best way to play mp

[Phil_de_geezer]

Me and my friend have just wasted 3 hours playing a mp game. It crashed during council and neither of us could save the game. We were playing SMAC and it was on icp/ip connection for directplay.

Whats the best way to play ac on mp? How does PBEM work and does it take ages? Any help would be appreciated.

[Lazerus]

pbem depends on how many players there are, 2 ppl shouldnt take that long if you're both online abit. When it mounts upto 5+ players though it takes months.

you take a turn, save it, email it to the next player who takes his turn and passes it on.

best way seems to be play first 50-70 turns using ip then continue as a pbem when the turns take awhile.

[Phil_de_geezer]

Thanks for the info, that sounds like a cunning plan!

Another thing, i was wondering whether there are any known problems with playing an ip game with sychronous turns? Does it have a tendency to be more unstable than turn ip?