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Sorry for double posting, but this is not so much a reply as a general enquiry. Is there not a sort of PBEM GM who keeps everyone's post/turns, or moderates in some way. And could such a person not open up a recalcitrant players position by giving the password/id to another person, or at least activate the AI to take over an abandoned faction. OR at the very least turn everything on to auto? And it's now 06:37, my sentence structure is becoming appalling, and I'm defiantly going to bed.
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You're talking about a CMN.
So does the PBEM game record the moves or just the start and end positions. IE can one see the movement of other units within the LOS (lineof sight), or is one given a static disposition at the beginning of each turn.All of it is PBEM. These games go literally for months and months. ... That said, A LOT of folks seem to like MP vids and there are not a lot of them compared to SP games.Thanks for the heads up, I'll restrict myself to one.
MP was what I wanted to record, when I work it out it should be good. Sounds like the files might need a dedicated editor with good connection speed.
OH any suggestions for a good AAR to read that shows expert play.
AND a thought is it possible (via mod perhaps) record a whole map game (sorry that's just a crazy idea), but how big are the saves later on in the game. Does the PBEM game record the moves or just the start and end positions. If it records the actual players moves then a mod could feed the moves into the game and a whole game could be recorded by stringing the files together, and playing them back serially. Or indeed watched by a game owner in an AAR. No heavy up and downloads etc. Does the PBEM system record the moves. (Damn, in a way I hope not as I feel another project coming on).
As an aside the you seen the German film Transfer from 2010. Interesting!
No records of any moves. The SAV file contains the positions at end of last turn and then you move your units and save. It is the same as SP game .So to clarify one does not see the Movement of enemy units in LOS, one must notice them oneself. OK what about in an IP game.
Not that I know. But it happened that I as CMN when through the save to see how the game is coming alongWonderful! What type of file is the game file??
A SAV file is the save data of the game. It is a binary file, not much to see in there. I just opened them in the game to see the turns.So to go forward with this idea I would have to learn to hack binary files, cool!
Why would you need to hack them? they Don't contain movement history.I thought you said it did.
If everyone posted all their turns and you had the passwords, you could (laboriously) patch the game together and do that...Yes, that was what I wanted. Oops, guest just arrived, off line for a while.
...You might look around for a concluded game w/ everyone posting their turns and see if the CMN can dig up the passwords...Dear Buncle, my thoughts on the matter. The problem is I do not know the intricacies of the matter.
Just have a look through old threads in this folder - you should be able to see who set it up, and that's the CMN. I think the only way what you want to do could work would be to load saves one at a time and video what shows at the turn beginning. You're not going to have any luck trying to hack together saves, or anything like that.Thanks for that information. I'm sort of relieved, and what you suggest sounds a lot easier. Now I can return to trying to record games. I must admit I am somewhat inclined to go of at a tangent when pursuing interesting ideas. And I just offered to be a replacement in a game where someone had to drop out. My first MP, which is one of the reasons why I joined up in the first place.
It'll probably take a while for a game to turn up; keep checking back for announcement threads and such.I'll surely do.
I saw this post on reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/4Xgaming/comments/bwhcdz/smacx_ai_growth_mod_version_131_maintenance/ (https://www.reddit.com/r/4Xgaming/comments/bwhcdz/smacx_ai_growth_mod_version_131_maintenance/)
about the new smacx ai growth mod and asked if any has figured out how to play MP via IP lately.
Last time I tried was a couple of years ago with hamachi / gameranger and I think fiddling around with router settings for hours too from memory, but it failed. Would love to know if there is a sure fire way to play via IP.