[Septimius Severus]

Direct connect is very easy. We are currently only using the BI mod at this stage. You probably don't need it to design your pretender (as far as I know it makes no changes to pretenders) but you if you want to enable it, from the get go, no problem. You will need it for the first turn though.

Disable all other mods.

Create your god using the in-game tools as normal. Don't forget to set a password for your pretender. I recommend teams use a common or shared password but you can use individual ones if you want.

When the game is up and ready for pretenders you simply select connect from the main menu. Then "Connect to a dominions server", Gandalf's IP address should already be filled in, if not you can type in "game.dom3minions.com". You then type in the port number (forthcoming) hit OK. Select your nation and your pretender file will be uploaded automatically. You'll see a list of the nations currently in the game. At this stage the game is "waiting for pretenders" once all pretender are in, I will start the game.

Waiting to hear back from Ano.