PBEM Help

[xatsmann]

Is there anyway to get information on how the pbem works in civilization, warlords or BtS?

I've been having a lot of difficulty in setting up pbem games Civ and BtS, I haven't really tried yet in Warlords, and I can't find any information on how it works or how to troubleshoot it. I checked the boards for older messages but I find unanswered pleas for help rather than answers.

For example, I can't get either game to send out an e-mail despite having the correct smtp server name. Is there anything else I should be checking, like a port number? The game saves but when I send it to next player the game opens in MY turn thus requiring MY password and not the next player's turn. However I am playing in a GOTM team game and my saves work fine their but we're all playing the same player.

Anyone have an insight on this?

 

[ICNP]

Yeah like how to set up a PBEM so I don't have to go to my E-Mail site just to send it... Seriously this should be stickyed.

 

[prext]

the smtp is so much a variable, it could take a while to complie every single setting


for instatnce I have DSL service, but there are many providers that offer DSL

so for all those out there it should be your provider

mine ends up being: mail.charter.net

substitute your compnay and/or ending

I could not figure out goggles to save my life


It would be easier for me to do a walk through via msn messenger

just when ....

 

[ruff_hi]

the thing is that if your ISP doesn't use port 25 or uses SSL enabled smtp, then civ4 cannot send your game on - no way. I've been playing PBEM games for over a year and manually sending every game. I recently found that I could send email via my gmail account programatically with vb.net - so I wrote a small application to send the games (see sig).