I would hope that the game plays like Stars! over the network. A host process monitors a location for the files. When all the turns are in the processing takes place and all players are notified that a new turn is available by a flashing minimized window icon. The idea mentioned earlier where there are lights showing who has submitted their turns is even better.
The key here is that you can run the game in the background while you are working and then pop up the game when you need to do a turn. (while at work
) It would be nice to have options like turn ends 60 seconds after the 2nd player enters their turn but no more than 10 minutes You should not have to restart the program, load turns...
Just as important, is strategic combat. You would not be doing tactical and currently the strategic combat still needs work. You need to get more feedback on what happened and why (what formation/strategy did they use) and more control options (use strategy X when fighting fighters, use Y when fighting missile ships,...)
[This message has been edited by lnielsen (edited 04 April 2001).]
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