How do you play over email?

teacherjames · #1 February 6th, 2004, 08:55 PM

Thanks for all your help, but I still can't get this to work. Is it possible that PC games and Macs are incompatible? My friend emailed me his pretender god, I put it in my newlord subdirectory, and now every time I try to create a game the program "unexpectedly quits". However, when I took his guy out, it worked fine. Any clue what could possibly be going on?

Also, should I have a resources folder for maps? On the web it says if I want to download new maps to place them in my resource/map folder. Can't seem to find it in the dominions2 directory.

Thanks again for all your help with this newbie.

Argitoth · #2 February 6th, 2004, 09:17 PM

The maps folder is in the Dominions 2 main folder.

If you are unable to generate a turn with a certain player:

1. missing a mod
2. missing a patch
3. the game is unable to generate a turn because a battle involving this player involves too many units (this is a bug and will be fixed hopefully soon)

[ February 06, 2004, 19:22: Message edited by: Argitoth ]

Targa · #3 February 6th, 2004, 09:39 PM

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Originally posted by teacherjames:
Is it possible that PC games and Macs are incompatible? My friend emailed me his pretender god, I put it in my newlord subdirectory, and now every time I try to create a game the program "unexpectedly quits". However, when I took his guy out, it worked fine.

So it appears that the problem is his .2h file that he's sending you. Is he sending it as an attachment, or zipped as an attachment? Do you have some anti-virus software running that scans your e-mail and might mess with it? I could be totally off-base here, but I would think that a PC and a Mac save files in a totally different format (which is why, for example, games and programs have to be re-written for specific OS's).

Dunno...just guessing in an effort to help out.

ceremony · #4 February 6th, 2004, 09:57 PM

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Originally posted by Targa:
I could be totally off-base here, but I would think that a PC and a Mac save files in a totally different format (which is why, for example, games and programs have to be re-written for specific OS's).

The game files are compatible - you can play with clients/hosts using different operating systems.

Edit: Are you using the same Version of the game (patched or unpatched)?

[ February 06, 2004, 19:59: Message edited by: ceremony ]

teacherjames · #5 February 6th, 2004, 10:03 PM

That's where I think the problem is. I've tried to install the patch, but I'm pretty sure I've been unsuccessful. Maybe my computer doesn't do what it should automatically, but for some reason, the dominions2 patch (I think that is what it is) is just sitting on my desktop waiting for me to tell it where to go. Problem is I don't know! Any clue where to put it on OS X?

Coffeedragon · #6 February 6th, 2004, 10:05 PM

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Originally posted by Argitoth:
Not to be ignorant...

But why do people play PBEM when a network game is one thread-request away?

I'm always hosting new Dominions 2 Network games and so are a bunch of other people. I feel PBEM is a waste of time.

Why should you want to host a 2-player-game between me and a friend where 1 turn every 2 days or so is played?

ceremony · #7 February 6th, 2004, 10:12 PM

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Originally posted by teacherjames:
That's where I think the problem is. I've tried to install the patch, but I'm pretty sure I've been unsuccessful. Maybe my computer doesn't do what it should automatically, but for some reason, the dominions2 patch (I think that is what it is) is just sitting on my desktop waiting for me to tell it where to go. Problem is I don't know! Any clue where to put it on OS X?

That's definitely the problem. See this thread for a full explanation.

http://www.shrapnelgames.com/cgi-bin...=001098#000000