Who wants to play one city challenge?
I'm looking to set-up a PBEM for 3 players, with 3-4 AI players on small or standard map.

GAME STARTED

I'd be interested in that one...

Then we have to wait for one more player...
What settings for the game would you like?

I'd say we should choose a Pangea map, as otherwise it could be difficult to get contact with civs on other continents, I don't mind that much about the other settings.

I would like to choose my Civ and Leader if you don't mind...

I hope you are talking about the vanilla Civ4, otherwise I am out, because I don't have Warlords...

What about barbarian tribes? They can give free city to civilization.

What about barbarian tribes? They can give free city to civilization.

But then it's not a real ONE city challenge anymore ;)

But then it's not a real ONE city challenge anymore

I agree.

So, settings for Civ4 v1.61 will be...

Map: Pangaea
Size: Standard
Climate: Temperate
Sealevel: Medium
Era: Ancient
Speed: Quick
Shoreline: Random

Options...

no barbarians
one-city challenge

Victories... all

Players...

3 human
4 ai, all random

I want to be Catherine of the Russians...

I'll do a OCC .. I tried one a few months ago and it disintegrated in the first 10 turns. Anyway, give me a random civ, and all settings are ok except for no barbs. OCC implies that you can have only one city, and when you take another one over, it will be razed, so there is no need to turn barbs off to avoid us getting other cities, because it is already built in.

Well, I think we are ready to take off...

Is it possible to have another player?

I certainly wouldn't mind, CH, but patrola hasn't been on since the 16th, so... :confused:

If he doesn't show in a few days, I might steal the idea and start one myself. ;)

If he won't return until Friday I would support your idea...

This peaks my interest also.
If you want another player I would be keen.

Sorry people!!
Your posts from forum.civfanatics.com haven't been transfered to my mail and i was thinking that no other player but Calis and me is interested for the game!!

I have no experience in playing pbem with 5 players... but im ok with extra 2... any ideas?

About no barbs... im ok with barbs... but when i played single player with occ option, one civ was granted with extra city... i assume that barbarians(village) gave that city to them

i would like to be Saladin

I'm fine with any number, but the more you have, the harder it is to track. I suggest either posting in this thread after every turn (a little annoying), or sending confirmation receipts when you receive the save.

i would like to be Saladin
It's your game. :p

I think the ONE city is only allowed for the human player, while the AI can have more of them...

I'd like to be Catherine of the Russians...

ok, then it is all the same about barbarians

about 5 player... i suggest that we post message for each turn as long as possible

so far Calis will be Catherine, Sweetacshon random and me Saladin
i will pm classical_hero and g_storrow for their choices

I will be Julius Caesar.

sorry about the delay I will be Bismark please.

i have one more request before we can start the game...

send me message with your email
password for the game
(and time zone, only for sweetacshon if it's different from +6)

by pm or mail zvonko.kutlesa@gmail.com

tx

How many AI, now that we have 5?

i was thinking 4 AI... that will be 9 civ on standard map...

ok now i have enough information to setup a game...

game name
=========

OCC PBEM

players
=========

Calis ... Catherine ... noble
Sweetacshon ... Ghandi ... noble
classical_hero ... Julius Caesar ... noble
g_storrow ... Bismarck ... noble
patrola_snova ... Saladin ... noble
4 x AI ... random ... noble

settings
=========

map ... pangaea
size ... standard
climate ... temperate
sealevel ... medium
era ... ancient
speed ... quick
shoreline ... random

options
=========

one city challenge

victories
=========

all

turn
=========

me -> Calis -> g_storrow -> sweetacshon -> classical_hero -> me

...played and sent to Calis...

GPS to g_storrow...

Can you send a turn order email, so that we can have all the players in it for diplo needs also.

Played and sent to CH. I never really play OCCs, but selecting the site is quite tense, isn't it?

I know. 10 char¬

game sent...

GPS to g_storrow...

GPS to sweetacshon

and to CH.

if someone wants to read about one city challenge game...

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=144787

GPS to g_storrow...

Twasn't posted, but I received and sent the ave to CH.

game sent...

GPS to g_storrow...

GPS to g_storrow...

Oops... yep, received from g, who seems to have disappeared from this thread, and onto CH.

