Help the newbie

[Captain Pugwash]

I have a question or two about multiplayer cos I'm new to this.

What happens if the host gets disconnected during a game. How to continue.

Do people normally finish a game in one session or is it saved and resumed

What is a time limit per move which you have found works out OK

Would be grateful for some advice

 

[CornMaster]

Pugwash: I have a question or two about multiplayer cos I'm new to this.

OK

What happens if the host gets disconnected during a game. How to continue.

If the host gets disconnected, the game will usually say that everyone else lost connection to the host. And the game will close. On the hosts side it will say that he lost connection to the other players (or sometimes nothing at all) and the game will continue. Normally the host would save at this time, reconnect to the internet, and talk to the players or rehost the game.

Do people normally finish a game in one session or is it saved and resumed.

I've only finished a MP game in one setting twice. Once I destroyed the other guy. (Fishheads

) and the other time I was clobbered (EyesofNight). But I would say for normal games that it's usually saved and continued, but duals (and very competitive war only games) can be finished in one sitting (expecally if the movement is set to simlutateous.)

What is a time limit per move which you have found works out OK

Most people don't use time limits but when I do I find that 1 minute is good to start....then when people start complaining, I move it to 3 minutes....and then finally 5 minutes. But usually we play with no limit.

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Your welcome and I hope this helps you out.


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[Captain Pugwash]

Hey, thanks CornMaster.

Much appreciated.

Another question....is there a way to pause the game to say take a comfort break or amswer a phone call or whatever. In long sessions people must want to break now and then for a few minutes.

Heave ho me hearties

 

[CornMaster]

Originally posted by Captain Pugwash:
Hey, thanks CornMaster.

Another question....is there a way to pause the game to say take a comfort break or amswer a phone call or whatever. In long sessions people must want to break now and then for a few minutes.

Well you could either save the game and reload or set the timer to unlimited and just let it sit. No way to "pause" it as such. But usually after a few hours people are up for a break

Have you joined the ladder yet??? I'm looking for a 3 or 4 player game Monday night and Tuesday night. Probably 2x1x, normal sized map....no AI...etc. If your up for it. Although I do have a game to finish against Fishheads. In a few turns there may not be much of a world left to fight for. (Global Warming!)

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