Play more than one nation in MP

Gandalf Parker · #1 July 9th, 2008, 11:18 AM

Im not sure if you need to switch keys. Im fairly sure in many of the test games Ive run on my server that I have logged in as multiple nations. It has always been with one opening of Dom3 grabbing both turn files.

However, if you do decide you need to switch keys then you can create a seperate game-icon on your desktop. The key file is a file named "key". Just have the game icon for nation one copy key1 to key, then open dom3 (btw you can also tell it which ip, port, game name, etc so that you skip all that). Then have another icon on your desk for nation two which copies key2 to key, then opens dom3.

I can get more specific if I knew whether you were Windows XP, Vista, Mac, Linux.

Added Note: for those who are reading and get concerned about the possibility of cheating. Most hosts can "see" the connections and log them. On my server I can see when the same people play mutliple nations, or use a full version in a demo game.

WraithLord · #2 July 9th, 2008, 11:32 AM

Thanks for the procedure.

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Gandalf Parker said:
Im not sure if you need to switch keys. Im fairly sure in many of the test games Ive run on my server that I have logged in as multiple nations. It has always been with one opening of Dom3 grabbing both turn files.
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Maybe I'm misunderstanding something but does your exprience sit well with Velusion's warning?

Gandalf Parker · #3 July 9th, 2008, 11:46 AM

Im not sure. Im fairly sure that I have used the master password successfully but maybe it needs more testing. Since that is my "territory" thanks for pointing that out.

thejeff · #4 July 9th, 2008, 11:55 AM

I don't think I can. I've only got text access to the machine from here and though there's a switch to turn on a mod, there doesn't seem to be one to turn off a mod that's active.

I can set it up without the mod tonight or you can grab the mod

As for Velusion's warning, it's unclear that he played both turns from the same machine. I think playing from one machine then using the server to set someone else AI would cause a problem.

Ironhawk · #5 July 9th, 2008, 02:09 PM

Yeah I think I've also played multiple nations in the same game from a single machine. This happens sometimes if you are host and one of your players just disappears. You need to go in and set them to AI. I dont recall having any problems with CD-keys, but its been a long time...

You'd think that playing multiple turns from the same machine with the same key would be ok. After all, you are licensed to have the game on that computer - not on who actually plays the turns on that computer. But who knows how the copy protection is actually implmeneted.

lch · #6 July 9th, 2008, 02:51 PM

Since this was an issue that I had myself when I started hosting games and had to set nations to AI where I was playing in myself, let me tell you the same info that can be found from JK's or KO's mouth elsewhere on the site here:

Just like you can play hot-seat games with as many nations as you want on the same local machine at the same time, you can play more than one nation in the same game in multiplayer. What you really NEED to make sure is that you DON'T install and use the game with the same key on different systems, though. If you e.g. try to play one nation with a Mac and one with a Windows machine, it won't work. If you play both from the same machine, then it will work. To find out more tips on how to set up your machine for multi-nation playing, search for DOM3_SAVE or DOM3_CONF on this forum and read the threads that you can find by that.

WraithLord · #7 July 9th, 2008, 05:14 PM

I've conducted a test myself and this (submitting multiple turns from same machine) works well.

All of the posters here helped me get to the bottom of this real quick. The support one can get here is amazing.
Thanks!