March 18th, 2004, 12:03 PM
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Re: Two quick noob questions
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Originally posted by Karacan:
You can do multi-computer "hotseat" game where you basically shovel the respective directory to and fro. Hotseat games do not limit the number of human players joining them - only tcp/ip and Pbem games are limited to one CD-key per player.
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This doesn't maky any sense either. The only file that is altered by taking a turn is the .2h file. Therefore, "shovelling the respective directory to and fro" simply means you are moving a lot of data which is not actually altered, and only the 2h files are truly being shuffled around....which means that the game is the same as a PBEM game!
This entire CD-key thing becomes very confusing as a result.
To add to the confusion, I recall a few weeks ago, a friend told me that he had managed to counter the message indicating that multiple Users were using his CDkey.....in a single player game, and that he was unable to continue his game past turn 40-ish, when it occurred. I have no idea how multiple copies of a CD key could be in use in a game which consists of precisely one human player, and can only assume this is some sort odd bug or glitch in the means by which it attempts to discern such things. Go figure. I never trusted these sorts of things anyway. They're nothing but trouble, and you'll never hear of a pirate complaining about it.
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