making interesting savegames available

[Djurre]

Hey guys, allot of people have been uploading their savegames, in order to identify ctdf causes.

I was thinking, since not all of us have masses of time available to build up empires like alexander did, we could make a sticky with some interresting uploaded savegames. You know, campaigns that went very well (i remember a parthian player marching into italy), campaigns that are on an important crossroad, etc. the constant CTD-ing have prevented me from building up anything big. furthest i came was with the macedons where i conquerd illeria, greece, western asia minor, and rhodos.

well, thats just my 2 cents.

[Cheexsta]

If I had my old Makedon campaign, I'd upload it. I miss that campaign

But yeah, this sounds like an interesting idea to me. It might defeat the purpose of having the early-game so difficult when you can just download someone else's game, but I don't think it will be too bad. Most players seem to like building up their own empire anyway, and some players will enjoy the change of scenery with someone else's savegame.

[abou]

I don't think it would be an issue of someone just downloading a savegame and playing rather than just bragging rights - which is cool.

[Dayve]

I think it's a good idea to be honest... There would be no point in uploading, say, a campaign that you've been playing for 3 months where you own 1/4 of the map and can recruit all of the best troops... But if people uploaded campaigns such as, for example, the one i started 2 days ago as the Romani...

I own all of Italy below Arretium and Ariminum, all of Sicily, have a governor in all but 1 city, a small army in Sicily to use incase of an invasion from the sea by Carthage (very unlikely but possible), 2 large armies in forts along border with the barbarians in northern Italy and a small but good quality fleet blockading Carthages' port since they refuse a ceasefire... Someone may want to start a Romani campaign from where i left off since it would cut like 6 or 7 hours of gameplay from the begginning, but i haven't done too much.. You still have the polybian reforms and then later the marius reforms, also building the Roman empire to look forward to...

So yeah i think a sticked thread with links to upload saved games to would be a fairly good idea.

[Reverend Joe]

Speaking of savegames, why has noone started a PBM yet? Or have they? I mean, EB is perfect for a PBM.

(I can't do it, because I, to be perfectly honest, suck. )

[Dayve]

I will start one!










What's a PBM?

[Ludens]

Speaking of savegames, why has noone started a PBM yet? Or have they? I mean, EB is perfect for a PBM.

The possibility was raised some time ago in the Throne Room (the .Org's PBM forum), but I argued against it but because EB was too unstable and too incomplete. The instability has since been adressed, but there are many factions yet unfinished. Still, I would love to play an EB PBM once it is ported to 1.5.

[the_handsome_viking]

Speaking of savegames, why has noone started a PBM yet? Or have they? I mean, EB is perfect for a PBM.

(I can't do it, because I, to be perfectly honest, suck. )

What is a PBM?

[Wardo]

PBM = Play By...............Mail?!

Well, he means turn play, right?

One player plays, say, 5, 15, 30 turns or whatever, then passes on the save-game to another player ad infinitum. Each player posts an After Action Report along with the new save-game, hopefully with cool screenshots or just text descriptions of what happened, perhaps include some RPG stuff, and you got yourself an opportunity to see the campaign unfold into AD without having to sit through 50.000 hours of gameplay.

And there's the whole "team" effort thing and all, you know...like a..uhh balloon party!



Hmm, what's a balloon party?

[Reverend Joe]

Actually, the best PBMs I have seen are based on the lifetime of the rler, not number of turns. That way, each ruler has his own distinct "personality."

Someone try it... it should be entertaining.

[Jarardo]

Sounds cool....

Almost as cool as baloons!

[Dayve]

Ah i couldn't do a PBM... I hate the thought of anybody but me ruling my empire making decisions i do not like etc... But i would love to see other people do one based on a faction leader perhaps or playing 5 years each...

[Foot]

One based on faction leader and with preset rules beforehand (such as Swordmaster's Roman Guide for example) this idea would be great fun, and I would love to see the AAR for it.

Foot

[Geoffrey S]

You could always take it a step further. In Medieval I used to get myself into a particularly difficult predicament and send the savegame to one of my mates; he'd send one back later. Made for some fun challenges.

[Byzantine Mercenary]

i think it would be even better to make interesting scenarios, or everyone start as the same faction and see who can have the most money, after say 40 turns?

[Djurre]

well, what ever, i's just like to play as KH, after they burned pella to the ground. or Carthage, after they secured their holdings in southern italy, or as a unified gaul. etc etc. I'm not a big fan of the eastern factions, because of the massive horse archer rebel armys i encounter there.

but still, the idea is ok, no ?

[Roderick Ponce Von Fontlebottom]

I have a request, does anybody have a Casse campaign in which they have at least conquerd all of Mainland Britain. I want to play my own Casse game, and have already conquered all of britain and ireland before but had to port to .74 so lost the file. I would really apreciate it if anyone would just make it available on Axi-file or somesuch download site, because im going to put my Ptolemaic save in I just have to get to a certain point.