MP: EA: Vanilla, Newbie game [GOOD AGAIN!]

[Astyreal]

We have 8, maybe give it a day or so longer to fill to 10?

[John_Madlock]

Are you began the game already? If not, and if it is still free space, I would like to join. I played MP once (50 turns) and SP a few times.
Maybe I would take Vanheim.

[GameExtremist]

Hi there, I know this is a newbie game...I'd like in! Although I have playing xp, I haven't played the game at all in 2 - 3 years and would love this as a chance to ease back into it.

If your happy to accept me i'd like Ulm.

Cheers

[Astyreal]

Vanheim it is. Alrighty, 9 is enough, time for the moment of truth. I'm heading over to the llamaserver presently!

[Astyreal]

GameExtremist seems we were posting at the same moment. Is ulm one of the weaker nations? Happy to let you join up, but it makes sense that you would pick one of the weaker sides. Not playing with any balancing mods or anything like that.

[GameExtremist]

Hmm not sure ... I think Ulm is an average nation....honestly its been that long that its like relearning the game again : )

[rdonj]

Most of the IRC people tend to agree that ulm sucks, and is one of the worst ea nations. They definitely are not one of the stronger nations in the era, and it would be hard to find a less powerful nation to play instead.

[13lackGu4rd]

sorry for the newbish question(but well, this is a newbie game...) but how do I send in the pretender design? I created a pretender with a password in game but I don't know where on my computer it saves the pretender designs(looked around in my dominion3 folder and didn't find it), as I assume I need to send in some file(no idea which file type too) to Llama server...

[GameExtremist]

Don't worry I had took it up too!

Firstly, you should only join a game if you've found there's a thread for it on this board, you've read it, and they're still looking for players. Then you should post on the thread saying what nation you'll be. To actually join the game:

- Make sure you have the same mods enabled as the game you're playing in (Preferences->Mod Preferences) although only mods affecting pretender design, such as Conceptual Balance, actually matter
- Go to Game Tools -> Create a pretender god in Dominions. Don't set a password, since for PBEM games they're not helpful and occasionally annoying (e.g. if you need a sub)
- Go to the savedgames/newlords folder in the dominions directory, and find your pretender file (e.g. mid_pythium_0.2h)
- E-mail the file to: pretenders[ at ]llamaserver[ dot ]net
- Crucially, you must have the game name in the subject line of your e-mail

A few minutes later you should get a confirmation e-mail, and if you check the website you should find your nation added to the list of nations which have joined the game.

If later you think of an improvement to your pretender, you can send it in again. Provided the game hasn't actually started the server will accept your revised pretender, and send you an e-mail to say so.

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showthread.php?t=40485

[13lackGu4rd]

thanks GameExtremist, got it all set now, lets hope I designed a good pretender for this game