New Kinda Noob game Starting

[Ragnars Wolves]

GREAT JOB Attackdrone!!! The map sounds great... Question, will the starting sites be random or will they be preset? What I mean is I know they will be preset as far as the actual starting province. But, will they be random on who goes in those preset provinces?

I think we will stick with 1.6 until it is tested a little more and all the bugs shaken out. I know it helps a number of folks in here but I don't want to get 30 turns in and find a bug that makes it unplayable.

We have a person that wants to play Oceania. However, he has been around a couple of years and may be a little over our heads. What is the concensus of you guys on letting him play...

I told him NO as of the moment but could ask him agian if we want to.

You might want to PM Fingergenesis and ask about it and some other details.

When will the map be available AD?

[attackdrone]

Originally Posted by Ragnars Wolves

Will the starting sites be random or will they be preset?

I think we will stick with 1.6.

When will the map be available AD?

I: There are 8 land and 1 sea start, but it is random who gets assigned which province. What I did was simply set all provinces except those nine to be ineligible start positions (meaning this map cannot be played with more than 8+1 players). It'd be simple enough to change that again if needed.

II: 1.6cbm + 1.1edm sounds good to me!

III: The map is ready, and posted above. Here is another link.

Land of Legends MP

Originally Posted by Finalgenesis

We could consider throwing in the armour revamp mod on top.

I am not sure if the stand-alone Armor Revamp mod is compatible with 1.6cbm and 1.1edm. There might be unit or gear conflicts. This is likely why it was all merged together into a single mod for 1.71cbm.

[Finalgenesis]

Originally Posted by Ragnars Wolves

... If you can't make your nation work, you are expected to fight to the end anyway...

I'd like to emphasize the above with some extrapolations, please do correct me if it departs from what the host intends. I've seen hosts say the above in a few games, and ideally you fight tooth and nails to the end, however we all know this is unrealistic and is sometimes (often?) ignored by some, we ask that you at least:

Please have the courtesy of giving the players a headsup to any multiple stales, going Awol (multiple stales in a row) without a heads up is in bad taste, barring actual unforeseen circumstances where you are physically unable to post on the forum (alien invasion; meteor taking out your service provider; you were tied to your bed post and left to die; emergency taking you away from internet access...etc).

Real life can (and will) interfere with your dom 3, we're all cool with this and games are often generous with postponement or sub/AI at worst, what we're not cool with is going awol with zero communication. We all know awol in many circumstances gives undue advantage to certain players and in general lowers the quality of a MP game, a heads up so that the host can delay/find sub or switch to AI goes a long way to maintaining the game quality and enjoyment of its players.

If you find others you play with in a MP game to be beneath your consideration and the 30 seconds it takes to post a heads up, you do not belong in this game (or any MP game for that matter).

We otherwise welcome anyone who can commit to the courtesy of informing the participants when they can no longer play (or require a delay) for whatever reason, hell even if you just don't feel like playing anymore.

[GrudgeBringer]

I think that about sums it up for the most part...

However, what I was trying to say is this, We are all new and do NOT have all the answers. One moment we are expanding smoothly and the next you run into Hinnom and you are retreating in a rush. You feel somewhat dejected that everything didn't continue to work out like you wanted.

I am not expecting you to spend a long time on your turn when your getting a azzz whoopin or are hemmed in and can't do much.

I DO expect you to continue playing (unless of an emergency, and trust me if you have a number of 'emergencies'in different games, folks will remember you)and try and put up whatever fight you can to slow down the opponent or make your small empire as hard to take as possible (hell, build a fort in every province etc).

It is just a game and real life is more important, but you do make a commitment to 6 to 12 other people who are giving their time to go as long as you can. IF you just want out, man up and say it...we can understand that as we have all felt that way and their are a number of vets who 'specialize' in taking unwinnable nations and play them as a kami-kazi, just to make your life MISERABLE (gotta love em!!) and we will try and get one.

NEVER put a password on your game PLEASE, as it really does ruin it for eeveryone else.

That is all I can think of and this isn't directed at anyone as most of us have played together since we have started. I just wanted to have my say...lol

BTW, I am up at my folks (GrudgeBringer) for dinner and am using his comp..sorry I forget sometimes it doesn't show up as me.

Ragnars

[Groundworm]

Thank you for the map mods, attackdrone- they sound fantastic!

I think someone who has been playing MP Dominions for years is a little above our heads. I'm sure we'll find someone else to play Oceania, and if not then we can just play with 8.

I'm interested in the idea of CBM 1.7, but those changes do sound drastic. Perhaps holding off for now is the better part of valor.

[mockingbird]

Where can I get the .tga file for the map?

[mockingbird]

Never mind, I found it. Google to the rescue!

[Groundworm]

Still looking for one more player to take the role of Oceania. Any takers?

[Kobal2]

Yeah, I'm not too keen on using the new CBM either. Armour Revamp changes a *lot* of things, and I'd rather not rush into an MP game on a mod I haven't had and won't have the time to play around with alone for a while to get a sense of what's what.

'sides, my monkeys already lost their clams, you want they should give up the hammers too ?

[Ragnars Wolves]

only the one...

BTW I D/L Attackdrones map file....it is a RAR file (which I have no idea what that means) I just dropped it in the file with Land of Legends in my Dom map file. Is that good enough? (I REALLY do not know much about computers)