Loemendor PBEM (Finished)

Dedas · #1 March 30th, 2007, 05:23 AM

Ok, all pretenders are in! I will start the game right after my visit to the university. In other words in a few hours.

Dedas · #2 March 30th, 2007, 09:00 AM

Okay, I have a problem. I want to set the independents strength to 7, but I cannot find the switch to do this. Not in the GUI and not when I designed the map file. Anyone got a clue?

llamabeast · #3 March 30th, 2007, 09:12 AM

I think it comes up as an option in the GUI after you hit "Start Game".

Dedas · #4 March 30th, 2007, 09:16 AM

Yes I know.

But as this is a scenario with fixed position it doesn't. You have to set it in the map file with a keyword. The problem is that I don't know this keyword and it isn't written in any of the documents that come with the game.

If this can't be solved quickly we will have to play with the default value (5).

llamabeast · #5 March 30th, 2007, 09:46 AM

Oh I see.

Okay, I think I got it to work, but it's messy.

On the command line, do dom3 -STq --indepstr 7

Then open up a GUI, and join the game using each of the pretender files. When you've done them all, click "start game". Back on the command line, you can choose the map to play on. Then once it's started to can just quit the command line, and treat it like a PBEM from then on.

llamabeast · #6 March 30th, 2007, 09:51 AM

Okay, I just did a test with indeps 1 on Dawn of Dominions, and it did indeed seem to work (there was hardly anyone to fight).

It's worth doing I think, because indeps 7 plays quite differently to 5.

Dedas · #7 March 30th, 2007, 10:31 AM

Thank you for you excellent and in depth help.

Indeed, indeps at 7 makes for a whole different game, I believe one that is better suited for a fairly small and "crowded" map like this one. I mean, if you want to expand quickly you have to invest in more troops and perhaps a SC pretender. High blesses will, high focus on magic and a sleeping pretender will really slow you down in the beginning.