EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME]
 

Some of you may know me from the last game I ran, which I think was (is) a reasonable success. Unfortunately I got knocked out, but I am now back and ready for more. This game is targeted for newish (or poor!) players, as well as those who have time constraints. We will have 72hr turns, but quick hosting will be on.

Game name: Master Blaster
Era: Early Age
Number of players: 8
Map: Shahrivar (changed from Urraparand)
Diplomacy: Binding, NAP only with pre-arranged turn duration
Settings: Standard
Mods: CBM 1.6 (no banners)
Turns: 72hrs

Players:

Astyreal - Abyssia
BlackGuard - Mictlan
rmcolosimo - Caelum
Erebus - Ulm
Debaser8 - Kailasa
Num - Yomi
legolasjrt - Pangea
Penguin Zero - T'ien Chi

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (STARTING UP)
 

been wanting to play Mictlan in MP for quite some time now, this seems like a good opportunity for it ;)

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (STARTING UP)
 

Blackguard you sure you count as a newb?
;)

Anyway, silly question (proves I'm new). How do you load in a new map (i.e. where to drop the file)? Only ever used the standard maps.

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (STARTING UP)
 

well, I'm playing in a lot of games(including your newbie only game as well as another newbie game), but I'm still very much a newbie... only joined like 2 months ago and I haven't even finished 1 MP game yet, although a few are awfully close to being finished(with me losing)...

llamaserver.net->map and mod browser->"Want to contribute a map not on this list? Click here to upload it."->"Want to contribute a mod not on this list? Click here to upload it."

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (STARTING UP)
 

That's not what I meant...I downloaded the map, I just need to know how to view it in the dominions 3 app itself.

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (STARTING UP)
 

oh, well each map has 2 files, .tga and .map. you need to cut/copy both of them into your maps folder inside the dominions 3 folder, for example: C:\Program Files\dominions3\maps

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (STARTING UP)
 

Well I am a poor player, that pains me to admit, but it is the truth.

Could I play Caelum?

Thanks.

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (STARTING UP)
 

Hi count me in as Arcoscephale please. Kinda noob as well :)

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (STARTING UP)
 

Astyreal, most of the maps come as zip files. Just extract to C:\Program Files\dominions3\maps and it is usually set up to work.

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (STARTING UP)
 

Is it different for Mac? Because I moved the tga and map files to the directory, but it's causing the app to crash.

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (STARTING UP)
 

I'd like to join as Ulm.

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (STARTING UP)
 

Kailasa please

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (STARTING UP)
 

Yomi for me.

Would you mind enabling renaming? I recently had a game where two important commanders had identical names given by Dom3, which is kind of irritating.

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (STARTING UP)
 

Yeah, we can turn on the custom names. As long as we don't have to name all our characters, that would be painful.

One more and then the show hits the road!

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (STARTING UP)
 

I can play whit pangea

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (STARTING UP)
 

With renaming allowed, commanders are given default names as usual, but you can change them individually.

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (RUNNING)
 

Time to join up.

Game name is Master_Blaster

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (RUNNING)
 

Pangea is send pretenders

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (RUNNING)
 

Still waiting on Kupiko and Blackguard. I send them reminder pms.

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (RUNNING)
 

What happened to that pretty Persian map? And what does "NAP only with pre-arranged turn duratiion" mean? As for Binding Diplomacy if I agree to go to war with one player against another player can I later stop attacking? Are only NAPs binding? Can I make non-binding peace treaties(though I accept the fact that other players might consider these worthless)?

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (RUNNING)
 

That persian map was pretty wasn't it? I thought it was crashing my system so I changed it up, but now I think it was the streamers and standards mod that was responsible. I'll change it back over.

I don't want to get too crazy with the diplo rules because you can't legislate every single scenario. Diplomacy is intended to be binding, and in effect for an agreed upon number of turns.

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (RUNNING)
 

Ok, I'm booting Kupiko out he hasn't responded to the thread or to any pms. Just need one more, should be easy.

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS!)
 

I'll join as T'ien Ch'i.

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS!)
 

I'd like to try Marverni.

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS!)
 

