Tip: Playing turns on a network server

[archaeolept]

yah, just copying the folder and running from there works in windows.

[WraithLord]

In windows you can just connect to the server, get the turn but don't open it. Disconnect. Play the turn at your leisure and only when you're ready to submit, reconnect to the server. Its been so long since I last played on a server that I actually forgot the exact steps to do when d/ling the turn, but its possible and I used to do this all the time for dom-II and in my first games of dom-III.

[JimMorrison]

Originally Posted by WraithLord

In windows you can just connect to the server, get the turn but don't open it. Disconnect. Play the turn at your leisure and only when you're ready to submit, reconnect to the server. Its been so long since I last played on a server that I actually forgot the exact steps to do when d/ling the turn, but its possible and I used to do this all the time for dom-II and in my first games of dom-III.

I think he was saying that if you are also the host, since it saves the turn in the same folder, that it will consider you done, the first time you open and close the turn, whether you are actually "logged in" to the server or not.

I agree though, easiest way to deal with that is to have 2 seperate copies of the game (though the clever scripting can save you 700mb of disk space ).