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Gandalf Parker · #1 March 11th, 2007, 06:40 PM

Actually the Demo version can play in regular MP games, but of course they have to be era 1 games.

I host demo only games, you can find them here
http://game.dom3minions.com/bin/demo_chk.cgi
but people seem to move quickly from demo to full version so those games dont seem to move very well. That page has a link to a how-to on joining a multiplayer game by direct connect (not the play by email version)
http://game.dom3minions.com/how-to.html

jimkehn · #2 March 11th, 2007, 07:27 PM

Thanks!!!! I'll check it out!!!

jimkehn · #3 March 11th, 2007, 07:46 PM

OK....I thought I got logged in as Kailasa (or whatever), uploaded my Pretender, then when I tried to log in again it couldn't. Port 8879.

Gandalf Parker · #4 March 11th, 2007, 08:16 PM

8799
but the game hasnt started yet. It needs 5 players to automatically start

jimkehn · #5 March 11th, 2007, 09:49 PM

Sorry for being sucha moron....but how does this work? How will I know when the game starts? Do I just keep logging in until it lets me then I'll know it's ready? Can you (or someone) be more specific how to play this online like this?

Gandalf Parker · #6 March 11th, 2007, 11:23 PM

Most MP games go pretty fast. Within a day people have filled it, and it tends to host at least once a day. Unfortunately, we dont tend to keep demo people around long enough to get them in a demo game. They either hate it and leave, or love it and buy it.

You might step into the " Dom 3 Multiplayer and AARs " and read some of the game threads there. It will give you some idea of how things tend to go.

jimkehn · #7 March 12th, 2007, 04:01 PM

Gandalf, Thanks. I guess the main thrust of my question was one of mechanics. Will we play by email? If not, how does the program work? Do I log in thru the network portal? And then does the server know I am on and send my turn automatically? Do I stay online while I play? When I am finished do I send the turn somewhere? Upload it? How does this all work??? Sorry....I've never done anything more tech advanced than PBEM!!! And, the Demo Tutorial doesn't talk about how this works.