So I'm starting to get back into Dominions 3, but the single-player isn't as much fun as I think Multiplayer could be.
I've never played online, and I was wondering if anyone wants to play a PBEM (Or Blitz, either one) game against me.
One condition, but I think most Dwarf Fortress players would prefer this anyway.
Dominions 3 has similar problems to WH40k when it comes to fluff and cheese. It seems like the best strategies don't make sense in the lore. Abysian ice mages, Ermor recruiting living independents, weird stuff that shouldn't actually happen (Note that the previous examples may or may not be "best strategies", I was just giving examples of cheesy stuff)
So I'd rather it be a fluff game, where you play the civilizations realistically. Like I said, I don't think that'll be a problem, and I remember a few people in previous threads mention that this bothered them.
Anyway, I guess I should put some info about the game, even though we've had quite a few threads about it.
Dominions 3 is a turn-based strategy game where you play as a demigod, fighting other demigods in an attempt to ascend and become the one true God. You do this through army battles, like a lot of wargames, magic (Some high level spells can lay waste to entire armies, summon nigh-unstoppable monsters, and even affect the entire world), and dominion, which is basically the spread of your influence.
You customize your god from probably thousands of different combinations of physical forms, magic skills, and dominion effects, give him a name (Or let it generate one) and let it pick some titles for him which range from stupid (The King at the Crossroads) to awesome (Master of the Obsidian Blade) and then fight.
It's pretty awesome, although it has a very hefty price tag for its age.
PBEM GAME GOING DOWN MOFOS
List of players (Player - Nation - God)
Cthulhu - Mictlan - Twelve Jaguar, Drinker of Blood, Bane of Men, the Leech, Enemy of Infants
slMagnavox - Kailasa - slMagnavox, She Who Tempers the Spirit, Lady of Strength, Princess of Insects
Cheeetar - Vanheim - Cheetar, the Whirlpool, Patron of Languages
Il Palazzo - Niefelheim - Dogmeat, the Rabid Lord of Chillout, Prince of Primeval Depths, the Unsleeping God, the Fortifier, the Armorer
E. Albright -Atlantis - Shokushu Goukan, God of this World, King of Many Names, Sword of Balance, Patron of Languages
Wiles - Hinnom - Shamash, the Unmoving Master, the Undeceivable God, Prince of Arcane Mysteries
INFO ON JOINING/PLAYING
Firstly, you should only join a game if you've found there's a thread for it on this board, you've read it, and they're still looking for players. Then you should post on the thread saying what nation you'll be. To actually join the game:
- Make sure you have the same mods enabled as the game you're playing in (Preferences->Mod Preferences) although only mods affecting pretender design, such as Conceptual Balance, actually matter
- Go to Game Tools -> Create a pretender god in Dominions. Don't set a password, since for PBEM games they're not helpful and occasionally annoying (e.g. if you need a sub)
- Go to the savedgames/newlords folder in the dominions directory, and find your pretender file (e.g. mid_pythium_0.2h)
- E-mail the file to: pretenders[ at ]llamaserver[ dot ]net
- Crucially, you must have the game name in the subject line of your e-mail - GAME NAME IS
Bay12GamesA few minutes later you should get a confirmation e-mail, and if you check the website you should find your nation added to the list of nations which have joined the game.
If later you think of an improvement to your pretender, you can send it in again. Provided the game hasn't actually started the server will accept your revised pretender, and send you an e-mail to say so.
First, you need to create a directory for the game. Go to your dominions3 directory, open the 'savedgames' folder, and then within savedgames create a new folder with whatever name you want - but generally using the name of the game is a good idea.
So for example for the 'Alpaca' game, I created a directory 'dominions3\savedgames\Alpaca'.
When the game starts, you will be sent a trn file. You need to put this in the game folder you just created. You'll then be able to play your turn as normal using the 'Play an existing game' option in Dominions.
Once you've taken your turn and hit 'End turn', you should find a 2h file in the same directory that you put your trn file in. It'll have a name along the lines of 'mid_machaka.2h' (depending obviously on the age and the nation you're playing). This is the file that contains your orders, and you then need to email it to turns[ at ]llamaserver[ dot ]net. Obviously replace '[ at ]' with '@' and '[ dot ]' with '.' - I've written it funny so that the e-mail address doesn't get used for spam e-mails.
Within a few minutes you should get a receipt e-mail from the server (it checks its emails every five minutes). You can also see who's taken their turns and when the deadline is by looking at the website -
www.llamaserver.net.
If you decide to change your moves you can send a revised turn in to the server, and it will use the file it received most recently from you. It'll send you an e-mail to say so too.
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