, because I can't work at the AI the whole time, because it's really exhausting.
man i can,t wait to see ocean battles they look like a lot of fun and now you put some sharks into the mix of the ocean battles and the ships look awesome and i hope there is at least 5 ships to use in the ocean like i seen one ship so far and i hope to see some big ships and i also wanna see a kraken added to this game
Quick question, Will level bundles become user made levels? Or will they be levels created by you? Would be cool to see what people have to show though, I am not a proggramer though, So im not sure if its easy to do something like this or if its hard, I would assume making things that involve this kind of stuff is pretty hard, but if you do plan on making it like this, take your time, no one is rushing you
It would be easy to add user made levels to the level bundles, but as long as the game is free, I can't pay the required server space. If I find a solution to get enough server space, I will immediately add this feature.
JNI i hade a blast playing the first level bundle and thanks for makeing this for us and removeig the campain was a great deal and keep up the great work hope the next level bundle is just as good as the first one and your game is starting to have some back story to it and hope the game can go on for a long time :)
I Have another suggestion for the game, The ultra helmet and the viking helmets...Oh my god that Line Is making me blind, i cant even hit the floor, Make it smaller,or maybe change how the helmets look, because jesus, I cant see a thing lol.
Ok, you can try to create a directory with the name 'Translations' into the AncientWarfare2_Data folder or you can run the game with administration rights.
not really you can play as a unit and you can,t do that in tabs and in this game you can make castles and tabs can not do that and also a thing in this game tabs can,t do is that you can have game modes so they are not the same
Very fun game! But i have a glitch that if i throw a weapon and i pick it up again i can't slash anymore.. Then its broken. But still one of the best war games (psst, better than TABS xD) And maybe in the future ad coop.
The game is a lot of fun, And the music just makes it better!, I have a little suggestion, How about choosing your team? Its boring being blue all the time! would be nice to see what the reds see, ITS NOT EASY BEING RED AND BEING SLAUGHTERED BY BLUES! Also, Lord Of Lords....That just sounds silly, maybe change his name to Lord of kings? or king of lords? Not sure, But lord of lords just sounds silly lol
Im too mad. The steam version will be paid. (Ik im a butthurt little bitch, but I an't buying that game. I just bought Men of War Assualt Squad 2, and it was way too much.
Great game dude, I do have a suggestion for the main menu. (il just post it really simple cause i am not a programming beast or something haha)
Main menu:
var troopcountBlue
var troopcountRed
if "troopcountBlue" > 3 function spawn=false
if "troopcountRed" > 3 function spawn=false
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Because right now in the main menu often, either blue or red totally destroys the opponent and troops keep spawning in. I think this would fix it? I dont know if it can be done this simple.
i think 3 is perfect, or maybe make something that the class is identical so
Var class
Function class = knight else axeman else swordman
If Bluespawn = knight function redspawn = knight
Well i suppose you get the idea, i think this could prevent the main menu spawns to be like uneven, because now 1 guy spawns with halberd and he can kill like infinite guys with smaller range :)
I think it would also be cool if blocking is possible with a melee weapon, sword or axe or something :)
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I tried out Ancient Warfare 2 before the current update, and I really enjoyed it. I may also make another video with the new updated version.
Here's the video:
Thanks for sharing!
Today I attempted to stretch my imagination, and came up with something really impressive! I made an absolutely ENORMOUS impossible Maze of DOOM!!
This map is crazy!
Hey JNI, It would be cool to have modern units, and air wars
look at the title of the game...ANCIENT warfare 2 not modern warfare 2.there will be a modern spin-off though.
One more question: In the future will there be an in game thing where you could post custom battle levels for others to play?
As long as the game is free, I can't pay the required server space. If I find a solution to get enough server space, I will immediately add this feature.
Can the player pick up a hoplite?
No
Tried making a map let me know what you think!
I have an idea
Rather than have a huge list of unit you could instead make your own custom unit like the choose player equipment board and save it
Yes, but there are many problems with something like that at the moment...
awwwww
Today I decided to try out a few new ideas that I had.
I created Donald Trump and his great wall vs the Mexicans, AND THEN, I made a huge Australia and set the red team against the blue team to see if they could take my beautiful country from me or if I could defend it!
I had a surprisingly good time with it lol.
Thanks for sharing!
i have one question:
the ships wil be controled or just randomly float in water
The ships will be controlled like the siege weapons and the player will be able to control ships, too.
hey JNI you sould make it in the costum battle thing where if you put your mouse over a unit it shows the units health sound like it might end up being in the game
That's a good suggestion, I will add it!
yes i knew you would add it
Very pleasantly surprised at how fun this game actually is. I decided to push the limits with a 1,016 unit battle. My PC may or may not have survived the endeavour lol.
