Dear fellow addicts to FfH!
I am more than happy to announce the
Grand Opening of #erebus!


What is it?

#erebus is a registered chatroom on the same server as #civfanatics. It is based on the idea that we need a chatroom to have excellent multiplayer (MP) meetups (because Hamachi can be a big... :lol:), strategy talks and even question times with developers like Kael (http://forums.civfanatics.com/member.php?u=16695)!

It's a channel maintained by fanatics for fanatics. So come in, say hello and see what's going on! The room is always open and usually you'll find at least a handful of people in there. We might even try to help you with your various questions. :run: But due to the fact that none of us are on the programing team we might not know the desired answer. :blush: But we'll sure try to help. :D


How do I get there?

1) If you have some kind of IRC client (mIRC, miranda, trillian, xchat, ...) you'll find us on: irc.irc-chat.net => #erebus.
2) If you have no bleepin' clue what 1) was about you'll find an easier guide to #erebus in the spoiler. ;)

A) Click (left-click) on the chat link in the menu under the logo, here:

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h277/dot_01/chatonforummain.jpg


B) When the Java applet opens change the channel field from civfanatics to erebus, here:

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h277/dot_01/javachat.jpg


C) Hit "Connect now!" ;)
Current Admins and Ops: philippe (http://forums.civfanatics.com/member.php?u=14532) - Admin dot (http://forums.civfanatics.com/member.php?u=61908) - Co-Admin Calbrenar (http://forums.civfanatics.com/member.php?u=49082) - Operator Vehem (http://forums.civfanatics.com/member.php?u=71205) - Operator ecofarm (http://forums.civfanatics.com/member.php?u=112297) - Operator Jhoniten (http://forums.civfanatics.com/member.php?u=33037) - Operator Snarko (http://forums.civfanatics.com/member.php?u=39224) - OperatorWhenever you come online those guys are your prime target for questions relating to the channel. But that does not mean that they are the only ones you can ask. :p ;) They might just hang out in the channel and be busy with something else, though. If so, the nicks usually read sth like this: philippe|afk or dot|work or sth akin.
You will also find an operator named Guardian. But he's just a bot for helping to run the channel and to keep it open if and when noone is in. :)


Q&A

If you have any questions about #erebus please leave them here in a post. If you're still having trouble with getting to #erebus please feel free to send a PM to me or dot. Your best bet is to send it to both of us at once. ;)

... So long and see you on #erebus!

Thanks for putting this up, philippe!

The very chatroom is still under construction. Therefore it might tend to be boring at the moment. But as always it depends a lot on the people in there. So drop in if you want! :)

Given that the current users seem to be mostly from europe it might happen that for users from elsewhere the room might seem extraordinarily empty. ;) Don't let that bother you. Just come in and check it out.

See you there!

I've been there. Need more people and especially people interested in playing ffh mp...

I've been there. Need more people and especially people interested in playing ffh mp...

absolutely, the room varies from 2 to at peaks 10 persons. We still haven't reached critical mass yet.:sad:

Now I'm here, a small piece of a sheut stone. A guy from russia who is a student, has a work and family and still wastes his time playing games >-<.

Now I'm with you, MORTALS!!!

I'd like a good multiplayer game of Civ4. Maybe we can get together a group and make it a weekly thing. Like, 4 people meet up every Tuesday night or something to play one epic game (no, not marathon speed, but with like 8 computers on a normal to large map).

sounds cool!
although in this process we will have to take in account that any eventual patches might break the game, so to avoid any patch-related probs, attendancy for that particular MP game will be rather important.

Anyway, I'm feeling #erebus is already a good success, but of course the more the merrier! just drop in, persons who are reading this, cause FFH2 really becomes fun when it's MP!

:) I'm happy to announce that for the first time we had two ongoing MPs started on #erebus. :dance:
:( I'd still like to encourage people to come and visit! Especially from other timezones. There's someone there from the States who's desperate to play and always enters the room when most of us Europeans are heading for bed.

The chat is really easy to log into and seems pretty active.

There doesn't seem to be many US players, more would always be welcome.

I'm not sure who this "desperate" US player is though, the only person in there who is from the US is... HEY WAIT A MINUTE!

Anyways, check it out!

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i personally like Dots avatar :D

*Bump
We need more people so come in from time to time!

Dot your avatar is mesmerizing. :crazyeye:

LOL... Yes, there are a couple of good points about Faeryl!

