New MP Game - Random, Anonymous, No Diplomacy

[Alneyan]

The Panther said:
A final problem might be the starting location selection. I remember just how lousy the starting spots were on the Blade game under Version 2.16 and I still don't know the cause of that. We may encounter the same problem and Pasha could have significant work trying to get the starting spots to work fairly.

Don't you mean the 2vs2? Blade was started under 2.15, and had pretty good random starting points, near as I can tell. The 2vs2 game was awful however, especially for aquatic nations starting next to land nations.

I didn't know about the 1 VP per capital setting; it will be much easier then. You will need more than a few seconds to remove the VPs, but less than one minute, unless a simple Find & Replace works (leaving pointless numbers in the middle, which should not matter).

Hmm... I am doing an awful lot of talking for a game I will not take part in. Someone, please cast a Silence spell on me.

[Turin]

I just had a quick look at the mapfile and there´s one thing that I find really bad. province 173 has the oak of ages as a special site which gives an enchantment bonus 50!
And it´s only guarded by an ivy king and a couple of vine ogres/men, so it should be no problem for an early game pretender to take that site. So if you could alter the mapfile and replace it with the mother oak or something similar it would be great.

I have attached a mapfile without victorypoints and which replaces the oak of the ages with the motheroak.

[PashaDawg]

Duh! What precisely is the effect of "enchantment bonus 50"? I have been too lazy to figure that out (and I am extremely lazy about that stuff... ugh!) Maybe one of these days, one of you guys will sit me down and answer my questions. I will bring the gin and vermouth.

[quantum_mechani]

PashaDawg said:
Duh! What precisely is the effect of "enchantment bonus 50"? I have been too lazy to figure that out (and I am extremely lazy about that stuff... ugh!) Maybe one of these days, one of you guys will sit me down and answer my questions. I will bring the gin and vermouth.

Enchantment bonus 50 means enchantment rituals in that province will cost only 50% of the normal amount of gems.

[PashaDawg]

Oversway told me that he can't join in. So, perhaps, YC can play?

[PashaDawg]

Thanks, QM, for the education!

[Jurri]

Hmm... It would seem that on Orania, in Winterland (#277) there is an Ice Devil instead of an Ice Druid. Is it just me, or can someone maybe verify whether this is the case universally? The only mods in operation are the ones in use with this game, and the .map seems to detail there being an "Ice Druid" in the province. Do the Zen mods touch upon the Ice Druid, or only on the Frost Father? If it's renamed or something, I could see it causing behavior like this.

Not an issue, of course, as a stronger than usual province defense would touch upon everyone equally, but weird things are always intriguing!

[PashaDawg]

Turin said:
I just had a quick look at the mapfile and there´s one thing that I find really bad. province 173 has the oak of ages as a special site which gives an enchantment bonus 50!
And it´s only guarded by an ivy king and a couple of vine ogres/men, so it should be no problem for an early game pretender to take that site. So if you could alter the mapfile and replace it with the mother oak or something similar it would be great.

I have attached a mapfile without victorypoints and which replaces the oak of the ages with the motheroak.

Hi Panther:

I assume that this was the only modified map file. Yes? Or should I keep looking?

Pasha

[PashaDawg]

I think I have the map all set (I did a test). I will try to use the file again that was given to me by King Lear, just in case it works. Otherwise, we wait.

[PashaDawg]

Nope. King Lear's file won't work. I need a new one. I have sent him an email. I will send him a PM too, just in case that works better.