MP: Nub Bash 2010 - Late Age - Completed- Victor: Atlantis

[earcaraxe]

Hi!

I would like to take Mictlan and PBEM.

[Septimius Severus]

I second the vote for End Game Diversity.

Edit, Sorry, I should add assuming the diversity mod is compatible with CBM.

I do understand the desire to keep the game mod free though for noobs.

[iamofage]

I vote for Cradle of Dom. Players won't start in any swamp provinces for cradle, and there's prevention system which prevents you to start with less than 3 or 4 neighbers in most of those maps that came with the game.

[Kupiko]

I vote for cradle too.

[Corvus]

I would like to ask a favor of the people who have requested PBEM style. Would receiving turns by PBEM be adequate? Could you turn in your turns by direct-connect? I have been told setting up a game to do both at the same time is possible, but its never been done. The direct connection cannot be told to "see" incoming email turns. So emailed turns either have to not show up on the direct-connect display but the game still hosts when all turns are in, or the direct connect has to be taken down and put back up on a regular basis to force it to see all of the turned in turns.

To be blunt it would be a bit of a headache, and it would be much easier if you could turn it in by direct connect.

[iamofage]

Originally Posted by Corvus

I would like to ask a favor of the people who have requested PBEM style. Would receiving turns by PBEM be adequate? Could you turn in your turns by direct-connect? I have been told setting up a game to do both at the same time is possible, but its never been done. The direct connection cannot be told to "see" incoming email turns. So emailed turns either have to not show up on the direct-connect display but the game still hosts when all turns are in, or the direct connect has to be taken down and put back up on a regular basis to force it to see all of the turned in turns.

To be blunt it would be a bit of a headache, and it would be much easier if you could turn it in by direct connect.

Direct connect might give you more headache though. We can try direct connect first, but there are a few reasons that PBEM is better.

1. Direct connection requires the host to have his computer up constantly to maintain server.

2. Dynamic IP and firewall issues are a pain in the butt sometimes unless you use a proxy LAN server and even then you may need to forcebind IP to your proxy IP.

3. PBEM using Llama server is much easier to host and managed, and PBEM doesn't require the person to have internet all the time while he wants to play. From what I hear some people can't afford monthly payment internet, so they just play their turn at home then send the files through email at a library or internet cafe.

[Corvus]

While all of the above points are valid, I am not hosting the game, I'm just running it. Its being hosted on a server geared to run games with no problems. I've made doubly sure no one should have problems connecting, and as for the last, that's why I'm offering the PBEM alternative, I'm merely asking, if possible and convenient, that turns be turned in by direct connect. I am in no way stopping or saying don't PBEM.

[earcaraxe]

First: thanks for organizing this, Corvus.

I guess I could try to turn them in by direct connect, but im not sure.

We tried a direct connect game not long ago with one of my friends (between our computers), and there was some problem with my firewall or router or whatever (I dont know much about that stuff). All in all we couldnt fix it. Its likely I might be unable to play if PBEM is not an option.

So I'd much prefer llamaserver and PBEM, tho I understand its your game and I'm a guest here, so its just a telling of my preferences.

[Corvus]

Then I suggest you try out one of the vs ai games here to test, since its the same server we'll be using. If you can connect to one of the generated games you can connect to mine.
http://www.dom3minions.com/HostedGames.htm

And there is a link
http://game.dom3minions.com/how-to.html
with step-by-step instructions of how to connect to it.

If you don't want to play the game out just set yourself to ai in options.

[earcaraxe]

thanks!

I tried it, but when I click connect after having "game.dom3minions.com" typed in it totally freezes, I have to cold-reset my computer. any ideas?