Thread Tools
Old November 1, 2002, 19:42   #1
Wittlich
lifer
Call to Power II MultiplayerCivilization III MultiplayerTrade Wars / BlackNova TradersCivilization III PBEMPtWDG Vox ControliCivilization III Democracy GameCiv4 SP Democracy GameC3CDG EuphoricaIron CiversCivilization IV: MultiplayerCivilization IV PBEMC4WDG United Dungeon DwellersDiploGamesC4BtSDG TemplarsPolyCast Team
Deity
 
Wittlich's Avatar
 
Local Time: 03:15
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Baron of Sealand residing in SF, CA
Posts: 12,344
You Cannot save a MP game...
...and reload at a later time to continue on (Even on LAN).

My partner and I played for 3 hours last night. I saved our game before we both quit for the evening. Now, the next day, I try going into the multiplayer option, but the program tells me that my name is already in use - Duh, from me playing last night - Of course, there might be someone in the lobby with the same name as me, but I doubt it. Anyway, I try just loading the game from the "Load Game" option...yes, it loads it, but as a singleplayer game.

So now I'm confused...I really can't believe that Firaxis would expect MP games to only last a few hours - when they in fact many days or even months. So I figured, what the hey, let me look and see what the manual says...and here is what I found (page 36, bottom):
Quote:
Quitting Multiplayer Game
"You can quit a multiplayer game at any time just as you would a single-player game. When you decide to quit, be sure you really want to leave the game. When you quit, your civilization is eliminated from the game and all of your cities are destroyed."
Am I reading this right? MP games (Internet or LAN) cannot be saved in order to be continued at a later time?! How in the hell is anyone expected to start and finish a MP game in only one sitting?!? This is just absolutely crazey...
__________________
____________________________
"One day if I do go to heaven, I'm going to do what every San Franciscan does who goes to heaven - I'll look around and say, 'It ain't bad, but it ain't San Francisco.'" - Herb Caen, 1996
"If God, as they say, is homophobic, I wouldn't worship that God." - Archbishop Desmond Tutu
____________________________
Wittlich is offline  
Old November 1, 2002, 20:08   #2
Wittlich
lifer
Call to Power II MultiplayerCivilization III MultiplayerTrade Wars / BlackNova TradersCivilization III PBEMPtWDG Vox ControliCivilization III Democracy GameCiv4 SP Democracy GameC3CDG EuphoricaIron CiversCivilization IV: MultiplayerCivilization IV PBEMC4WDG United Dungeon DwellersDiploGamesC4BtSDG TemplarsPolyCast Team
Deity
 
Wittlich's Avatar
 
Local Time: 03:15
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Baron of Sealand residing in SF, CA
Posts: 12,344
NEVERMIND
Am I bad.

To load a MP game, the option in in the drop-down menu labled under "Game Mode" ... so just ignore my rant...I'm still on the "learning curve"
__________________
____________________________
"One day if I do go to heaven, I'm going to do what every San Franciscan does who goes to heaven - I'll look around and say, 'It ain't bad, but it ain't San Francisco.'" - Herb Caen, 1996
"If God, as they say, is homophobic, I wouldn't worship that God." - Archbishop Desmond Tutu
____________________________
Wittlich is offline  
Old November 1, 2002, 23:12   #3
notyoueither
Civilization III MultiplayerCivilization III PBEMInterSite Democracy Game: Apolyton TeamC3C IDG: Apolyton TeamApolytoners Hall of FameCiv4 InterSite DG: Apolyton TeamPolyCast TeamPtWDG Gathering StormC4DG Gathering Storm
Deity
 
notyoueither's Avatar
 
Local Time: 04:15
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: of naught
Posts: 21,300
If all else fails the auto sav should be there for you. I strongly recommend you NOT disable auto savs.
__________________
(\__/)
(='.'=)
(")_(") This is Bunny. Copy and paste bunny into your signature to help him gain world domination.
notyoueither is offline  
Old November 2, 2002, 16:01   #4
Oerdin
Deity
 
Oerdin's Avatar
 
Local Time: 03:15
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: In a bamboo forest hiding from Dale.
Posts: 17,436
In CTP2 MP the auto save feature, eh, ... saved... the day for many people who's game had crashed. I imagine it will be just as valuable in Civ3 MP.
__________________
Christianity is the belief in a cosmic Jewish zombie who can give us eternal life if we symbolically eat his flesh and blood and telepathically tell him that we accept him as our lord and master so he can remove an evil force present in all humanity because a woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from an apple tree.
Oerdin is offline  
Old November 2, 2002, 18:57   #5
asleepathewheel
C3C IDG: Apolyton TeamInterSite Democracy Game: Apolyton TeamPtWDG Gathering StormC4DG Gathering Storm
Emperor
 
Local Time: 05:15
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: listening too long to one song
Posts: 7,395
I just had a game where the opponent quit (cuz I was winnin' )
and the game was automatically saved as resynch.sav
asleepathewheel is offline  
Old November 2, 2002, 21:48   #6
Tassadar500
Emperor
 
Tassadar500's Avatar
 
Local Time: 03:15
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 6,468
Were all still at the learning stage. Well except me considering I dont even have Play The World.
Tassadar500 is offline  
Old November 5, 2002, 18:50   #7
Wittlich
lifer
Call to Power II MultiplayerCivilization III MultiplayerTrade Wars / BlackNova TradersCivilization III PBEMPtWDG Vox ControliCivilization III Democracy GameCiv4 SP Democracy GameC3CDG EuphoricaIron CiversCivilization IV: MultiplayerCivilization IV PBEMC4WDG United Dungeon DwellersDiploGamesC4BtSDG TemplarsPolyCast Team
Deity
 
Wittlich's Avatar
 
Local Time: 03:15
Local Date: November 1, 2010
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Baron of Sealand residing in SF, CA
Posts: 12,344
Quote:
Originally posted by Nuclear Master
Were all still at the learning stage. Well except me considering I dont even have Play The World.
But you're still learning, are you not Nuke? Or at least "taking notes"...
__________________
____________________________
"One day if I do go to heaven, I'm going to do what every San Franciscan does who goes to heaven - I'll look around and say, 'It ain't bad, but it ain't San Francisco.'" - Herb Caen, 1996
"If God, as they say, is homophobic, I wouldn't worship that God." - Archbishop Desmond Tutu
____________________________
Wittlich is offline  
 

Bookmarks

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 06:15.


Design by Vjacheslav Trushkin, color scheme by ColorizeIt!.
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.2
Copyright ©2000 - 2010, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Apolyton Civilization Site | Copyright © The Apolyton Team