PbeM Q's

GraniteStater · Tue Feb 25, 2014 7:42 pm

havi & I are gonna tussle!

All we have agreed on so far is sieds - he the CSA, me the Union (aka Those Spiffy Guys in Blue).

* Where is the How to set Up a PbeM thread? I've done it before in AACW, but any walkthrus are welcome.

* If I have it right:

> OK, I don't really care about replay all that much - not having it I regard as lack of Intelligence and play the darn board as you see it, anyway.

> So, he can host - the CSA starts the game, issues Orders, saves and sends the csa.ord and...what else? He does NOT press end Turn.

> I receive the files, load, issue Orders & End Turn. Then I send...something...back to the opponent.

That's all I can remember right now - maybe i'll open the manual PDF. it's not hard, just gotta get it right.

One of the nice things about PbeM in Cw2 is that you can play to a decision before you have grandkids. Pat & I were pumping out five Turns a night at one point in a game.

minipol · Tue Feb 25, 2014 9:54 pm

5 turns a night sounds like a fast pace. Anyway, better a fast paced game, otherwise one could forget the overall strategy

GraniteStater · Tue Feb 25, 2014 9:59 pm

There's strategy involved? No wonder I'm 0-4.

I copied the procedure as a text file & am co-ordinating with Esteemed Opponent as we type. Thanks, anyway.

soundoff · Tue Feb 25, 2014 10:32 pm

GraniteStater wrote:havi & I are gonna tussle!

All we have agreed on so far is sieds - he the CSA, me the Union (aka Those Spiffy Guys in Blue).

* Where is the How to set Up a PbeM thread? I've done it before in AACW, but any walkthrus are welcome.

* If I have it right:

> OK, I don't really care about replay all that much - not having it I regard as lack of Intelligence and play the darn board as you see it, anyway.

> So, he can host - the CSA starts the game, issues Orders, saves and sends the csa.ord and...what else? He does NOT press end Turn.

> I receive the files, load, issue Orders & End Turn. Then I send...something...back to the opponent.

That's all I can remember right now - maybe i'll open the manual PDF. it's not hard, just gotta get it right.

One of the nice things about PbeM in Cw2 is that you can play to a decision before you have grandkids. Pat & I were pumping out five Turns a night at one point in a game.

OK so if the CSA are hosting each turn they will generate a *.hst file. Its this file that is sent to you. You make your moves and save it. That generates a USA.ord file. Its the USA.ord file that you send back to the CSA player.
He then loads that and does his own move and saves it - it generates a CSA.ord file (of course he could have done his own move before you send yours back) As you say the only thing he must not do is end the turn before he has received yours back and loaded it in.

If you do use the replay feature then the game generates a couple of extra files.....would you believe it called CSA and USA replay files. He just sends you the USA one. :thumbsup:

GraniteStater · Tue Feb 25, 2014 11:31 pm

Thanks. It's always nice to have a concise summary.

Ace · Wed Feb 26, 2014 10:36 am

There is an explanation here:

http://cw2.wikia.com/wiki/CAMAPAIGNS_%26_SCENARIOS

havi · Wed Feb 26, 2014 11:15 am

Tuhannes ace that helps me a lot. First time u see it is always the tricky one.

GraniteStater · Thu Feb 27, 2014 5:28 am

The manual is in error.

It states that the first thing the Host does is send a .trn to the nonHost. Well, after an attempt, it ended up with me Hosting.

April 61 - all the Union can do is make a Treasury decision(s). I exit and the directory has a *hst. I don't see a .trn at all.

So I have 'corrected' havi quite needlessly.

That's what I'm sending - the *hst initially.

Then he issues orders & sends me a csa.ord, right? I load that, issue any more orders & End Turn.

Then I send him a csa.trn, I assume.

I thought a .hst was a history file - havi called it a Host file & I was quite puzzled.

Thank God for your post, soundoff.

GraniteStater · Thu Feb 27, 2014 5:43 am

Ace's link to the CW2 wiki is authoritative.

The manual is in error.

Maybe we should summarize and sticky this subject. Like for instance, a short list of the 'extra' files that are nice to have, like replay. Any others? I knew this well when I was playing Other People, but...

soundoff · Thu Feb 27, 2014 12:34 pm

GraniteStater wrote:Ace's link to the CW2 wiki is authoritative.

The manual is in error.

Maybe we should summarize and sticky this subject. Like for instance, a short list of the 'extra' files that are nice to have, like replay. Any others? I knew this well when I was playing Other People, but...

Sadly the manual was in error from day 1. As for the 'extra' files there are only the replay files. When the host processes a turn all the game does is generate a new *.hst file. If in the intial game options menu 'replay' is set to 'on' then two additional files are generated by the game at the end of each turn. One called CSA.replay the other called USA.replay. If you are playing PBEM then all the host does is send to the opponent the new *.hst file and the appropriate replay file (not both of them) :thumbsup:

GraniteStater · Thu Feb 27, 2014 4:44 pm

Aw, gee, gotta do it again. Thanks once more.

No .trn's anymore? I just send *.hst's?

soundoff · Thu Feb 27, 2014 5:33 pm

GraniteStater wrote:
No .trn's anymore? I just send *.hst's?

Yup.....that's it. Must admit to start with it had me scratching the ol' grey matter and it's getting older and greyer by the hour :coeurs:

GraniteStater · Thu Feb 27, 2014 7:26 pm

Thanks again, O He of the Impressive Avatar.

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