Written by Niektb, additions by radagastearendil:
Although the release wasn't that long ago, already a lot of changes were made last months.
I've got much to tell so let's dive right in!
New buildings and textures:
Enrique Keykens (Art Dept. Lead at Wildfire Games) reached out and created a brand new building texture for us. Atop of it he modeled a new Civic Center: Thanks for that, Enrique!
In the mean while our own artists (lead by Stanislas) haven't sit still and reworked and improved several buildings, created new roofs and retextured all buildings, also adding AO (ambient occlusion) maps for even more visual appealing rendering.
We also created additional buildings for our beloved Han faction like an outpost tower, a new market and others. Here are a few samples:
This wouldn't be possible if it wasn't for our concept artists LeDruide & Ayakashi who have done great work and made modeling the buildings a convenient task. Here are some samples, scan our forum for more of these:
Units:
In the past months several units were added/modified and some general balances and gameplay issues were fixed. Also a couple of helmets and armours were added. Expect a complete new feeling with the next release!
New emblem:
As sharpeyed people already might have noticed, we've added a completely new Faction emblem by Lion & Ayakashi:
Soundtrack:
Omri Lahav (composer of the 0 A.D.'s soundtracks) created some music for us to feature in our mods. Here is a draft of one of the songs:
Dropbox.com Lahav - Hill of Sorrows.mp3
Maps:
The Loess Plateau map has been fixed by Niek.
Other:
Leper & Sander have resolved plenty of technical issues while converting the mod to the most recent development version of 0AD, paving the way for future Han Dynasty additions to 0AD.
Auron, Thorfinn, Niek, Lion & shieldwolf pointed out and fixed issues and Ayakashi strived for improved historical accuracy.
The Mod is ready for the upcoming 0AD mod configurator / launcher mainly created by leper.
These were the most changes made till date. Keep in touch for more updates!