PBW server is back up.

[Slynky]

Originally posted by Baron Grazic:
Certainly seems up for me, both Graphics & text.

It's working today, but after a lot of turns (40 turns yesterday), when I posted about the problem, the graphics refused to post and the site was taking forever as it spent time putting "X's" where all the graphics should have been.

But it's working this morning.

[AMF]

I have a PBEM to PBW question, figured this was the best place to post it. I also figure that Geoschmo is the best person to answer, but I am guessing it is a common enough problem that others know the answer too.

I have a PBEM game that I started with 3 players and 2 AI empires and some neutrals. Now, the neutrals are all dead, but I have players for all 5 empires (including the two former AI ones).

I now want to move this game to PBW. Is there anything special I need to do to deal with the "former AI now played" empires?

I am setting up my first PBW game this week, so I figure I'll understand the basics of setting up PBWs, but want to make sure I head off any problems related to this game.

Thanks,

Alarik

[Atrocities]

Just set up the game with each player in correct order on PBW and upload the .gam file and all should be ok. The game should recognize after the first turn that the neutral players are dead.

The game on PBW must be set up just like your PBEM game. IE all players must be in the same spot, that is human players and AI. Neutrals dont need to be, as they are generated by the game. So if you have players for all five empires, just put the players in the order they need to go and your off.

This is what I would do. But I am no PBW expert, wait for Fyron or Geoschmo to answer before doing anything.

[Fyron]

You do not need to set up AI empires on the PBW site, UNLESS they come before human empires. As long as all human empires are in lower player numbers than all AI empires, then all you do is assign each player to the proper empire name on the PBW site, and upload the turn files zipped up (don't forget .cmb and .log (or whatever the other 2 extensions are)) as AT said. If there are any AI empires between or before any human empires, you will need to set those AI empires up as human empires, using dummy player names, and then mark them dead.

[AMF]

Well, no empires are dead yet, but they all have players, and since the AI empires all came after the human players, it sounds like it shouldn't be a problem so long as I have *.EMP files for each of the 5 empires...thanks

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
You do not need to set up AI empires on the PBW site, UNLESS they come before human empires. As long as all human empires are in lower player numbers than all AI empires, then all you do is assign each player to the proper empire name on the PBW site, and upload the turn files zipped up (don't forget .cmb and .log (or whatever the other 2 extensions are)) as AT said. If there are any AI empires between or before any human empires, you will need to set those AI empires up as human empires, using dummy player names, and then mark them dead.

[geoschmo]

Originally posted by alarikf:
Well, no empires are dead yet, but they all have players, and since the AI empires all came after the human players, it sounds like it shouldn't be a problem so long as I have *.EMP files for each of the 5 empires...thanks

Correct, they don't need to be the actual .emp files they used at the begining of the game even. All the players have to upload .emp files before PBW will let you upload the first turn, but you don't have to use the .emp files they upload. And since this game has already been running PBEM you don't need their .emp files for anything except to get PBW to let you upload a turn. Just have them upload something for an .emp file and then you can upload your current turn as the first PBW turn.

Geoschmo

[geoschmo]

By the way, this process is explained in the FAQ available on teh PBW website, question 1.14.