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

[krpeters]

I'm trying to update from 3.26 to 3.27

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Dominions 3 has not been totally updated because of the following reason:

The access to the following file is denied:

dom3.exe: error - cannot replace, denied access
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Yes, I have Vista. Vista sucks. Now what?

I'm going to try moving the whole dominions tree out of Program Files and see if that works...

[jimbojones1971]

Originally Posted by krpeters

I'm trying to update from 3.26 to 3.27

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Dominions 3 has not been totally updated because of the following reason:

The access to the following file is denied:

dom3.exe: error - cannot replace, denied access
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Yes, I have Vista. Vista sucks. Now what?

I'm going to try moving the whole dominions tree out of Program Files and see if that works...

If that fails, I think you can right click on the update exe file and run it as administrator, which should in theory get around the problem.

[krpeters]

Moving the directory tree to C:\ worked -- and now I don't have to deal with VirtualStore anymore either. Yay!

But thanks for the rightclick/administrator idea. That might be helpful in the future.

I'll have my turn submitted shortfully. Thankfully, it started me in the big lake. Does that mean Ryleh and Oceania start in the small lakes? Or does the 1 ocean player limit mean he always starts in the big lake?

[Lung Drago]

Originally Posted by jimbojones1971

Given that Ermor's policy is to liberate the Proletariat from the drudge of every day toil by setting them on fire, then stabbing them repeatedly and finally raising them as undead minions to serve in the legions, I can only hope that we will have a happy and meaningful diplomatic relationship going forward Ms Luxemburg!

- Esmeralda the Good Witch of Ermor, aka Class Enemy Number One

Dear Esmeralda, the world is known to flow as a river, in it's set direction, at it's own pace. Life comes in and out of our world in it's own natural way. It isn't wise from a man or god alike to be fighting the flow. Unlife is only an illusion of life and it is a serious imbalance in universe. People of T'ien Ch'i, followers of The Way, are akin to protect the balance of this world by their own choice, and they will do so. Please keep that in mind.

Best regards,
Ariasa, the Two-Spirited, Four-Handed God-Emperor of T'ien Ch'i

[jimbojones1971]

Originally Posted by Lung Drago

Dear Esmeralda, the world is known to flow as a river, in it's set direction, at it's own pace. Life comes in and out of our world in it's own natural way. It isn't wise from a man or god alike to be fighting the flow. Unlife is only an illusion of life and it is a serious imbalance in universe. People of T'ien Ch'i, followers of The Way, are akin to protect the balance of this world by their own choice, and they will do so. Please keep that in mind.

Best regards,
Ariasa, the Two-Spirited, Four-Handed God-Emperor of T'ien Ch'i

Dear Araisa,

I have pondered your words, but alas the concept of the world being a river only reminds me of running water, which in turn triggers a Pavlovian urge to pee. While I concede it is hypothetically possible that a nation with such amazing cultural depth as T'ien C'hi could have a national philosophy based upon biological functions, I think it more likely that I am simply culturally unequipped to understand The Way - or that perhaps it is time for me to invest in a set of Depends Adult Nappy Pants, to deal with my obvious incontinence issues.

We of Ermor are simple folk. We are dedicated to the ultimate equality of all creatures, and have found that the penultimate expression of equality is found in death (or rather, undeath). After all, any two shambling zombies are much the same, irrespective off whether one was once a prince and the other a pauper.

Some feel that we seek to hurry death to bring this about, but nothing could be further from the truth. Death can afford to be patient, as eventually it comes to all. Our national philosophy is to enjoy life and its privileges while they last, for after you pass through the final veil, only mindless drudgery and the eternal equality of the grave await.

Best wishes, and hoping for a future filled with friendship and love,

Lady Esmeralda, First Consul of Ermor

[Mightypeon]

Originally Posted by jimbojones1971

Dear Araisa,

I have pondered your words, but alas the concept of the world being a river only reminds me of running water, which in turn triggers a Pavlovian urge to pee. While I concede it is hypothetically possible that a nation with such amazing cultural depth as T'ien C'hi could have a national philosophy based upon biological functions, I think it more likely that I am simply culturally unequipped to understand The Way - or that perhaps it is time for me to invest in a set of Depends Adult Nappy Pants, to deal with my obvious incontinence issues.

We of Ermor are simple folk. We are dedicated to the ultimate equality of all creatures, and have found that the penultimate expression of equality is found in death (or rather, undeath). After all, any two shambling zombies are much the same, irrespective off whether one was once a prince and the other a pauper.

Some feel that we seek to hurry death to bring this about, but nothing could be further from the truth. Death can afford to be patient, as eventually it comes to all. Our national philosophy is to enjoy life and its privileges while they last, for after you pass through the final veil, only mindless drudgery and the eternal equality of the grave await.

Best wishes, and hoping for a future filled with friendship and love,

Lady Esmeralda, First Consul of Ermor

Dear Esmeralda,

the revoultion vehemently disagrees with your reactionary reasoning.
While a situation of equality for all is desireable, even inevitable, we intend to use each Ulmish and allied citizen in a way that maximizes his use from himself and all others.
A general that died will become a Bane(lord), a dead mage a Shade, and dead soldiers will come back as Wights.
For us, using the concept of undeath merely means that Death is not the end to the most valuable and valiant agents of the revoultion. It is, as a matter of fact, enshrined in the consitution of the Peoples Republic of Ulm that one will only be permanently reanimated in a form that is more powerfull than the form one had at live.
Thus, the historical dialectic and its struggle for progress defeats even death!
Given that, at the moment, 85% of the Peoples Republics military personal wear a Black Steel Full Plate and a Black Halberd, reanimating our valiant warriors as Zombies is pretty much out.
We are currently looking forward to reanimating Karl Marx as a Mound Lord or Lich.

[BewareTheBarnacleGoose]

Originally Posted by jimbojones1971

We of Ermor are simple folk. We are dedicated to the ultimate equality of all creatures, and have found that the penultimate expression of equality is found in death (or rather, undeath). After all, any two shambling zombies are much the same, irrespective off whether one was once a prince and the other a pauper.

The people of Ermor are wise. Death is an appropriate way for the scaleless ones to contribute to the spread of the swamps. To become fertilizer is to participate in the great works of the Barnacle Goose.

[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.

[FAJ]

The rivers will flow as blood, against it's set direction, at my own pace. Life comes in and out of our world at my discretion. It isn't wise from a man or pretender alike to be fighting this flow. Hope is only an illusion of the doomed and it is a fleeting novelty of this universe. People of this world, followers of The Pretenders, are akin to sheep at the slaughter. There will be blood.

Best regards,
Big Red, the Beginning and the End, The Man Eater

[Lung Drago]

Originally Posted by FAJ

The rivers will flow as blood, against it's set direction, at my own pace. Life comes in and out of our world at my discretion. It isn't wise from a man or pretender alike to be fighting this flow. Hope is only an illusion of the doomed and it is a fleeting novelty of this universe. People of this world, followers of The Pretenders, are akin to sheep at the slaughter. There will be blood.

Best regards,
Big Red, the Beginning and the End, The Man Eater

By all that is sacred...this is blasphemy! This is madness!