Thanks for sharing, I will watch it later. 1016 units are too heavy for every computer :D
few questions:
when is the next update coming?
what will it add?
also some aquatic animal suggestions:
aquatic fish should be able to be on a team (red and blue) so fish that are on the red side only attack blue,not other reds.and there should be just random fish (for example:a shark that isn't on red or blue)
swordfish(they jump out of the water and slice enemys to pieces special thing about this fish:it ignores armour)
pikefish(does less damage then a swordfish and can ignore armour too)
piranha (does little damage but does a lot in swarms special thing about fish:brothers in fins((if a piranha is near another piranha,both piranhas get a damage boost))
blue whale (a super big whale that belly flops onto ships)
squid (special thing:ink ((when its hurt it will let out a bunch of ink that stuns and hurts enemys))
boss aquatic animals:
mega piranha(a super big piranha that also has brothers in fins and does more damage then a regular piranha)
megalodon(a very big shark that does a lot more damage then a regular shark and has bloodlust((sometimes will get a sudden burst of hunger and do even more damage then usal))
sharks should also have bloodlust
kraken (a huge squid that will grab ships and pull them down to the bottom of the ocean special thing:lord of squids ((spawns a bunch of angry squids that attack everything))
Moby Dick (a very very very large white whale that belly flops onto ships and does double damage against squids and the kraken and it does more damage then a blue whale)
Leviathin(bigger then Moby Dick and it swallows ships whole special thing:Lord of Aquatic ((can spawn any fish even bosses and spawns water warriors that are very strong and can spawn with any armour and weapon and shield))
that's all I can think of.hope you like it JNI and anyone else who reads this.it took forever to make.
Yeah I love it! And it will take forever :D Thanks for all the suggestions/ideas!
I will add some of this then I have the time.
Next update (26th February) will heavily improve the performance. I have one last problem and if all goes well, I will increase the performance from 35fps to 60+ fps with 100 melee units. I will write more details about that in the next devblog.
The new movement system will also allow me to add unflat terrain, maybe aI will add that, too.
There will be many fixes and small new features. More procedural battles (sieges and deahmatch).
Of course the ocean battles and I would like to improve the graphics, too.
Once I finished the new AI system, I would like to update the experimental versions to test the performance on other computer. But this will take about a week, because I can't work at the AI the whole time, because it's really exhausting.
ok thx!
man i can,t wait to see ocean battles they look like a lot of fun and now you put some sharks into the mix of the ocean battles and the ships look awesome and i hope there is at least 5 ships to use in the ocean like i seen one ship so far and i hope to see some big ships and i also wanna see a kraken added to this game
At the moment I'm still working on optimisations, but after that, I will start to create a few ship models.
i singed up for translate and i din't get a mesage back
btw i don't know whit what program i wil translate
the level bundel is grate but i want in the next level bundel to not have the option to choice equidment
I answered any email I got. Have you entered a valid email address?
The translation can be done with any text editor.
idk i wil try again
the level bundle won't download for me
Check if your internet is working and if the game has the rights to use it. Bundles will download, I tested it many scenarios.
Quick question, Will level bundles become user made levels? Or will they be levels created by you? Would be cool to see what people have to show though, I am not a proggramer though, So im not sure if its easy to do something like this or if its hard, I would assume making things that involve this kind of stuff is pretty hard, but if you do plan on making it like this, take your time, no one is rushing you
It would be easy to add user made levels to the level bundles, but as long as the game is free, I can't pay the required server space. If I find a solution to get enough server space, I will immediately add this feature.
JNI i hade a blast playing the first level bundle and thanks for makeing this for us and removeig the campain was a great deal and keep up the great work hope the next level bundle is just as good as the first one and your game is starting to have some back story to it and hope the game can go on for a long time :)
Thanks for your positive feedback! I'm currently planing the next bundle and I will add even more.
Im excited to play the new update! :)
I hope that the fixes will restore the playability.
I Have another suggestion for the game, The ultra helmet and the viking helmets...Oh my god that Line Is making me blind, i cant even hit the floor, Make it smaller,or maybe change how the helmets look, because jesus, I cant see a thing lol.
I know it is hard, but did the real knights see more? I will think about removing it.
Real knights had in on top of their noses, making their visibility a bit better, But they did see it, only that it Wasnt as bad as in the game
The game downloads, and opens, but i get stuck at the blurry background screen of the two guys fighting. Please help i want to play the new update!
the old version still works btw
Ok, you can try to create a directory with the name 'Translations' into the AncientWarfare2_Data folder or you can run the game with administration rights.
im on the mac version, i dont know what that means lol
On mac you can try to create a “Translations“ folder in the content folder.
This folder should be at this path AncientWarfare2_MacOS -> AncientWarfare2.app -> CONTENT
There is a small bug in the current version, if the application hasn't got the rights to write in it's directory.
SAME AS TOTAL ACCURITE BATTLE SIMULATER OR TABS
not really you can play as a unit and you can,t do that in tabs and in this game you can make castles and tabs can not do that and also a thing in this game tabs can,t do is that you can have game modes so they are not the same
ok im sorry for caps my key wouldn't work atm but ty for the advice
sincerely your friend Mass
How do you quit settings screeen for the controls? I can't seem to find a way
At the top right corner of the screen is a "x"
is the game free when you redownload it?
yes it is free
k thx!
