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[Incontinenta Buttox]

Morning Chaps

[Askthepizzaguy]

Morning Chaps

Welcome sir.

[Swarbs]

Based on your post in the dual alliances thread I think we should disable real recruitment and use the no waiting mod.

My only problem is will this make my 6.3 install incompatible with the Dual Alliances game? I don't want to have two 6.3 installs...

SS6.3 is good in that whatever sub mods you install your game will always be compatible. You just need to use the SS_Setup.exe file in the mods/SS6.3 directory and choose the sub mods you want to use before you play. The setup file then copies the relevant sub mods in, and away you go!

[Incontinenta Buttox]

If this game goes well, then perhaps we can organise another one using the other popular mod for hotseating. "Kingdoms Grand Campaign Mod"

the Developer - Dave Scarface has also recently released a dedicated hotseat patch for this mod.

[Thanatos Eclipse]

So the final pick for the Orgahs is............(drum roll please)..............Poland

Poland (for those who find rainbows too obnoxious) :P

[Askthepizzaguy]

Wow, I already had an account here, and yet don't remember ever being here before... Freaky.

So we're all totally unfamiliar with SS eh? This should be interesting then.

France, I choose you!

One does not simply




SACK AND PILLAGE




Into Mordrorru

[grouchy13]

the die is cast then brothers StOuFf has chosen Lithuania, so all the teams are in I've begun rattling the war drum on TWC and should have a FP announcement up tonight.

[Mordrorru]

Just make sure you (whoever you are) post all the rules and sub-mods and whatever we are using, preferably in one post, before we start so that we can all be compatible.

[phonicsmonkey]

Morning Chaps

Welcome to the grand old Org old chap!

[Thanatos Eclipse]

Best of luck to everyone!

[phonicsmonkey]

SS6.3 is good in that whatever sub mods you install your game will always be compatible. You just need to use the SS_Setup.exe file in the mods/SS6.3 directory and choose the sub mods you want to use before you play. The setup file then copies the relevant sub mods in, and away you go!

You do this before you play each time? Effectively switching between setups when you load different save games for different hotseats? Just want to be clear before I mess with my install...

[Swarbs]

You do this before you play each time? Effectively switching between setups when you load different save games for different hotseats? Just want to be clear before I mess with my install...

Yep. I'm in two Early hotseats with RR disabled, one Early hotseat with RR enabled (Double Jeopardy) and two Late hotseats with RR enabled. And when I play single player I do so with BYG, Limited Activities, Longer Assimilation and all the other bells and whistles. All you need to do is create a shortcut to the SS_setup file and use that each time you want to start the game - once you've run it the game starts automatically so it hardly takes any extra effort.

[phonicsmonkey]

Yep. I'm in two Early hotseats with RR disabled, one Early hotseat with RR enabled (Double Jeopardy) and two Late hotseats with RR enabled. And when I play single player I do so with BYG, Limited Activities, Longer Assimilation and all the other bells and whistles. All you need to do is create a shortcut to the SS_setup file and use that each time you want to start the game - once you've run it the game starts automatically so it hardly takes any extra effort.

Ace

[grouchy13]

so just so we're reading off the same page brothers SS 6.3 Early Era, Set up options are Savage AI, Disable RR, Enable the No waiting Mod. The rules are as posted on the TWC thread with the suggestions implemented by Phonics.
Are we still good to go for next week?

[Swarbs]

If we're enabling the No Waiting Mod, then we don't need to disable RR - the two options are mutually exclusive. We just need to select "Savage AI" and "No Waiting with AOR". Everyone will also need to install the latest version of the fixes from here:

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=378648

to enable the No Waiting Mod.

Guys from the org (StOuFf and IB) should also install the hotseat patch from here:

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...23#post8291123

so they can keep the Disable RR option for our other SS6.3 hotseats.

[Visor]

ATPG is up.

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...32#post8518232

http://www.sendspace.com/file/zg1r6b

[Incontinenta Buttox]

Hi Swarbs,

I never know about this hotseat patch. I have been playing in the 6.3 "favourites" hotseat without using this.

Will it now screw up this hotseat if I install the patch? and what about single-player? Does it have any effect?

[Askthepizzaguy]

http://www.sendspace.com/file/fmb64s

French are up. Mordorru is PM'ed at TWC with the save.

[Swarbs]

Hi Swarbs,

I never know about this hotseat patch. I have been playing in the 6.3 "favourites" hotseat without using this.

Will it now screw up this hotseat if I install the patch? and what about single-player? Does it have any effect?

It's completely save game compatible for all hotseats and single player. In fact, every submod in SS6.3 is savegame compatible through the use of the SS_setup program. All the submods for SS6.3 go through the setup program. So before each game you just run the setup program and choose the options and submods you want to use.

For the favourites hotseat, choose Early Era, Savage AI, Disable RR
For this hotseat, choose Early Era, Savage AI, No Waiting with AOR
For single player, choose whatever you want. I recommend Gracul AI, BYG IV, Limited Activities and Longer Assimilation for a truly gruelling challenge ;) Try it with Portugal if you want to die horribly...

[Visor]

I recommend Gracul AI, BYG IV, Limited Activities and Longer Assimilation for a truly gruelling challenge ;) Try it with Portugal if you want to die horribly...

I'm gonna give that a shot right now.

[Incontinenta Buttox]

It's completely save game compatible for all hotseats and single player. In fact, every submod in SS6.3 is savegame compatible through the use of the SS_setup program. All the submods for SS6.3 go through the setup program. So before each game you just run the setup program and choose the options and submods you want to use.

For the favourites hotseat, choose Early Era, Savage AI, Disable RR
For this hotseat, choose Early Era, Savage AI, No Waiting with AOR

What would happen if I didn't change these settings before each game. Because I haven't been doing this, although not a problem so far. I must have been using the "favourites" hotseat settings when playing single-player.

[Swarbs]

I'm gonna give that a shot right now.

Byzantium in Late Era is also fun...let me know how far into the red you get... :)

What would happen if I didn't change these settings before each game. Because I haven't been doing this, although not a problem so far. I must have been using the "favourites" hotseat settings when playing single-player.

If you didn't change the settings before playing single player then yes, you will have been playing single player in the same settings as the hotseat.

In general, you should change the settings to match whatever save file you want to play before loading it. If you don't, there is a chance the game will crash, or otherwise screw up. Recruitment is quite likely to get a bit screwed up if you don't get the right RR files in, as your recruitment options will all change, and BYG will probably also screw up badly if you try to load a save game with the wrong settings.

[Mordrorru]

HRE up here.

[phonicsmonkey]

ERE is up

[phonicsmonkey]

Let's move this to the new thread

Please post all save games and chat there from now on...