MP Noobs & Vets: Rise of the AI Menace. EA, BI. Game Over. Team ACGHHS wins! - Page 37

Frozen Lama · #**361** October 18th, 2009, 08:01 PM

trumanator is my brother, so he is my logical sub. otherwise i would have.

Septimius Severus · #**362** October 18th, 2009, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Frozen Lama

trumanator is my brother, so he is my logical sub. otherwise i would have.

Hopefully our alternates will recover from the offense!

Clarification for all: when you rename the .rgb and/or the .dm files, don't change the extensions. This goes without saying but just wanted to make sure.

Immaculate · #**363** October 18th, 2009, 08:37 PM

I thought we were using CBM and better indies mods, but now that i look at it again it looks like better indies only. Can you clarify which mods we are using...?

GrudgeBringer · #**364** October 18th, 2009, 09:21 PM

OK....what is all this name changing on the map, and Bi mod etc.

I have NO idea what you are talking about (though it must have to do with the placing of nations) or how to do it.

If you guys want to have someone that is a little more computer literate take my place, I will certainly understand.

DrPraetorious · #**365** October 18th, 2009, 11:22 PM

Sept - could you update the root of the thread by attaching the mod and map-image files with the correct filenames?

This is actually going to be easier than having people find and rename files they already downloaded.

Septimius Severus · #**366** October 19th, 2009, 03:02 AM

The files have all been updated on the opening thread and can be re-downloaded if you want although not really necessary.

Basically the only concern for me really is the map image file. I don't know enough about how the server, game, and .map files interact so I am recommending everyone who has already downloaded the map, simply rename the map image file (thats the big 7 meg .rgb file) by replacing the spaces with underscores "_". But you can just re-download it if you prefer.

Renaming the mod's .dm file will probably not be required, but if you want to be extra sure before the actual game starts, you can rename it as I mentioned (dropping the "old" off the end) or simply re-download the renamed version I have uploaded.

Immaculate, yes we are only using the BI version posted on the opening post of this thread (there are 3 flavors or variants of BI 2-1), the gold version is the one we are using. Though CBM was discussed as a possibility early on, we decided against it a long time ago (it seems). If CBM were being used you'd see it in the game thread name and I'd also have a link or copy of it on the opening post.

No sweat people, really.

Grudge, don't you freak out on me.

GrudgeBringer · #**367** October 19th, 2009, 04:15 AM

LOL, I just am computer challenged and I have to write myself directions just to get the nmaps and Mods in the right place.

This was like swatting a fly with an atom bomb for me!!

So your saying just reload the things on the first Page?

Do I need to delete anything oe will it just overwrite?

Septimius Severus · #**368** October 19th, 2009, 04:51 AM

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Originally Posted by GrudgeBringer

LOL, I just am computer challenged and I have to write myself directions just to get the nmaps and Mods in the right place.

This was like swatting a fly with an atom bomb for me!!

So your saying just reload the things on the first Page?

Do I need to delete anything oe will it just overwrite?

Yes, you can just re-download the "things"

on the first page. You'll need to delete the old files if you do. You could leave the old ones there if you think you don't know how to do that, probably won't hurt but you'll have duplicates.

Septimius Severus · #**369** October 19th, 2009, 01:55 PM

For those who have been following our saga since the beginning a few notes for those who may be interested in such largely inconsequential stuff:

A. I've decided not to bother changing the actual map image to reflect the sea province required by Formoria. It was actually easier for me (since I don't have an image editor that can edit .tga and .rgb files) to simply apply an appropriate province name to explain it. Pyg's generous offer not withstanding.

B. I decided against adding AI commands for all the human teams potentially allying them with the AI Menace team largely because I didn't feel like typing up the extra 64 or so ally commands that would be needed and wanted to get the game up and running. This of course really doesn't mean anything except that when/if a human team concedes (and is set to AI) it will in theory attack the AI team if still somehow present.

Ally commands have however been added for the AI team members of course and I have added 24 ally commands for each human team to ensure that in the event a human team concedes and each nation is turned AI, they will in theory still function as a team and won't attack each other.

As in any team game, turning individual nations AI within a team is not recommended if other nations are still being played by humans, hence your best bet is to bring in alternates or subs to take over. If an entire team concedes though (having nations still alive), that is when this theoretical AI stuff will come in to play.

Just FYI. Now I offer a prayer to the gods on behalf of my myself, all team members, and anyone else who has given of their time and effort to make this game a reality and a success:

Oh ye great gods of Dominions, we pray that Llama's server (and the game) will correctly process the AI's we've added and their shall be no problems, and we ask that you grant us favor in the upcoming battles and that you smite our enemies human and non-human alike. And light a fire under the arse of those who have yet to submit their pretenders so that we may begin soon. Amen.

chrispedersen · #**370** October 19th, 2009, 09:16 PM

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