PBEM helper now available - Page 2

Fuerte · #11 April 4th, 2001, 07:41 PM

Well, I'm a novice on SE4, just played the tutorial and I'm now playing another small game, just to test the PBEM helper.

But I could run the host (and play as well) if you could gather the people... I could probably develop PBEM helper to do the hosting fully automatically eventually.

So if you could find 8-16 people (or if people reading this thread could "volunteer")... you probably know better what kind of quadrant to generate etc.

Fuerte · #12 April 5th, 2001, 09:22 PM

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Master Belisarius · #13 April 5th, 2001, 09:35 PM

8-16 people? Hmmm Maybe here we could get some players, but I would not bet that we can find 8-16.

Deathstalker · #14 April 5th, 2001, 09:52 PM

Hey, I'm in for a game! (preferences:new modpack, med spiral ,not all wormhole connect and 5000 race points, high AI and low bonus, just my pref, but I'm open to anything.)

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"The Empress took your name away," said Chance.
Owen smiled coldly. "It wasn't hers to take. I'm a Deathstalker until I die. And we never forget a slight or an enemy." -Owen Deathstalker.

Fuerte · #15 April 6th, 2001, 08:00 PM

Come on... we can't find 8-16 SE4 players in this forum? What's going on?

I have a friend who will certainly play, and Master Belisarius and Deathstalker, total of only 4 players yet, what's going on?

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WW2 · #16 April 6th, 2001, 08:37 PM

I wouldnt mind trying a PBEM game. I have played a lot at home but no PBEM yet.

Puke · #17 April 6th, 2001, 09:56 PM

i could be in for a mon-fri game.

javaslinger · #18 April 6th, 2001, 10:02 PM

I would love to get in on this... Unfortunately, it's bad timing for me. I will be on vacation for a week, April 11-18.

If we can wait to start till then, and hopefully get the new, as of now unreleased, patch, I'm totally in.

Send me an email. esprcorn@bellatlantic.net

Ken

chewy027 · #19 April 6th, 2001, 10:02 PM

I'v never done it before, but i'll give it a try.

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My email is chewy027@hotmail.com give me a buzz with the details.

[This message has been edited by chewy027 (edited 06 April 2001).]

Fuerte · #20 April 7th, 2001, 09:55 AM

We have now 8 players, if we wait until April 19, and play Mon-Fri only (of course we could play Sat-Sun too, if everyone accepts that the AI is used if the player file is missing, which would be a good thing, to speed up the game).

Me (fuerte@sci.fi), I would be the host
Tumba (tumba@sci.fi)
Master Belisarius
Deathstalker
WW2
Puke
javaslinger (esprcorn@bellatlantic.net)
chewy027 (chewy027@hotmail.com)

If would great to have as many players as possible, up to 16.

The preferences... we have one wish of using modpack (what is it?) and 5000 race points. I don't know, wouldn't it be better to use only the latest patch, not any other requirements? And the race points, isn't 2000 the default? Let me know what you think about the game preferences, post to this thread.

I will make a newer release of PBEM helper before we start the game. It would be great if everyone was using the helper for the player mode, so that we would get the most of it.

So when we start the game, everyone sends me the empire file, it must have the player e-mail address. I will then generate the game with the preferences we have agreed upon here, and send the game file, in .PBM format, if that's ok for everyone. The PBEM helper does not have an option to send in different format (.PBM, .ZIP, plain uncompressed) for different people at the moment.