MP game - "Pantheons" Started

[The Panther]

Sheap said:
Each pair of two home provinces is at least 3 spaces apart (i.e. a move 3 flying unit could cover the minimum distance from one home province to another).

It would appear that there is a typo in the map file. T'ien Ch'i starts adjacent to Machaka.

And thanks for all your work in doing this for us.

[The_Tauren13]

actually tien chi appears not to be in a fixed location...
and the indys seem a bit too weak to be 5...

[Sheap]

OK, perhaps I have screwed something up in the map file. I'll go back and double check. It was late.

I guess you have been checking this by starting test games, since the actual game is not started yet (have only 7 uploads). In that case the indy strength is determined by the indy level you set at game start, rather than the mapfile.

[The Panther]

Sheap,

The indy level is hardwired into the map file and cannot be changed in the start game screen on SP.

Also, I checked the map again and I think the problem is Machaka, not T'ien Ch'i. It is like Machaka has a random start location and it was put in the TC start spot that first time out, thus relegating TC to a province adjacent to its desired start location.

Cheers.

[Sheap]

I tested the map out and the positions of Tien Chi and Machaka look ok to me. But I specified the indy strength, which makes my Last post wrong. I'll fix the indy problem and post the revised mapfile. However I think no one should really need to download it (unless they want) since the terrain types and neighbors won't change.

[Sheap]

I posted the new mapfile zip, same place as the Last one.
http://benatar.snurgle.org:8080/~fluffy/pantheons.zip

I unset the "scenario" flag, so now normal game settings work. I really do not think there is anything wrong with Machaka or Tien Chi starting positions, they seem to be working fine to me.

I also kicked out the Mictlan pretender, so Tauren can re-upload a correct one.

[Sheap]

Oh, one more thing. (And no, I am not posting just to hear myself bleet...)

Go ahead and continue to upload all your pretenders; if you've already uploaded one, you dont have to do anything. I'll start the game on the final Version of the mapfile when the time comes.

[Aku]

sheap...renaming is allowed right on the settings on the server?

[Sheap]

It's a game start option, but I normally enable it.

[Aku]

cool thanks sheap