Ryan Eye MP Game (thread name changed)

[Gandalf Parker]

This will be my first time as server so we might have some bumps.
The IP of the server is 63.199.8.158 and the port is 7011
The game name is RyanzEye

For those who have seen the other Posts about how to make a seperate desk icon for quick in/out of a game, this is the command line that my new RyanzEye icon does when I click it...

"C:\Program Files\dominions2\dom2.exe" -mwaifx --tcpclient --ipadr 63.199.8.158 --port 7011

[alexti]

I've connected to the server and selected Jotunheim to play, but that was all I could do. Am I not supposed to submit my pretender? And how should I do it? Sorry about asking, it's my first MP game.

[Saber Cherry]

Directions:

Design a pretender (offline). BE SURE TO USE A PASSWORD!

Connect to the server and select your nation only.

Disconnect.

Once everyone has done this, the game will start.

[Gandalf Parker]

OK its open and running. The first time you pick up your file it will ask again who you are. After that it will "remember" you each time you go back. There are no AIs in this game.

At the moment its set to process as soon as all turns are turned in so we can basically run "hotseat" for awhile. But since the game wasnt setup with any particular time-zone in mind I would be surprised if it turns out we are playing with the same dayshift hours.

As soon as things slow abit I would really like to switch the game to automatically processing at midnight (PST) since this server Version appears to be rather a memory hog. But thats up to the GameMaster

By the way, since there are so many "new game" threads running... is it OK with everyone if we change the name of this thread to RyanzEye

[ December 29, 2003, 13:13: Message edited by: Gandalf Parker ]

[alexti]

More silly questions: how do I submit the turn? I've connected to the server, got my turn file, played the turn, but do I need to do something to submit it or is it done automatically when I press 'e'? Even sillier question: is there any doc describing sever and PBEM process, description in the manual seems to be a bit too brief.

[Gandalf Parker]

Originally posted by alexti:
More silly questions: how do I submit the turn? I've connected to the server, got my turn file, played the turn, but do I need to do something to submit it or is it done automatically when I press 'e'? Even sillier question: is there any doc describing sever and PBEM process, description in the manual seems to be a bit too brief.

There are some notes on in one of the "pinned" topics (stays near the top of the threads) with newbie in the name. ALso you can use the "search" thing in the upper right of the screen.

(short answer)
Pressing 'e' sends your turn if you are connected to a server (IP and Port number). Thats a TCP/IP game actually, not a PBEM (play by email).

(long answer)
If you were playing a PBEM game then pressing 'e' just creates your turn file. Its up to you to get it to the host server by whatever means was agreed on. In the dominions2 directory there will be a directory with the game name. There will be a new .2h file with your nation name. You can upload that, email it, drag-n-drop it, whatever method the gamemaster decided on.

Such as, in the RyanzEye game if it were PBEM. If you were playing atlantis then there would be a directory in the dominions2 dir named RyanzEye and there would be an atlantis.2h for your turn moves. You would attach that to an email for a PBEM game. After everyone turns in their .2h files then the host would process them all together and send everyone their .trn files with the results.

But since Im leaving RyanzEye running all the time on my server your turn should have been sent in already when you hit 'e' in that game.

(edited)
I just checked and yes I got your turn...
-rw-r--r-- 1 dominion dominion 4217 Dec 29 06:08 pangaea.2h
-rw-r--r-- 1 dominion dominion 3222 Dec 29 07:34 ermor.2h
-rw-r--r-- 1 dominion dominion 2792 Dec 29 07:54 jotun.2h
-rw-r--r-- 1 dominion dominion 4168 Dec 29 07:55 machaka.2h
-rw-r--r-- 1 dominion dominion 3410 Dec 29 08:13 man.2h
-rw-r--r-- 1 dominion dominion 3445 Dec 29 08:27 pythium.2h

[ December 29, 2003, 15:45: Message edited by: Gandalf Parker ]

[alexti]

Thanks, Gandalf, it's clear now