On a more serious note, Philippe, I'm having real trouble getting IIRC working, would love to join you on chat channel, is there any other alternatives as I've tried the options in the OP signatures etc. (go easy as I'm by no means a techogeekwizard)
Like I say, though, I'm 12 hours ahead of GMT, so unless there's any Aussies or Kiwis out there, an MP commitment maybe difficult. Though I could probably manage an all nighter!

hi Darkheart!

Well have you tried to go to the frontpage: www.civfanatics.com, click on chat (next to forum), and in the applet change the channel name from civfanatics to erebus. If it still doesn't work send me an PM, I'll write a tutorial on mirc then how to get to erebus. :)

Ok, so lets stop talk about avatars and start talk about real stuff...

Once I figured how to use mIRC, it was easy to find #erebus.

We play PvP and PvAI, on various settings. Anyone interested in MP play should come to #erebus.

EDIT: I'm in!

Im on the channel right now if anyone wants to jump on and chat about the upcoming changes.

Cool, I'm in.

EDIT: It was fun, I think Kael should do this more often :p

He joins sometimes...

Hmm, it seems as if the channel is mostly used by europeans. No people around in our wee hours or the early morning. :(
Where are you, FfH-players from around the world?

That's :sad:.

I have to say dots right, we need more american or australian or asian players.

I am going to keep this up while I am at work.

oh, and I live in Lexington, KY :)

When I get a good laptop that can play Civ IV I will be up for some games. However atm the best I can run is Freeciv

See, what the problem is?

:crazyeye: :p

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h277/dot_01/statsapril6th.jpg


All times are GMT.

... I think.

We actually had an american yesterday!

<----- The American

Don't let the Swedes take over the channel. Come to the channel now!

The swedes and the german :nono: :)

Anyone looking for MP (multiplayer game) meet me on #erebus!

Anyone looking for MP (multiplayer game) meet me on #erebus!

Don't pick the lizards if he does!!!!! Creation cheats for him :lol:

i've been reworking the topic a bit. i was thinking about a webpage or something to list hamachi networks of any FH2 MP players willing to.

If anybody ever wants to discuss possibilities for Modding FfH, or point out errors in my current modmods or manual, swing on by #erebus :) I am on there almost every moment I am awake (only really offline while in transit to/from classes for the whole 2 hours a day I am in them, and typically on the channel during classes if I can get the university signal to cooperate :p).

One month later things improved slightly:

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h277/dot_01/statsmay6th.jpg


Other news from #erebus:

Kael didn't want to give an ETA on .32 as of yesterday. :(
The American (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=6690753#post6690753) is back on for operator duty on #erebus but is highly likely to be stuck in some traffic jam in Liberty City instead of civilizing Erebus. ;)
I'd still like to encourage people to just drop by and hang out. There's no point in advertising #erebus as a very lively channel. It is not ... At least not permanently ... But the more people hang out, the more happens.
That's my experience from the last few months. :)
I will be away (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=6789259#post6789259) for some time. :wavey:

See you guys and take care!

Could someone post a simplified method of opening #erebus? I don't quite understand... :(

Could someone post a simplified method of opening #erebus? I don't quite understand... :(

A) Click (left-click) on the chat link in the menu under the logo, here:

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h277/dot_01/chatonforummain.jpg


B) When the Java applet opens change the channel field from civfanatics to erebus, here:

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h277/dot_01/javachat.jpg


C) Hit "Connect now!" ;)

:goodjob: If it's still not working please feel free to PM me or even better philippe (http://forums.civfanatics.com/member.php?u=14532), since I will be AFK for the next two weeks.

A) Click (left-click) on the chat link in the menu under the logo, here:

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h277/dot_01/chatonforummain.jpg


B) When the Java applet opens change the channel field from civfanatics to erebus, here:

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h277/dot_01/javachat.jpg


C) Hit "Connect now!" ;)

:goodjob: If it's still not working please feel free to PM me or even better philippe (http://forums.civfanatics.com/member.php?u=14532), since I will be AFK for the next two weeks.

Yep thanks for the guide Dot!. :)

And yeah, don't be afraid to contact me by PM, I'm always more than happy to help. :)

Well I -like- those statistics. How did you come up with the name?

Erebus is the world in FFH

yep im getting heaps of great help with python (thanks snarko and vehem) here!

Recommended!

OP edited and re-designed! Credits go to .

Should this be sticked?

Should this be sticked?
I, for one, would be more than pleased if it were. ;)

I PM woodelf.

To my own surprise the channel is still somewhat alive, so

:bump:

My mIRC screwed up :(

Here in China, always looking for a mp game of ffh,
names kraken

edit:

This should be sticked, i for one would have joined it months ago if i had known it existed.

