Game Options for CW2 GC PBEM Games

[loudscott]

I'm hoping someone has a definitive answer for this. When playing a GC PBEM game and the Union player sets the Game Options on turn one and creates the initial host file are those Game Options locked for the balance of the game? Especially with dual hosting.
I have done some testing and my tests show that the options used for a given turn are whatever they are currently set at by the player who is executing the turn. So either they are locked at the beginning and can't be changed OR they can be changed and they are whatever the executing player has them set at during the time he executes the turn.

Which one is it?

[pgr]

Great question. My understanding is that the settings are not set at the start. Each Hst. file, (with orders) is processed with the current settings. So if dual hosting, both players need to keep the same settings. (To include the AI settings to handle British or French interventions or Indian activity)

People often dual host to speed things up, but if the settings are different that can lead to odd outcomes. I've found that single hosting has less of a risk of a Hst file getting corrupted.

[loudscott]

Thanks for the reply. The consensus and the testing agree with you.