FreshMeat - new thread, and game started!

Bwaha · #1 June 27th, 2008, 03:21 AM

I rise from my slumber, sending for the Lord of war appropriations, I say "bring forth the Mighty Hero's, Let the criers sound thruout the land, Lord Chill calls for you." Then He looks at the Lord of research and says "the state of research in The Land is abysmal. Go forth and find me the best mages and scribes in The Land." Then i turn to my crystal ball and start scrying around me.

llamabeast · #2 June 27th, 2008, 04:33 AM

GrudgeBringer, your first post was a little hard to understand. I'll do my best.

You don't need the pretender or anything like that. You don't need the turn file from last time the game started - that game is dead. You do need the .trn file that was sent out last night (GMT, about 9 hours ago anyway). That needs to be put in your dominions3\savedgames\FreshMeat folder, and you should then be able to play the game.

If you've somehow deleted that file, you can request a resend. To do that go to www.llamaserver.net, click on "FreshMeat" and then click on "Request turn resend" at the bottom.

Hope that helps.

GrudgeBringer · #3 June 27th, 2008, 04:24 PM

I sent this to llamaserver also but am somewhat at a loss...I have played on a dedicated server (like WOW, Battlenet, ect) and TCP/IP but never PBEM.

I got turn 2 and put it in my file that has all the other files to get the game started (TRN, first turn ect) but now I am not sure what to do.

I loaded the game and tried to play the save to see if just putting turn 2 in there would update it but it doesn't.

Sorry I am really new at this but once this turn is done and I get it sent in I should be smooth for the rest of my game (I should last at least 3 weeks...I hope)

Ubercat · #4 June 27th, 2008, 05:02 PM

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GrudgeBringer said:
I sent this to llamaserver also but am somewhat at a loss...I have played on a dedicated server (like WOW, Battlenet, ect) and TCP/IP but never PBEM.

I got turn 2 and put it in my file that has all the other files to get the game started (TRN, first turn ect) but now I am not sure what to do.

I loaded the game and tried to play the save to see if just putting turn 2 in there would update it but it doesn't.

Sorry I am really new at this but once this turn is done and I get it sent in I should be smooth for the rest of my game (I should last at least 3 weeks...I hope)

I'm not sure what the problem is. I'll just state the basics. If you already know all this, and it doesn't help, then I apologize. Under saved games you should have a FreshMeat folder which the turn file should be placed in. AFAIK, the turn file should be all you need to open up your turn. Select the game to play within Dom3. Take your turn and then save and quit.

Saving the game will generate a file with the extension 2h. You Email this to the server with "FreshMeat" as the subject line. If you don't have the correct map, that might be a problem. Earlier versions of Dom3 came with an earlier version of the cradle map which had some flaws. You have 3.17 installed, right?

GrudgeBringer · #5 June 27th, 2008, 08:43 PM

Thanks Ubercat...between you and llama I found out the problem...wasn't a biggie just the way I was looking at it.

Should be good to go now (unless I get my Prophet knocked off this turn).....

Bwaha · #6 June 28th, 2008, 02:36 AM

I gesture at my crystal ball, this thread is too hard to find. bring it up higher... thus is my will...

Calahan · #7 June 28th, 2008, 02:32 PM

Can I please request a 24hr extension for turn 4 (ie. the next turn) as I'm likely to be out for most of Sunday.

TIA.

anticipatient · #8 July 5th, 2008, 03:55 AM

This is kind of starting to frustrate me. I sent in a turn 28 hours ago, come back to play again, and I've gotten a stale turn! It was probably foolish to be signed up for three games while I was going to be taking a road trip, true, but I'm coming online to play every 24 hours, give or take a few . . .

Could we please change the hosting interval to 36 hours or something? Stale turns at this point in the game HURT!

Bwaha · #9 July 6th, 2008, 03:38 AM

We view this current state of affairs with alarm. Call out the local guard. Full war mobilation initated. The curse against formoria will hold. This was the reason that the curse was started against them. agression beyond belief is their battle cry. all nations who stand for liberty rally to my cry. please send donations to the marvs. they will repay this token. i will stand as a foe to those who coniniue to opress these fine people...

LC

Ubercat · #10 July 6th, 2008, 11:40 PM

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anticipatient said:
This is kind of starting to frustrate me. I sent in a turn 28 hours ago, come back to play again, and I've gotten a stale turn! It was probably foolish to be signed up for three games while I was going to be taking a road trip, true, but I'm coming online to play every 24 hours, give or take a few . . .

Could we please change the hosting interval to 36 hours or something? Stale turns at this point in the game HURT!

Sorry, I originally read this post after an exhausting workshift and I didn't make the connection that I was the one who needed to do something. I've changed the interval to 36 hours now, so just let me know when you're back on a good schedule.