MP: I Need More Power! - yet another MA newbie game - Finished (Ulm won by agreement)

[BewareTheBarnacleGoose]

Sorry, but I have never played multiplayer before, and dont know how this works. How do we join/ find the server, and submit pretenders?

[Lung Drago]

Originally Posted by BewareTheBarnacleGoose

Sorry, but I have never played multiplayer before, and dont know how this works. How do we join/ find the server, and submit pretenders?

You need to go to Game Tools -> Create Pretender God in game menu and send the created file to the server. Please read up on these two posts:
How to join a llamaserver game

How to play a llamaserver game

You can check on the status of the game here: I need More Power

[FAJ]

Pretender in for Abysia

[jimbojones1971]

Originally Posted by BewareTheBarnacleGoose

Sorry, but I have never played multiplayer before, and dont know how this works. How do we join/ find the server, and submit pretenders?

Just a quick warning on a pitfall to avoid, BewareTheBarnacleGoose. When you create your pretender, you will need to make certain that you have the CBM 1.84 mod both installed and enabled.

You can see the mods you have enabled in the top right of the Dom3 screen when you first open the game. Make sure than CBM 1.84, and ONLY that mod is enabled before you create your pretender.

If you get the mods wrong, when the game starts you will get an error message from Dom3 on turn 1 basically stating that you have cheated and that your pretender has been "adjusted" (= totally nerfed).

Its not too big a deal for Lung Drago to unstart the game and let you resubmit your pretender (the other pretenders stay submitted, from memory), but best avoided if possible.

Once your pretender is done, you can find them in the NewLords folder under saved games (they'll be named after your nation - use the date stamp to find the one you just created). Create an email, attach your pretender, and then send the email as follows:
* address to send email to: pretenders@llamaserver.net
* email subject: INeedMorePower

Hope that all helps - otherwise, keep asking until you get what you need :-)

[Mightypeon]

Rosa Luxemburg is in, for the Proletariat! May the Ulmish revolution succeed with Hammer(s) and Sickle!

[BewareTheBarnacleGoose]

Thanks for the help everyone, but I still cant seem to get this to work. I've tried making a pretender a dozen times, and I can access them if I try to start an SP game, but I cant find the pretender file in the savegame folder. Nor did I see a "newlords" subfile. Is there something Im missing?

[jimbojones1971]

What operating system are you using?

I've got both Windows XP and Windows Vista, and they both put the file in a different spot.

BTW, it took me a while to work this out the first time, so it's certainly not just you whose had this problem :-)

[jimbojones1971]

On Windows XP my file path is as follows:

C:\Program Files\dominions3\savedgames\newlords

And the pretender (in the newlords folder) will be called something like "mid_ermor_0.2h".

I'll post what it is from my Vista machine (think that Win 7 is the same) later on.

[Lung Drago]

Yes, Vista and 7 will propably have permission issues if you installed the game to Program Files. The "real" savedgames folder that is used by the game could be located somewhere either in

C:\Users\[your user account name]\Documents\My Games
or
C:\Users\[your user account name]\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\dominions3

Note that AppData folder is most likely a hidden folder, so you need to turn "Show hidden files and folders" on through View tab in Tools -> Folder Options, accessible by pressing Left Alt in Windows Explorer.
If you want to avoid having your OS use these strange paths, there are two options: either do not not install games in Program Files folder on Vista/7 or explicitly start every game as an Administrator.

[BewareTheBarnacleGoose]

Thanks everybody, I finally got it. Just like Lung Drago said, it was in the AppData folder. The Barnacle Goose has been sent it, so..., um, beware it!