It looks like the last release of Hyrule Conquest ended up being mostly stable. A few minor bugs are still floating around, which I will try and patch when time permits. For the last several months I have stated that I wished to back away from Hyrule Conquest to focus on other projects, so does this mean Hyrule Conquest is at an end?
Future Plans
Through some convincing from a few fans of mine, I do not think I will be leaving Hyrule Conquest permanently as I plan...
2023-08-31 19:16:32 +0000 UTC
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A reupload of the 0.15 version, this one should be pretty stable: https://www.moddb.com/mods/hyrule-conquest/downloads/hyrule-conquest-015-reupload
At the moment this is likely the final release of Hyrule Conquest, at least for a very long time. Anything is possible and I may come back to work on this project, but if so it would probably be after I finish Star Fox Ev...
2023-08-12 22:32:18 +0000 UTC
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Many apologies for the 0.15 release. It is for the most part completely broken and unplayable for almost everyone. I have temporarily removed it from moddb and will re-release it in a more stable form sometime in the next week.
2023-07-29 21:44:36 +0000 UTC
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Hello there everyone! Today a new version of Hyrule Conquest is out, making it compatible with the 0.26 version of 0AD as well as overhauling Labrynna. You can download it here: https://www.moddb.com/mods/hyrule-conquest/downloads/hyrule-conquest-015
As I had mentioned in the previous news post, I've fallen out of love with Zelda and have moved on to working on Star Fox Even...
2023-07-27 22:06:24 +0000 UTC
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This news is mostly intended as a courtesy to Patrons of Hyrule Conquest.
After over a decade of work I have decided to bring Hyrule Conquest to a close. Within the next several months you guys will be seeing the last additions to this game, of which I will go into detail later in this post.
Starting as "Hyrule Total War" in January of 2011 and eventually going through an engine and name change in 2016, I have spent over 12 years working on this game. If we go beyond just...
2023-05-22 21:15:57 +0000 UTC
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Greetings everyone! It's been quite awhile since there's been any kind of big news for Hyrule Conquest. For those wondering or are a bit out of the loop, I have shifted gears in the last 8 months and have been working primarily on Star Fox Event Horizon. I am currently working with official VA's from the actual Star Fox games, as well as a dev or two who worked on them, so naturally my attention has been...
2023-05-07 08:49:09 +0000 UTC
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Hello there Patrons! Work on Star Fox Event Horizon has gone into complete overdrive, so I have spent most of my time creating levels, animating cinematics, and managing a bunch of voice actors. I'm still set on finishing up the River Zora in Hyrule Conquest however, and felt like showing some renders of a few of their units so far. I've shown Queen Oren before, but now we get a look at a female spear wielding River Zora which will function as their basic infantry unit. Also are renders...
2023-04-17 04:15:31 +0000 UTC
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Hello there Patrons!
As has been mentioned over the last several months, most of my time has been devoted to Star Fox Event Horizon. Recently it's been decided on what faction to go forward with in Hyrule Conquest, and it's looking like it will be the River Zora.
The original plan was to wait until May, until the new Zelda game released to see if there was any notable designs or content that could be used. However, based on trailers and the leaked artbook and concept designs from ...
2023-03-15 07:03:49 +0000 UTC
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A nice little update about a new feature of Labrynna, as well as general plans for the future. Check it out in the video below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqa6No8aPdU&ab_channel=IceCreamMan
2023-01-28 02:42:52 +0000 UTC
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Hello there Patrons! First up, after long last the LODs for all of the current factions are complete. In the next release of Hyrule Conquest you will be able to toggle between the settings in the graphics menu, eliminating the need for the Low Poly Patch: https://i.gyazo.com/efa638c50414523f3d7e66672a437ecc.mp4
In future versions this system will become dynamic and should hopefully forever s...
2023-01-11 23:38:44 +0000 UTC
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If you have been on the Hyrule Conquest discord at any point since 2018, you've probably heard me mention LODs at some point. It's a particular subject I bring up a lot. What exactly are LODs you might ask? LOD stands for "Level of Detail." It is also a very common technique used in video games to optimize and dramatically improve framerates and performance. What LODs do is "swap out" higher poly, better looking models that each up valuble performance resources with lower pol...
2022-12-13 00:52:59 +0000 UTC
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An element of feedback that we have received over the last several years is that "there are too many resources" in Hyrule Conquest. To some degree this is true: 0AD's resource structure is based on the Age of Empires paradigm of techtrees. Hyrule Conquest has shifted dramatically away from Age of Empires and plays much more like the Battle for Middle Earth now. To address this issue, we've discussed what exactly should be done about the resources over the last few months. Wh...
2022-11-11 10:01:08 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patrons!
About a month ago, Star Fox Event Horizon was separated from this Patreon into its own. To say it's been a success is an understatement, the Star Fox patreon has completely soared. You might have noticed that because of this, my attention was drawn away from Hyrule Conquest. I want to address this in this news post.
Simply put, I believe I am going to spend the next month working almost exclusively on Star Fox Event Horizon. I want to let ...
2022-10-03 21:32:20 +0000 UTC
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As mentioned in the previous news, Star Fox Event Horizon is being split from this Patreon to a brand new one, which can be found here: https://www.patreon.com/starfoxeh
There are two main reasons for this:
1. Estelle Ellis will have no involvement in Hyrule Conquest. As such she doesn't want any potential funds to be diverted to her from Hyrule Conquest.
