Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

I just connected and uploaded my god pretender as Machaka.

Thanks.

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

Just a heads up - you can create a shortcut to run dom2 and automatically connect to the server you want. This is what the properties box of the shortcut looks like on my machine:-


"C:\Program Files\dominions2\dom2.exe" --tcpclient --ipadr 24.90.74.183 --port 10275


Pickles

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

omg that is a great tip pickles

and we are 5/10 uploaded pretenders so far

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

Six of ten now as I claim Smaug, Lord of Pythium as the one true pretender! All others are nothing but imitations.

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

Map: Cradle of Dominion is fine with me (I assume you mean Cradle2, the final fixed Version on the official Dom II map page). Also, I kind of like Arduria (which would probably be more fun for water races, I think).

Independents: I would vote for strength 6, but I have no strong feelings, except that too much stronger could slow down the game because I think it would require more time for players to take over territory.

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

wow, things came together quickly. give me a few minutes and I'll settle on a pretender.

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

Me and my brother have uploaded our pretenders.

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

i'm finally uploaded.. it looked like Drool was the only one left..

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

turn 1 is up!!!!!

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

Oh ******* I was going to tinker. Never mind.
Pickles

This is 24h quickhost is it not?

(edited for bleeps)

[ July 26, 2004, 08:10: Message edited by: Pickles ]

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

but if everyone finishes their turn early, it'll autogenerate the next turn.. and it only forces a turn 24 hours after the Last turn. so really there's no way to nail down a deadline every day, since that deadline is subject to shift depending on how quickly everyone submitted their turns. best thing to do is check in within 24 hours of the Last time you personally submited your own turn.

is that correct?

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

The server is on est time but the 24 hours isnt always the same because of quickhost. If everyone does their turn lets say at 8pm est then the new 24 hours will be the following day at 8pm est. It does 24 hour host from the time of the Last host which will always change because of quickhosting when it happens.

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

I am having trouble finding the maps directory folder to put the map in. I am on a Mac Os X computer. Does anyone know where the folder is located for me. Searching for maps directory gave no results. Is that the name of the folder?

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

I found the answer.

Instructions for Mac OS X Users: Control-click on on your dominions application, select "Show Package Contents", and open up the resources folder. Then move the map data files from each individual downloaded map folder into the the resources/maps folder.

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

Thank you Aku.

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

I just want to make sure that PashaDawg, Machaka is doing ok with connecting. He is the only one so far that hasnt done the first turn.

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

Hi Aku:

I have not done my turn, because I had to go work this morning. I am guessing that I will not be able to do my first turn until about 9:00 pm.

Sorry about the delay.

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

That is no problem. I was just checking if you were connecting ok thats all.

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

I am happy to hear that we are underway, and I will make a point of getting my first turn done as early as possible (because then we will all get to play a SECOND turn tonight - yay!!) Hee hee.

I had no problem connecting and sending my god pretender to the server, and so, I expect that there should be no problem with connecting to actually play.

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

Turn one complete!

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

Arghh! I downloaded the game to my brother's user on the computer. It ignored my turn orders because of that!

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

how about his turn at least? did it mess up that one too?

your brother owes you a favor now lol

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

"Arghh! I downloaded the game to my brother's user on the computer. It ignored my turn orders because of that!"

You do know you need a separate copy for each player to play MP?
I would not mind starting over if you are really screwed (not just cos I have slightly the wrong pretender & no password!)

Pickles

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

unless they are on the same computer and take turns because he said his brother's user so i think they are on same computer with different log ins or something and are playing like hot seat mode

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

If you need to start over, no biggie.

Password? I can assign a password for my empire?

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

i didnt know either lol

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

I think the game does not allow two instances of the same CD key in a single game. I have had this identical problem trying to play a game against my son at home over our local net (i.e, using a single CD key). It certainly didn't work. We eventually got it to work on the basic game directly out of the package by using a bogus CD key we found on the net. However, they fixed that bogus CD bug in one of the subsequent patches so it will simply not work anymore at all to have multiple CD keys in the same game (other than hot seat mode).

I have been wondering if it was going to work in this game. Now, I am guessing it will not. Most likely, one of you will have to become computer controlled. Or go out and buy a second copy of the game.

--Panther

[ July 27, 2004, 00:09: Message edited by: The Panther ]

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

hopefully they have two cd keys

let us know what your status is on this luke

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

Aku:

What time Eastern Standard Time does a turn end approx.? I am in Maine.

