Re: PBW \"newbie game\"
 

Phoenix, I like that map generation approach too. I hope spoogy and the nostro player hurry a bit, in this initial stage it takes me no more than 5 minutes to play a turn, so if we're all behind our PC's we could play 3 turns a day or so at least...
Then again I am lucky enough to have an always-on connection (cablemodem) so I know immediately if email arrives with a new turn.
Dial up Users would have more delays http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon9.gif

Re: PBW \"newbie game\"
 

BAD NEWS:

We need to restart the game. I generated my empire from the "Quick Start" menu and it put a differnt password on my empire than what I gave to PBW.

MORAL OF THE STORY:

Don't ever generate a race from the quick start menu to save time because SE4 puts passwords on all races to prevent tampering.

Sorry guys, my bad.

Re: PBW \"newbie game\"
 

I have just uploaded my turn. I cannot reveal too much information about my locations, but it will serve adequately until I am destroyed soon time in the future...

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Re: PBW \"newbie game\"
 

Never mind that Last post. I got the password thanks to the help of geoschmo. No restart needed.

Re: PBW \"newbie game\"
 

I uploaded my file. My start is kind of bad. No breathable planets. :-(

Re: PBW \"newbie game\"
 

This is so exciting! I don't why I never tried this before, or maybe I do...

The Moral of this post:

Sure, it's fun to try something new and it may even be exciting and rewarding for awhile, until you get your head chopped off or Marjoram III explodes in a fireball...

Either way, I'm doomed.



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Re: PBW \"newbie game\"
 

Don't worry - I don't have any other breathable planets other than my own...

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Re: PBW \"newbie game\"
 

Hey guys. Have fun with your newbie game. Let us know how it goes.

Geoschmo

Re: PBW \"newbie game\"
 

Just checked the PBW site and it is processing the first turn now, but seems to have problems with Phoenix's password.

Baal, I think that regardless of what you tell PBW about yuor password when you upload your .emp file, you still have to configure your password when you create your empire, and it becomes then a part of your emp file. (I had that problem on my first PBW game a few days ago). Also, if for some reason something is wrong with the password or you forgot to use it completely (like I did) you can still log on to your turn with a blank password and change the password with the Empires (yellow crown thingy) button.

Re: PBW \"newbie game\"
 

Spoogy, what are you talking about? Did you actually get an EVENT saying the star was going to blow in whatever years? Because that is the only way the star will blow.. the little descriptions on the stars are meaningless.

Oh, and as far as I know, no one has any breathable planets in their home system, other than their homeworld. Odd, eh?

Thanks to the PBW admins for helping us sort out my various screwups, too http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/images/icons/icon7.gif

Phoenix-D