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Total Members Voted: 88

[Halfman]

Fridays or Saturdays anyone?

[Moogie]

That will depend on the time, for me. I can't do AM (GMT) on Fridays. I think Saturdays would give everyone the most flexibility, but I don't really mind which day as long as it's not a Friday morning.


I just tried catching fireballs again, but for some reason the game won't let me. I'm using worship-charged ones this time, and have tried everything, even slowing the game down. I'm not missing, it's just that the hand stays open and does not even attempt to grab the fireball, like any other un-grabbable object. I know it's possible, and I've done it countless times in the past... so why can't I catch them anymore? All my tries have been done in skirmish mode, btw.

[Halfman]

I was just catching fireballs today on land 4. IDK why you wouldn't be able to... Maybe you can't catch ones that you cast yourself?

[Kagus]

I've done it on a number of occasions, to get the most burn for my buck.  I hate it when a perfectly good fireball hooks to the one side and does a dirt nap instead of hitting that granary I was aiming for, so I might as well just pick up the sucker and try again.

Then again, it's been a long time since I played... I might be remembering things incorrectly.


Man, there are few things more entertaining than tossing a pile of poisoned food into a bustling enemy village...  Seeing people turn green, walk around clutching their stomachs as they bring the stuff back to their storehouse and unwittingly contaminate the whole dang food supply...  Then watching as the idiot computer tries desperately to figure out what the hell just happened, going so far as to leash his creature to the village center to provide a sort of healthcare service by healing all the nearby villagers.  Then, once everyone is so sick they can't work the fields, the AI goes to the kindness of topping off their supply via food miracles.

It's so easy, I almost feel bad for doing it.  But then the AI does something irritating, like zooming into my face and shouting "I AM ZOLTHNAR. THIS IS MY HOUSE" at me and then stealing all my lumber, and suddenly I don't feel bad any more.  Would you care for some more toadstool dressing with your fish?

[Moogie]

Shall we start figuring out details for a few games tomorrow? I'll be available at pretty much any time. Is anyone able to host?

[Halfman]

I'm free all day. So whenever you guys want to play I'm down for it.

[forsaken1111]

Oh man I remember this game. I haven't played in a long time.

Hell I don't even know where my disk is, but great game. Wish I could join you guys.

[Moogie]

Oh man I remember this game. I haven't played in a long time.

Hell I don't even know where my disk is, but great game. Wish I could join you guys.

There's still time to dig it out... :3 We can help you set everything up if you don't feel like reading the past 14 pages for clues, heh.

[forsaken1111]

Oh man I remember this game. I haven't played in a long time.

Hell I don't even know where my disk is, but great game. Wish I could join you guys.

There's still time to dig it out... :3 We can help you set everything up if you don't feel like reading the past 14 pages for clues, heh.

I seriously doubt I even still have the game, I haven't even seen it in years. Good memories. Is there anywhere online that offers it cheap as a download?

[PTTG??]

Yarrr, there be not, me matie. It be time to grab ye cutlass and pillage yon server! ARRRRR!

[forsaken1111]

Yarrr, there be not, me matie. It be time to grab ye cutlass and pillage yon server! ARRRRR!

Would a game acquired in such a way work in multiplayer?

[Moogie]

Yarrr, there be not, me matie. It be time to grab ye cutlass and pillage yon server! ARRRRR!

Would a game acquired in such a way work in multiplayer?

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[forsaken1111]

Yarrr, there be not, me matie. It be time to grab ye cutlass and pillage yon server! ARRRRR!

Would a game acquired in such a way work in multiplayer?

PM'd

Well I shall acquire the game by some means then which I will not mention here because tis bad et al.

Now someone mentioned walking me through setup so I would not have to read 14 pages of thread. I would appreciate the time saved in such an event.

[forsaken1111]

I has it. That was fast.

[Moogie]

I shall do my best to oblige.

Firstly, your game should be patched to 1.3 ("Glove patch"). Previous patches not required. This also requires grabbing the P5dll.dll to work correctly, since technically it was meant to be used with that gimmicky modern version of the Nintendo Powerglove, except nobody ever did.

Patch 1.3: http://lionhead.com/Games/BW/Downloads.aspx
P5dll.dll: http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?p5dll (scroll down a bit, "Free Download" box)

(Old info; current plan is to use 1.2. P5dll.dll not needed in this case)

Now you need the Phoenix app to emulate a LAN server and allow us all to see eachother and join the same room.

BWPhoenix: http://www.kayssplace.com/files/index.php?display=970
Extract both the Lobby and Client files + everything else into your B&W folder.


Next we'll run through setting up the client, but first you need to be able to forward/open port 6012 and make sure any firewalls give permission to traffic through there. If you don't have access to your router or can't do that for some other reason, you may as well stop reading here.

Run the Client exe. There's spaces to enter your host's IP and port (which he should've kept as 6012, otherwise he's a pain in the butt). Then all you'd need to do from there is click "Connect" and then "Start B&W". Last time we played, PGGT was the host and he gave us his IP, but for now we'll just have to wait and see who is going to host this time.

Hmm... did I miss anything...?


Edit: And yes indeed, that was blindingly fast. I'm keeping my eye on you as a potential host...