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Commander

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3 races left to be recd. Final races recd. from the remaining 9.
Deadline has been shifted to Saturday, I see.

@Mogs, do I have to gen the universe and send the files to Ron or just forward the race files to you?

Regards,
Nmid.

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I used to curse when I got stuck in traffic... till I realised I AM traffic.

Re: Stone Age Slog

Thu, 12 January 2012 10:52

Lt. Commander

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Registered: December 2008
Location: GMT -5

I'm still working on my race. I saw it was moved to Saturday and I'm going to take all the time I have to testbed and make a good race. Wink

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Re: Stone Age Slog

Thu, 12 January 2012 11:49

LittleEddie

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Helped track down one or more Stars bugs

Messages: 517
Registered: February 2011
Location: Delaware

I may have to run another test bed and make some changes since we have 12 players

Ed

Re: Stone Age Slog

Thu, 12 January 2012 13:44

sprocket

Chief Warrant Officer 1

Messages: 138
Registered: November 2002
Location: Illinois US

I'm gonna redo my race again also, have it to Nmid by Friday morn at latest.

Dieter of sprockets

Re: Stone Age Slog

Thu, 12 January 2012 13:51

Mogs

Crewman 1st Class

Messages: 39
Registered: April 2011
Location: Liverpool, UK

If you wouldn't mind generating the game & sending the files to Ron, Nmid, I'd be grateful - that way everyone knows it's been impartial. Thankyou for your help in getting this up and running - it's much appreciated!

Re: Stone Age Slog

Fri, 13 January 2012 02:58

jscoble

Warrant Officer

Messages: 116
Registered: January 2008
Location: Cape Town

nmid wrote on Thu, 12 January 2012 13:34

I sent you mine - did you get it?

Re: Stone Age Slog

Fri, 13 January 2012 03:44

Commander

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Ah, it was in my spam folder. Recd it yesterday.
ps - are you also going to be playing in vanilla 2012?

Mogs - Final race recd.
TRSMMaiden - Final race recd.
LittleEddie - Waiting for confirmation.
Sprocket - Final race recd.
Beanspoon - Final race recd.
Jools - Not recd.
Arias - Final race recd.
Kicks - Final race recd.
Jscoble - Final race recd.
Space Turkey - Final race recd.
Greenstink - Final race recd.
Eagle of Fire - Not recd.

[Updated on: Fri, 13 January 2012 03:46]

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I used to curse when I got stuck in traffic... till I realised I AM traffic.

Re: Stone Age Slog

Fri, 13 January 2012 04:40

jscoble

Warrant Officer

Messages: 116
Registered: January 2008
Location: Cape Town

nmid wrote on Fri, 13 January 2012 10:44

Ah, it was in my spam folder. Recd it yesterday.
ps - are you also going to be playing in vanilla 2012?

I plan to. Smile

Re: Stone Age Slog

Sat, 14 January 2012 08:29

Commander

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Stone Age Slog
3 1 3 xxxxxxxxxx (random number I'll set)
0 1 0 0 0 0 0
12
.\Races\mogs.r1
.\Races\maidn.r2
.\Races\ltledy.r2
.\Races\turkey.r1
.\Races\beanspn.r1
.\Races\jools.r1
.\Races\arias.r1
.\Races\kicks.r1
.\Races\jscoble.r1
.\Races\sprocket.r3
.\Races\gstklzrd.r1
.\Races\eagle.r1
1 25
1 26 3
0
1 50
1 200
0
1 200
2 150
StoneAge.xy

I've renamed the race files for my convenience. The in-game name/plurals etc will NOT be affected.

Basically PPS will turn on anytime after 150 years and quite definitely by year 200.

Regards,
Nmid.

Edit - Thanks Arias !

[Updated on: Sat, 14 January 2012 09:27]

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I used to curse when I got stuck in traffic... till I realised I AM traffic.

Re: Stone Age Slog

Sat, 14 January 2012 08:59

Arias

Crewman 3rd Class

Messages: 5
Registered: July 2003
Location: Netherlands, GMT+2

You have "no random events" checked, but the game description states "Random events on".

Re: Stone Age Slog

Sat, 14 January 2012 09:37

jscoble

Warrant Officer

Messages: 116
Registered: January 2008
Location: Cape Town

Arias wrote on Sat, 14 January 2012 15:59

You have "no random events" checked, but the game description states "Random events on".

