PBEM starting thread.
This is experimental game start. With scarcity of CMNs, I think, that looking for ways to start multiplayer games with just players is some way to go. From what I have recently tried, this seems so far to be a good way:
1) Someone prepares a scenario for multiplayer game, having in mind, that any faction can be played by human or AI. So faction placement should be neutral, as far as possible. Scenario is posted on the forum, or in another way made available.
2) Players after some time, even without presence of scenario creator can take this scenario and play multiplayer game.
- Since scenario creator may not be available at the time of game start, practically the map has to be known to all players. After all, everyone can download the scenario and analyse it.
- The first player would have some "advantage" (if we can call it that way) over the remaining players down the factions list, because he/she could secretly modify scenario file before starting the game. Players would need to trust such player.
- This way of starting a game is almost exactly like just starting a generic game, but SMACX is so awful in preparing games, that drawback of public scenario may be acceptable to many players.
- This may be advantage though: Such scenario may be used multiple times. For example several player groups may play it. Or the same player may want to play such scenario again with some other group of players, if they agree on this.
October Sky
Map size: standard
Clouds and Life: dense/abundant, the rest is medium.
Victory conditions: first 4 (no cooperative)
Blind Research !
Flexible start
Map not visible - though can be seen from scenario.
7 original factions. The order is original too: G H U M S B Pk.
Patch: Yitzi
3.5d
How to start:
- After players gather and decide who plays which faction, the first player has to start new multiplayer game from a scenario, adding all human factions.
- The first player plays the first turn, then saves it at the prompt for password for the second human player.
Maybe not many people were starting a game in this way, but it should be pretty straightforward.
Image of map seems to have trouble, so the link to it:
Map image
