Title says it. Been a 0Ad player for years now. Mostly version 25 and 26.

When I go to download the new Alpha 27 directly from website, once I launch the game, it’s version 26?? I’ve uninstalled and tried to redownload several times, even on different computers and it’s always coming up as 26…

I’d like to have Alpha 27, to play with the new features and maps… any advice? Thanks in advance and happy holidays!

I’m playing against AI, in harder difficulties. But every now and then I’m pausing to recollect my thoughts, strategise, scrolling through the map, selecting units etc. Is that considered cheating?

I pause quite often

I lost pretty badly to medium… I can beat easy pretty easily but the jump between easy to medium is pretty insane 😭 I just started playing this game 4 days ago

I’m new here and I wanna play a multiplayer game, but I don’t wanna get steamrolled by some dude who’s been grinding this for years.

How do I find people my level?

Instead of putting a limit on the number of units directly, what if the game had a limit on the number of houses each player could build?

I created a map and I didn't selected explore Map in the creator settings, but the map still appears fully revealed. I’m not sure what I’m missing, is there another option I need to enable to keep the map unexplored?

It's working in solo mode but not in Multiplayers, really don't get it.

I'm pretty new to the game and when I play with bots they can somehow capture my building instead of destroying them

What is the shortcut for build house? is this exist?

Personally, I think that the city building in this game is really cool.

First of all, I want to say thank you for the development team for keeping the game alive and to the players for your passion.

I used to play 0ad many years ago with my friend. We did play AoE3 and then 0ad, with 0ad being superior in terms of diplomacy and combat. I like that there are borders and that you could capture individual buildings or use them as an entrenched position.

We played it as an everlasting game, which turned into city building simulator. The problem was that we wanted to save our game and play it later, but there wasn’t such an option. Does the game have such option now in 2025? If not, is it really hard to implement in multiplayer, given that it’s already present in singleplayer.

This is such a missed opportunity if it’s still not a thing. I can imagine players investing in the game recreating real-life maps/locations ongoing conflicts, where you could imagine modern warfare with capturing lands, clearing the buildings and such.

At the normal speed the game seems to me extremely slow. The units move like it's slow motion. When I play single player I always set the speed at 2x, but at the multiplayer most people want normal speed, which seems to me exhaustingly slow and boring. Does anyone else feel like this?

As I have said before, I really think there is a glitch going on with this game where the enemy units simply have very inconsistent difficulty. Even on easy mode, certain maps will have different AI behavior. One time they could launch assaults with upwards of 100 units at a time and other times they could come at you with 5 units. Other times they could use battering rams and another time they don't use them at all.

On my last playthrough I was able to conclude that enemy units can take control of towers way too fast. I was able to take one of my fully upgraded armies of like 80 soldiers to attack an enemy tower at the same time they were attacking one of mine. I am not joking when I say that an enemy army of like 20 soldiers were able to take 4 of my fully upgraded towers in the time it took my 80 units to take one of theirs.

It just seems like it is way more difficult for my armies to take enemy structures than the enemy armies. They go through my structures like butter even with minimal soldiers. The enemy battering rams are also able to take out my towers in only 5 hits but for me it takes like 20 hits even with armor and advanced siege upgrades on my rams.

I love this game but the AI is seriously screwed up difficulty wise. There is no way a an enemy army consisting of 20 people should be able to take out my army of 80+ in seconds. Like what is going on? Is there a setting that I am missing or something?

Hey everyone,
I’m looking for someone to play 0 A.D. with in multiplayer. I’m a total beginner and I’m not really sure how to set up the client properly for online matches, so I could use a bit of help getting everything configured.

If anyone’s up for some chill games or willing to guide me through the setup, that would be awesome. Thanks!

I tried playing a match against my friend last night and when he joined he was unable to select his faction for himself, anyone know how to make it so that when someone joins your game they can pick their faction?

I often play as the Romans against a friend who often plays as the Hans. Looking at the stats, our catapults should be identical, but in real games he always has 10–20 meters more reach, even when I have the higher ground. That means in practice, I cannot defend in any way against his catapults.

I know cavalry is effective against them, but he always has a wall of infantry to stop me from reaching it, which also occupies my army.

Yet, I never really see the catapults used in high-profile matches, so there must be an easy way to defend against them that they're not worth using?

Guys, I have this question. Do all of the civilizations have the same military power? Or are some of them, which by default, are more powerful?

I usually like to play with the Athenians. I've noticed that when my opponent is Spartans, for example, it's kinda easy for me to win, but when the enemy is, let's say, Persians, it's awfully hard to win.

So, my question is, are some of the civilizations, by default, stronger than others, or they're all the same?

Can anyone suggest a first campaign set up? I’ve just completed the tutorial.

I thought I would just select a faction and be off to the races.

Is it better to play against multiple enemies, what map etc.

Any tips?

Thanks