Very fun game! But i have a glitch that if i throw a weapon and i pick it up again i can't slash anymore.. Then its broken. But still one of the best war games (psst, better than TABS xD) And maybe in the future ad coop.
Thanks for your feedback, I will look into the weapon problem
Thanks! Its fixed now :D
Ideas:
Health generation
Coop
sharks in the water level. (Ally sharks or enemy sharks)
hanks for your suggestions, I will add sharks as soon as I'm home.
so here is a idea list
1 make it so you can play as a red unit like always being blue is boring
2 add bears like wolves but stronger and you can ride the bear
3 add a thing in the costom battle ware you can have your map with hills
so thats it for my list
That's nothing new...
All points have already been suggested by someone else or are on my list.
crap i made that list for nothing
how do you update the game
redownload the game
hey JNI how will ocean battles work like do you have to place a boat and move it some how to the bad guys and fight
You will place a boat, place units on it and either control the ship or shoot a cannon. Or use a ranged weapons to kill the units of other ships.
thats sounds sweet
I held a lord league to find out who is the strongest lord!
Cool idea, seems like the lord of hell is the boss.
Nice video but you are a russian
Thanks! No i'm not a russian, i'm from Latvia! A few years back i could speak russian fairly fluently, but now i barely understand it.
I'm not sure how to navigate the interface... I can't seem to find the campaign button...
For what i heard it was not going to stay there, so maybe its gone
Yes, I removed the campaign. If you want to know more about it, you can read it in my last devblog.
ocean with no boat units?
The ocean has not been released yet. This update wasn't planned and I could not remove the ocean.
HOW DO YOU DOWNLOAD NEW UPDATES!?
Re-Download the game
I'm searching volunteer translators!
Do you want to translate Ancient Warfare 2 into your language? Just fill out the small form and I will message you.
-> https://www.jni-games.de/ancient-warfare-2/translator/
The game is a lot of fun, And the music just makes it better!, I have a little suggestion, How about choosing your team? Its boring being blue all the time! would be nice to see what the reds see, ITS NOT EASY BEING RED AND BEING SLAUGHTERED BY BLUES! Also, Lord Of Lords....That just sounds silly, maybe change his name to Lord of kings? or king of lords? Not sure, But lord of lords just sounds silly lol
XD #REDLIVESMATTER
#REDISNICER
XD
I've added itto my todo list for the next update.
I am sure you get this question a lot, and if you do, I apologize. But, will your new game coming out "Modern Warfare" Be:
1. Like Ancient warfare, where you give us a demo first?
2. Do you plan on it being free?
Thx! With all the love in my gaming heart!
-Sean
There are no plans for the release at the moment, because the development hasn't fully started.
Once I will start to develop the spin-off, I will notify all of you. We are currently creating a timeline for the development.
Okay, thanks!
also for the Spin-off, can you try to add bayonet combat? Like the Hoplites, when they get too close to an enemy, they can use their bayonets.
If we wil ladd bayonets, yes. But at the moment, we haven't planned a wepon with a bayonet.
Okay, sounds great
well, if you wanna play a modern warfare version play Ravenfield for the time being
Im too mad. The steam version will be paid. (Ik im a butthurt little bitch, but I an't buying that game. I just bought Men of War Assualt Squad 2, and it was way too much.
Hey I see you already implemented my suggestion, Great work :D
Keep up the great work! :)
You suggested it just in time before the update :D
The game will be free on steam ?
That's not sure for now.
please make it free or make free codes for players who downloaded game from itch
Ok JNI
I released a small patch with important bug fixes and preparations for the first level bundle.
REDOWNLOAD THE GAME TO PLAY THE NEW VERSION
Experimental versions will be updated in a few minutes.
Great game dude, I do have a suggestion for the main menu. (il just post it really simple cause i am not a programming beast or something haha)
Main menu:
var troopcountBlue
var troopcountRed
if "troopcountBlue" > 3 function spawn=false
if "troopcountRed" > 3 function spawn=false
-------------------------
Because right now in the main menu often, either blue or red totally destroys the opponent and troops keep spawning in. I think this would fix it? I dont know if it can be done this simple.Again I really love your game :)
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Yeah, finally someone who knows how to speak with a programmer :D
I will stop spawning if the number is too high. It's nearly as simple as you said.
i think 3 is perfect, or maybe make something that the class is identical so
Var class
Function class = knight else axeman else swordman
If Bluespawn = knight function redspawn = knight
Well i suppose you get the idea, i think this could prevent the main menu spawns to be like uneven, because now 1 guy spawns with halberd and he can kill like infinite guys with smaller range :)
I think it would also be cool if blocking is possible with a melee weapon, sword or axe or something :)
At the moment, the spawn is totally random but I think it would be good to create even battles.
But the spawn code is veery different from yours ;)
Ye this is very simplistic (and probably wrong) but you get the idea :)
:D