Proportions Mod: Multiplayer anyone?

[geoschmo]

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Originally posted by PvK:
For purposes of ministers or AI takeover... I'm not sure how PBW works. I assume you could include AI files in your shipset that you upload to PBW, and then if your EMP file has "use ministers from style" instead of the default "ministers use selected style", then I would assume PBW would use those AI files from your ship set.

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No, actually PBW doesn't use the ai files you upload at all. It uses one of the following...

1) If you use a stock race, or a custom race that has the same name as one of the stock races, and select "use ministers from style", it will use those files from PBW, not the ones you inculde with your shipset. If you select "use selected style" it then chooses the aggressive, defensive, or neutral defaulat AI files, depending on which you select. In both cases it uses the coresponding ai files in the mod you are usign if there are any. If there aren't any in the mod, it uses the stock AI files.

2) If you use a custom shipset that does not have the same name as one of the stock AI races and you select "use selected style", then it works as above.

3) If you use a custom shipset that does not have the same name as one of the stock AI races and you select "Use style from race", then it will randomly select a set of ai files to use for each turn you allow the AI to play for you. Similer to the way it will select a different shipset each turn for players that don't have the custom shipset loaded on their PC's when they play their turns.

The exception to rule 3 is if you are using a mod that has that custom shipset built in on PBW, like the TDM modpack.

Someday we may get to the point on PBW of adding peoples custom AI to PBW. For now though if you want that then your option is to put them in a mod and submit the mod to PBW for inclusion as a Version.

Currently the only thing uploading yoru shipset to PBW does is allow you to select it when you join the game so the other players will have a convientent link to download the shipset so they can see the pictures correctly when they play against you. PBW does not use the files, picture or AI for any kind of processing.

Geoschmo

[Cargus10]

1. One game

2. The slower game, if there are 2 of them, but I'd settle for either.

3. Leave the mines. It's one more strategic decision point.

I'll most likely use the "ConFed" shipset from PBW.

[PsychoTechFreak]

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Originally posted by PvK:


I don't think they're partcularly worse than the Amon'krie AI - the main improvements in Proportions' Amon'krie set are that it has some more-tweaked ship designs and building and research queues, which mainly help when letting the AI run an empire for a prolonged period.

PvK

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Where did you hide the files ? Even with the complete downloads, I just find the following txt files in the Amonkrie Folder:
DesignCreation
Settings
Construction_Vehicles
Construction_Facilities

[PvK]

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Originally posted by PsychoTechFreak:


Where did you hide the files ? Even with the complete downloads, I just find the following txt files in the Amonkrie Folder:
DesignCreation
Settings
Construction_Vehicles
Construction_Facilities

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Oh, I guess I was wrong about the Amon having a tweaked research file - many of the others have their own, but it appears the Amon use the default one. The main improvements of theirs are in their design and construction files.

PvK

[dogscoff]

1 - one game

2 - slow game

3 - mines yes.

Valkyrie images are ready for upload. What do I do with them?

[Rollo]

1- one game or two, either way is fine

2- the one dogscoff and PTF are in

3- Mines ON

Rollo

[PvK]

Ok, since we'll have at least one game, I've set up a game on PBW titled "PvK's Proportions Game #1". The only change from the setup mentioned several pages below is AI bonus to medium rather than high. (If a homeworld somehow did fall into AI hands, Medium should be plenty of bonus for it.)

Please enlist for the game on PBW. If enough people want to try to start a second smaller game trying to play faster or something, we can add one.

If your shipset is on PBW already (see their list), you will specify it when you send in your EMP file, which you will need to make using Proportions 1.6 (which is almost ready to be posted - you can join the game without posting an EMP file yet, though).

If your shipset is not yet on PBW, or you have a personalized variant of it not on PBW, then upload it to PBW first. This is simple and done from the PBW Mods/Shipsets/Etc section.

Let me know if you have any questions about any of this.

PvK