MP: David & Goliath - Running noob game

[Yskonyn]

Well then, IS there even a Shahrivar map without pre-set magic sites then?

[Gandalf Parker]

Originally Posted by Louppatient

No.
BTW, if I read correctly the map editing document, the pre-set sites may be overwritten by random sites (if there is already 4 random sites in the province).

I havent looked at the map. But the overwrite depends on whether or not it is preceded by #land or #setland. The land one will wipe out any random assigned then do the assigns. The setland will only allow the assigns if there is still space after the randoms have done their job.

[Louppatient]

No, I don't think there is (or at least I didn't found any).

However, there is a map version without the most unbalancing sites (schools bonus and mages recruitment), here : http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showthread.php?t=43958


Gandalf :
I never used these commands, just reading the doc. It says :

If the #killfeatures command was not used and
all four site slots were already filled by randomly
determined sites during game setup, this
command will be ignored and the site won't
appear. These same limitations apply to the
#knownfeature command.

The #land sections just tells of killing its previous inhabitants, not erasing existing sites ...

(And it's #setland in this case, anyway )

[Yskonyn]

Originally Posted by Louppatient

No, I don't think there is (or at least I didn't found any).

However, there is a map version without the most unbalancing sites (schools bonus and mages recruitment), here : http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showthread.php?t=43958

Ah this is the SomBurn map version mentioned earlier. We'll settle for that one, great find.
Ok, people, be sure to download this map version into your map folders.

[Gandalf Parker]

Right killfeatures. I knew it was in there someplace. (sorry, its really early here)

[Immaculate]

So far so good. We only need one more player's diety:

Game: DavidandGoliath
Early Age, max 12 players
Players so far: 11

Map: Shahrivar_SomBurn
Mods: Worthy Heroes 1.8

Nations joined so far:
Ermor
Pangaea
Tir na n'Og
Helheim
C'tis
Fomoria
T'ien Ch'i
Ulm
Niefelheim
Arcoscephale
Mictlan

which means we only need:


3) Yskonyn - Caelum

[Yskonyn]

True, after I have confirmed a few things we will go. Probably in a few hours!

[Immaculate]

Yskonyn

[Yskonyn]

Ok people, sorry for the delay, but there were a few things I needed to get sorted. Expect the game to kick off this afternoon (once I get to my game pc)! (to cater for timezones: this afternoon means about 3 - 8 hrs from now)

[Yskonyn]

Ok gents! The game has started. Let Diplomacy flow and be sure to enjoy the game.
Again I would like to stress that this is supposed to be a NEWBIE LEARNING game, so go easy on those who haven't got much experience yet (that includes me! )!
It's nice if you can show how powerful you can be and squash players early on, but that's not the purpose of this game.
Also, feel free to have an 'open hand' attitude and discuss tactics or problems with your empire management here so everyone can learn from it.

Above all; HAVE FUN!