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You are hiding your cards Caligastia, someone must have some knowledge of French to write this. Am I right?
My French is almost non-existent, I know a few words and phrases, but thats about it.
Excellent accent by the way, I can imagine the tourist desperately looking for someone speaking english...
I know how to speak French with a proper accent, but I think it sounds hilarious with a heavy kiwi/aussie accent. I remember making up words with my friends in French class, like when we wanted someone to get out of the way we would say "move-ay-voo".
Kiwi/aussie tourist in France with horrible accent:
"see restaurant nay pass aussie bon queue lee McDonalds"
Originally posted by Havak
"To my mind they're probably the best team in the world with an outstanding back row and, of all the teams in rugby, they're still the ones who can pull off the unexpected."
Thats Martin Johnson talking about France.
I think this means that Finbar now has to automatically support England as there is no way he can agree with Jonno?
I'll be supporting Les Bleus because, as I've said before, they're my preferred team after the Wallabies. I like the way they play. Nothing J**** says enters the equation because nothing he says ever enters my ether.
" ... and the following morning I should see the Boks wallop the Wallabies again?" - Havak "The only thing worse than being quoted in someone's sig is not being quoted in someone's sig." - finbar, with apologies to Oscar Wilde.
I have found a patch that is updating a classic Civ2 Classic Edition v2.42 to the Civ2 Gold Edition v1.3 giving the game the MP feature. It seems to work adequately but would need to be tested.
I have started a game and the MP options are available... the graphics are terrible.
We should give it a burl. Get ICQ and add me. I'm running my cable through a hub so I can't host. Well, I'm told I can, but I'm not sure how. Anyway, we could try with you hosting.
" ... and the following morning I should see the Boks wallop the Wallabies again?" - Havak "The only thing worse than being quoted in someone's sig is not being quoted in someone's sig." - finbar, with apologies to Oscar Wilde.
Originally posted by finbar
We should give it a burl. Get ICQ and add me. I'm running my cable through a hub so I can't host. Well, I'm told I can, but I'm not sure how. Anyway, we could try with you hosting.
I have mIRC, can it works with ICQ? I don't know at all how these softwares are running. I only use mIRC for the CtP2 Democracy Game chat.
About hosting, I have a 128k ADSL, is it enough? Once again I don't know how to host a game.
"Democracy is the worst form of government there is, except for all the others that have been tried." Sir Winston Churchill
I have mIRC, can it works with ICQ? I don't know at all how these softwares are running. I only use mIRC for the CtP2 Democracy Game chat.
About hosting, I have a 128k ADSL, is it enough? Once again I don't know how to host a game.
I've never used mIRC. ICQ is a stand-alone. You can download it from www.icq.com. 128k ADSL is plenty. A lot of people still host on 56k dialups.
Hosting's easy. Open the game.
Choose the Multi Player option from the first menu.
Choose TCP/IP from the next menu.
Choose Start A New Game from the next menu.
Then you get a couple of menus you'll be familiar with from SP games:
Pick Map Size, Pick Difficulty Level, Pick Number Of Civs, Pick Barbarian Activity, Pick Game Rules.
Then you get a menu to set the Multi Player features. We usually select Open Game, and Humans Can Chat From The Start.
Then you get a menu that sets the time for each player's turn. Select Unlimited.
Then you can insert your Net Name. Put Tamerlin.
Then you can insert your Game Name. Put Tamerlin.
Then you'll get your computer's IP address. You send this to the other player (or players) via ICQ. That's the address they type in to connect with your machine.
Then you get a screen telling you who has connected.
Then, when everyone has connected, you start the game.
I'm assuming the patch you've installed will work normally. There's only one way to find out!
" ... and the following morning I should see the Boks wallop the Wallabies again?" - Havak "The only thing worse than being quoted in someone's sig is not being quoted in someone's sig." - finbar, with apologies to Oscar Wilde.
Originally posted by finbar
I've never used mIRC. ICQ is a stand-alone. You can download it from www.icq.com. 128k ADSL is plenty.
I have already downloaded ICQlite but I don't like the way ICQ is working and I don't like being asked to register in order to use a free product. Is it hiding something? Will I receive plenty of commercials? Will I download a spyware?
A lot of people still host on 56k dialups.
So it should be fine.
Hosting's easy. Open the game...
OK, OK...
I'm assuming the patch you've installed will work normally. There's only one way to find out!
True, I am not available this week-end and every friday night until 2 a.m (in France). When could we plan a game (I will check the planning of the Stade Toulousain as I don't want to miss the following game at home against the Sporting Union Agenais)?
