Teach me!

[Beta]

Help!

Do I join through the warlords screen - or do I join through Gamespy. And if through gamespy - How< Sorry for the noob question. This morning was first time on gamespy. I am registered as ToxoXI, but despite umpteen times trying, I cannot get gamespy to recognize that I have civ4 loaded.

[vondrack]

- launch CIV:W
- select Multiplayer
- select Internet Games
- select Login and log in
- join "Teach Alexman" game

etc.

I heard that you needed to create an account from ingame, not outgame/Gamespy, so it would be "Create Account" instead of "Login" first for you - but first try with your ToxoXI details.

[Beta]

Thanks V! Attempting.

[vondrack]

Oh, BTW... hurry, man - turn ends in less than 2.5 hours.

[Beta]

I"m in! Thanks vondrack. I did have to register again in the game screen, and it also took me three attempst to connect, but ToxoXI (Peter) is currently assessing his options.

[Beta]

Played. So I gather the deadline is the same every day. Somewhere around 1:30pm EST.

[vondrack]

Originally posted by Beta
Played. So I gather the deadline is the same every day. Somewhere around 1:30pm EST.

I assume this may change - I would expect every new turn to last a maximum of 24 hours since the end of the previous turn. If the previous turn gets played quicker than in 24 hours, then the deadline (it's absolute time of the day) can move.

Correct, Alex?

[vondrack]

Originally posted by Kirkenix
Ok, I couldn't create a new account on Gamespy so I had to use my other name. Whatever I guess it doesn't matter.

I had no other problems and claimed Ragnar.

Game on!!!

Kirkenix, after playing your turn, you should "end" it, too (by clicking the end-turn button), so that the whole turn ends ASAP for all players (i.e. as soon as the last player ends his turn, not after full 24 hours). You can easily check whether you ended your turn or not - players who ended their turn have an asterisk before their score (lower right corner of the screen).

Currently, you are the only one without an asterisk (though I assume you did finish moving your units and founded your capital).

EDIT: typos

[Solver]

Yep, Kirkenix, do as Vondrack says above. It would seem that you have played the turn and founded your capital, but not ended the turn.

At any rate, next turn in just over an hour max.

[vondrack]

BTW... checking the dollar screen, I noticed that my income is listed as 1 (tax: 1), despite I haven't founded my capital on the first turn.

How come? Is there a minimum income of 1 even when there is nothing to justify that income?

[Beta]

Now I am continually getting timed out trying to contact the host. Tried numerous (as in lots) times. Once it mentioned 'host's firewall', the remainder of the times it just timed out.

Is there something I need to do with the firewall at my end?

[vondrack]

Keep trying, Bruce - perhaps wait and try a bit later, when there are other/no players logged in. Out of my experience, certain other players may/will prevent you from joining - this is called vondrack's syndrome after a poor chap that used to suffer enormously from this phenomena in CIV MP pre-release...

[Beta]

Finally got through, Radek - but interestingly enough, only after I had logged onto the gamespy site. I presume this is only coincidence.

Checked my firewall and it is OK.

[Beta]

Originally posted by vondrack

I assume this may change - I would expect every new turn to last a maximum of 24 hours since the end of the previous turn. If the previous turn gets played quicker than in 24 hours, then the deadline (it's absolute time of the day) can move.

Correct, Alex?

Yep - that makes sense now that I think about it. And the advantage being if everyone was on-line, you could get through a number of turns in one play seesion.

[Gyathaar]

I had set up my email address in game.. but I received no email about the next turn starting...