Daniel Roschka
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This makes using STUN mandatory for games hosted using the multiplayer lobby. The motivation for that is a reduction in complexity, because right now if STUN is disabled we use a home-grown STUN-like logic, which got implemented before Pyrogenesis got STUN support. That home-grown logic relies on a custom ejabberd module (mod_ipstamp), which inserts the external IP-address of a host in the response messages when a host registers a game. Originally mod_ipstamp was also used to inform all potential players of a hosts IP-address, however that has already been removed to let hosts to only share their IP-address with players actually joining their game. Removing the home-grown logic and instead always relying on STUN removes complexity in Pyrogenesis and the lobby server and also eases hosting games for players, as they don't have to figure out anymore whether they need to enable STUN or not. These changes shouldn't negatively impact the ability of Pyrogenesis to handle different types of NAT or broken networks. There is one difference though: While the custom logic using mod_ipstamp utilized TCP as transport protocol, the STUN implementation in Pyrogenesis currently uses UDP. That doesn't allow hosts with UDP-connectivity issues to resolve their external IP-address anymore, however without UDP-connectivity they aren't able to successfully host games anyway, as the actual game updates are transferred using UDP as well.
0 A.D. Introductory Information
0 A.D. (pronounced "zero ey-dee") is a free, open-source, cross-platform real-time strategy game of ancient warfare.
This is currently an incomplete, under-development version of the game. We're always interested in getting more people involved, to help bring the game towards completion and to share the interesting experience of developing a project of this scope.
There are several ways to contact us and find more information:
- Web site: https://play0ad.com/
- Forums: https://www.wildfiregames.com/forum/
- Gitea (development info, bug tracker): https://gitea.wildfiregames.com/
- IRC: #0ad on irc.quakenet.org
Running precompiled binaries on Windows
A precompiled, ready-to-play development version of the game is available from
a checkout of the nightly-build SVN repository. If you are using the git
repository, you have to follow the steps below.
In a checkout of the nightly-build SVN repository, open the "binaries\system" folder.
- To launch the game: Run pyrogenesis.exe
- To launch the map editor: Run Atlas.bat or "pyrogenesis.exe -editor"
Compiling the game from source code
The instructions for compiling the game on Windows, Linux and OS X are at BuildInstructions.
Reporting problems
Bugs should be reported on Gitea. For information on reporting problems and finding logs, see ReportingErrors.
Contributing Code
If you want to help out programming for the game, have a look at GettingStartedProgrammers or contact us on #0ad-dev on irc.quakenet.org
Contributing Artwork
If you want to make artwork for the game, have a look at For Artists or visit the forums.
Translating
You can help translating the game at https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/0ad for more information, see Localization