:) First off: Thank you, Kael for giving this a try and thanks to woodelf for stickying it. :)


Hello again, fellow addicts to FfH2!

#erebus, the chatroom, is up since the beginning of this year. It sadly never really attracted that many people. But it sure holds a lot of possibilities.
Yeah, sure. Anybody could claim that! :rolleyes: ;)

Now, here are some of the possibilities: :goodjob:

You are stuck with some decision in your game? You can't find the answer in the pedia or on the forums? --- Sometimes #erebus is the quickest way to get the desired information. It will be even more so if all the players who can hang around on there do so.
Two of the reknown coders who help fixing stuff seem to hang around on #erebus lately. And they sure like to help and I personally found them quite eager to answer questions regarding the code. So this Thank You is for you, xienwolf and Vehem!
Hamachi can be a big :lol: for MP coordination. as we know. As good as it is to provide a platform, as bad it is as a meetup section, afaik. #erebus has proven quite good for that as well.
... ? ... Feel free to complete this list, fellow users of #erebus. ;)
Well, and here is what Kael wrote in his last PM to me:

[...] Personally I really hope the channel works out. I want lots of people to be on it. But if people aren't using it Id rather not have it using a sticky slot. I was on the channel last night and chatted with one of the guys for a little while, it worked out well. :goodjob:

:deal: Now, here's the deal, fellow addicts and - maybe - future citizens of #erebus!


If you have any questions regarding the channel feel free to post your questions here!
If you'd like to know how to get there, see the OP (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=6363101#post6363101). ;)
If you have any suggestions on how to improve things, please let us know by posting them here!
As you can see from the quote from Kael's last PM the thread remains stickied if the channel gets more people by having the thread stickied. So if you think that this channel would be helpful please come in, hang out, ask for help, give help, and - most importantly - enjoy yourselves! :D
Deal? :deal:

:) First off: Thank you, Kael for giving this a try and thanks to woodelf for stickying it. :)


Hello again, fellow addicts to FfH2!

#erebus, the chatroom, is up since the beginning of this year. It sadly never really attracted that many people. But it sure holds a lot of possibilities.
Yeah, sure. Anybody could claim that! :rolleyes: ;)

Now, here are some of the possibilities: :goodjob:

You are stuck with some decision in your game? You can't find the answer in the pedia or on the forums? --- Sometimes #erebus is the quickest way to get the desired information. It will be even more so if all the players who can hang around on there do so.
Two of the reknown coders who help fixing stuff seem to hang around on #erebus lately. And they sure like to help and I personally found them quite eager to answer questions regarding the code. So this Thank You is for you, xienwolf and Vehem!
Hamachi can be a big :lol: for MP coordination. as we know. As good as it is to provide a platform, as bad it is as a meetup section, afaik. #erebus has proven quite good for that as well.
... ? ... Feel free to complete this list, fellow users of #erebus. ;)
Well, and here is what Kael wrote in his last PM to me:



:deal: Now, here's the deal, fellow addicts and - maybe - future citizens of #erebus!


If you have any questions regarding the channel feel free to post your questions here!
If you'd like to know how to get there, see the OP (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=6363101#post6363101). ;)
If you have any suggestions on how to improve things, please let us know by posting them here!
As you can see from the quote from Kael's last PM the thread remains stickied if the channel gets more people by having the thread stickied. So if you think that this channel would be helpful please come in, hang out, ask for help, give help, and - most importantly - enjoy yourselves! :D
Deal? :deal:

glad to see this god sticky slot, thanks Kael! now that i found the channel i am always in it :)

now if we could only get the oos thread a sticky slot haha :lol: Shdw and I have been trying to post as much data ass possible to help out ;)

As you can see from the quote from Kael's last PM the thread remains stickied if the channel gets more people by having the thread stickied. So if you think that this channel would be helpful please come in, hang out, ask for help, give help, and - most importantly - enjoy yourselves! :D

I think the sticky is helping. The channel certainly seems to have more people in during the European hours that I'm there... :goodjob:

very nice idea...
i like it, and it helps me to quickly resolve my questions. and i have a lot of questions ;)
and sometimes kael is there and you can get some information about the mod ;)

Hi Dot. Ok, I'm good, now.

Shamelessly bumping this for dot :p

<< REMOVED >> by user

Thank you, anw.

no, he already editted it out :P

*bump* free candies for everyone that joins #erebus! don't be shy! :lol:

lol i missed something ...:confused:

yeah, we need more people!!!;)

During the last few days we got two new operators on #erebus.

