Living Large: Chapter 1

Flandrien1 · January 3, 2003, 17:25

Settings:
standard PBEM game
large map
warm
wet
continents
70% water
4 billion year old
roaming barbarians
perserve random seed = ON
accelerated production = OFF

Players:
1. Dissident (krusher3Xatyahoodotcom) as the Celts
2. Mazarin (CardinaldotRichelieuatgmxdotnet) as France
3. GhengisFarb (ghengisfarbatyahoodotcom) as China
4. Andy_hammer (andy_hammer2001atyahoodotcomdotau) as Arabia
5. CerberusIV (cerberusivciv3ataoldotcom) as Japan
6. Betahound (brucehynes57atrogersdotcom) as Carthage

moderator: Flandrien (krisdotmaesatpidotbe)

Some comments:

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There are six players, so I used a dice to decide who would be the first player.

When loading your turn, do not load it as a single-player game.
Use Game mode = load game from the multiplayer/host screen.

Always send the turn to the next player AND to your moderator (me).
If you are unable to play your turn in a period of 2 days, I will play it for you.

And most important of all, ENJOY THE GAME !

Flandrien1 · January 3, 2003, 17:26

And the first turn is on it's way to Dissident.

Beta · January 3, 2003, 18:23

my e-mail (edited to correct e-mail)

brucehynes57atrogersdotcom

And to my opponents - have a good game!!

Dis · January 4, 2003, 03:50

turn sent to France

GhengisFarb™ · January 4, 2003, 04:37

How weird, I check a new thead out only to find I am part of the game.

Flandrien1 · January 4, 2003, 04:42

GhengisFarb, you've been drafted.

alva · January 4, 2003, 04:53

I like that moderator stuff, good idea,

, but why send the save each time???
Wouldn't it be enough to send it when the next player doesn't respond for x time...?

Flandrien1 · January 4, 2003, 04:55

Alva, sending a mail to two persons takes just as long as sending it to a single person.

Mazarin · January 4, 2003, 07:11

turn sent to china.

Mazarin · January 4, 2003, 07:15

....as well as to flandrien.

(+1)

GhengisFarb™ · January 4, 2003, 13:03

Sent to Andy_hammer and Flandrien.

alva · January 4, 2003, 13:46

Quote:

Originally posted by Flandrien
Alva, sending a mail to two persons takes just as long as sending it to a single person.

,
ok, but it fill up the box faster

)

I know you are on planetinternet...but I meant for moderators who are going to do this with hotmale

CerberusIV · January 4, 2003, 15:17

I have just realised that the email address for me at the top of this thread is wrong. The full address is

CerberusIVciv3 at aol.com

andy_hammer · January 4, 2003, 18:44

Emailed to CerberusIV.
Cheers Andy

CerberusIV · January 5, 2003, 07:22

sent on to Betahound (and Flandrien).

Beta · January 5, 2003, 12:52

sent to Dissident and Flandrien.

Note my new avatar - I should warn you all that it is a new carthaginian secret weapon - dog archer. (4-3-3.)

Only problem is I can't find 'kennel' in the build options.

Dis · January 5, 2003, 14:26

haha, I'm one turn away from building the great pyramids. beware!

and turn sent

Mazarin · January 5, 2003, 16:06

I've got a little problem with the save file I received: accelerated production was turned on...did I miss this part of settings (it was off during the first turn)?

Mazarin · January 5, 2003, 16:08

...hmm looking at the initial post, I didn't

Quote:

accelerated production = OFF

is this a bug?

Beta · January 5, 2003, 16:54

This happened at the start of the ptw-demo game too if I remember.

Mazarin · January 5, 2003, 17:15

yep, shouldn't dissident do his turn again and send it to me...how has the problem been solved in the demogame?

Flandrien1 · January 5, 2003, 17:45

Mazarin, can you send me your turn, so I can check ?
(Dissident should already have done that.

)

Flandrien1 · January 5, 2003, 17:46

By the way, same problem has occurred in the 'double or nothing' PBEM.

Beta · January 5, 2003, 17:55

Quote:

Originally posted by Mazarin
yep, shouldn't dissident do his turn again and send it to me...how has the problem been solved in the demogame?

I wasn't involved in the 'playing' so I can't help there. I think we did what we are suggesting - back the game up to the point where it was OK, and play again.

Beta · January 5, 2003, 18:21

If you read this thread - it may help explain the problem. I gather AP comes on if the game is not loaded through the MP screen.

http://apolyton.net/forums/showthrea...threadid=70828

Mazarin · January 5, 2003, 21:05

...maybe I'm simply too dumb for that game

...anyway how do I load a save from the "MP-screen"? I just followed the manual instructions in the three other PBEM-games I'm currently playing and I've never had any problems: open ptw->load game->select game->play...is there another way?

sorry for the delay I'm causing

GhengisFarb™ · January 5, 2003, 23:09

The proper and least bug generating way is to choose "Multiplayer" then choose "Host" then chose the "Load Game" option. It will load the game and you simply click "Launch".

Extremely long and drawn out but its the way Firaxis programmed it.

Beta · January 5, 2003, 23:18

Quote:

Originally posted by Mazarin

sorry for the delay I'm causing

Don't worry about it. It's the first turn. And it seems that many of the other games have had similar problems.

Mazarin · January 6, 2003, 08:02

GhengisFarb, thanks for the info...I'll load it always this way now

But acc.prod. was still on, when I loaded the game that way...so maybe dissident shoul play his turn again.

Beta · January 6, 2003, 18:45

Has somebody PM'd Dissident to replay the turn? Or are we back on track?