Though the graphics are not really important do you use a patch to improve Civ2 graphics?
"Democracy is the worst form of government there is, except for all the others that have been tried." Sir Winston Churchill
I have already downloaded ICQlite but I don't like the way ICQ is working and I don't like being asked to register in order to use a free product. Is it hiding something? Will I receive plenty of commercials? Will I download a spyware?
Why ICQlite? The normal ICQ is better. It's easy to use and it's free. I don't know about the lite version, but you don't get commercials with the normal version and there's no spyware. I don't even recall having to register.
I checked out Ircle, which is the Mac version of mIrc. I remember now that I tried it years ago. It's very complicated compared to ICQ.
True, I am not available this week-end and every friday night until 2 a.m (in France). When could we plan a game (I will check the planning of the Stade Toulousain as I don't want to miss the following game at home against the Sporting Union Agenais)?
I work at home and I'm at the computer most of the day. As now. We could test it out between us.
Though the graphics are not really important do you use a patch to improve Civ2 graphics?
No, the graphics are okay in the MP version. It might be the patch that is buggering yours.
" ... and the following morning I should see the Boks wallop the Wallabies again?" - Havak "The only thing worse than being quoted in someone's sig is not being quoted in someone's sig." - finbar, with apologies to Oscar Wilde.
Originally posted by finbar
Why ICQlite? The normal ICQ is better. It's easy to use and it's free. I don't know about the lite version, but you don't get commercials with the normal version and there's no spyware. I don't even recall having to register.
I have downloaded the two versions actually and you can use both.
I checked out Ircle, which is the Mac version of mIrc. I remember now that I tried it years ago. It's very complicated compared to ICQ.
OK, go for ICQ!
I work at home and I'm at the computer most of the day. As now. We could test it out between us.
Great! You will certainly grind me to dust as you are used to play at Deity but it will be fun nonetheless (I mean to play with you not being severely beaten...)
No, the graphics are okay in the MP version. It might be the patch that is buggering yours.
No, these are the great old Civ2 graphics, but they are a bit outdated now (though still better than the Test of Time ones).
See you tomorrow I must go to bed now as I am getting up early... and it ain't a joke!
By the way, do you recall a band named Grand Funk Railroad...
"Democracy is the worst form of government there is, except for all the others that have been tried." Sir Winston Churchill
Though the graphics are not really important do you use a patch to improve Civ2 graphics?
There are patches/mods aplenty out there to fix graphics should you so wish. Just don't grab any of Koby's. It could be a little disconcerting if finbars caravans happen to look like Borg cubes.
(Albeit giving you the perfect excuse ).
Any idea which patch you used to upgrade (from FW?)?
I tried one some time ago and ended up having to reinstall due to a number of corrupted files.
Originally posted by Tamerlin
No, these are the great old Civ2 graphics, but they are a bit outdated now (though still better than the Test of Time ones).
The originals remain the best, IMHO.
See you tomorrow I must go to bed now as I am getting up early... and it ain't a joke!
Sorry, couldn't resist. I'll go online tomorrow - my Saturday - and keep an eye out for you on ICQ.
By the way, do you recall a band named Grand Funk Railroad...
Mais oui! Arguably America's first heavy metal band. Did their best work with Todd Rundgren working as their producer, IMHO.
" ... and the following morning I should see the Boks wallop the Wallabies again?" - Havak "The only thing worse than being quoted in someone's sig is not being quoted in someone's sig." - finbar, with apologies to Oscar Wilde.
There are patches/mods aplenty out there to fix graphics should you so wish. Just don't grab any of Koby's. It could be a little disconcerting if finbars caravans happen to look like Borg cubes.
(Albeit giving you the perfect excuse ).
Any idea which patch you used to upgrade (from FW?)?
I tried one some time ago and ended up having to reinstall due to a number of corrupted files.
Here's ravagon ... it must be Friday.
" ... and the following morning I should see the Boks wallop the Wallabies again?" - Havak "The only thing worse than being quoted in someone's sig is not being quoted in someone's sig." - finbar, with apologies to Oscar Wilde.
Originally posted by Caligastia
Hey, we should organise a Civ2 MP game between a few of us rugby regulars. We could name our civs after the teams we support.
What a fine idea. Presumably Havak would suffer frequent attacks of the "red mist" and earn yellow cards aplenty.
" ... and the following morning I should see the Boks wallop the Wallabies again?" - Havak "The only thing worse than being quoted in someone's sig is not being quoted in someone's sig." - finbar, with apologies to Oscar Wilde.
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