We want Random Events! We need Random Events! MT! Grin

Re: Stone Age Slog

Sat, 14 January 2012 11:27

kicks

Petty Officer 1st Class

Messages: 61
Registered: March 2005

Yes to random events, races were created having in mind it.

What does it mean the following nmid message???:

3 1 3 xxxxxxxxxx (random number I'll set)
0 1 0 0 0 0 0
12
.\Races\mogs.r1
.\Races\maidn.r2
.\Races\ltledy.r2
.\Races\turkey.r1
.\Races\beanspn.r1
.\Races\jools.r1
.\Races\arias.r1
.\Races\kicks.r1
.\Races\jscoble.r1
.\Races\sprocket.r3
.\Races\gstklzrd.r1
.\Races\eagle.r1
1 25
1 26 3
0
1 50
1 200
0
1 200
2 150
StoneAge.xy

Re: Stone Age Slog

Sat, 14 January 2012 11:44

Commander

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Those were just settings to use for creating a game with pre defined steps. Read more below, (from the help file)

-Use the following command to create a new game/universe without using Stars! setup dialogs: stars!.exe -a game.def game.def has the following format, with arguments appearing in the order and groupings listed:

Game Name Universe Size (0-4) Density (0-3) Starting Distance (0-3) [Random Seed, any #] Maximum Minerals (0/1) Slow Tech (0/1) BBS Play (0/1) .... (other check boxes) Number of Players (1-16) Pathnames to race files, or AI descriptions VC # of planets (0/1) Percent of planets (20-100) VC Tech (0/1) Level (8-26) Fields (2-6) VC Score (0/1) Score (1000-20000) VC Exceeds nearest (0/1) (Percent (20-300) VC Production (0/1) Capacity (10-500) VC Capital Ships (0/1) Number (10-300) VC Turns (0/1) Years (30-900) VC Must Meet (0-7) Minimum Years (30-500) New universe file nameRandom Seed The optional Random Seed number forces the universe to be created exactly the same each time, if you use the same Seed number.

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Re: Stone Age Slog

Sat, 14 January 2012 13:57

Lt. Commander

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Will we get a private forum? Smile

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Re: Stone Age Slog

Sat, 14 January 2012 14:31

Greenstink

Chief Petty Officer

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Registered: January 2011

oohhh a private forum? i like that idea especialy considering the length this game may take Razz

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Re: Stone Age Slog

Sat, 14 January 2012 15:28

Lt. Commander

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Where else would we post useless propaganda? Laughing

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Re: Stone Age Slog

Sat, 14 January 2012 15:58

Commander

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All game files checked and Universe genned.
Decent mineral start and player positions are quite interesting and weirdly random !

Files have been sent to Ron.

I can send out individual game files + .xy files, if anyone is impatient. (I know I am, whenever my games are starting off Razz

).

Regards,
Nmid.

I know my minefields.. but I'm a chaff sweeper.
I used to curse when I got stuck in traffic... till I realised I AM traffic.

Re: Stone Age Slog

Sat, 14 January 2012 16:21

Lt. Commander

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Can we actually do something with those files?

If yes then I'd be interested. Smile

Any idea when the game will be up on AH?

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Re: Stone Age Slog

Sat, 14 January 2012 16:23

Commander

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Well, nothing much except have your 2400's .x file ready to upload when the game gets onto SAH.

It depends when Ron uploads it.

I know my minefields.. but I'm a chaff sweeper.
I used to curse when I got stuck in traffic... till I realised I AM traffic.

Re: Stone Age Slog

Sat, 14 January 2012 16:56

LittleEddie

Lieutenant
Helped track down one or more Stars bugs

Messages: 517
Registered: February 2011
Location: Delaware

You can look at the universe, your position in it,

And Think.....

Re: Stone Age Slog

Sat, 14 January 2012 21:55

Mogs

Crewman 1st Class

Messages: 39
Registered: April 2011
Location: Liverpool, UK

The notification has come through, and the game is up and running!

I'll wait until everyone has their first turn in before setting the auto generation times - once we're going they will be Mon-Fri, 08.00 GMT.

Let me know if you have any problems.