[PBEM] Jungle Jumble, 2nd thread

[sabrewolf]

dp

[Lumpkin]

i just have but it didnt help the internet problem, just in case you were wondering sabre

[aebbeka]

Yes I patched. The game is up, with Lump and Tom now AI. (I didn't think Tom would want to play without Lump)

[sabrewolf]

played two turns!

however, i'm confused by some really weird choices i seemed to have done research and build queue didn't make sence. must have been waster when i played it the first go

anyhow, i see that eric has also played turn three... so i'll stay logged in to see if adam is here too

[sabrewolf]

on another note, civstats now also supports BtS games... can you run the uploader for this game too?

thanks

[KrazyE]

Sabre, I can't connect to the game when you're in it
It mentioned if you firewall is up....I don't know.....

[sabrewolf]

wierd... anyhow, try again...

[aebbeka]

I was able to connect earlier when Sabre was in. I'll get the uploader going soon.

Looks like I had Take Over AI disabled, so no chance of Lump joining in later... although a simple setting like that might not be too hard to change with a hex editor.

[aebbeka]

http://www.civstats.com/viewgame.php?gameid=634

I set up civstats, but is it really needed for a 3 player game?

[sabrewolf]

it's not _really_ needed, but certainly is practical for two situations:
1) when you're waiting for somebody to complete the turn - you don't have to log in every 4 hours to check
2) when doing a multi-turn session and i have to log out because i'm "blocking" a person for some technical reason...

is the uploader too much of a hassle for you? if so, then let's forget it. otherwise it'd be quite cool

[sabrewolf]

if it's ok, can you set up my username and player in civstats for the game? My login there is sabrewolf too!

Thanks

[sabrewolf]

hey, i played 1 turn and the next turn was finished too, even though my warrior should have been allowed to move again... any ideas?

[aebbeka]

Well we're not doing simultaneous moves, like most other Pitboss games do, if that's what you're talking about.

[sabrewolf]

oh, really? ... why?
maybe that's why eric couldn't log in when i was logged in too.

in light of all these things, maybe we should restart? double-turns would be quite good with just 3 people... and also lumpy and tom could still join in once they solve their problems. what do you think?

[that being said, i quite like my fantastic starting position...]

[KrazyE]

I don't have a problem with it. If we do restart, I would like to be the Vikings.

[aebbeka]

Nah, even without simultaneous turns people can be in at the same time.

Restarting sounds fine with me, though I do like my starting position too... Is there a way to use the same map and starting positions in a new game?

[sabrewolf]

maybe somehow it's possible the extract the seed number of the game, but i don't think the starting positions can be the same...

how about we start a new game with the same settings (except that AI takeover is possible, and simulaneous turns are on, etc) and if anybody objects to the starting position we try again?

[aebbeka]

Sounds good, new game is up, same address/port. Since it's just us three for now, can we hold off on CivStats? If you put your email address in the alt-d settings, the game will email you when it's your turn.

[sabrewolf]

awesome, man! thanks

will have a go when i get home in 16 hours
let's hope all our starting locations are decent enough!

[sabrewolf]

no luck connecting - it times out!

is the game up already?
i won't be awake for much longer, so if you could reset the timer for the first turn i wouldn't be unhappy

[aebbeka]

Strange. Nothing should have changed from the last game. Krazy can connect, sounds like Lump's problems.

It won't let instantly change the timer, I think the turn has to finish first. So, I've saved the game, there's about 7 hours left on the turn. I will reload it late tonight, and then again in the morning if you haven't connected by then.

[sabrewolf]

thanks! i got it 1hr before end of the cycle. it worked fine this time...

my starting location is however not so great. enough food but no luxury resources and close to the north pole.

i'll play it out but if anybody else isn't too happy either...

[KrazyE]

I don't care, I've got a pretty good starting spot, no luxury resources either, but I'm just playing for fun, I don't intend to win.

[sabrewolf]

it's actually less the luxury resources that i'm worried about... it's the north pole that sucks

of course maybe south of me is paradise, but it could also be tundric wastelands or a powerful ancient AI or whatever

ok, so it's up to adam to decide... if he likes his position enough, we continue...

[KrazyE]

I hate starting by the north pole, i'm in another game like that, it sucks.

[aebbeka]

I like my position.

[sabrewolf]

i'm not getting any turn change emails

[aebbeka]

It's working for me. Did you remember to set your email in the new game?

[sabrewolf]

odd... it worked this time...

[sabrewolf]

krazy, the connection problem you had with the "firewall" message... i now had the same when i tried to connect while you were online.

i opened up all ports for BtS and at more than one occasion aebbeka logged in while i was there... therefore i suppose it could be your firewall that's preventing us from playing multi-turn sessions?

what are your settings for BtS?