Thanks.

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

Well, maybe I can do my own math. It looks like the server is 4 hours ahead of the U.S. Eastern Time Zone, and if the game started 7:30 am (according to the server's clock), then turns will end at 3:30 a.m. (which works out well for me).

Tell me if my math is wrong.

Thanks.

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Did you attack blind on turn one and lose your initial army already? Naughty boy!!!

Actually, the game looks like a good start to me so far, mainly because I can't see anyone else as yet (lol). But I must admit that I am quite excited just to playing my first on-line game.

--Panther

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

Oddly enough my brother's orders seem to have been accepted. I'm figuring that it will work if we both just use my user to take our turns. The only reason I didn't do that in the first place was becaue I wanted him to not need need me to login every time he wanted to take his turn. I would not be as rude as to ask if we could start the game over but I certainly wouldn't complain if we did.

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

"Did you attack blind on turn one and lose your initial army already? Naughty boy!!!"

I only ever did that once. Now I never attack before turn 4.

I do not really care about starting over I just thought I would offer to Starwarsluke. I do not think tinkering with my pretender would improve it just change it!

"Actually, the game looks like a good start to me so far, mainly because I can't see anyone else as yet (lol). But I must admit that I am quite excited just to playing my first on-line game."

A bit early to tell thogh R'lyeh is not very variable.

Pickles

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

Aku:

I encourage you to make a quick executive decision about whether to start over (and I think it would be nice to start over so everyone has a fair start). http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Thanks.

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

Well... call me a flip-flopper... but I just finished my 2nd turn, and it would be nice to just keep going...

Either way...

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

i've been having second thoughts about my pretender config all day, so to hear people thinking about restarting sounds good! Plus I completly forgot about a password (you'd think they'd remind you about that in the manual)

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

Well the only problem to start over is if Luke and his brother both cant do their turns. But the only way to really find out is for it to host to the 3rd turn. Maybe the best thing to do is to see if luke and his brothers orders both go through find for turn 3. If they dont it would suck to have an AI in and probably best to start over with 9 people then. And about the password thing I doubt anybody is going to log on someone elses turn.

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

i have no problem in starting over. no password and crappy castle choosed. one should not have a low admin castle when playing high resource cost nation.

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

"And about the password thing I doubt anybody is going to log on someone elses turn."

I have just done this by mistake in another game so it is possible.

I do not usually remember to add passwords so this is not an issue for our game for me!

As Aku said it would be better to start again than have an AI otherwise we should go on.

Pickles

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

Well it is turn 3 now. Luke did you and your brother's turn both work? We need to decide based upon this question.

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

I see luke did his turn...so did it save?

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

Yes it did both of our orders for turn two were accepted.

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

Yeah it was probably an issue with different user names on your computer so thats cool that everything is ok now. So since is no longer a reason to make a player an AI the game should proceed as normal.

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

new turn is up also

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

only caelum and vanheim left for turn 5

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

is there any practical way of being alerted when a new turn is generated (ie by email?) or maybe by leaving the game running in the background? would that work? (like does the 'turn' screen refresh when the turn is ready?)

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

yeah it will refresh when the game is ready

i a lot of the time leave my game open where it shows all the nation flags and you see that it has an X on it if they havent done their turn

when it hosts it will refresh and you will see everyone with an X on their flag until they do their turn

but a lot of the time i post in the thread to let people know

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

only tien chi left to do the turn for it to host

on another note, how is everyone doing so far? I know caelum has been hiring a lot of mercenaries that I have seen. I have a bunch of guys on the hof. So far it looks like I am doing good. I think I may like abysia more than mictlan(from my first mp game).

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

yeah, caelum definitly needs mercs at the beginning (from what i've found in SP)... and Vanheim is definitly not a beginner race (my national units don't exactly scream how to use them best, and I've found a few instances of people discussing Vanheim strategy in the forum, but no details).. plus i changed my mind on what theme i prefered after starting the game. But should be a good learning experience as a first MP game.

Re: MP Game - Newbie Game (by Aku)
 

Caelum can use mercs or mammoths for creeping I think but massed archers work well too. Just do not melee anything.

Abysia IMO is very strong as it has great troops early plus a good blood economy for later. While Micltan is rather subtle (ie I do not know what to do at all)

I am struggling against tritons as I always do with R'lyeh. I think they would be broken on indep level 1 and impossible on level 9 so I hope 6 is quite balanced.

Pickles