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"Good old days" indeed... I went to level 20 a few times, level 18 cleric/1 fighter/1 monk. Basically a character with the BAB of a fighter, who could cast powerful cleric spells and dish out tons of damage with dual wielded kamas and 60 AC lol. Max/minning to the extreme. Only thing that could really match that would be a level 20 pure sorcerer or level 20 pure wizard...

This new game should be fun, will join as soon as I have an empire ready.

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Starwood applied and got accepted...don't see him on the thread but *shrug* the more the merrier. 'Lo Starwood!

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With a turn duration of 24 hours, it might be best to add the No AI mod. It will prevent the AI from messing up players, if they miss a turn. With it, any player without a plr file will simply continue on whatever they were doing Last turn.

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Since I'm not sure the shipset I want to use is on the PBW site, it would be handy if everyone in the game could download the TAERA HIVE shipset from here.
Look under "hosted shipsets".


Btw, tell me where I can find the shipsets you guys are using so I can get them as well!
I'm guessing this is the safest thing to do for everyone.

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Don't need the "no ai" mod to do this... there's a way to create your empire with "no ai"... its in the dubious strategy guide in the link I posted earlier... it involves downloading some files and extracting them. I am not sure, but I think the files were posted by Geoschemo in an older forum (could someone post the link to the archived old forum?).

Then when you make your empire, you can choose AI minister "none" type rather than "neutral" "agressive" or "defensive"... there is also an option in the uh options menu while you are playing a turn "let AI make no changes during a simultaneous game"... although you'd have to set up your research and ship queues ahead of time if it literally means "no changes"...

Brian

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If you upload an Empire file before you upload the shipset to PBW, there will be problems... you have to upload the shipset to PBW for sure before uploading your empire. I think the only way to fix the problem is to withdraw from the game, and rejoin the game again! Otherwise, people will not see your shipset properly, and maybe you won't either...

When you go to the PBW page, the shipsets are listed under the little icons, the one that looks like a ship on top of a green grid... do the icons show up for you? Do you have java installed? Try the non-graphical page.

Brian

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Anyone have any experience with this NO AI mod that Sivran is talking about? I haven't seen it. If the PBW can handle it without the need for a MOD like Brain is talking about I think I'd rather go that route.

I'm planning on uploading my shipset to PBW so that it's always there, its basically just a slightly modified Version of TeraC's SEV set.

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Brianeyci,

I double checked thanks to Ragnarok's tip and found that the shipset I want to use is on the PBW site, but under a different name (TAERA Republic instead of TAERA hive), so it should be ok.

Thanks

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Empire uploaded.

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Fortuantely, to avoid having the AI mess things up, all you have to do is this: Immediately after opening your first turn, go into the empire status window (the yellow crown icon), go the the "ministers" option, scroll down and find the option "AI should not make changes to the empire to a Simultaneous Game". Select this option, and no matter how many turns are missed, the AI shouldn't make any changes. This is a lot easier than using the No AI mod and is quite simple to do. As long as you remember to do it!!