HOTWXII Testing and Organisational thread

[Heraclitus]

That seems a good idea.

[Toni]

Pinchak PLS vote on what map you want - Premade ozzy Earth OR Random map????

You are the only ONE who hasn't voted!

[Toni]

Maybe I should have showed up for the test

Know to have con issues in the past you should have showed

[Toni]

Thank you for showing up yesterday for the test. I feel very confident with the below players

Marcus
deity
Trev
Capo
Toni
Asmo
lz

Heraclitus & Pinchak (connection not checked yet)

[The_Aussie_Lurker]

Hey guys. I think the jury is still out as to what kind of map we are going to have but-though I enjoy playing Diplo games on a standard Earth Map (with civs in their real world starting positions)-I have enjoyed, even more, the HOTW XI game where we were on a random map. It really allowed for a true "alternative history" game to develop (like, what would happen if the Ethiopians met the Dutch in 3500BC? )

That said, if we do end up going with a proper Earth Map, then I do feel we need to keep the New World open for future colonial age expansion. This means a New World populated by Barbs or even AI civs (Inca, Aztec & Native Americans).

Oh &, though I support a fully random map, it would be nice if a situation could develop where every civ has NOT met every other civ prior to-say-1000BC. So, maybe Ozzy could tweak the map to create some natural boundries impassable to most civs who do not make a genuine effort to get around them (mountain ranges that must be circumvented via the coastline or through a single mountain pass, or large tracts of forest/jungle which take "centuries" to get through-that kind of thing).

Anyway, those are just a few random thoughts. However, at days end, I know I will simply enjoy the experience of another Diplo game with guys like you-so I am easy !

Aussie_Lurker.

[Pinchak]

Pinchak PLS vote on what map you want - Premade ozzy Earth OR Random map????

Jeez, I check this at least daily, how long ago did this vote start?

[Toni]

Thanks Pinchak

[deity]

Let's discuss the sequence of events needed for game start up.

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The map

When do we get the map?

ozzy, I assume it will be a ".CivBeyondSwordSave" file?

If so, I believe that when we all receive this file we must NOT rename it AND we need to put it in this folder

"My Games/Beyond the Sword/Saves/multi/..."

On WinXP the 'My Games' folder is in the My Documents folder.

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The host

Who is able to host?

I can (as long as there is no map to upload) but a good USA host would be best.

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More testing

Who can be around 24 hours before game start to test and with what host?

Hercalitus, Asmo and Pincak really are needed for this test pls

[Pinchak]

I will be there this friday evening.

[LzPrst]

and theoretically myself. but I really don't feel like it since it will mean getting up at 6 on saturday AND sunday. but since there's no australians maybe another time?

regardless. if you do the test at midnight saturday, count me out. if not, I may be available for a second testrun. this time with a clean install. if I can just find the damned civ4 cd....

[deity]

I got my diplo Apolyton login working but had to delete cookies to do it!! FYI.

Thx for this Cyber.

So, are we IC or OOC in the organisational thread?

Maybe IC is OK, we just refer to each other as "Ramses II" etc?

[deity]

So I think we forget about MSN anon logins then?

We all meet online in MSN OOC?

Confirm the game is up in the lobby.

Whoever hosts MUST enable anon play BEFORE other players login (unless ozzy can set it in the save?).

The fact that you can chat in the staging room OOC is not a problem as you can't see the civs selected by whom (same as chatting in MSN OOC)

[LzPrst]

hmmmm. msn logins would be nice. if not there's the whole "everyone's here except the byzantines. and in the msn chatroom the only one missing is...."

I think we need them. everyone should make their own and use it for the game. when people have made them, go to the hotw XII Org thread (not made yet) and post them there. make sure you are NOT logged in as your regular user, but as the Diplogamer-Login.


Deity can host, it works, but it's a bit quirky. CAN ANYONE WITH A GOOD CONNECTION HOST?



also, the org thread is ooc. the story thread is IC only.

[trev]

As soon as someone is away, we can determine the civ they are playing by the one missing, unless a sub is organized by them, that is an issue that needs to be worked on, with gamespy logins and MSN

[Robert]

All just register a hotmail account and install MSN, that should work.

You don't need to clear all cookies to re-login to Apolyton! There's a logout link at the bottom of the main-forum list, click on it, and you can login again!

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