GPS to sweet 4 hrs ago. how come sweet seems to have sent it on before I got it.3760BC . very strange?

I tend not to post GPS at all as it is not normally me who holds it up that much. If you want me to then say so.

You mean the time stamp? I am +10 GMT, and you'd be 0(ish), so that's probably it.

Oh right, you mean I posted before I actually played... well, I forgot to post when I first sent the previous turn, and the turnaround was so quick that it seemed as if I posted before playing...

You mean the time stamp? I am +10 GMT, and you'd be 0(ish), so that's probably it.

Oh right, you mean I posted before I actually played... well, I forgot to post when I first sent the previous turn, and the turnaround was so quick that it seemed as if I posted before playing...

I thought and I am pretty sure it does change the time of the message to the users time zone. Must have been a quick turnaround.

:bump:

Where's the game???

Rec'd and sent my last to CH on 3rd April.

I have sent it onto patrola_snova on the same day.

I'm sorry! I received and played on same day (3.4), but haven't sent...

sending now...

GPS to g_storrow...

..and to CH.

GPS. I just met some AI in this game.

good luck hero... game sent...

GPS to g_storrow...

Sorry, played a day or 2 ago, and didn't post.

GPS to patrolo_snova.

save sent...

GPS to g_storrow...

GPS .. 10char ..

on to CH..

GPS to patrolo_snova.

GPS to Calis...

GPS to g_storrow...

GPS to Sweetacshon

and to CH...

Have you received the save patrola?

No, last save was 3520

Well then it is my fault, as I have played it awhile ago. GPS.

GPS to g_storrow...

Sorry, wrong thread.

GPS to sweetachon on 6th may.

Many apologies, my HD failed spectacularly, and it's taking time to sort out. I have asked a friend to play for me for the moment, and it should be passed along soon.

OK, it took forever, but I finally got someone to play for me, so the game is on again. Many apologies, people.

GPS to Calis...

GPS to g_storrow...

GPS to sweet

on to CH (type more)

GPS to our host.

GPS to g_storrow...

GPS. We have had a few turn go by, just for the causal observer.

@Patrola:Got the save but have trouble playing it as CIV crashed everytime I want to open it. Could you please resend it please?

Patrola resent the file but the error still occurs. Does anybody have an idea?

This is the error:

Runtime error!

Program: E:\Civ4\Civilization4.exe

This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.

:confused:

i have no idea...

Actually, I was getting that same error recently. It was after I reinstalled (my old HD died) and had forgotten to patch warlords to 2.08 before attempting to load a mod.

Are you using a mod? Has anything else been changed recently? And the last straw, have you tried a reinstall?

I find that if you uninstall and the reinstall the game, things should be fine.

I actually didn't change anything and other PBEM files do work. but nonetheless I will reinstall the game and try to play the turn again...

I just reinstalled the game and still the same error!

What to do now?

I use no mods and nothing...

Could Patrola maybe play the turn again and send it afterwards? I have no idea whether this would help...

Hmm... I have no better ideas. It might be worth a try. You could try posting in the tech support thread, also.

I think we keep going back to where we think we got error. Pasting in the tech forum is a good idea also.

Does anybody have a link?

http://forums.civfanatics.com/forumdisplay.php?f=159

There... but honestly, if you click

Civilization Fanatics' Forums > CIVILIZATION IV > Civ4 - Multiplayer & PBEM > Civ4 - PBEM Games > One city challenge PBEM

any of those words, you can navigate anywhere ;p

Oh, you mean a specific thread? I've never needed the tech threads before, but if there's no thread looking like your problem, I'd say create one called "Help! Runtime error!" or something and see what happens.

As Patrola didn't resend yet I posted in the tech forum and hope for a solution...

3160 save sent...

GPS to g_storrow...

Thanks Patrola. It worked with the newly played file...

Played and onto CH.

:wow: G P and S.

Had you given up on this one, CH? ;)

No, it just had been a long time between turns. Well it had been about 3 weeks since I saw the save.

Also I know that g_storrow will be away for a bit over a week, so there will be another delay in this game.

GPS to Calis...

GPS to patrola_snova

GPS to g_storrow...

GPS to sweetachon yesterday

Same to CH.

GPS to patrola_snova

GPS to g_storrow...

on to CH (longer please)

GPS to g_storrow...

