How to I link to my Pitboss Game Quicker?

[Sarge85]

So I've discovered I really like Pitboss games and I'm involved in three different ones, with one on the horizon.

Is there a way to create a shortcut that quickly links to that game? Some are mods.

Currently I Start Civ>Multiplayer>Direct Ip> Type in new IP address each time.

Any ideas?>

Sarge

 

[Elkad]

There is a way. Something involving a bunch of custom civ.ini files and pointers on your shortcuts. Don't remember the details.

However, I just have shortcuts on the desktop for each Mod, and a notepad file with my connection info for each civ. So for my NoScore games, my shortcut points to
"D:\Civ4\Beyond the Sword\Civ4BeyondSword.exe" -mod="mods/NoScore" I use that for any NoScore game and just paste the IP in.

 

[classical_hero]

I generally don't do that, since I play a few games and since some are regular and some are mods I open the game normally and from there I just copy and past the url from notepad.

 

[Giger]

What I usually do is create a desktop shortcut for each game I'm in like this:

"C:\Program Files\Firaxis Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Beyond the Sword\Civ4BeyondSword.exe" mod="Mods\NoScore" -ini=CivilizationIV_mygame.ini

Changing the ini file name each time. And of course specifying the mods if any. Each time you open Civ it will remember the setting you used and save them to the ini file. That's pretty much the best solution i've found. Which Firaxis would have tought that players might have been in more than one game at a time and implemented some kind of bookmarking system.