7/14/2023 0 Comments Widelands helmet![]() ![]() Does anyone in the industry (or otherwise) have insight into what's holding us back here? In summary, I'm surprised at how few OSS games there are considering how much effort goes into modding. I can heartily recommend BattleTech Advanced if you don't want to go as far as Roguetech. It's definitely tougher, but not as impenetrable as Roguetech is. (Plus there's lots of difficulty sliders so you can probably tweak it to be about as forgiving as vanilla). I really enjoy the MWO-style mech customization that both of these add (the mod) one critique I have of vanilla Battletech is that they simplified the mech construction mechanics a lot, and stripped out some of the tradeoffs that make mech design interesting in the canon. In vanilla, you just optimize for free tonnage, and can put jump jets on everything, so there are just a few chassis in each weight class that are strictly optimal for most roles this makes it quite boring as there's little reason to pick other chassis. In BTA/Roguetech you can take an XL engine to shave off a lot of weight, but that means your mech will die if you lose your side torso. Lots of meaningful trade-offs, with no "best solution". I will admit that my eyes glossed over when I first started the game and looked at all the new part types I had to learn though. lightly for about five years, and am excited to learn of another FLOSS RTS! I did a quick comparison of Widelands and 0 A.D. Overviews from the games' respective sites are, LibreGameWiki articles are, and source code repos are. It seems Widelands focuses more on economics and transport, and maybe less on combat. Screenshots show Widelands has much simpler graphics.ĭevelopmentally, Widelands seems to use GitHub as its main source code repository and issue management system, whereas 0 A.D. uses GitHub as a mirror for its main Trac deployment. Beyond that, Widelands has lots of Lua (27%) and some Python (3%). has lots of C (24%) and some JavaScript (6%). Has anyone played both Widelands and 0 A.D.? How do they compare?ĭisclaimer: I loved the original Settlers II a ton as a kid and it still has a special place in my heart. ![]() Widelands is pretty much a clone of Settlers II and stays close to its formula, including the graphical presentation which keeps the ca. The game is better described as a base builder / city builder game with the goal of expanding one's own territory to cover a certain goal point. Conflict arises because said point is usually in an opposing faction's territory and you have to take it by force. Aside from the changes listed above, the model was nearly identical to the M34.Combat is very indirect with no direct control over any units and thus there is virtually no tactics other than trying to man your posts with more better equipped and better trained soldiers. The new model was christened the M38 and featured a trimmed rear skirt, omission of the front badge, a large rear neck flap, and ventilation holes in the liner pads for increased comfort in the hot East Indies. Produced by the Milwaukee Saddlery Company in the United States. The chin strap being a roller buckle assembly appended to the liner and shell.Ī version of the M34 was made for the Royal Netherlands East India Army ( Koninklijk Nederlands Indisch Leger, KNIL). At the very rear of the skirt a hole was made so that the helmet when not in use could be held in place with a clamp on either the uniform or rucksack. The liner also has a nape strap along the back for further adjustment of size. The liner consisted of three leather pads attached to a leather band that was affixed to the shell by means of seven rivets. Helmets used by the Nazis would have the frontal badge removed. The shell having a swooping shape and a rolled rim, painted green with an oval bronze badge on the front painted black with the emblem of the Dutch army on it. The M34 being an upgraded version of the previous M23/27, having shorter sides and a heavier weight to the M23/27. Unlike the many designs of this period being based around the Brodie, Adrian, and Stahlhelm bases. The shell has an unusual shape compared to other helmets of this period. M34 Liner, notice the rear nape strap and helmet clip hole.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |