New game server

[Zachariah]

I just started a second game:

ip address: 209.157.135.121
port: 10000

*** Do not start the game ***
I will start it (Ermor), and will post here when I'm about to.

-Z

[Gandalf Parker]

The first game done already? Oh yeah I see you used the small map

There is a command you can use to remove that "start game" but Ive only used it as part of the command line for starting up the host. Im not sure if its available from menu mode.

[Sammual]

How often will this game play? Is it a turn a day? All day today? An hour every weekend?

I will be at a party all night tonight and will not be able to play today.

Sammual

[Zachariah]

I'm just going to leave the server running, and once all turns are in, it will host.

Once there are 5 people, I'll start it.

The option for not letting people start the game only works if you run the server in a window, which I can't do (it's remote).

[Karacan]

There are five nations picked, now.

[Gandalf Parker]

There are 6 now.

To create a button for going directly to the game.....

Right-click your Dom2 shortcut on your desktop
choose copy

right-click a blank spot on your desktop
choose paste

right-click the new shortcut
choose properties

Change the "target" line to be
"C:\Program Files\dominions2\dom2.exe" -waif --tcpclient --ipadr 209.157.135.121 --port 10000

Change the icon to something else. Change the title of the icon to something like Dom2GAME if you wish

read the doc file for "Command Line Switches" and see what other things could be put there instead of w a i f (windowed, no animated backgrounds, no intro, no fades) such as maybe adding m for no music and x for fast graphics. It will only be for this game and will not affect your default settings when you use your original icon to play your other games. My button now has -mwaifx

[ December 21, 2003, 14:13: Message edited by: Gandalf Parker ]

[Pillin]

Ahem.. I kinda managed to select two nations.. is there anyway to deselect one of them?

Ken