New Diplo 7 players game on the EURO map - who's interested ?

[Species8472]

ok guys, lets play this! its now already sunday and nothing has happened so far.

i am in GMT +1. i can play untill 1 am max. any time today would be good, but let us please start this!!!! everyone who shows can play. i repeat, my icq number is 15720485. LETS GO!

[The Capo]

Smelly people and Americans listen up!

I am going to begin work on the modpack right now, its Sunday morning (a little too damn early, but Sunday nonetheless). I should be finished during the day today.

I really have to know all seven tribes before I start, and I really want to be France or Italy. So I need everyone that's playing (who's playing anyways?) to please tell me, I already have Cyber and Deity's (Dutch and Brits). So I need the remainder to tell me what tribes they are going to use, I can start on the mod now but I'd be better of knowing the tribes first.

I am replacing Fundy with Fascism ala the HOTW.

I'll get back to you guys ASAP.

[Rasputin]

capo please post modpack here as part of the thread so any subs can readily access the changes for game paly....

[ajbera]

I claim one spot in the name of Spain.

If, however, the western portion of the map is getting too crowded, I'll play Turkey for the sake of geographical balance.

-Adam

[The Capo]

And here is the finished product...

Here is the finished product, since we have nearly a week before the game actually starts it would be nice if everyone can take a gander at it and report problems they see...

The nations are:

Spain
France
Great Britain
The Netherlands
Germany
Russia
Italy

I have no clue who the players are but I think those are the requested nations.

But anyway the link is http://members.aol.com/lbpslacker/europa.zip

Enjoy.

[ajbera]

So, should I make a EUROPA scenario folder and unzip the contents into it? Can I view the map without starting a scenario?

Also, have we determined which day we would play? I have friends asking me to partake in Friday or Saturday night events, and I have them on hold until I know for which day I'm committed.

-Adam

[Robert]

session times

Most important right now is to agree on session times.

I can play:
friday-saturday night 23:00 - 03:00 GMT (London Time)
saturday-sunday night: 23:00 - 03:00 GMT (London Time)

I'm not sure, but I thought that:S
17:00 - 21:00 EST (EDT right now ?)

[The Capo]

Sup

Yeah you can see the map simply by opening the "start.sav" file as you would normally open a saved scenario file.

The folder should be placed into your scenario folder under the name "Europa" then everything should be kosher, well test it out during the week and all.

I am not sure who's playing in this game but whatever. I'd rather play during the week, like Tuesday, but if Friday or Saturday is all you can muster then that's cool I guess.

[Robert]

I like that map REALLY much !
Pherhaps you can remove the passage between Sweden and Denmark ?

I'm not sure if it's smart to position my civilization between Germany, France and the UK, but pherhaps it would give me some diplomatic advantages

I really can't play no other then in the weekends.
I have to work on workdays and can play during the night for that reason.

[ajbera]

The map looks great!

A couple of stupid questions:

I made a EUROPA scenario folder and unzipped the contents into it. Now, within the EUROPA folder (which is in SCENARIOS), there is folder called DIPEURO. Should I move DIPEURO directly into SCENARIOS and delete EUROPA, or leave it as it is?

There are 2 .scn files - Europa and Dipeuro. It looks like the Europa scenario has the appropriate nations, while Dipeuro includes the Americans. Is this as it should be, or reversed?

And since nobody seems able to pick a definite day, I suggest Saturday night.

-Adam

[The Capo]

Answers and retorts to questions and comments...

Cybershy, last time I checked the Dutch are located in the Netherlands, perhaps I missed something?

Ajbera, the reason the folders say Dipeuro is because I already had a Europa folder. What you should do is place the "Dipeuro" folder that comes from unzipping into the scenario folder. After you have done this rename the "Dipeuro" folder to "Europa" then delete the "Dipeuro.scn" file because it is useless.

If memory serves these are the nations and their leaders...

Italy - Capo
Britain - Deity
France - Markus
The Netherlands - Cybershy
Spain - Ajbera
Germany - ?
Russia - ?

Which means we would require two more, but that is just off the top of my head, so I am not sure if those two spots are open. Would someone please fill me in?

[markusf]

holland looks like its toast. Its traped between france and germany and england. They won't be able to build any cities. wouldn't it make more sence to have a austria? If me and zylka are sorrounding holland i can guarentee that player will be toast before 1500 bc.

[Zylka]

Yes PLEASE change Holland to Greece or Turkey etc. etc. and we will have a perfect spatial layout...

[Robert]

toast

yeah, that's what I meant.
You've located Holland exactly at the right place the Capo !

I'm just wondering if I should take that place.
I'll take a good look at the map and think about a better civilization to play. I think that would improve game ballance as well.

Session times so far:

the Capo: thuesday, friday, saturday
ajbera: saturday
CyberShy: saturday
Species8472: friday (?) until 1 AM (00:00 GMT)
deity: friday, saturday

did I miss anything ?
Species8472, are you sure you can only play untill 1 AM ?

CyberShy

[Robert]

Greece

I'll play Greece.