Updated the FAQ

[Fyron]

What was rude about my post specifically? The answering of your questions, or the joke part? You may have misinterpreted it. It was only stated in gest, not meant to be rude. I apologize if it came off that way.

[Ruatha]

Slick, condensed other thread for the next Faq edition (You know better then me where to place it):

To avoid having the AI mess up your turns during simultaneous multiplayer games when you miss a turn, always do this:
In the game, press the "Empire Status" button (The crown icon). On the pop-up screen press the "Ministers" button, the next to top button on the right.
Scroll to the bottom of the list and check the box saying "AI should not make changes to the empire during a Simultaneous Game".


When playing a simultaneous game, if you miss a turn and haven't checked the box "AI should not make changes to the empire during a Simultaneous Game" in the ministers option the AI will run the turn for you.
Due to the sequence in which events take place the Messages the AI send will block your message sending function the next turn.
So if the Ai decides to send a message or reply to the "Terran Empire", the next turn that you play the game will say "Message already sent" for that empire and you cannot send any new message until another turn has been processed.


Concerning the SLick-Fyron discussion. I agree with you both on this one

Fyron> You are a fast poster and sometimes your Posts do come across as rude or should I say pompous..
In this particular post, the "Oh, well" can imply that someone isn't doing his homework, is sub-standard and such things. I see that it can also mean alot of other things...

Slick> In this particular case I don't think it was particularly rude.
It's not only the speaker who has to think of how what he says is interpreted, it's also up to the listener/reader to try to interpret what he means.
In the Fyron case I belive it's easy to have a bias when interpreting his Posts
Try to re-read this one in a positive way.

(I can butt off and mind my own buisness, but I'm not in that mood right now )

[ March 10, 2004, 04:57: Message edited by: Ruatha ]

[narf poit chez BOOM]

PM'd, apon consideration.

[ March 10, 2004, 04:57: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]

[Slick]

That's part of the problem with forums. People can't see body language or hear tone. The smilies are a poor substitute. What I found rude was that it was clear I wanted Asmala's opinion, but you responded in a way that basically said I would have known these things if I had seen your previous Posts. Again, since people are reading text, it's hard to tell the intent. No harm done, its clear that you meant it in a joking manner. I know some of my own Posts could be received as rude so I try to read them before posting with that in mind. Maybe I need to work harder at it.

Slick.

[Slick]

Ruatha:

Slick, condensed other thread for the next Faq edition (You know better then me where to place it):

Thanks. I'll find a place somewhere in the multiplayer section.

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Originally posted by Slick:

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Originally posted by geoschmo:
You should probably have something in the FAQ about TCP/IP games. If it's there I missed it.

If I didn't have zero experience with TCP/IP games, I'd take a swing at it. I'd sure include it if someone were to write it. Wanna give us a short blurb about what the newbie needs to know?

Slick.

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Anyone wanna take a swing at writing this section? I know nothing about it.

Slick.

[Fyron]

Originally posted by Slick:
That's part of the problem with forums. People can't see body language or hear tone. The smilies are a poor substitute. What I found rude was that it was clear I wanted Asmala's opinion, but you responded in a way that basically said I would have known these things if I had seen your previous Posts. Again, since people are reading text, it's hard to tell the intent. No harm done, its clear that you meant it in a joking manner. I know some of my own Posts could be received as rude so I try to read them before posting with that in mind. Maybe I need to work harder at it.

Slick.

Oh, I see... well, I meant the two paragraphs as wholely separate. The second was about the reproduction rates with happiness vs. conditions chart, and had nothing to do with the rest of the post. They were not meant to go together at all. Your interpretation is not what I meant at all. The first paragraph's answers really have nothing to do with that chart. Sorry for the confusion.

[ March 10, 2004, 05:15: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

[Slick]

Ok, now that we're all friends again, we've sung our Kumbaya's and all that happy stuff, let's get back to business. I'm still letting the "dust settle" after the release of v1.91. I intend to put together one "Last" revision that has a bunch of things. ("Last" being only until another one is needed.) Here's what I'm thinking:

- I want to add a small section for "true newbie questions and frequent mistakes". I'd like input on this one. I'm thinking of things like colonizers with no population or other mistakes we have all made. I'll consolidate all these into a small section near the top, add a short answer, and refer the readers to various other sections of the FAQ if relevent. Maybe a "top ten list" or something of that nature. This section will be intended to be small.

- Update any sections for correctness under v1.91.

- Hopefully get Stone Mill (I've seen you lurking recently...) to finish, or at least do another installment to the Strategy Articles section.

- Incorporate things in this thread and others I have been keeping track of that contain applicable info since Last update.

- and do a Last scrub for overall formatting, etc. with the idea that I probably won't be updating it again.

- Last chance for anyone to submit anything. I'll target around the end of April or so. By then there will probably be revised mods out which use the new features in 1.91 so any issues under the new patch should have been found by then

Please know that I have tried a few methods of editing and the sheer size of the faq is becoming unwieldy (sp?). Copying/pasting into another editor usually results in losing some of the particular formatting that is used on this UBB. Using the UBB editor here is causing the board to almost choke and, even though you don't see it in the FAQ itself, there are lots of "errors" reported as it saves the text (even though it appears to save it properly in the end). The size is approaching some limit of the UBB. Hopefully there is room for a little more.

Slick.

[ March 10, 2004, 05:42: Message edited by: Slick ]