SMAX-7-PBEM, turn tracking

[EtheMind]

Players

1. EtheMind as University jevdi@mbnet.fi
2. ouch! as Drones gasdd@yahoo.com.au
3. SITS as Spartans tony@tlafave.demon.co.uk
4. Qantaga as Angels qantaga@aol.com
5. Tubok as Gaians b_k_roberts@yahoo.com
6. vomitus as Hive vomitus@mutantworld.com
7. Lord_Icewind as Peacekeepers dmon007@yahoo.com

Map is DilithumDad's Ultimate Builder Map, sized 64x128(available as attachment)
Standard rules
Trancend difficulty
No early communication
- communication only after actual in-game contact, Empath Guild allows contact as usual

All players will email their passwords to admin(ethemind@mbnet.fi)

The goal is to keep the game in steady progress with recommended 2-3 turns per day, if possible. Participants are adviced to forward their turns immediately after taken. If you are unable to continue playing please inform the admin and send in your password so we can acquire a replacement. In case you are unable to proceed with the game in sensible schedule due to vacation or similar you would serve the progress of the game best by pointing an outsider as a temporary replacement for the time being.

No cheating will be allowed. You will only hurt your reputation and your self esteem by using some of the well known "back doors" in MP game. Even though this game is not ranked or to be taken too seriously we have a reason to expect a fair game with all the consideration towards a fellow participants.
(Needn't to save your bullets in the game )

And, this is a turn tracking thread so post your message when committing a turn. Recommended style of naming the compressed game file(.zip) is "nextplayer-year.sav", eg. "EtheMind-2234.sav"

Have a nice PBEM experience.

[EtheMind]

Turn sent to Foreman ouch!, 2101

[ouch!]

2101 to SITS

[Qantaga]

2101 passed to Tubok.

EtheMind, please don't take this personally, as no offense is intended, but perhaps we should find someone who is not playing in the game to hold passwords for us.

[EtheMind]

So, I'm a drone...You edited that "no offense" comment, didn't you?

I thought of that myself for a half a second and came to a conclusion that I have absolute confidende to myself when it comes to integrity. But since you know little of me, I guess you're request is in some manner...acceptable.

Let us find someone to hold passwords. I'll just pass you email where you can send your passes

[Qantaga]

Yes, I did edit to make sure you understood that no offense was intended. It is just standard procedure around here that, if passwords are to be held, they are held by a non-participant.

Thanks for understanding.

[Lord_Icewind]

I've got a problem

I've already sent this request via email to ethemind, but just in case.....
As im a rookie in PBEM gaming (my actual first PBEM, but i've played some IP's) Where do save the file after the download and, with which name? well, this quetion may sound stupid, but its my first time anyway.
Can u guys help?
THANKS

[Qantaga]

Lord Icewind,

What I do is set up a folder under the SMACX save folder in my file system for each PBEM game I am playing. In this case, I named the folder "SMAX7". I also have a folder I use for downloads. Once I download the new file, I unzip it and then copy it into the SMAX7 folder and the game is ready to launch once I open the game.

When you save the file, you may want to name it something like "SMAX7-EtheMind-2102" (for his year 2102). Then, zip it and attach it in an e-mail to EtheMind.

Hope this helps.

[Tubok]

Have taken my turn

I've taken my turn and have sent the next turn on to Vomitus at:
vomitus@mutantworld.com . As I do check my email daily (sometimes multiple times) and take whatever turns are in my mail box, I see no reason to give my password to anybody, even somebody who is not playing the game. IF something comes up, and I'll not be able to take my turn on a particular day, I'll have somebody (not in game) take my turn. No offense to anybody. The only time I feel one should give up his password is if they will no longer be playing this particular game, then so the game can carry on...at that point...give the password to an "outsider".

[SITS]

Tubok - I can understand your concerns, I had them myself when I started but I realised it made sense to have someone independent having the passwords. If anything goes wrong, from people losing interest, going on holiday, sudden illness, losing your connection then the game is unplayable by the others. Hopefully, we will all invest a lot of time into the game and it would be terrible if that went to waste. So passing your password to an independent person provides a safety net for everyone. It normally works very well.

[vomitus]

my turn

I'm done my turn and sending it to lord icewind.

What's the point of making us post our turns to this forum? I have very little time to do this. I don't see how it adds anything to the game.

[SITS]

Vomitus - It allows us to keep track of the turn. Sometimes a turn gets lost and if someone has posted here that they have sent it then you know to ask for a resend. It is easy, especially with seven players, for the turn to go astray. I know it is a pain in the ass but it does help - you can brag about you faction activities as well! Have a look at the other game threads to see this in action. I'm involved in AXT033 and some of the comments are quite good!

Also I got a copy of the Lord Icewinds turn that you cc to everybody. You don't need to do this - all you need to do is post it to the person and put on the board here that you've sent it.

[Lord_Icewind]

Well...

Guys, I think i'll have to quit and resign to play via IP. I've tried naming it .zip . mp and .sav, and puttign it into the /save file, and the /map file, but it does'nt work...if you have any ideas, tell me...but i think i need a guide, step-by-step (imagine its someone who has no idea about computers)....
well, if nothing works..g'day and have fun

[ouch!]

If you describe the prob it would be easier to help.

Did you unzip the file?? just renaming it to .sav wont work.

maybe what you aren't doing is choosing a multiplayer game.
After starting the game you need to choose multiplayer, then email/hotseat, then load game. Then you can open the save file. If you need to change directories to get there type the directory letter followed by a : (e.g. d.

You can save the file with any name ending in .sav and it should work.

And you need the expansion installed as well (alien crossfire).

[EtheMind]

You're not only loyal ouch! but smart too I never thought Icewind might try loading the MP game like SP game. It could be the problem. But Lord_Icewind just signed off the game so I'm not sure does it matter anymore...and could you believe these people actually did not trusted their save files for me!

At this point, however, we are looking for someone to take Lord_Icewind's place in our PBEM