Capybara - restarted
 

I've decided to host a new game for new/newish players.

I'm thinking around 4-8 players, and a not-too-large map - maybe around 15 provinces each. In my experience this is plenty big enough for lots of interesting things to happen, but not so big that it can get overwhelming. We can sort out details when we see how many players we've got.

Oh, it'll be an MA game.

So, post here and choose a nation if you want to play! I'll tentatively put in sum1won and Xanatos because they said they would be interested.

Cor - Pythium
Ubercat - Pangaea
Zoshan - Ermor
Izzyz - Caelum
StrictlyRockers - Arcoscephale
Aristander - Machaka
Digress- C'tis
Yucky - Eriu

The game will start on Monday (4th June), or Tuesday at the latest.

Settings:
Map: Parganos (Edi's fixed version) Link
Everything on default (indies, research, magic sites)

Mods:
Worthy Heroes
Blessing Hotfix

Just stick the map file in your dominions3/maps folder, and the mod files in your dominions3/mods folder (all of them will need to be unzipped first, of course).

When the game starts you'll be e-mailed a 'trn' file. You need to make a game folder to put it in. Go to 'dominions3/savedgames', and create a folder called 'Capybara'. Save the trn file in there. Take your turn ('Play an existing game'->'Capybara'), and once you've hit end turn you should find a 2h file in your Capybara folder. E-mail that back to the server (just reply to the e-mail it sent you and attach your 2h file).

Hope that's all good and vaguely clear. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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Is it a PBEM or server game?

Either way, I want in. I get back to you on the nation in a jiffy.

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I will play Pythdom.

Its my 300th post! Hurray. I win a donut.

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It's a PBEM game, but on my automated system, the LlamaServer. I think it's close to a server game in convenience, as you can see who's taken their turn, when it next hosts etc on the website. Also it checks its e-mail very often, sends you receipt e-mails, reminder e-mails and so on.

The website is www.llamaserver.net (although there's some possibility it won't work quite right since I have been changing the system in the last few days and it takes a day or two for the changes to propagate through the internet).

Okay, so I have created the game (see the website), and if you want to you can now upload your pretenders. To do that:

- Go to Game Tools -> Create a pretender god in Dominions
- Go to the savedgames/newlords folder in the dominions directory, and find your pretender file (e.g. mid_pythium_0.2h)
- E-mail the file to: pretenders[ at ]llamaserver[ dot ]net
- Crucially, you must have the game name, 'Capybara', in the subject line of your e-mail

(I decided to call it capybara because the first game on there was called Alpaca after my username here, and I thought I would stick with the South American mammal theme).

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By the way, you can always change your pretender later just by e-mailing in a new one.

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Hi llamabeast,
I'm interested, but don't have a choice, yet. I'll email a pretender and nation later tonight. Thanks!

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The llamaserver has been an excellent platform for pbem games.

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I'm in! I've been checking here daily for awhile, waiting for someone to post a new game. I've never M/P'd before, but want to try it.

I'll take Pangaia, as I don't think anyone has claimed it yet. If I'm mistaken then my second choice is Marignon.

Now to review the mechanics of M/P games....

-Ubercat

edit: I just sent in my pretender file as per the directions.

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I would like to play. If there is room. Ermor is my 1st choice 2nd would be Abysia.

Thanks

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If you can give me until monday I'm in.

I'll take abysia if its still available then.

Make that thursday, actually.

And I'll take Man if abysia is taken.

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I'll take Caelum if available. Still working on a pretender.

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I'd like to play in this one. I'll take arcosephale ea if that's ok, and i'll start working on a pretender.

SR

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Cool, you're good to take Arco StrictlyRockers. It's an MA game, though.

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sum1won - I should think we'd be okay to wait till Thursday (couldn't start before Monday anyway). But, upload your pretender anyway if you get a chance. The first couple of turns normally take about a minute anyway, so if you have any time at all Monday-Wednesday you might be able to take your turns. If you're away or something though, we will just wait till Thursday.

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sum1won is in a pbem game i am hosting and his computer crashed, said he cant play for at least a week, I don' know if it will effetc this game....

I am about to upload my pretender.

I would like to know more about the settings, All standard?

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If it is not too late I would be interested. I have never played multiplayer before.

How about Machaka?

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Yep Aristander, it's not too late - I'll put you down for Machaka. Send in your pretender when you're ready.

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Given I am soon to be eliminated from your excellently hosted Alpaca game could I have another crack at it as C'tis ?

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Can you possibly make room for one more? I would Like to join as Bandar Log.

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Okay guys, that's cool. I think I will say no more new people now though.

But, if more people would like to join, please carry on posting, and I will start another game if we get enough.

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So what are the details of the map? Independant strength, research speed, etc.

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I'll take jotunheim, but i still can't find a pretender file to send in..any hints on where the game might have put it? or how to find it if its a hidden file?