GPS sweetascon

Ch is next up

not any more.

GPS to g_storrow...

nice and quick

I can't play at least one week, starting from tomorrow...

There is the issue of the patch. I've already patched.. what does everyone want to do?

There is the issue of the patch. I've already patched.. what does everyone want to do?

The question is, does the save work with the patch?

I have other PBEMs running and didn't patch so far. If the save doesn't work, I won't update...

From what I've read, the save game can be "updated" by the admin "unlocking" it in the old version, saving it, loading in the new version, and saving it again. Haven't tried it personally, though.

I havent patched yet.

I have patched, but I have dual installed so I was able to play the save, :D
GPS.

I have now sent the proper save.

SO where is the save now?

Is it dead?

Perhaps. I have no idea where the save is. Anyone else?

The last time I saw it was when I sent it to our host.

ok i'm back now... sorry form delay... i was on holiday
gps to Calis

GPS to g_storrow...

sorry forgot to play last night. I have a separate machine for non patched versions. who started this game? Are they gonig to patch next time they get it?

i don't understand... who are they? what patch?

i don't understand... who are they? what patch?

You are kidding, aren't you?

They = "who started this game?"
what patch = 2.13, you know, the one everyone's been talking about since BtS came out?

sorry I have been slow playing tunr need to use old machine. will play tonight.

turn passed on.

will the originator of the game( whover that is) be able to patch the game when it gets to them?

turn passed on.

will the originator of the game( whover that is) be able to patch the game when it gets to them?

Sorry, but aren't you able to read the first post of this thread? This is a very unkind behavior. If you are really interested in this game you should know who started it!

you are right, sorry but I am in a lot of games.

Where is the save?

i passed it onto simpsonwise a few days ago.,

Yep, sorry, I missed it, and guess what? I have upgraded, and can't load the game, just like I postulated some weeks back. I still haven't really received any advice, other than apathy implying a negative, that we'll be upgrading. What say you, head of game?

I have several PBEMs and there nobody installed the patch...

I don't want to have the game installed several times...

Isn't it possible to do something about the save, like making it compatible to the most current patch version?

I have several PBEMs and there nobody installed the patch...


That means nobody has BtS... it installs it automatically.


Isn't it possible to do something about the save, like making it compatible to the most current patch version?

Not really, I mean, everyone has to be using the same version.

Give me a bit of time, I'll see what I can do.

What you need to do is a dual install. See if you can make a copy of Civ4 ad then patch it. That is waht I did and it is very simple, since I can do it.

What is happening to this game?

What you need to do is a dual install. See if you can make a copy of Civ4 ad then patch it. That is waht I did and it is very simple, since I can do it.

Apologies. The save is STILL with me, and I don't have a dual install. The problem is that I got BtS some time ago, and it installs patches automatically, which I did not know at the time, hence I could not have backed up my files for a dual install. I am not prepared to uninstall everything, and then reinstall the earlier version, then backup, then patch up, then dual install. It is just too much work. If this game isn't going to be updated to the latest patch, I guess I'm out, which I am disappointed at, but c'est la vie. You should be able to find a replacement, tho.

We need to upgrade the game. The administrator has to do it. A friend of mine sent me this e-mail.

This means that I have to be the one to update the game by first loading it using the previous version, removing the admin password, saving the game, reloading the game with the new version, resetting the admin password, and then playing my turn. While this is a hassle, it is a much better option than remaining on the previous version. Hence, we will be updating these games to their new versions - but please retain a copy of the previous version of Civilization IV and Civilization IV - Warlords (if applicable) to that you may continue to play turns in those of my games that have not yet been updated.

This means that whoever started the game needs to be the first one to upgrade it. As soon as the game administrator upgrades it you need to let the rest of us know so we can play this game with the new save. Unfortunately, that means you may have to play with two versions of the game until all your PBEMs are upgraded. That's a simple process. All you have to do is copy the entire Civ4 folder. Rename your new Civ4 folder to whatever you want (such as Civ4 Old Version). Then patch your current Civ4 game to the new version. Then just play whatever game you are playing with whatever patch the game is on until all your games are played using the current version. As soon as that happens, you can delete your "Civ4 Old Version" folder.

Please read this and we may ne ale to revive the game!!