Newb Network EA Aran (Full and Playing)

[vfb]

I got pwned super-early in first MP game I'm hosting ( what a newb ), so I'd like to get a new Network game going. If you're a Newbie and missed the last one here's your chance!

The details:

Version 3.06
Early Era
Aran
Quickhost
10 Hall of Fame
Renaming allowed
Game will autostart once 6 players are in.
Hope to play about a turn a day.

Connect to: bemura.dyndns.org, port 8098

Once the game starts the status will be available at:

http://bemura.dyndns.org/b3/scores.html

By the way the command I'll use to start the game (minus the master password) is:

dom3 -T -S --port 8098 --noclientstart -q --uploadmaxp 6 --scoredump --mapfile aran.map --renaming --era 1 -s b3

Please respond to this thread in addition to joining.

We have:

tromper - Ermor
thejeff - Vanheim
Eressil3 - Lanka
Thrawn - Arco
vfb - Marverni
K - Sauromatia
Tequilich - Mictlan

[tromper]

Wellll, I still consider myself a newbie and all. I had my head handed to me early in my first MP game, and am in two others but not exactly. Uh. Winning or anything. And I haven't played on the Aran map before.

So if that's newb enough for ya, I'd like to join up.

[vfb]

Oh yeah, it's no problem! I had my head handed to me too.

Anyone else who thinks they are a newbie, probably is. So feel free to join up. I don't mind getting eliminated, and hopefully I will learn from my old mistakes. I'll just make new mistakes instead .

Please post your nation selection though, so everyone can see who's who.

[thejeff]

Also sort of a newbie. I've played a lot of SP and an Mp game or 2 in Dom2, but this would be my first Dom3 MP game.

So, if you'll have me, I'm thinking Vanheim, but I want to take another look at the map before I commit.

[vfb]

Yes, that's fine too, even though I lose to the Vanheim AI sometimes .

Other people thinking of joining: if you've played a few MP games, that's fine. As long as you think you're a newbie, that's good enough.

Oh, I do like to play in character though. So I will frequently spout nonsense at you.

And this is not a ladder game. Defeating me or other newbs means you are only at least equal to the Vanheim AI . So please join with the intention of having fun.

Since there seems to be more interest than I thought, I've joined the game myself to ensure getting a spot.

I am Marverni.

Who has joined as Ermor?

[Eressil3]

I joined as lanka.

I'm a noob [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Teddy.gif[/img]

[tromper]

Cools. I joined as Ermor. Don't worry, they don't do the undead spam stuff like the other ages as far as I can tell.

[Thrawn]

I just joined as Arco. This will be only my second MP game, so I think I'm plenty noobish.

[K]

Can I join as Sauromatia? Or am I not a noob? I've only played three MP games.

[Gandalf Parker]

vfb said:
dom3 -T -S --port 8098 --noclientstart -q --uploadmaxp 6 --scoredump --mapfile aran.map --renaming --era 1 -s b3

Not joining, just poking in where I shouldnt.
You might consider

--statfile
gives a nice short text file that gives you an easy way to see who turned in, who went ai, and who staled. You can also toss it into the webdir with scores

--hours 24 (or 36 or 72 or something)
a timeout on turns will save you some hassles later if no one has complaints about it. The -q (quickhost) is usually what really happens for quite awhile into the game anyway.

-d then redirect to file can be very informative about the game. But it gets big fairly quick. You can also kick it up to -dd -ddd or even as high as -dddddddd but I wouldnt recommend it unless you have alot of harddrive.

you might consider enabling a dummy mod. Particularly if you expect a long game. It allows bug-fixes later.

--preexec pre.sh (or pre.bat)
--postexec post.sh (or post.bat)
even if these are empty they will be in place for taking on some management duties later.

Ive gotten to the point that I put most of those (and masterpassword of course) into every game I start even if I dont think I will use them when I start the game. Some can be added later, some cant.

Oh and using
dom3 --verify b3
is a handy seperate command to try. It gives you a tiny text file about the game file (fthrland) and each 2h file. It can find version problems and can tell you if the same person is playing multiple nations

Gandalf Parker