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- start Dominions from the command line, maybe with "dom3 -d"
- look for "savepath='...'" in the console output
- go to that directory and into the newlords folder inside it

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You should change the title of this thread to something other than "recruiting" if you arent looking for ppl anymore.

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I'm interested if you start another game or someone backs out of this one.

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I am very interested, just let me know if I can participate on this one or if you start another.

Too bad I noticed this thread late :S

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BTW, some more details before we begin. Exactly when will this game be starting? How often to we need to have our .2h files sent in and to what address to we send them to?

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I'd like to play in the second game if there's space.

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Hello again.

Right, I think I will start a thread for a new game, and I'll pencil in sum1won (so we can start this one soon), Yucky and Arghaii. If anyone else would like to transfer to the (probably smaller) second game, just say.

I've updated the first post with the final list of players in this game (unless anyone wants to transfer).

I think we should try to start on Monday. In case people are slow I'll say the absolute deadline for pretenders is 12 noon GMT on Tuesday. But it would be good to start before then.

The game will be 24h quickhost. Sorry, I should have said that in the first post. In my experience 24h works well. (What the quickhost means is that if everyone has already sent their 2h files in, the game hosts right away.)

Does that all sound good to everyone?

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Oh, right, more things I haven't told you:

Indies 5
Research normal
Magic sites normal

Hope that's all good with everyone.

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Well, I'd prefer to start this when my summer vacation starts around the 13th or 14th. Sorry for making you all work around me, but I'm fairly certain I can't do a turn every day while I still have school. Besides, it's only like a week and a half right?

Also, Are we using the Streamers and Standards mod?

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Well SM, how about I transfer you to the other game (which will probably start in a week or so). And also, for the first few turns, each turn literally takes a minute or so. Even around turn 10 I'd say they often take less than 5 minutes.

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Well I'll have to talk with Dad about this. He owns the computer and only lets me use it if I have a good reason (However, him being asleep or away is a perfectly good reason, as long as I take turns with my little brother). Honestly, I'd like to stay in this game, but If Dad won't let me, I'll ask him about the other one.

And if if it's on quickhost, does that mean it's possible to get more than one turn in a day if everyone sends in quickly enough?

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Mods: We'll use the Worthy Heroes Mod I think (it's good fun), but no others.

Yep, quickhost means it's possible to get more than one turn a day, but you don't have to.

Well, let me know which game you want to be in. It might be easiest to be in the other game - it will end up being very much the same kind of game, and you won't have to worry about taking turns before your holiday.

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We'll use the map Parganos, I think. Edi's fixed version, which I'll find a link for when I get a chance. It's 116 land, 19 sea.

So I think I've finally given you all the game details. So everyone, please upload your pretenders.

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I assumed that there would be an explanation of server games in the book, but it appears not. Does anyone have a link to how a server game works? What do I need to do? My pretender file is already there.

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I will need the link to that map, I dont think I have the updated one.

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Ubercat - the relevant part of the manual is the PBEM part (p.30).

I haven't explained how to play yet because I think it will be obvious when the game starts - the first e-mail from the LlamaServer will tell you what to do. But I'll explain it here anyway.

Anyway everyone, here's how to play. Once the game starts the LlamaServer will e-mail you a trn file (e.g. mid_machaka.trn). You have to make a folder in your dominions/savedgames directory and put it in it. You can call it what you want - I suggest 'Capybara'. Then go into dominions, 'Play an Existing Game', and choose Capybara. Play your turn, and hit 'End turn'. You'll then find a 2h file in your Capybara directory - e-mail that to 'turns[ at ]llamaserver[ dot ]net'.

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Waiting for pretenders from Jotunheim, C'tis, Caelum and Arco.

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Eeks. Worthy heroes. I have no experience with any mods. I guess I better download this and figure out how to install it.

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Ok, thanks. I thought server games and Email games were two different beasts.

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its easy, download it, unzip it and copy it to "mods" folder under dominions 3. If you dont have a mods folder, create one.

You can turn mods on and off under prefernces in the dom main screen.

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ok working on my pretender for MA arcosphale.

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pretender socrates for ma arcosephale uploaded.

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Great, we're just waiting for Jotunheim (Xanatos).

I'll add full instructions, links to mods/map etc and so on to the first post shortly.

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Xanatos,

The directions for the pretender are on pge 29 of the book, as well as in this thread. Just make your pretender, save it, then Email the file. Dom3 will place it in the newlords folder which is in the savedgames folder. You have to save it first for it to appear there.

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I would just like to say

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Like the picture Cor. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Okay, having tinkered with the start sites for a while (hopefully you'll find them reasonably nicely spaced and fairish) - the game is started!

You should all now have an e-mail from the LlamaServer with your first turns.

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Excellent.

From the deepest and darkest woods the eyes, ears and mouth of the lord awakens.


Machaka First turn complete.

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Just an FYI. I started in a wasteland province. I'm not complaining. I think I read that the map was set up to avoid them as starting locations, so I'm just pointing out that one slipped by.

YEAH! It's WAR, baby! Here we go......