Noob

[Gandalf Parker]

OK well you know PbEM and that this game was based on that, so you are way ahead of most.

The TCP/IP Connect method (internet direct connect) does the same thing but in the background.
When you connect,
A) if a turn is ready for you it will send it to you and open it
B) if you already sent a turn and the game is waiting for everyone else before hosting, then it will ask if you want to "continue where you left off" or "redo turn from beginning".
C) if you have finished a turn either while you were connected, or by working on it offline then your copy will send it
D) if the game receives your turn and begins hosting immeadiately (usually because you were the last one to send it in) then you can wait. It will give you your turn as soon as its done procesing everyones actions.

Because the game works on PbEM methods (you send file to host, host sends results back to you) you can break connect at any time as long as a file isnt being transfered right at that moment. By the way, the file you send to the host has an extension of .2h (to host) and the file sent back to you is .trn (turn file). This will be handy to know when you do get into a pbem game of Dom3.