Us and Them Pbem Setup Thread

[Paddy]

PBEM

Eight players required... yeah so may not be a super fast game
the goal is to have reliable players, who will post that turn sent, and if they going to be away etc

each player will be teamed with an ai...

everyone gets to pic their civ, and the ai civ, and yes you can have both of the same nation if ya like

Huge map... for a Huge game

type of map - open for options on this

other settings... optional as we chat we can sort them out

would like to see some raging barbarians myself
also I like only a few victory conditions turned on...

[Rubychaser]

Call me Flynn. Lets do it. Huge map, can we have custom continents then?

[Grandpa Troll]

Im game so lets say we now have 3 amigos so far signed up

[EPW]

I'll sign up, will be my first civ4 game in a while though.

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by EPW
I'll sign up, will be my first civ4 game in a while though.

Its a lot of fun

u can now beat me up in two games

although I still only have $0.15 lunch money to take

[EPW]

Does that automatic email-to-next-player thing work now?

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by EPW
Does that automatic email-to-next-player thing work now?

It has all along with me

what you do is when you open your turn before making your moves press ALT & D at the same time.

Then you enter your information.

you will need the server outgoing name "smtp-droopeydraws.tt.ii.net" an than your email.

sometimes you need your opponents email but usually the host sets it up.

You end the turn and it pauses a little then toward left a message appears sent to Grams successfukky and then yu hut exit ti desktop


Hope this heps


Gramps

[Addled Platypus]

is smtp case sensitive ?

it has yet to work with me

debating to play ?

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by Platypus Rex
is smtp case sensitive ?

it has yet to work with me

debating to play ?

in mine in is like smtp-rewind.ty.ff.com

(Ficticious names but same same set up)

They key I found is to move a unit a turn..say a worker or an archer whom is defending then PRESS ALT & D at same time and enter infor required.

I have heard gamail has had issues, although I can confirm no deny first hand

[Modo44]

Aztecs for me, America for the AI, please.

[McMeadows]

huge map... hmmm don't know if my computer likes that... And on civ choices... uhm? need some time to think about that..

[Grandpa Troll]

which is why its good to hash things out now

I just did an upgrade, installed 2 1 gig RAM where before I had 2 500 gig Ram

Hopefully that will help

[ChrisiusMaximus]

well my machine used to crash most of the time in the later stages of a huge map game, id play two maybe three turns then it would either lock up permanently or crash to desktop etc.

however with the patch ive been able to play my old huge map saves fairly smoothly, just the occasional freeze for a few seconds when scrolling but nothing too drastic.

I would imagine loading single pbem turns and playing single pbem turns will be very possible for most now, unless of course those single turns are of epic wars with hundreds of units to move around, but I dont think ive yet managed to have anything like the number of units you could end up with in a civ3 late game.

Ill play this is there is room and ill think about civ chioces when that is confirmed

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by ChrisiusMaximus
well my machine used to crash most of the time in the later stages of a huge map game, id play two maybe three turns then it would either lock up permanently or crash to desktop etc.

however with the patch ive been able to play my old huge map saves fairly smoothly, just the occasional freeze for a few seconds when scrolling but nothing too drastic.

I would imagine loading single pbem turns and playing single pbem turns will be very possible for most now, unless of course those single turns are of epic wars with hundreds of units to move around, but I dont think ive yet managed to have anything like the number of units you could end up with in a civ3 late game.

Ill play this is there is room and ill think about civ chioces when that is confirmed

that will be the test, not so much the year but the ativity surrounfing the saves

[marcuspeddle]

Is the game full?