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Finbar - is that patch 1.1.1? I have the 1.4b or 1.b4 or something like that...
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RobRoy
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Have any of you actually succeeded in playing a game of any reasonable length across platforms? Especially since using V1.1.1?
I'm a PC type, but have tried on numerous occasions to play with Mac friends. The experiments go back almost a year now. We used to be able to play, sort of - but the problems were much more severe than I experienced with PC-only players. Similarly, the Mac guys indicated the disconnects, etc. were much worse than they experienced when playing Mac-only games. Since they got V1.1.1 (yes, I'm using the latest PC version), we haven't been able to go more than a single turn without a critical crash.
We've basically given up - I'm currently of the opinion that cross-platform games are simply not feasible. But I was hoping someone may have been able to overcome similar obstacles...
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The only problem (aside from a less than satisfactory server - now gone  ) was freezing during the AI, especially when barbs appeared on my games screen. That problem has virtually disappeared (no more freezing barbs) with the 1.1.1 patch.
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RobRoy
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Guess it might be worth trying again...
Do you find it any different if there is a Mac host vs. a PC host?
Or are there any practical limits on the number of participants?
Most recent experiments (which failed) had PC as host and more than two participants.
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finbar
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Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy
Jan 1970
time: 06:14
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I'm having next to no problems playing with PCers. There are the usual episodes of people being booted, but that seems not to be platform-related. In fact, about the only other Mac player I play with seems to be Bez. And the freezing on the barb/AI turn seems to have lightened off too. Doesn't stop me holding my breath every time the buggers have their turn though.
Occasionally I have episodes of being unable to connect to a game. It happened one day in a diplo game which I'd never had any problem joining before. For some reason, I couldn't get past the Waiting For Others To Join dialogue box. Eventually, for the sake of the others, I had to find a sub to play that session for me. Next session, I was in without a problem. Who knows?
I do a lot of hosting and I haven't found any differences between hosting and not hosting.
Equally, the number of players doesn't seem to matter, providing everyone's patched up. Statistically, I suppose, the more players you have, the more room there is for a problem.
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[This message has been edited by finbar (edited May 23, 2000).]
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20-03-2000 06:15
The most important thing to do is go get ICQ and then add a bunch of Civ players to the list (see the ICQ lists on the Multiplayer Forum). That is the best way to find a game! Well, that and posting on the Multiplayer Forum.
THEN go get ICQ and conquer the world!
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