History Mod:
0AD's initiative to give a historical and educational context to the game, the AoE saga also brings this feature, where AoM stands out the most.
It explains every detail, technology, building and unit.
The encyclopedia is included in the game. It gives a simple and short summary of the topics covered.
This is the updated version of the encyclopedia that used to be in the 0 A.D. revision: https://trac.wildfiregames.com/browser/ps/trunk/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/units?rev=19959&order=name
CONTRIBUTING:
We'll discuss this mod on the forum here:
https://wildfiregames.com/forum/topic/107400-0-ads-built-in-encyclopedia/#comment-552231
Use Inside the tag and make sure to indent each paragraph with four spaces. For example: Fishing has always been a good way to gather food. Not only are fish high in important nutrients, but they are abundant in most large bodies of water.
We're writing for en_US. It really doesn't matter what you use but a tool like LanguageTool will help greatly with spellchecking. See 0 A.D.'s style guide here: https://trac.wildfiregames.com/wiki/EnglishStyleGuide
Here are some more that we've decided on:
for consistency use BC and AD for the dates not BCE and CE
Keep numbers simple. You can write One to Nine out or ones like Million but everything else write as numerals I.E. 12345 Instead of Twelve-Thousand Three hundred and Forty Five Likewise, all dates should be numerals. I.E. 100 AD Finally, we use decimals instead of fractions ie. 1.5 instead 1 and 1/2 likewise use 2 to 3 instead of 2-3 Use the US customary system in the text and use metric in parenthesis. Please do not abbreviate either. For example: "up to 60 feet (18.28 Meters)" Round metric mesurments to the nearest 2 decimal points
As for content, some parts of history can be gruesome but try to keep the writing fairly clean no please no gruesome tortures, or sacrifice rites. Also, History is some complicated so write in a clear, polite style that tries to see everything in context of the history and place. Use the English version of any name, of there is one, for example: Plutarch (English) instead of Plutarchus (Latin) or Ploutarchos (Greek). If there is no English version, use Athenaeus (the Latin version) instead of Athenaios (Greek). If there is no Latin version, use the Greek version, like Xerxes (Greek) instead of the Persian version. For most names there is either a Greek or Latin version. If not, then use the name in the original language (can't think of an example). Names of people must always be capitalized. Same for names of groups of people (like Helots, Hoplites)
Also put sources that you use for information in the sources folder in a file for the specific unit group. I.E. we'll have one for sparta and another for Animals.' Also when you add your sources. Add your 0 A.D. Handle at the end so we can contact you later if we have any questions.
RUNNING: put the : 0-ad-history-mod-package in the subdirectory with the rest of your mods.