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[quote]Originally posted by Beorne:

Originally posted by Beorne:
Ok, I have joined a game.
How can I play?
I have a dial-up connection so I have to know when I must be connected.
At what time is transmitted my .2h to the server?
And when do I receive the .trn?
Now the game is in my menu. If I play the turn it is transmitted automatically to the server?
Sorry for the confusion but I have to understand how the syncronization works so I conncet at the right times. I never had a network (non e-mail) game.

Thank you.

Well someone will have to start the game first. You can check to see the status of the game on Ebsen's site. It should be listed under "My Games" if you've done everything Ebsen told you to do. Once you see that it has started, then you play your turn by starting up DomII, selecting "Network," and putting in the address and then the port number for your game. Just like when you uploaded your Pretender. Once you've connected and played yourn turn, hitting the End Turn button will end your turn and send it to the server.

You don't have to play your turn at a particular time, but rather before the time limit for the turn is up. If you don't play your turn by the time limit then your nation won't do anything that turn, but you can still play the next turn. You can tell what the time limit is by checking Ebsen's server or by connecting to teh game and looking there. Many games are set so that if everyone has taken their turn, the game will then host immediately (this is the "quickhost" setting). If you game is like this, don't count on being able to play your turn half-way, take a break, and then come back.