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Hi,
I'm hoping to play multiplayer with 1 or 2 others who have only just begun to experience multiplayer play. If interested reply to this thread and I'll start up a game. Are there standard rules to adhere to when playing MP that any experienced player could point us to?
I'm on the ACDG team - but those turns just take way too long. I myself have never played MP and am interested in a more interesting game.
I'm hoping we can whip through the turns fairly quickly.
Has anyone tried a network game vs. a PBEM game? I'd be willing to try a network game just to get through our turns a little faster for an hour each night.
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Ellestar
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Russian Federation, Moscow
Feb 2003
time: 08:29
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I want to try multiplayer. SMAC or SMAX by the way?
In singleplayer i played mostly with University.
I know this post with the basic rules about bugs/exploits. http://www.civgaming.net/forums/showthread.php?t=700
Last edited by Ellestar on 27-01-2005 at 15:12
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freshman
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We'll be playing SMAX
OK - Map : Random Victories: All
Difficulty: Transcend
freshman: Gaian
Sentry33: Hive
Ellestar: University
Lord_Icewind: Svensgaard
CMN: How do we ask Googlie to be our CMN? Does he start up the game and set our passwords for us?
Computer factions: How about letting the CMN decide how to make a balanced game?
Here are some rules we could use (from civgaming.net):
The difficulty level will be transcend - again, unless specified otherwise.
All victory conditions enabled, including co-operative. However, no more than two players may participate in a co-operative victory.
Do or Die - eliminated players are not restarted
Non-Blind Research
Restrictions - general gameplay:
- A player may not restart a turn without good reason. The player should specify the reason in the game thread if he was not able to avoid reloading the turn. (Obviously, if a player has suffered some sort of crash during a turn, such a reload is unavoidable)
- A player is not permitted to establish contact with another faction prior to having met them in-game.
- If a player performs a probe team action other than to infiltrate against another player with whom (s)he is in a truce, treaty or pact, they must inform the probed player what it was they did and what they stole/sabotaged. They must also choose the 'declare vendetta/cancel pact' option when they perform the action.
- A player is not permitted to make more than one social engineering change per line, per turn. For instance, one is not permitted to start the turn in wealth, switch to power mid-turn for the extra disbanded minerals, and then switch back to wealth that same turn, getting the refund.
- A player is not permitted to use the 'demand withdrawal' feature against another player, leaving the AI the decision of whether to withdraw or not.
- A player may not accept a bribe from another player's AI during council sessions.
- A player may not perform multiple airdrops in a single turn with the same unit using the right-click menu.
- A player may not use the F4 screen when infiltrated to change an opponent's workers to specialists.
Contentious issues
- A player may not insert stockpile energy into the build queue after the production of a military unit. Due to a bug in the game, should you put stockpile energy into the queue, you will get the benefit of the extra energy on the same turn as production of your military unit.
- If a player declares vendetta upon another player, either directly or indirectly, they must not accept a pending diplomatic agreement between the two factions in the same turn.
- A player may not upgrade a particular type of unit using the design workshop, and then attack with that unit in the same turn.
- A player may not make air drops using the right click "air drop to" function, when it is not possible to do so with the "i" button, ie. after already having moved or made a drop.
Are these rules OK with everyone?
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Darsnan
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New Syracuse, Beta Prime
Dec 2001
time: 00:29
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quote:
Originally posted by freshman
We'll be playing SMAX
Map : Random
Victories: All |
Hi All,
freshman PM'd me about being a CMN for your game. I am setting up an H2H game right now, and can do this immediately afterwards - probably have it done around Monday. FYI if this works for you.
As far as the "Map: Random" is concerned: with Sven it'll have to be at least 50% water. I also am in the habit of dotting my maps with Sea Monoliths (which act just like Land Monoliths), as well as other enhancements for sea faring Factions.
What I would need from each of you is a prefered password (if you have one - otherwise I'll choose), a name for the turn tracking thread, as well as any other agreed upon settings. Also, I will start each Faction with one Colony Pod, 2 Speeder Pods, and 3 Scouts (Sven would get sea equivalents, and only 2 foils because of their range).
Finally, how much do you want the AI's built up (real tough, or just ensure they are the normal AI's but located such that they won't immediately overwhelm you)?? Do you want the AI's to build Probe Cruisers? How about non-standard units such as armoured land probes, SAM units, etc.?
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freshman
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Thanks Darsnan! I'll PM you my preferred password. The name of our turn tracking thread - how about: "Newbies arrival"
I like unity pods and random events. The pods encourage folks to reach out and touch each other, and pod-popping strategies are part of the game IMO. Random events test creativity and versatility in handling different situations - be they bad or good.
Please just use normal AI - no beefing up. The human players will be enough of a challenge for me!
And Monday sounds good to me.
Why do you have startup units like that? Is that a more balanced/exciting startup?
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freshman
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oops my ? was about
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Also, I will start each Faction with one Colony Pod, 2 Speeder Pods, and 3 Scouts (Sven would get sea equivalents, and only 2 foils because of their range).
Why those startup units?
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Krec-USA
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can i get in on this game , please email.
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Lord_Icewind
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Madrid, Spain
Jun 2001
time: 06:29
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Everything's all right with me, and yes, I like Sveensgard.
The name for the thread is ok, and as for the settings, I prefer no bell curve, scattering activated, and Trascend. (Obviusly, 50% sea, and about the rest, u guys decide...i say everything in a "medium" place)
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