new players need help

[FlameFlash]

Originally posted by Gavrushka
Flameflash do u know any Mac Users who play online?? The 1.2 parch would not have had an MP option if it was impossible surely?? What do u get when u go to internet option under multiplayer? Is it just an empty list??

Oh yes, there's TCP/IP and Internet... the Internet one is the one that searches for the servers... the TCP/IP one would require us finding out IP addresses before connecting and ought to be pretty easy to set up though I've only set up one TCP/IP game in my life, and that was with Civ II... the rest of those games have been through GameRanger...

Hoarfrost in the meantime, I could start a PBEM between you and your friend whilst we sort this problem out?? - And if Flameflash is up for another we could call the game the three macateers!!

I'd like that game if Hoarfrost doesn't mind. The "Three Macateers" has a nice ring to it... rated?

[FlameFlash]

Originally posted by hoarfrost22
Thanks for the reply...when I try online it does not progress past the "finding" or "locating servers". The green slider slides back and forth, and it just stays there at that screen. I have to cancel out.

That's what always happens to me... so know that the problem is just you... it's a Mac thing.

Other issue...like I said...I am completely new to this site and online CTP! What threads could I look at or where should I go to read up more on the PBEM games...I am not entirely sure how they work.

You've come to the right place... here, and the other CTP forums are your next stop... be sure to e-mail me at flameflash@mac.com so I can send you the CTP turn transmogrifier... it'll allow you to play Windows turns on your Mac.

Third issue...I am in Tulsa and my friend is in Austin (that is not the issue, just unimportant info. We used to be roomies and play networked all the time, now we just wanna play each other again.) The issue is that while I am on Mac, he is actually on PC, and through a little thread reading it appeared that that has also posed some problems for others. Again...What threads or links do I need to check out?

Just e-mail me and I'll send you a little Mac program that will allow you to open Windows .csg saves and allow you to play with the rest of us here at 'poly.

[FlameFlash]

Originally posted by hoarfrost22

Also, I am seeing comments about a 1.2.1 patch. Is that Mac as well. What is the latest patch for Mac?

I'm not sure about that... if you e-mail me and mention that in your e-mail as well I'll be sure and check what version mine is... and I'll also send a good scenario MOD for accelerated starts (thanks to the creation by Keygen.)

Where is Keygen anyway?

[Gavrushka]

Flameflash nice one - and yeh I hope Hoarfrost is up for a PBEM! - The newly created games are running ever so sweet!

[FlameFlash]

These newer games are great! I just wish I understood why in the world the older ones aren't going as fast. If they went as fast as this one, for instance... somebody could win R2 Islands in just another month or so...

Bulletproof has even slowed down

[Gavrushka]

The difference is statistical - turns are sequential - in a 6 -8 player game it is easy to miss a turn, a player to be away ot whatever - but in 3 players turns come thick and fast, u are always expecting the turn, and if anyone does delay - it is easy to spot who. I intend to start as MANY games as people want - so anytime a player wants a game - just let me know - I will start em all the same day - on good maps!

[FlameFlash]

That's true... looking forward to the StarDreamers game getting up and running faster when the other guy finally gets back...

I think I like that concept of having a bunch of resources in the city radius. One thing I like about Civ games is the empire building, watching it grow, science can sometimes just get annoying and in the way, but with it sped up like that (with goods) there's still the science aspect, just not as much of a wait for it...

[Gavrushka]

Next game I start - I will grant some advances - and maybe a premade capitol city??

[FlameFlash]

that might be cool... what'd be funny would be to make the premade capitol in outer space... some kind of aliens settling a new planet kind of adventure... each race would get one space city and a settler to send down to the ground... while the space city would grow, they've woken from a long sleep so they have to rebuild their knowledge since their computers crashing is what inspired the awakening...

Just an idea...

[Gavrushka]

:eeK: Ask J Bytheway - he did the Mars Mod.... Maybe he could do that, I couldn't - I am not able to use SLIC commands, and redesign units etc

[FlameFlash]

well, really wouldn't need that major of a redesign... just need for every group to have a space city and otherwise normal start. Just think... you could colonize the world basically anywhere you wanted to if you used your space city to build settlers...

[Gavrushka]

Well a little more complicated than that - you would need to grant all the associated tech and prequisites - Also you cannot build settlers in space - just space engineers yes? Seriously beyond me -mainly from a time angle - starting a 'normal' 3 player takes about 1- 2 hours starting a game like that would take more time than I have... .... SO YOU CANNOT HAVE YER SPACE CITIES!!!!

[FlameFlash]

maybe I'll try playing around and seeing if I can set it up...

I'll get my space cities somehow!