I lost count! If you have room for one more, I'd like to play as Agartha. My credentuials? I have played 6 turns in one other NOOB game.

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS!)
 

Penguin Zero - you are in for T'ien Chi.

Rest of you guys -- sorry, maybe another time!!

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (RUNNING)
 

Having trouble with the game crashing. I go to load up the save, click on 'T'ien Ch'i turn 1,' and immediately crash out to the desktop. I've got CBM 1.6 and the Shahrivar map pack installed, and creating a single player game with the same pretender, map and mods gives me no trouble at all. I'm using Mac OS X. Anyone got any suggestions? I have no real idea what the problem could be.

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (RUNNING)
 

Crap, I'm having the same issue with Mac OS X. Is anyone in PC land having similar issues?

Penguin, have you been able to play any MP games in the past? Were you using CBM?

I'm wondering if it's the mod or the map.

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (RUNNING)
 

CBM should work, as should streamers and standards. So should shahrivar for that matter. I've played with all of these in the past and never had a problem with them. There's also no particular reason I can think of that the game would crash trying to play the mp game when an SP game works just fine. Are you perhaps trying to use different map/mod versions than the game is expecting? I would suggest posting about this problem in the main forum and providing the map+mod versions you're using so that other people can attempt some testing.

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (RUNNING)
 

I'm having the exact same problem, and I've also got Mac OS X. Folks are claiming that there is no difference across platforms, but I am skeptical.

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (RUNNING)
 

Ok, I posted in the main forum. If we don't get it resolved in the next day or two we will try either taking off the mod or map or maybe both...

Sorry for the delay folks

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (RUNNING)
 

There are some differences. For example linux complains about mods that use improper cases and slashes. But I'd be really surprised if CBM and streamers and standards were generating issues, they've had lots of testing.

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (RUNNING)
 

it can place the map to download to me?

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (RUNNING)
 

I've played in one MP game before -- it used a different map, but CBM 1.6, and I had no trouble with it. (Well, on the technical end. My actual skill level in the game was another matter entirely.)

So far I've tried downloading fresh copies of the map and CBM, and getting my turn re-sent from the server -- nothing worked.

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (RUNNING)
 

Plz xD

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (RUNNING)
 

My game was crashing and then I took out a space in the name of the tga file and it works.

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (RUNNING)
 

Oh, is that silliness still in there? Yes, that will cause issues with the llamaserver.

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (RUNNING)
 

Astyreal, can you include a link to the map in your first post in this thread? there are many versions of Sharivar around, would help to know exactly which version we're using, and it will allow everyone who doesn't have the map yet to easily find it...

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (RUNNING)
 

Aha! Removing the space in the map file names works. Thanks, Debaser8.

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (RUNNING)
 

You can download the map from the llamaserver website (there is a map/mod browser). I am using the sombre version one, not the no independents version. Let me try taking the space out now...hope this works!

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (RUNNING)
 

Bingo!

Name of the map is ShahrivarSom. Need to take the space out.

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (RUNNING)
 

Thx.. i send mi turn

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (RUNNING)
 

BlackGuard, do you think you will be able to get your turn in on time? I'd hate to have you stale so early in the game.

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (RUNNING)
 

no, I don't think so... I did get it on time, and the next turn too...

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (RUNNING)
 

legolasjrt : Turn on PM so I can respond to your questions.

Thanks.

Also, sent message via game.

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (RUNNING)
 

Done, you can sent me mp.

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (RUNNING)
 

Anyone currently facing the Yomi, pm me for some secrets I can share.

:D

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (RUNNING)
 

So I can have a NAP to turn 20, but I can't have a NAP3 (a rolling NAP with 3 turn notice)?

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (RUNNING)
 

Doh. I wrote that last post late at night and then edited it, but apparently the edit didn't stick. My question is can we use rolling non-aggression pacts with a set turn duration (NAP 3), or do non-aggression pacts have to be configured to expire at a certain point, i.e. a peace treaty ending on turn 20?

Re: EA: Master Blaster [NOOB GAME] (RUNNING)
 

don't recall having any specific diplomacy rules here, so both options are open for you... generally the NAP-3 is more popular than NAP till turn 20 or whatever, but you can offer both and see what your partner prefers.