2. It will make it easier for me to gauge w...
2022-09-07 07:09:44 +0000 UTC
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After discussion and some feedback, Estelle Ellis and I have decided that the best course of action would be to separate Star Fox Event Horizon from this Patreon, and create a brand new one for it. There are many people on this Patreon who are only here to support Hyrule Conquest and vice versa, and Estelle Ellis only wants to be rewarded for her work in Star Fox Event Horizon. She has no involvement in Hyrule Conquest, and we feel it would ...
2022-09-02 02:16:02 +0000 UTC
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Hello there, Patrons! There's some exciting things about to happen in the near future, and in this post I would like to talk about one of them and get some opinions and feedback on the matter. If you are on the Patron discord there has been discussion of this over the last few weeks.
Sometime between the 1st of September and the end of September, Estelle Ellis, the original voice actress of Krystal, is going to be joining forces with me to try and impro...
2022-08-31 06:18:21 +0000 UTC
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While Patrons have had access to this version for some time now, the public release has a few fixes to some issues that were in the Patron build. Plus you'll want it if you plan on doing multiplayer with non-patrons. Check out the new version here: https://www.moddb.com/mods/hyrule-conquest/downloads/hyrule-conquest-014-minor-factions
2022-08-26 08:04:49 +0000 UTC
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Hello there Patrons! Today I bring you the next version of Hyrule Conquest earlier than for everyone else. Do note that this next version uses a new compression system to reduce the mod's size to only 2.5GB. As such, you'll need to do something slightly different than unpacking a zip in order to get the mod to work. Here are the instructions below:
Make sure you completely and utterly delete any older version of Hyrule Conquest, now more than ever. Any old versions will conflict with th...
2022-08-09 09:12:42 +0000 UTC
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Quite a Star Fox Event Horizon binge lately. Here's a showcase of the Fortuna level which is probably one of the most jam packed Landmaster levels. For those keeping track, there's only several levels of the Lylat Wars left to finish, which means another release is probably only a few months away.
Star Fox Event Horizon - Fortuna Jungle Warfare - YouTube
2022-07-27 05:20:47 +0000 UTC
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Hello there, Patrons! July 23rd is going to be an awesome day, I'll be livestreaming with Estelle Ellis herself! You are all invited and there will be a Q&A at the end as well. I hope to see you there and it will be your chance to ask Estelle any of your Krystal questions you may have had for the last 20 years: The Voice of Krystal - Estelle Ellis Livestream - YouTube
2022-07-18 10:45:25 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone! The next big version of Hyrule Conquest is now out! Be sure to download the new version as well as the hotfix patch... there were several nasty bugs that made it in that were fixed:
Version 0.13: Hyrule Conquest 0.13 file - Mod DB
Hotfix Patch: ...
2022-07-09 23:47:39 +0000 UTC
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After getting Estelle Ellis on board I just had to skip ahead and make the first level Krystal appears in. Check it out everyone: Star Fox Event Horizon - Welcome to Sauria - YouTube
2022-07-07 21:07:33 +0000 UTC
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Well with a bit of conversation, good timing, but mostly blind dumb luck and divine intervention, it looks like Estelle Ellis (yes, the Estelle Ellis) will be reprising her role as Krystal in Star Fox Event Horizon. The next few months are about to get pretty crazy, so stay tuned!
https://twitter.com/undyingnephalim/status/1537183853680336896
2022-06-16 21:34:49 +0000 UTC
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In this video I go through the roster of new Korok, Gohma, and Fairy units. While these have all been covered in detail in the last several articles, I figured you guys might want to see them in motion. Stay tuned as the next version will be out sometime in the next week or so!
2022-06-11 00:32:11 +0000 UTC
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Hey there, Patrons. Time for another update, and this time it's for all the fixes to the Fairies of Tarm. The new Node System broke the way the Fairies functioned in Hyrule Conquest, so I've spent the last several weeks fixing them up and updating them. They have quite a few new units and features, so be sure to check out the article on moddb: Seasonal Changes news - Hyrule Conquest mod for 0 ...
2022-06-07 10:38:09 +0000 UTC
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Check out this video showcasing some of the Bosses I've been working on using the new animation system added to Freespace. Do keep in mind things are a bit janky as the new animation system is still work in progress and experimental: Star Fox Event Horizon - Testing some Boss Animations - YouTube
2022-05-17 20:51:24 +0000 UTC
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I hope all is well with everyone. Today I've made an article going over all the changes being made to the Gohma, and there are quite a lot of new additions. Some new creatures like the Mothulas are showing up, so go ahead and check out the article to see what else is in store for this bug filled army: Arachnid Overhauls news - Hyrule Conquest mod for 0 A.D. Empires Ascendant - Mod DB
2022-05-08 07:43:34 +0000 UTC
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Hello there everyone! It's been about a month since the last release and the feedback has been pretty great. Some small changes and features I wanted were not finished on time however, so I'm spending a bit of time getting those finished before moving on to some bigger plans. Check out this article on one of the features I wanted to be included in the last release but didn't quite make the deadline in time, if you like Koroks you'll be pretty happy: 2022-04-29 02:04:54 +0000 UTC
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The new version of Hyrule Conquest is out, you can download it from moddb here: https://www.moddb.com/mods/hyrule-conquest/downloads/hyrule-conquest-node-bases
Don't forget to check out the low poly patch if the game is running slowly, hopefully this will be one of the last versions that needs it: 2022-03-28 01:29:43 +0000 UTC
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I've worked on nothing but the Lylat Wars for almost 4 years now, I wanted to do something set during the Adventures timeline. Something I always wanted that was not possible until Baezon's tank script and Lafiel's animation code were added into Freespace was the Sharpclaw Hoverbike. Well it's possible now! Please take into account this is a highly experimental feature and there's bound to be quite a bit of jank at the moment!
2022-03-23 04:22:36 +0000 UTC
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