Jhoniten (http://forums.civfanatics.com/member.php?u=33037) has accepted to join our ranks to cover the evening hours of the lost FfH addicts in the US. Thank you, Jhoniten! :goodjob:
Vehem (http://forums.civfanatics.com/member.php?u=71205) - more or less - is Fall Further (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=264496). And since he's been around on #erebus for quite some time now and has always tried to help where he could (be it coding, gameplay related questions or simple mocking) we asked him if he'd try to help as well. And luckily he agreed. :clap:
Welcome on board, Gentlemen!

greetings to Erebus' latest enforcers of the Law :D

hi. i am not sure if this is the best place to ask, but i am a narnia fan and would like to try the narnia mod for ffh ... but it requires version FfH2.021. I have FfH2.30 and it doesnt want to cooperate. Any help would be welcome. [I searched here and on google and get nada zilch noodle.]

Welcome to the forums, ClasuSiosa. :)

For your question ... I am not sure either if this is the best place to ask. To be honest, I doubt it. But I wouldn't know a better place either. Sorry.

If you are talking about the Narnia Scenario (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=221311) my guess would be that you'd have to have a dual install of FfH since it doesn't seem to have been developed any further than the 2.021 compatible version.

Please give some feedback if this was of any help for you. Thanks.

Do you know where I could find a copy of 2.021? I cant find one.

Well, I really wouldn't know. But you could always start a thread asking if someone still has it or you could hope that Kael reads this and has mercy. ;)

Ok Thanks. How do I start a new thread?

edit: Never mind I figered it out.

Go to http://forums.civfanatics.com/forumdisplay.php?f=190 and click on the "New Thread" button.

I couldn't have put this (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=7326756#post7326756) any better. Thanks, xienwolf and sazzer.

this is just great. Everytime I want to connect, I get a connection refused on the server. I guess it has something to do with my replacement lappy. I'll be back on erebus by the 16th. Take care of it Dot! :)

I miss you! :(

As for taking care: I'm on it! ;)

Well, Kael has been in the chatroom for the last couple of hours. And he said that he'll stay around and even though he'll be working on the code most of the time he'll still 'poke his head in' every now and then.

So, if you're not to busy playing 0.34 or if you have some feedback to give ... drop by. ;)

*alive* just join us!

*alive*

http://www.urb.com/uploads/reviews/cd_reviews/Daft_Punk_Alive_2007_Virgin.jpg

Hey guys, Kael asked for helping with fixing those darn OOS issues. Info and instructions can be found here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=295513).

Thanks for the help!

The chat is dead.

I think we should change that.

The chat is dead.

I think we should change that.
We think that more people should join since quite some time. ;)

But it isn't dead just slow going. I mean, you've been in there for like 20 minutes and already go ahead and call it dead? :lol:

The way I see it there's two ways for you to be more pleased with it.
a) Come back and bring some more patience.
b) Come back and bring some more people. Opening a new thread isn't the best idea for that since it will not help to keep the information bundled. If you wanna help to spread the word just put the message into your signature. That way it get's spread way better.

So, I'd be gald to see you come back at some time or even better ... on a regular basis. :) As for now I'm off to sleep. Cheers.

They changed the chat program recently, apparently. Here on the forum, that is.

:(

can't you connect via the applet anymore?

ah, problem solved just click this link and you can enter #erebus!

http://embed.mibbit.com/?server=irc.irc-chat.net&channel=%23erebus&noServerNotices=true&noServerMotd=true&forcePrompt=true

Alright. I'll re-edit the OP and maybe even provide some code for signatures to advertise it further. ;) But that'll have to wait 'til the weekend.

Thanks for the quick help, philippe.

ah, problem solved just click this link and you can enter #erebus!

http://embed.mibbit.com/?server=irc.irc-chat.net&channel=%23erebus&noServerNotices=true&noServerMotd=true&forcePrompt=true

Hmm, I'm getting "Could not connect: Permission denied" when I try to do this(and /join doesn't seem to work within the client to switch channels using the above chat link).

that's weird. Let me check up on that.

Try this link! (many thanks to Till :love:) http://erebus-chat.tk/

uh... I can't get in. When I click on the chat it just says "pick a username" and has a link to the chat host website. Nothing like the screenie in the OP.
EDIT: didn't see the lnk right above me ;). Add the link to the first post.

<-- Moron.

Didn't see your Edit. :p ;)