PBEM anyone? - Page 5

Dauphin · March 21, 2003, 11:58

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Originally posted by Big Crunch
I received your mail, but there were no saves attached.

5 seconds later I get them....

Dauphin · March 21, 2003, 12:01

BTW, I suggest you remove your votes from public display (I know what they are now) and we all PM you ours. Else the last players can see what vote will suit them best.

Dauphin · March 21, 2003, 12:07

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settings are;

Monarchy,
roaming,
continents,
rest is default.

All the saves I have received are at Cheiftan level.

I think we need to set up the games as follows:

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Courtesy of miccofl
The person who loads the game initially must uninstall Civ3 and PTW, then re-install both. Install the 1.04 patch and then load, play and send the game. He or she can then install the 1.14 patch. The other players can keep their systems the way they are as games started in 1.04 play with 1.14.

alva · March 21, 2003, 12:22

The reason I posted mine, is to not be influenced by the other votes. For others to vote 'strategically just by knowing mine, is going to be of limited use

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I don't mind redoing them, but then they will be 1.21 ones (just use a crack with the US patch on a euro instalment and you should be fine.
I'm not going to uninstall 4 times

Dauphin · March 21, 2003, 12:26

How do I play them at Monarch then? As I say the files I received are Cheiftan.

I don't mind playing cheiftan level if no-one else minds, but I don't want to be installing crack patches for European versions

alva · March 21, 2003, 12:30

That's the problem, unless I go through that uninstall routine, the dificulty level will drop.

The only other option would be for me to upgrade (and use a crack) to 1.21 and to set-up the games again (I wouldn't mind doing so).
The problem here is that everyone will have to go to 1.21 in order to be able to play...

Dauphin · March 21, 2003, 12:35

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I'm not going to uninstall 4 times

You don't need to do it four times.

All you need to do is uninstall both Civ3 and PTW once, reinstall, upgrade to 1.04, then play the 4 games, then upgrade to 1.14.

Its a pain, but I'd prefer to play on a level harder than cheiftan.

Dauphin · March 21, 2003, 13:05

Turns sent to FP.

alva · March 21, 2003, 13:05

I don't even have my civ3 cd here, so I can't do it.

If you are willing to go through the hassle, then please go ahead

Dauphin · March 21, 2003, 13:10

Sure, I can do that.

I'll set up with the rules as stated. Who would be the admin though?

Edit- If I can find the damned CD.
Edit2 - I can't find the 1.04 patch. Anyone know if you can do it with just 1.01?

FrustratedPoet · March 21, 2003, 14:51

OK, I'll go ahead and play these turns, despite the issues we're having.

FrustratedPoet · March 21, 2003, 14:55

I'll set up and admin the game if you want ... I actually have everything all the CD's and patches.

I've played the turns ... shall I bother PM'ing alva my votes?

Also, who's turn is it after me?

Dauphin · March 21, 2003, 14:57

Cerberus is next.

We may as well do the votes, there is no harm.

If you want to admin and set up the games straight away then we can scrap the 4 on the rounds at the moment.

FrustratedPoet · March 21, 2003, 15:12

we'll try this one more time then....

FrustratedPoet · March 21, 2003, 15:26

New turns on their way to BC.

/me crosses his fingers and hopes he didn't f**k it up.

Dauphin · March 21, 2003, 15:34

Can you attach the 1.04 patch that you used.

ormuzd · March 21, 2003, 15:46

hey, wait, I don't understand what happens! Could you be so kind to explain?

FrustratedPoet · March 21, 2003, 17:23

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Originally posted by Big Crunch
Can you attach the 1.04 patch that you used.

Surely you mean 1.14, right? That's the most recent Euro PTW patch - I can't imagine why we'd want to use an older version.

It's 10MB, so your hotmail account won't be able to handle it.

http://apolyton.net/civ3/downloads.html

FrustratedPoet · March 21, 2003, 17:26

hang on .... I've turned over several pages at once here.

wtf is the 1.04 patch? I've never heard of it.

I messed it up, didn't I?

CerberusIV · March 21, 2003, 17:36

There isn't a 1.04 euro patch AFAIK, they went straight to 1.14. There was a 1.04 patch for the US version.

It should not be a problem to set the game up with 1.14 (either version), the problem is that euro versions can't be used to play a turn once it has been on a US 1.21 machine.

Info****!!!!

Dauphin · March 21, 2003, 18:21

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Originally posted by Cerberus
It should not be a problem to set the game up with 1.14 (either version), the problem is that euro versions can't be used to play a turn once it has been on a US 1.21 machine.

The problem comes in that all games default to Chieftan. miccofl told me about the workaround using an older version to set up games. If it requires an American version to setup I can't be bothered with trying to find someone to set up for games.

I say we just play with the four games doing the rounds that alva created and resign oursleves to playing chieftan.

FP, have you sent them to Cerberus?

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I messed it up, didn't I?

Nope, Firaxis did.

CerberusIV · March 21, 2003, 18:29

Well, some of the PBEM games I am in are at Regent - but I didn't set them up so don't know precisely how it was done.

I am not too bothered about playing at Chieftain, it is the same for all of us and there are no AI's to exploit.

FrustratedPoet · March 21, 2003, 18:42

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Originally posted by Big Crunch
FP, have you sent them to Cerberus?

I hadn't ... but I have now.

CerberusIV · March 22, 2003, 07:34

Received. The games came up as Regent so I presume that is what they will be?

Sent to Zeit and votes to Alva

Dauphin · March 22, 2003, 07:39

Curious. What version have you got? 1.14?

FrustratedPoet · March 22, 2003, 07:54

I definitely set the games up as Monarch (1.14) - *sigh* damn bugs!!

Still ... it's better than Chieftain.

Dauphin · March 22, 2003, 07:57

Don't worry about it. Its not your fault, its a known bug.

CerberusIV · March 22, 2003, 08:02

Yes, 1.14.

Having said that I think that all my PBEM's possibly come up as Regent. I will have a careful look at the happy/unhappy citizens in the various games since that is about the only way to tell. Unfortunately most are still at an early stage so I don't have many cities over size 3 and I may not be able to tell.

Whatever the difficulty level is we will just have to play it now.

alva · March 22, 2003, 08:25

So, which one are we playing?

Mine, or did FP set some up as well ?

FrustratedPoet · March 22, 2003, 08:27

I did set some up, and I sent them to BC. I don't think he's played them yet. There doesn't seem much point now.

It looks like we're sticking with your original ones. If the saves I sent Cerberus are at Regent and not Chieftain then we should stick with them.