Picking more than eight civs

Starwolf · Jan 04, 2003, 06:35 AM

Ok this probably is a newbie question, but I cannot find it anywhere on the board:

Is there the possibility to play PTW-Games with more than eight civs on the map ? For example 3 Human players and say 10 Computer-Civs ? if so, how do you set it? because in the host-menu there are only 8 slots....

Thanks for Help,

Wolf

WildFire · Jan 04, 2003, 08:30 AM

Nope, so far, 8 is the max number.

TVA22 · Jan 16, 2003, 10:17 AM

I think this is really a problem. I played my first mp game last night, and to my dismay, the scenario I set up, on a world map, was almost unplayable, because of this limit on civs. This really should be fixed.

Kevinicus · Jan 16, 2003, 10:57 AM

I think it would take way too long to play with 10 12 or even 16 civs!

TVA22 · Jan 16, 2003, 02:25 PM

I think it should be up to the players what kind of game is too long, not firaxis. If it's possible to do it, and I want to, and I paid for the game, we should be allowed to do so.

Knight-Dragon · Jan 16, 2003, 08:46 PM

Yeah, I don't see why the limit's there for PBEM games as well. They shld remove it, at least in the case of email games.

purvisxiii · Jan 17, 2003, 08:15 AM

Amen.

The Earth map w/ 32 PBEM would be awesome!

(Of course it would take a friggin MONTH to weed out the slowpokes!)*grumbles*

Plexus · Jan 20, 2003, 12:16 AM

I wish we could do more than 8...

Oddible · Jan 21, 2003, 02:44 PM

People who are asking to play more than 8 civs are clearly NOT playing via the in-game GameSpy lobby. Have you ever tried to get 8 people together to play??? Ridiculously impossible, but 10... 12... Insane. I can only assume that you are doing this via DirectIP with 10-16 friends whom you know and have committed for a specific time period or at regular intervals. Why else would anyone even propose to play on a map larger than small???

If you are in fact playing as I have described above, let me know for I am interested in a game that goes on longer than the 2 hour small map scrimmage that is about the only game that can ever happen via the public lobby before the host crashes or everyone quits.

purvisxiii · Jan 21, 2003, 07:44 PM

PBEM is the subject at hand.

TVA22 · Jan 21, 2003, 09:15 PM

I play with a bunch of people on the Texas Tech University server, so its a big LAN game, and I have a world scenario on Zeb's Earth map, heavily modified rules, and added units, and we fill the other spots with computer, but it's stupid to just erase half of the civs, because of this stupid limit. I don't care if it's not practical for gamespy, I paid the same price as everyone else, and if I can get a big game going, then it should be my choice, I'm sure it's not very hard to enable this. (pout pout, stomps foot)

Free Enterprise · Feb 24, 2003, 04:34 PM

You can have computer foes round out slots you cannot fill up. I too was apalled that there can only be 8 civs. This ruins large or huge maps.

Jan 04, 2003, 06:35 AM	#1
Starwolf Chieftain Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 4	Picking more than eight civs Ok this probably is a newbie question, but I cannot find it anywhere on the board: Is there the possibility to play PTW-Games with more than eight civs on the map ? For example 3 Human players and say 10 Computer-Civs ? if so, how do you set it? because in the host-menu there are only 8 slots.... Thanks for Help, Wolf

Jan 04, 2003, 08:30 AM	#2
WildFire amour Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: mIRC Posts: 5,176	Nope, so far, 8 is the max number. __________________

Jan 16, 2003, 10:57 AM	#4
Kevinicus 01001011 Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 368	I think it would take way too long to play with 10 12 or even 16 civs! __________________ If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles. -Sun Tzu

Jan 16, 2003, 08:46 PM	#6
Knight-Dragon Hidden Dragon Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Singapore Posts: 19,209	Yeah, I don't see why the limit's there for PBEM games as well. They shld remove it, at least in the case of email games. __________________ Join The History Enthusiasts' Lodge, The Anime & Manga Appreciation Club and The World of Warcraft Players' Guild today!

Jan 20, 2003, 12:16 AM	#8
Plexus Child-eating squid. Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: in: Bay., DE // fr: S. Calif., USA Posts: 7,005	I wish we could do more than 8... __________________ */plexus/*

Jan 16, 2003, 10:17 AM	#3
TVA22 King Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 605	I think this is really a problem. I played my first mp game last night, and to my dismay, the scenario I set up, on a world map, was almost unplayable, because of this limit on civs. This really should be fixed.

Jan 16, 2003, 02:25 PM	#5
TVA22 King Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 605	I think it should be up to the players what kind of game is too long, not firaxis. If it's possible to do it, and I want to, and I paid for the game, we should be allowed to do so.

Jan 17, 2003, 08:15 AM	#7
purvisxiii Chieftain Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 71	Amen. The Earth map w/ 32 PBEM would be awesome! (Of course it would take a friggin MONTH to weed out the slowpokes!)grumbles

Jan 21, 2003, 02:44 PM	#9
Oddible signal / noise > 1 Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 838	People who are asking to play more than 8 civs are clearly NOT playing via the in-game GameSpy lobby. Have you ever tried to get 8 people together to play??? Ridiculously impossible, but 10... 12... Insane. I can only assume that you are doing this via DirectIP with 10-16 friends whom you know and have committed for a specific time period or at regular intervals. Why else would anyone even propose to play on a map larger than small??? If you are in fact playing as I have described above, let me know for I am interested in a game that goes on longer than the 2 hour small map scrimmage that is about the only game that can ever happen via the public lobby before the host crashes or everyone quits.

Jan 21, 2003, 07:44 PM	#10
purvisxiii Chieftain Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 71	PBEM is the subject at hand.

Jan 21, 2003, 09:15 PM	#11
TVA22 King Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 605	I play with a bunch of people on the Texas Tech University server, so its a big LAN game, and I have a world scenario on Zeb's Earth map, heavily modified rules, and added units, and we fill the other spots with computer, but it's stupid to just erase half of the civs, because of this stupid limit. I don't care if it's not practical for gamespy, I paid the same price as everyone else, and if I can get a big game going, then it should be my choice, I'm sure it's not very hard to enable this. (pout pout, stomps foot)

Feb 24, 2003, 04:34 PM	#12
Free Enterprise The return stroke. Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: S.C., 1 of the 50, U.S.A. Posts: 1,608	You can have computer foes round out slots you cannot fill up. I too was apalled that there can only be 8 civs. This ruins large or huge maps.

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