Looking for SE IV players.....

JurijD · #1 June 9th, 2003, 08:17 PM

Hi, a friend of mine any myself are looking for about 2, 3 or more SE IV players to start a Multiplayer simultaneous game. We're moderate SE IV players... nothing too fanatic, we play for fun... If anyone is interested please REPLY and e-mail me. (We're really looking forward to playing against other people, so far we only played against each other and the AI ... if u wanna call it that

[ June 09, 2003, 19:20: Message edited by: JurijD ]

Suicide Junkie · #2 June 9th, 2003, 08:43 PM

Some questions people will probably ask:
1) Have you created a forum for the game on PBW yet, and what is the name of this game?
2) What Version of SE4 are you using (Gold patch 3?)
3) Are you using any mods?
4) What are the settings for this game.
5) What is the turn timelimit?

JurijD · #3 June 9th, 2003, 09:03 PM

nice that u told me about the pbw system... the links on the SE Iv page are so confusing.... they really tried hard to hide it

I'll look into it.... just one question... the PBW manual says it only supports Versions up to 1.78 ... but I downloaded the 1.84.. is the PBW faq outdated or do I need to downgrade my SE IV

[ June 09, 2003, 20:06: Message edited by: JurijD ]

Ragnarok · #4 June 9th, 2003, 10:07 PM

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Originally posted by JurijD:
nice that u told me about the pbw system... the links on the SE Iv page are so confusing.... they really tried hard to hide it I'll look into it.... just one question... the PBW manual says it only supports Versions up to 1.78 ... but I downloaded the 1.84.. is the PBW faq outdated or do I need to downgrade my SE IV

The FAQ must be outdated. It will supporst 1.84 and any mod out there. If it doesn't support the mod then ask Geo and he can change that.

JurijD · #5 June 9th, 2003, 11:15 PM

Ok, I created a game on PBW... the title is
"The moons of Jupiter (Newbie)"

Here are the stats:
- no mods
- 6 players (2 already applied)
- 48h turn limit
- ver 1.84 (Gold patch)

Quadrant type: Mid-Life
Quadrant size: Small
Even frequency: High
Severity: Catastrophic
Technology level: Low (all tech enabled)
Technology cost: Medium
Racial points: 2000
Starting resources: 20000
Starting planets: 3
Home planet value: Good
Score display: allied
Victory conditions: peace for 2.0 years (apply after 2.0 years) or victory
Maximum units: 5000
Maximum ships: 500
Computer players: Medium
Computer difficulty: High
Computer player bonus: Medium
Neutral empires: No

If anyone is interested... please join.

[ June 09, 2003, 22:16: Message edited by: JurijD ]

Ragnarok · #6 June 10th, 2003, 12:36 AM

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Originally posted by JurijD:

Victory conditions: peace for 2.0 years (apply after 2.0 years) or victory

I'm sure you thought of this but you might want to be careful with that victory condition. With that set as it is the game could end as early as turn 4.0 (40 turns) of the game start unless there is some early fighting. If all empires are spaced just right it could be 10 turns or so before you meet in the game, and then alot of people start off peaceful so as to build up their empire and economy. So an early end to this game could come about rather easily.

Just something I thought of.

But as I said, I'm sure you're well aware of this already.

JurijD · #7 June 10th, 2003, 12:37 PM

actually I have thought of that... the thing is that u didn't read the game stats carefully... we hav a small galaxy, 6 players and a medium number of hard computers... it's next to i possible that these computers won't declare war on someone or between each other in the first 40 ticks... believe me. but thatks for the input

Ragnarok · #8 June 10th, 2003, 04:57 PM

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Originally posted by JurijD:
actually I have thought of that... the thing is that u didn't read the game stats carefully... we hav a small galaxy, 6 players and a medium number of hard computers... it's next to i possible that these computers won't declare war on someone or between each other in the first 40 ticks... believe me. but thatks for the input

Yup, you're right. Small galaxy slipped by me. For some reason I was thinking it was a Medium galaxy.

Captain Kwok · #9 June 10th, 2003, 07:09 PM

I would recommend dropping the AI players in a PBW game - 6 players in a small galaxy is quite fine. The AI players can be taken advantage of too easily in terms of trade etc., and that might create an imbalance in the game that will become a sore spot for other players.

Puke · #10 June 11th, 2003, 12:09 AM

and you have to have comm-channels with a NA treaty or better, to count as peace. empires out of communication with each other stop victory from occuring, wich can be a pain if a defeated empire has some mine or sat cloaked somewhere that prevents them from being destroyed, but keeps them out of contact.

and welcome to the community! always good to have new players!