two v. two v. two v. two v. two (full)

quantum_mechani · #1 July 21st, 2005, 10:07 PM

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ioticus said:
I agree PBEM is much superior to TCP/IP. I'm surprised more people don't use it.

eh, the only advantage I see of PBEM is if no-one has a 24h online computer to host.

Cainehill · #2 July 21st, 2005, 10:46 PM

And if people hosting server-based games would back up the pretenders before starting the game, it would be possible to back things up and restart with the proper settings.

Whereas even PBEM won't help, if the host saves the .2h files containing the pretenders in the game directory and throws away the email after.

Zooko · #3 July 22nd, 2005, 07:16 AM

Good idea. I'll back up the .2h files as they arrive.

I wonder what all these .2h files in the newlords/ subdirectory are for... They are not identical to the .2h files that people have uploaded. Hm.

Zooko · #4 July 23rd, 2005, 09:22 AM

Okay we now have eight of ten Pretenders re-uploaded. I will make backups of the pretender .2h files before starting the game, so if we have to restart again you will not re-upload your Pretenders.

The two Pretenders that haven't been re-uploaded yet are for Man and C'tis.

King Lear · #5 July 24th, 2005, 07:31 PM

Uploading Man's today

ioticus · #6 July 25th, 2005, 12:47 AM

I tried to start the game and I got an error of conceptp201.dm could not be found. What do I have to do next?

Cainehill · #7 July 25th, 2005, 01:52 AM

Someone (you?) didn't use / have the 2.01 version of Zen's pretender mod, which I don't believe was really intended for general release. Then again, 2.1 and 2.2 (the latest) aren't even on Zen's own site, and the Conceptual Balance thread was never updated to have a single place to get the latest versions either.

Everyone should have, and be using when they create the pretenders, the same exact version of the Pretender mod. Then again, the information about the mods y'all are supposed to be using is kinda buried on page ... 4(?) of this thread, so it's not that surprising people didn't all get synchronized.

Since I have no clue about where to direct y'all to get a proper version of 2.01 (again, I'd recommend using Pretenders 2.2), I'm attaching a copy that I hadn't yet bothered to delete from my local Dominions folder.

In case people don't have the other Zen mods they'll need, I've got a post in here with links to the latest versions of Zen's mods.

Edit : Note that if the game has been started, someone may have a zero magic archmage or some such for a pretender, as the "cheat" detection does that when a pretender is submitted whose point cost doesn't match what it thinks it should be. So : everyone may need to send a new pretender if y'all don't want a gimp pretender on one team.