30-10-2002 23:00									#1
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Could someone post a link or something on how to play PBEM? Ive played IP style but have no idea how PBEM works.

Cheers

	01-11-2002 01:40									#2
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Whana play with someone in pbem after 3.11.2002
Any one?

	01-11-2002 18:55									#3
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Sure, might need a bit of help but im up for it. Anyone else?

	01-11-2002 20:29									#4
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Yes I 'll join after 3 /11 /02. I now have a good idea of the PBem procedures but I don't have a MP game scenario. A 4 person game with 3 AI opponents is one recommended as it can be played reasonable fast.

After the game has been set up, In essence you receive your game turn as a .sav file. Then load SMAC/X and load multiplayer. Load the sav file sent to you. You may have been emailed your password by the game designer(CMN) or invited
to make up your ownpasword. It will ask you to confirm password. Do so and then shortly you are into you moves for tha turn. When you have completed your move and all the changes you want, the game will say turn complete. If you agree it will then show you the next player message. Press save and exit and you will asked to save the file. Do so and save it, but change it say drogue. hive- 21xx (the turn year).SAV. email this sav file to the next player.

In the meantime as we are getting the four players decide whether you want to play SmAc or Smax, what factions people want to be and what type of planet.

If one of the CMN's offers to host the game they may have an already made game, in which case a lot of things may already be decided.

Meanwhile read all the help files and strategy files available at this site and elsewhere.

	01-11-2002 21:19									#5
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I'm up for a game in two days.

Hercules mostly summed it up, except for the all-important step of zipping the file before you send it. SMAC/X .sav files are ugly-huge.

	02-11-2002 00:06									#6
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Is there a possibility for 5th player to access?
I'd like to play.

	02-11-2002 00:32									#7
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What the man said is true, after four players games get rather long. However, look at my thread...I'd like to play two games, and mine only has two people as of yet.

	02-11-2002 01:07									#8
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Cheers Herc, much appriciated. I managed to cratch my SMAX Cd to death (and dont have a backup) so itll have to be SMAC is thats ok.

Ill preferably be Gains but ill play as anyone if needs be.

	02-11-2002 03:13									#9
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*scratch sorry one of those days....

	02-11-2002 08:06									#10
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SMAC'll be okay I suppose. I get Morgan then.

	03-11-2002 20:09									#11
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In Poland Smax was never published and I didn't managed to get any copy... I think that 7 human players isn't a bad idea
I mean, a game in which you can play for very long... Maybe it's a little stupid but I always liked to play that kind of game
Of course I will accept any kind of pbem game but i prefer more players (even if one turn will take 1 week to be completed )

	04-11-2002 06:47									#12
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It looks like two games of 3/4 players shaping up here which is fine.

As Kirov will verify, we are both in a 7 players game but it is even slower than I thought possible. In my view 2 or 3 4 player games are best unless you have experienced or known 'at least 1 turn per day' players participating.

	04-11-2002 06:52									#13
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Oh Yeah. We need somebody to set up the game(s) and it looks like Smac. If nobody else wants her ladyship I 'll choose Deirdre.

	04-11-2002 07:22									#14
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i already bagged her... but like i said... not too bothered, if you want her ill take Zak