Ligeia - D2 v2.08 PBEM with RPG elements

[ywl]

Originally posted by z0dd:

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Originally posted by ywl:
I'm experienced to host one but it'll be more work than I like... It isn't complicated, just getting all the 2h file and sending out the trn files on time. And response when people complain .

Sounds good. Can we nominate you as the organizer of such of game? Someone needs to get this ball rolling.

The constant game server idea seems nice, but don't you have to constantly check to see if the current turn has completed? This is what lead me to (thinking about) making an app that emails everyone when a new turn was ready in a constant server gametype.

One question I have about multiplayer PBEM games. How do you turn a player controlled nation to AI controlled? This is needed to keep the game rolling when a player aborts his nations (which ocurrs far too often). Does the game controller need to know the PWs of all players?

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For a server game, it might be possible. But for an email game, it will be too much work for me to organize one.

For the questions: in a constant sever game, you usually set up a hosting time. It's the players' responsibility to check it on a regular basis, such as every 24 or 48 hours. If the hosting frequency is not too fast, it's not too much to ask for. Right?

The game controller can ask for the password. Or the player can set himself/herself/itself AI before leaving. But AI is never a good substitution of human player unless the nation has already lost and left with only a few provinces.

So, if a player decides to quit before it ends, it'll be a pain for everybody. The best thing will be to get a subsititue. In this aspect, an email game would be better as it's easier to stop the game and wait.

[ywl]

BTW, djtool is thinking of starting a game on Mose Hansen's server in another thread. We can all join...

[z0dd]

Thanks Ywl.

Link to that game:
http://www.shrapnelgames.com/cgi-bin...&f=74&t=001959

What typically happens when the player of a human controlled nation stops submitting turns and simply disappears (doesn't give his PW or set his nation to AI)?

Thanks

[ March 16, 2004, 19:39: Message edited by: z0dd ]

[Teraswaerto]

That game has rather unconventional settings though, and the server is linux based so battle replays are inaccurate for most people.

[ March 16, 2004, 19:05: Message edited by: Teraswaerto ]

[atul]

Originally posted by ywl:
The game controller can ask for the password. Or the player can set himself/herself/itself AI before leaving.

Also, if the master password is enabled by the host, he can go and change the nation into AI (or change orders, send inappropriate ingame Messages, etc if I've understood it correctly) if he so desires. And everyone trusts the host, right?

[ywl]

Originally posted by atul:

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Originally posted by ywl:
The game controller can ask for the password. Or the player can set himself/herself/itself AI before leaving.

Also, if the master password is enabled by the host, he can go and change the nation into AI (or change orders, send inappropriate ingame Messages, etc if I've understood it correctly) if he so desires. And everyone trusts the host, right?

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If we are playing it on Mose's machine, we can trust him perfectly . He's not one of the players. He should no reason to cheat.

[DarkTears]

Okey. Sorry for being away for two days.
The main reason why I started this topic was the fact, that most D2 games I played where missing in rpg elements. And I mean, I miss the pen and paper rpg feeling. YOU are the pretender, so in a game it would be nice to ACT as a pretender.
PBEM or Mose's machine?
Until I started to play on Mose's greate server I was thinking Pbem is a better way to play a D2 game. Well, I was WRONG. Esben Mose Hansen made the greatest D2 server ever. Thank you!
I think it would be nice to play there.
The map...
I think the best way is to decide with voting. When a player registers to the game by posting here, he/she/it must name the map he thinks best.
So how to sign in? That's how:

code:

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Player name: DarkTears

Nation: Caelum

Vote on map: Brittain

  

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GL&HF
Indy strenght 6 is booooring. I think 5 or 7 would be better.