Civ2 PBEM Diplomacy - Beta 2.0 Annoucement!

[yaroslav]

Hi all!

Civ2 PBEM Diplomacy is an utility to do diplomacy in PBEMs directly between players. It's a team-work: Markus Kraus von Güntner (aka Galvatron) and Vincent Frachebourg (aka Cyrion) are the translators, and I (Javier Muñoz) am the programmer.

Well, I'm very, very busy with my university degree rigth now, but I had managed to do some serious work on the new version version. In fact, on Tuesday or Wenesday I hope to launch the BETA

New features the betta will add [version 1 includes gold/tech exchange and treaties like Peace, Cease-Fire and alliance]:

- Map interchanges:
*** Terrain maps (only the terrain, not the units or the cities)
*** Cities maps (cities+terrain)
*** Units maps (units+terrain)
*** Map about other civ (For example: you can ask German for French map in order to launch an attack against France with much more knowlegde)

- Cities interchanges

- After exchanging a tech that involves governments, you can launch a revolution!

- Bug about scientific research corrected.

- Betters and mode-detailed error messages

But, it will NOT include

- Units exchange: I have serious doubts about how to do an interface that includes units, and also I don't know how fair it is (It is very cheats-prone!)

So, I ask you for help.

- Betatesters: I need one or two betatesters. I ask you for load some scens, play a few turn and simulate a diplomatic exchange (playing the role of both the sender and the reciever).

- Translator: If you want to translate the utility to a new language (Currently I support French, Italian, German, English and Spanish), I'll be more than happy.

- Manual-checker: I will write a new manual. I'm very concerned with the manual of the older version. I now that my english is not clear, and the manual was, well, a little mess. I will write a RTF manual, but if someone with a good level of English would want to read it (or even write it), I will be happy.

Thank you in advance.

[El León]

I can correct the manual, but I won't volunteer to write it since I do not know the utility. If any test games come up, count me in.

[yaroslav]

Thank you, El leon. I'm thinking on start a good PBEM, probably: Age of War or Colonies. I will tell you if the PBEM is started.

[yaroslav]

Hi guys!

There is the BETA! The ZIP is password-protected. I had sent the password via PM to all people that want to be a betatester. It works like the old version, but with a lot more options.

* Know bugs: Only English and Spanish language are working. In a few days I hope there will be more languages

* Examples of test that I've done

1) In John Ellies' Colonies III
In this scen, I had tested: map exchanges (Spanish map to United Provinces, United Provinces map about Iroquis to Spain, and so on), tech exchange (for example, Protestantism to Spain. Very ironic ), money exchange, teatries (French and English alliance!) and so on.

2) In Exile's Age of War

In this scen I have tested revolutions. When German recieved Democracy from England, they could launch a revolution and, after a few turns, change their governement to Democracy!

3) In Exile's Modern Age

In this scen I have tested that your scientific reserach is saved when you recieve the tech you are working on

[Kramsib]

I suppose I can continue being a betatester.

Sorry for leaving the project, I am quite embarrassed but I think I am ready for action now.

I am quite sad because units exchange won't be included, What about I suggested you this summer? What kind of cheats do you talk about?

Congrats Yaros.

Perhaps we should open a normal scenario (as an advanced game) and then several mods.

Ask Jay for recovering the Second Pathetic War to test your utility. It was a PBEM game which had to be closed because of Fiera's leaving. It was getting very interesting.

[yaroslav]

Don't worry, my friend. Even I get off of the project for some months. University is hard

About units: the units exchange is built, but I have two problems that I don't know how to avoid:

1) How can I present the info about units on the screen? How can you select the unit you want to offer? And the unit you want to ask for? Seems very difficult. Cities, on the other hand, are easy: they have a name

2) Two players can co-use a same army, using all time the diplomacy to bring here and there the same units! Sounds strange...

BTW, PM with password sent!

[yaroslav]

Update: Dear Galvatron has updated the German/Italian translation.


Thank you, Galvatron

[Kramsib]

What I am supposed to do now Yaros, I am waiting your orders sir.

[yaroslav]

Update: Dear Vincent has updated the German/Italian translation.


Thank you, Vincent.

Here I attached the new BETA

[yaroslav]

Originally posted by Kramsib
What I am supposed to do now Yaros, I am waiting your orders sir.

Well, I ask you for doing the same tests you did with older version: start a ROME scen game and do some barters

Thank you!

[yaroslav]

Update

A new update: some bugs corrected

[Kramsib]

I think we should start a PBEM to test your beta, perhaps we could use The Second Pathetic War PBEM which is quite advanced. (middle ages)

We only need three human players minimum.

[yaroslav]

I support Pathetic War PBEM idea

We also can start a new colonies, Age of War or Imperalism (three scens that are very diplomatic-intensive)

As you want

[yaroslav]

Manual added

[yaroslav]

There is the last update. It solves the problems that are described here:

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showt...&threadid=39222