Please don't do any more time limited events

CactusSteak2171 · February 4, 2020, 6:05pm

That’s a good time but it won’t beat my 34 sec win on Grab the Relic 11

Darkness01101 · February 4, 2020, 6:16pm

I’ll have to look at my replay. It may very well have been around 34 seconds for me, too

Yorok0 · February 4, 2020, 6:40pm

Alright, seems we have a contest going on here . Who can do it even faster? Is 34 seconds beatable?

CactusSteak2171 · February 4, 2020, 6:59pm

It’s beatable if you get good RNG with the monastery placement and if you’re Lithuanian I guess.

Zetnus · February 5, 2020, 2:53am

I don’t know where the snow particle effect is defined/implemented. I wish I did, I want that snow effect too!

Zetnus · February 5, 2020, 2:55am

It seems they did actually remove the Lunar New Year mods.
Now if I re-upload them, should I do 4 separate mods (UI, forage bush, TC deco, fireworks) or put them all in one upload?

Juggernaut8704 · February 5, 2020, 3:19am

I think separate mods will be better.

Zetnus · February 5, 2020, 3:43am

Here’s the main menu background: https://www.ageofempires.com/mods/details/3340/
The others don’t want to upload for some reason. I’ll try again later.

Juggernaut8704 · February 5, 2020, 3:46am

Waiting for fireworks and TC decoration
Thanks for your work!

Darkness01101 · February 5, 2020, 4:48am

I watched my replay. Sadly, I clocked in at an abysmal 1m 37s I was Spanish so had to create a monk. Not sure if any civ has a monk at the start?

Oh, I was on Normal speed. I wonder if CactusSteak2171 was on Fast? If you have to create a monk and are on Normal speed, would 34 secs be possible?

ULTRAMAG5762 · February 5, 2020, 8:18am

Wondering why the particle effects thing isn’t moddable, I mean there could be myriads of effects like snow, fog, smoke, autumn/fall leaves, leaves and debris in a storm etc. that could be added to the game as mods.

Darkness01101 · February 5, 2020, 3:08pm

It might be moddable, but maybe the ability has just not been found yet? I spent quite a bit of time looking through a bunch of files and folders yesterday, but couldn’t find yet. I saw a particles folder, but didn’t see fire embers that are used on the main menu

Zetnus · February 5, 2020, 6:39pm

This. It surely is moddable; it’s just a matter of figuring out how. My bet is one of the vast number of json files

Darkness01101 · February 5, 2020, 11:40pm

How do you open/edit a .json file, do you know? Am wondering…

Zetnus · February 6, 2020, 1:00am

any text editor like notepad will work.

Darkness01101 · February 6, 2020, 1:47am

Oh, whoops. I did that already for several .json’s, but I think(?) I remember encountering some .json’s that showed scrambled info when trying that.

And, of course, some other file types other than .json were showing scrambled characters.

I wonder what would be needed to view files that show scrambled and weird characters?

CactusSteak2171 · February 6, 2020, 5:50pm

It was 34 in game seconds, so the speed won’t matter.
I did it this way:

CactusSteak2171:

-Settings: Relic race, Socotra, very small, post imp. Take a civ with good monks and scouts (best for this are Lithuanian and Aztecs). Either play against your buddy or 2v1 an easy AI.
When you enter the game, you will notice the relic is in in your base’s sight (sometimes it will even be right next to your monk) Produce a monk asap,set the rally point on the relic, put your 3 vills on gold just in case your monk gets killed (don’t build a house you won’t need it) and use your scout to kill the enemy scout or spawncamp the opposing monk (it will come out after yours though, because the AI produces villagers first) Use turbo mode and fast speed to make it as fast as possible. My best time is 34 in-game seconds which is pretty good. You can also use this to grind all unique units icones for multiplayer.

Zetnus · February 7, 2020, 12:28am

The remaining lunar mods:
https://www.ageofempires.com/mods/details/3404
https://www.ageofempires.com/mods/details/3405
https://www.ageofempires.com/mods/details/3415