Chronictank
FH is my second home
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- Jan 21, 2004
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Post to see who is interested
What you need:
- Copy of Medieval 2 Total War
- Game updated to Update 3 (1.3)
- Clouds Across Europe Mod (fixes many ai issues, and adds new factions), it can be downloaded here
How it works:
The campaign is played via the hotseat mechanic (config files etc will be uploaded later after seeing interest), this means that a player does their turn when the turn has ended they save the game and send it to the next person in line.
Now this can either be done via email or a sharepoint on the internet, i am leaning towards the latter as thats how i currently do it with friends.
Choose your faction can either be done via first come first served or random lottery where you are just given a faction. I think a lottery would be preferable to avoid the arguments and whining.
Now the game can be played in various ways
1) Fully auto-resolved
The computer calculates the outcome of every battle
Good Points
= Much quicker as no waiting for battles to be resolved
= No reliance on trust as cpu does the calculations (will get onto this below)
Bad Points]
= Not always reflective of armies as it doesnt take into account real time tactics
= No battle map conflicts (personally i enjoy these), so game is somewhat more shallow as you will build for stats rather than legitimate armies
2) Auto-resolve players only
Player vs player conflicts are resolved using auto but the rest you have the option to fight on the battlemap
Good Points
= More fun as you can fight your battles
= You can use tactics to beat bigger armies rather than rely on number crunching
Bad Points
= Reliance on trust makes it open to abuse, there is no mechanic to stop people just fighting player vs player conflicts on the battlemap
= Longer time between turns
Please post whether you are interested and your prefered method of faction selection (as well as voting above)
What you need:
- Copy of Medieval 2 Total War
- Game updated to Update 3 (1.3)
- Clouds Across Europe Mod (fixes many ai issues, and adds new factions), it can be downloaded here
How it works:
The campaign is played via the hotseat mechanic (config files etc will be uploaded later after seeing interest), this means that a player does their turn when the turn has ended they save the game and send it to the next person in line.
Now this can either be done via email or a sharepoint on the internet, i am leaning towards the latter as thats how i currently do it with friends.
Choose your faction can either be done via first come first served or random lottery where you are just given a faction. I think a lottery would be preferable to avoid the arguments and whining.
Now the game can be played in various ways
1) Fully auto-resolved
The computer calculates the outcome of every battle
Good Points
= Much quicker as no waiting for battles to be resolved
= No reliance on trust as cpu does the calculations (will get onto this below)
Bad Points]
= Not always reflective of armies as it doesnt take into account real time tactics
= No battle map conflicts (personally i enjoy these), so game is somewhat more shallow as you will build for stats rather than legitimate armies
2) Auto-resolve players only
Player vs player conflicts are resolved using auto but the rest you have the option to fight on the battlemap
Good Points
= More fun as you can fight your battles
= You can use tactics to beat bigger armies rather than rely on number crunching
Bad Points
= Reliance on trust makes it open to abuse, there is no mechanic to stop people just fighting player vs player conflicts on the battlemap
= Longer time between turns
Please post whether you are interested and your prefered method of faction selection (as well as voting above)
