Rome Total War Multiplayer Campaign

**UltraWar** · May 24, 2006, 03:22 PM

hi,
I will be launching a PBEM game so everyone can play it ^_^

Factions:

Egypt: shadowarmy75
Seleucid Empire: Silver Rusher
Carthage: UltraWar
Parthia: Wishazu
Gauls: Shadows
Germans: kburkert
Britons: Myrddraal [will join 13th June]
Greek Cities: Monarch
Macedon: NinjaHampsterTomie [will use UltraWar's Email Address and computer]
Pontus: AwesomeArcher
Armenia:
Dacia:
Scythia:
Spain: Glaucus
Thrace:
Numidia:

i will email the scripts to everyone to use

Version needed: 1.5

Include Following here:

Your Email Address
Which Faction you want to be

-UltraWar

PS: Play By Email Multiplayer is PBEM

[My Email Is Rhinoknight@hotmail.com]

Code:

This Is The List Of The Factions In Turn....
macedon
egypt
seleucid
carthage
parthia
pontus
gauls
germans
britons
armenia
dacia
greek_cities
numidia
scythia
spain
thrace

Game Will When Problem In Script is fixed

**Shadows** · May 24, 2006, 03:23 PM

Yea, I'm already signed up. Sign up if you dare, because we don't want no sissies playing. J/K, join us we need some more people.

**shadowarmy75** · May 24, 2006, 03:24 PM

I guess we should mention that the battles are auto-resolved.

**Shadows** · May 24, 2006, 03:39 PM

Yes, the battles will be auto-resolved. The game version will be RTW 1.5 without any mods to it. The Romans are unplayable( do to some conflicts between the already signed up players, we decided to remove them from the playable list). Other than that I can't think of any rules we have that i haven't mentioned. Obviously no cheats allowed, the usual stuff.

**Hannibal Barca** · May 24, 2006, 05:22 PM

This sounds interesting, but i'd like to know more about how this will work. Initially, i would like to be included and would like to play as the Germans if possible.

**Shadows** · May 24, 2006, 05:30 PM

Well, I'd love to pass on the information that you're interested to Ultra(he's the one running this show). A little more about the PBEM method: The campaign starter, in this case Ultra will email you the script for the turn we're playing. It is essentially the information for the campaign we're playing, but you only play your turn, hit the end turn button, save it and pass on the onformation to the next person in line. The turns go in this order

macedon
egypt
seleucid
carthage
parthia
pontus
gauls
germans
britons
armenia
dacia
greek_cities
numidia
scythia
spain
thrace

After everyone has played their turn, the list starts over again, and so on until we have a winner.

**Carach** · May 24, 2006, 05:50 PM

does sound interesting, but could be slow paced :/

**Shaun** · May 24, 2006, 06:23 PM

Originally Posted by Carach

does sound interesting, but could be slow paced :/

Well its not play by email for nothing :wink:

So how exactly does this work? It seems complicated, and you havent given us that much info.

**shadowarmy75** · May 24, 2006, 07:03 PM

It is basically a multiplayer campaign. I'm guessing that if two people wanted to and it wuldn't tae too long, some battles could be played out in real life in multi but then how do you reflect the changes in troop numbers? Disbanding?

**Shadows** · May 24, 2006, 08:27 PM

Originally Posted by Shaun

So how exactly does this work? It seems complicated, and you havent given us that much info.

You understand how a succesion campaign works?? In a succesion campaign people play until they get stuck, right? Then they send the saved game onto the next player. Okay? So in a PBEM campaign we are all playing at the same time, and after your turn you send the saveed game on to the next player. Just like a succesion campaign, only instead your're playing with many people.
DOes that clear anything up a little more?? If you still have some questions that I haven't answered, post 'em here and I'll try to explain more. Or maybe Ultra will come around and answer them, he knows more about these gametypes than I do.

**kburkert** · May 25, 2006, 01:01 AM

This is a great idea.

**UltraWar** · May 25, 2006, 11:24 AM

I can help with all questions...

Most importantly.... remember to post your email address so i can contact you

**Carach** · May 25, 2006, 12:17 PM

i think ill hang out of this one (my fav. factions are taken anyway), see how it goes and maybe hook up with u in the next campaign or something.

**UltraWar** · May 25, 2006, 12:26 PM

kburket has pulled out because of what the campaign will be using: Vanilla Rome Total War

**Hannibal Barca** · May 25, 2006, 02:03 PM

Also how will diplomacy work, diplomats asking for alliances etc.

I think i'll sit this one out too. I've got some work to do, but if this sounds successful i'd love to be involved in a second one.

**shadowarmy75** · May 25, 2006, 02:58 PM

Diplomacy will work by e-mail and stuff. In-game Alliances aren't that important anyway. As for trade rights,the AI accepts most of them anyway. I found a site dealing with RTW multiplayer campign a while back and I'll se if I can find it.

Here is a thread at The Guild about it.