0 A.D. is a free, open-source, cross-platform real-time strategy game under development by Wildfire Games. It is a historical war and economy game focusing on the years between 500 B.C. and A.D. 500. The game is Available for Linux, Mac, and Windows. The game is licensed under GPL. The game art is under CC-BY-SA.
Minimum requirements
Linux
Distributions supported: Arch, Chakra, Debian, Fedora,
Foresight, Frugalware, Gentoo, OpenSUSE, Pardus, Sabayon, Ubuntu.
Processor: 1 GHz Intel or x86 compatible
Memory: At least 512 MB
Graphics Card: Any supporting OpenGL 1.3 with 3D hardware accelerated drivers and at least 128 MB memory.
Screen resolution: 1024×768.
Mac OS
Versions Supported: 10.5 and Above
Processor: 2006 or later Intel-based Mac
Screen resolution: 1024×768.
Windows
Versions Supported: 2000, XP, Vista, 7 or 8
Processor: 1 GHz Intel or x86 compatible
Memory: At least 512 MB
Graphics Card: Any supporting OpenGL 1.3 with 3D hardware accelerated drivers and at least 128 MB memory.
Screen resolution: 1024×768.
Installation
Linux
Debian and Ubuntu
Install the package by running the following cammand as root:
apt-get install 0ad
Fedora
0 A.D. is available in the official Fedora repositories starting with F16. Install the packages by running the following command as the root user:
yum install 0ad
OpenSUSE
Launch YaST.
Select “Software” and “Software Repositories”.
Select “Add” and “Specify URL…”
Enter one of the following URLs, with name “obs-games”:
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/games/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/games/openSUSE_Factory/
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/games/openSUSE_12.2/
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/games/openSUSE_12.1/
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/games/openSUSE_11.4/
It should prompt “Import Untrusted GnuPG Key” – these packages are not checked or trusted by OpenSUSE. You should not install them in security-critical environments. If you understand and accept the danger of installing unknown software, accept the import.
Run “Install/Remove Software”
Select “0ad” to install.
Mac OS
The dmg file can be downloaded from the following links
32 Bit: http://releases.wildfiregames.com/0ad-0.0.12-alpha-osx32.dmg
64 Bit: http://releases.wildfiregames.com/0ad-0.0.12-alpha-osx64.dmg
Windows
The exe file can be downloaded from the following link
http://releases.wildfiregames.com/0ad-0.0.12-alpha-win32.exe
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