LeafNosedBat- EA game (upload pretenders)

[Edi]

True. I've played all of two MP games in Dom2 and that's the sum total of my Dominions MP experience.

One was just to check on how badly I'd screwed up Vanheim's start location on the Faerun map, where I was swiftly eliminated, though my opponent got a bit more than he could chew comfortably, especially when his main enemy became my ally of preference while I was going down.

The other game was one with Abysia and I went pretty far in that, but when the strongest player abandoned the game and another one managed to take all of his territory uncontested, finishing in shared second place was good enough. I'd never had so much fun pouring 4x Flames from the Sky + 10x Fires from Afar and assorted Earth Attacks and Seeking Arrows on the enemy research capital in one turn before...

Dom3 MP is a whole different ball game on some levels, judging by stuff I've read so far. Basics the same, details vary a lot and there are many more things to consider. So while I may have an edge in theoretical knowledge, I'm about as green as they come experience-wise.

So be no surprise if some other nation's false god gets to mount the Hunter of Bugs in his trophy hall.

[ComTrav]

I'd like to join as Tien Chi.

[Psycho]

Kailasa for me

[llamabeast]

Okay cool. I thought this was full and created an overflow game, but it turns out I just had a counting failure - one space left.

[llamabeast]

Well, there's still one space left, but in the meantime people can start uploading their pretenders. Here's how:

Right, everyone who posted has a spot except for seda (sorry; slightly too late) and Aezeal (surely you don't count as a newbie still?! - in any case, I gave priority to the newer players).

Re Worthy Heroes - what it does is add more heroes to the game, and in general make them a little more powerful. Not overpowered, but it's nice if, when you get a hero, they're quite useful. The latest version is 1.8 - I'll turn my mention of it in the first post to a link in a minute.

The next thing to do is to design and upload your pretenders. Here's how to do that:

- 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 'LeafNosedBat' in the subject line of your e-mail

[Edi]

Sent. I hope it came through okay.

[kruton]

Count me in for Lanka