Tournament - Invulnerable Challenge

Stone Mill · #1 July 6th, 2003, 05:47 AM

The Invulnerable Challenge is ready. Note the following:

-- The AI has been played to turn 57 to my satisfaction. The AI bonus was not used. The AI (high) bonus will go into effect when your match starts.

-- You have a 10 homeworld start to get things rolling. This means something very horrific waiting for you at the other end of the equation. Do not be surprised; the AI home system has been "hooked up."

-- You do not have advanced knowledge of the map. Finding the AI home system is part of the fun. Of course, the AI will have colonized much along the way by the time you find it.

You will know it when you are there. Pray you at least get to take a peek inside, so you can die with honor.

--The game in it's current state is not "unwinnable." This means that the game has not been devised to be unfinishable or completely unreasonable. Just very, very, very hard. Of course, the AI may choose to do something quite weird... In this rare event where the game is not perceived as fair, I'll have a look and we'll work something out.

-- Of course, If (when

)the AI trounces you legitimately and you've had enough, just say "uncle."

Good luck, victims. May the Force mave mercy on your soul.

[ July 06, 2003, 05:22: Message edited by: Stone Mill ]

Joachim · #2 July 6th, 2003, 10:22 AM

Hooray!

I hope you have kept notes of what and how you did the defence for discussion post comp?

Is there anything we need to do or will it appear on PBW? (forgive the Newb question).

Stone Mill · #3 July 7th, 2003, 01:59 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Joachim:
Hooray!
I hope you have kept notes of what and how you did the defence for discussion post comp?

Is there anything we need to do or will it appear on PBW? (forgive the Newb question).

Absoloutely!! I can't wait for the debrief.

Most of the discussion will involve profanity, I expect.

I am setting them up on PBW. You should see your game shortly. This morning, however, PBW doesn't seem to let me set up the games. I'm checking with Geo...

Stone Mill · #4 July 7th, 2003, 02:36 AM

My apologies for this... but PBW can't be used for this tournament.

Instead, please get your zipped .gam files from the web page.

I'm very sorry, as it was my goal to ease the administration of these games. Now it looks like players will have to run the games on your local machines. Hope this isn't too big of a hassle. If it is, I understand.

The deal with PBW is that only one original .gam file can exist in the processing directory. And copying/remaming the files would not work, as the game would not recognize anything but the original.

So please email me with any questions or assistance. Good luck out there...

Joachim · #5 July 7th, 2003, 05:42 AM

Cool, So I have downloaded the game and race pics and started it off. Exactly how do I process it on my machine? Do I do my turn then reload as host and execute then do turn reload etc? Is there anything I need to know?

Do I need a specific AI race for the AI to be? How do I make sure it is the right one?

Sorry for the Q's.

Baron Grazic · #6 July 7th, 2003, 05:56 AM

A couple of good questions, Joachim.
I'll wait for the answers before I download the turn.
I'll be able to do the turns a lot quicker off-line anyway, plus my Wife will like me playing the turns on the couch next to her with the laptop, instead of the study...

Baron Grazic · #7 July 7th, 2003, 07:26 AM

No-one else seems to be around at the moment.
So I think these are the instructions.
You must have TDM 3.30 installed, which will give you the AI races and shipsets.
You sign in as player 1, and do your turn.
Then you sign in as the host and Process the turn.
Then sign back in as your self and continue the game.

I'm sorry the score is available, it doesn't give me much hope of surviving.