New & raw web based Dominion II game server

Esben Mose Hansen · #1 February 16th, 2004, 10:08 AM

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Originally posted by Johan K:
I belive "No nation select when resuming" is a pointless switch for a server. It might be useful for clients who want to connect quickly, but they have to specify it on their computers anyway.

OK. I wasn't sure what it did, and decided to include it. I'll remove it.

In fact, I want to redesign the "New Game Section" to add some more descriptions and help for all the options... but first, I want to have AI's :-) And more stats

Peter Ebbesen · #2 February 16th, 2004, 11:00 AM

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Originally posted by Esben Mose Hansen:
but first, I want to have AI's :-) And more stats

Stats such as which nations are close to winning by VP would be VERY nice, if you can manage to extract them from the file. It is so easy to forget going to the right ledger page each and every turn, in order to see whether anybody else is close. (And to remind you that it is a VP game)

Which means that you can lose without expecting it

Of course, I would prefer if the GAME displayed an "You: x/maxVP Strongest enemy: y/maxVP" on the main game display all the time when playing a VP game, or second-best, displayed in line 1 of the monthly progress report, and likewise with dominion or province victory condition, but that is a different issue - and one that would make such games slightly more approachable. Having the enemies progress towards winning conditions hidden away in the second tier of a submenu has always seemed cruel and unusual punishment to me.

Tiltowait · #3 February 16th, 2004, 04:17 PM

"I hadn't thought about either Valentine holidays"

It's why I was not here at least, to give you my heartfelt thanks for doing this for the dominions 2 community! You are a saint!

My comments
-Would it be possible to set a force-hosting schedule? For instance, I want to start a game that forces a host Monday - Friday at 11:55PM, no force on weekends.

-Custom maps please? Pretty please? It's not so hard to download them, especially when people are going to spend weeks/months stareing at them. (and I designed all my maps for balance with multiple people, since I am sick of computer opponents, and I really want to get feedback about some big games on them)

Esben Mose Hansen · #4 February 16th, 2004, 04:48 PM

Re VP points: Definitely worth looking into. I'm not sure how much info can be extracted, but I'll try :-)

Custom maps: Point me to any, and I'll install them. I'll also make uploads possible once I've figured out how to do it without comprimising security totally. Anybody knows where dom attemps to load maps from? Only /usr/local/games/dominions2/maps?

And yes, the force host options are still missing. They will appear, probably tommorrow. I just have to design a bit of HTML first (and I'm not home tonight)

Thanks for your appreciation! The host is running 3 games right now without (apparrant) harm; I'll try to raise the limit to 10 :-D

Peter Ebbesen · #5 February 16th, 2004, 04:55 PM

Try these MAPS

Tiltowait · #6 February 16th, 2004, 05:15 PM

Custom maps are on illwinter's site:
http://www.illwinter.com/dom2/maps.html

"Only /usr/local/games/dominions2/maps?"
Yes, only from there.

" the force host options are still missing. They will appear, probably tommorrow"

Holds breath

Gandalf Parker · #7 February 16th, 2004, 05:29 PM

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Originally posted by Tiltowait:
"Only /usr/local/games/dominions2/maps?"
Yes, only from there.

Actually there are environmental variables for things like maps and mods. You can keep all your maps seperate which for someone planning to host games I would highly recommend. Its too easy to forget (at least for my old brain) which ones came with the game, which ones players have to have downloaded, and which ones are half-working Versions of my own projects.