Psst, over here, I got the latest patch status... shhhh

[Dragonlord]

Am giving the change to initiative some more thought.
Presumably the randomness only applies to the first combat turn? Otherwise you could get to go 3 times in a row
Also, I assume Defender is defined as a player who occupies a sector, and the attacker is the one moving into that sector. But what if two fleets move into a sector at the same time?

[Slaughtermeyer]

With the reset password option, would it now be possible for a race that originally started a PBW game as an AI race to be taken over by a human player?

[Puke]

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Originally posted by Slaughtermeyer:
With the reset password option, would it now be possible for a race that originally started a PBW game as an AI race to be taken over by a human player?

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now there is an idea with potential. recreate the old 'neutral challenge' in multiplayer mode. assign players to computer generated neutral races, populate the quad with high bonus 5000 point AIs, and see who survives.

[dogscoff]

My interpretation of what is written there:

I think the "random" player order will only really apply in battles which feature 3 or more empires. In those cases, the defender(s) will be first in the turn order (presumably in random order if there is more than one) and the attacker(s) will be randomly distributed at the end.

In 2-empire battles, it will just be defender first, attacker, defender, attacker, defender...

I think this is a satisfactory solution. Aftr all, it is always easier to defnd trhan to attack.



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[Mephisto]

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If anyone recognizes that as their suggestion, please let us know what that means. They seem to be contradictory to me.

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I think it was point 5 and point 8 of my bug list:
5.) Multiplayer
In a multiplayer battle the topmost player of the player list will always move and fire first in a battle. To be added Last to a game (and therefore be at the bottom of the list) is a huge disadvantage in a multiplayer warp point battle.
Solution: A solution would be to make the defenders (i.e. all ships already present in the sector) always move and fire first. If more then one "defender" is present, let the first "mover" be chosen randomly.

8.) Passwords
It would be great to have the ability to reset a players password as the game master. sometimes players forget about their passwords, others leave the PBW-Server without leaving their password.

[Pustov]

well It's allmost a year that I got this game I am glad that they are going to finally have the defender move/fire first I think It's about time. I belive I brought this up way back in december of 2000 before the dark times arrive in my personal life.Well now that is over It's time to go back to my favorite hobby 4 X gameing I can't waite for the next patch
And I wante to thank everone for the mods that they give to this game
and I'm sorry about my bad english. I am working at It.

[geoschmo]

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Originally posted by Slaughtermeyer:
With the reset password option, would it now be possible for a race that originally started a PBW game as an AI race to be taken over by a human player?

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Originally posted by Puke:
now there is an idea with potential. recreate the old 'neutral challenge' in multiplayer mode. assign players to computer generated neutral races, populate the quad with high bonus 5000 point AIs, and see who survives.

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Well it's possible, but it would take some work. PBW does not allow you to add players to a game after it starts. What you would have to do is save the game, start a new PBW game with the additional player spots, and upload the current game as the new game's first turn.

Geoschmo



[This message has been edited by geoschmo (edited 16 October 2001).]