check out a BIG game

[Gandalf Parker]

If anyone is interested in seeing some of the stuff from a big game, check out
http://www.dom3minions.com/games/PvK-e-Oceania/

It started as a 79 player game (with one human player) on a 1100 province map. It is now in turn 70. It was a test game but PvK is having fun with it so its still running.

I am planning to create another 79 player game but this time it will have at least one era opened up to players (probably all of era 1) with all of the other nations set at extreme AI levels.

P.S. check out the army sizes on the scores.html and the last entries on the system load file. Kudos to Johan! The game stays below a load of 1.00 and takes 19 minutes to host. Thats good news for people wanting to host games without wanting to totally dedicate their server to doing that and nothing else.

Gandalf Parker

[Strages Sanctus]

That is pretty amazing.

Thanks for the link!

[Uh-Nu-Buh]

How long did it take to generate the map? I assume you used the random (large) map generator?

[Gandalf Parker]

Nice map isnt it? Yes the Dom3 generator did it but not from the menu.

I forget what that one took though I think I have it posted someplace here. Lately Ive been playing with the maximums (30000x30000 pixels and 1500 provinces). I can generate them with my linux server in text mode. Maybe it would work on a windows machine in text mode but Im sure it would crash on my WinXP if I tried it in windows.

If I remember it took about two hours running in "nice" mode (meaning it used spare CPU cycles so it wouldnt affect other things that were running). Eventually I want to add some nightly runs like I did for the old Dom2 stuff.
http://www.dom2minions.com/~dominion...andomMaps.html
but also have the Dom3 generator making maps, and add new sizes for the new larger limits.
http://www.dom3minions.com/RandomMaps/X/thumbnails.html
I find it easier to check them every day and grab ones I like. Especially if I want to build off of them for some special scenario.