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Zilonite
Famous Hero
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posted April 30, 2008 05:46 PM |
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Edited by Zilonite at 18:26, 06 May 2008.
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Isles of Traders (2 on 2)
Just finished huge map-making project (together with famous russian mapmaker Ogo and Signe). Our aim was to create a map that would be suitable for 2 on 2 online gaming.
Here are results of our labours:
Isles of Traders
(this file includes english version of the map as well as an overview of the telereport system to make it easier to get a grip on map)
Big emphasis was on keeping sim-turns right till the end, so there are no meatings of players until day 25. After that its full-speed action, so it should be realistic to finish full game here in about 6 hrs.
Gameplay is intended as highly cooperative between allies (e.g., "megadwelling" on every island (all creatures of lvl 4-7) can be accessed only if your ally will get the key for you)
P.S.This is 0.9 version of the map, which means "almost ready". Almost, because I tested it in hotseat several times, yet there were no online tests yet. So anyone is more then welcome to give it a try and give some feedback or bug report afterwards 
EDIT: link fixed
EDIT2: updated version (sim turn break on day 1 fixed)
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Elvin
Admirable
Omnipresent Hero
Endless Revival
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posted April 30, 2008 06:03 PM |
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Seems playing with multiple opponents is pretty popular lately  Cooperation though gives it a new dimension and no sim turns till week 4 is very promising  So which players are allied? You could add it(if you already haven't) in the description of the map for those who want to play 1v1.
One problem, when I click the link I get this:
Внимание!
Скачивание файлов напрямую по ссылкам запрещено!
Для того чтобы скачать файл, вам нужно посетить сайт и щелкнуть на ссылку загрузки выбранного файла.
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Map also hosted on Moddb
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Warmonger
Promising
Legendary Hero
fallen artist
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posted April 30, 2008 06:25 PM |
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There's something is russian, as far as I understand it means you gave us incorrect link or we don't have access to use it.
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Strider_HL
Famous Hero
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posted April 30, 2008 07:32 PM |
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Holy crap  Perfect maps just keep spawning lately
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Zilonite
Famous Hero
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posted April 30, 2008 09:03 PM |
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uploaded english version of the map somewhere else, link in first post should work now
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MysticPhoenix
Adventuring Hero
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posted April 30, 2008 09:42 PM |
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Thanks for your efforts, Zilo & Co. Unfortunately Sim turns are ended immediately after game starts, that means before players can even move.
We will investigate it, maybe we will find the problem.
Edit: Might be a problem with linked portals?
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Zilonite
Famous Hero
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posted May 01, 2008 09:52 AM |
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Thanks for your efforts, Zilo & Co. Unfortunately Sim turns are ended immediately after game starts, that means before players can even move.
We will investigate it, maybe we will find the problem.
Edit: Might be a problem with linked portals?
Bad news  If anybody could find a cause for this, would be great... Will try to make some tests myown as well.
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MysticPhoenix
Adventuring Hero
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posted May 01, 2008 11:06 AM |
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We think that teleporters which are blocked until day 25 might not recognize that they should be blocked. However, that's just a guess and no idea how to fix it. Maybe blocking them by some strong guards can help?
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Zilonite
Famous Hero
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posted May 01, 2008 03:28 PM |
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We think that teleporters which are blocked until day 25 might not recognize that they should be blocked. However, that's just a guess and no idea how to fix it. Maybe blocking them by some strong guards can help?
Yah, i'm thinking along same lines, because, if there are only two players and they start from opposite sides, sim turns are working...
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insatiable
Supreme Hero
Ultimate N00bidity
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posted May 02, 2008 10:50 AM |
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well... i dont even have to open editor to know is quality stuf, afterall ogo is mebe most complete h5 mapmaker around (both design and gameplay, at high levels)
zilo not so bad either
oh and funnything.. 2 days ago i was making plans on paper for a playable 2on2 with good sims (dueblo allied had good intention but is a disaster- too long and too early sims).. so, i guess you guys beat me up to it
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phoenixreborn
Promising
Legendary Hero
Unicorn
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posted May 02, 2008 04:15 PM |
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I thought any allied map instantly becomes turn based because the game treats an 'ally' as another 'player in range'?
That's what I remember from HoF on LAN.
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Zilonite
Famous Hero
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posted May 06, 2008 06:24 PM |
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Edited by Zilonite at 18:24, 06 May 2008.
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Ogo spent 4 days and finally found the solution for simturn break on day 1. So now simturns should work ok (at least, I hope so... ).
Have fun&hope to see some comments!
Link for downloading:
Isles of Traders
(also updated first post)
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insatiable
Supreme Hero
Ultimate N00bidity
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posted May 06, 2008 07:15 PM |
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at least, I hope so...
shoudnt you be the test-rats instead of us? 
and if still not work properly, im sure you can put your head to do appropriate arrangements, so that sims last at least 20 days..
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Zilonite
Famous Hero
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posted May 07, 2008 08:57 AM |
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Quote:
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at least, I hope so...
shoudnt you be the test-rats instead of us?
and if still not work properly, im sure you can put your head to do appropriate arrangements, so that sims last at least 20 days..
Course, we are testing it as well and it is working properly. Simply - you never know, troubles have a habbit to appear from nowhere  Besides, I hope that testing process in company of 3 other good dudes and couple of beers is not that unbearable
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sxshopper
Known Hero
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posted August 17, 2008 12:28 PM |
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the map seems to be really nice!
but the problem is it's too large and overloaded, i tried 5 times with different people form TOH to play it with 4 players, and the game was loading 10 minutes, and after it loaded there were enormous lags! can u fix that?
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Zilonite
Famous Hero
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posted August 18, 2008 08:51 AM |
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In our test game we didn't experience such problems. Only solution I can think of is that all players should lower their graphic settings to minimum before the game.
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Elit
Famous Hero
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posted August 18, 2008 09:34 AM |
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Quote:
the map seems to be really nice!
but the problem is it's too large and overloaded, i tried 5 times with different people form TOH to play it with 4 players, and the game was loading 10 minutes, and after it loaded there were enormous lags! can u fix that?
Main problem on big maps is they need more memory and good CPU. For winXP 2GB is enough for most maps 1vs1 and 4GB ram is perfect for all maps.
I have 4GB ram but think for 8GB to improve my turn speed play
Its cool to see maps for 2vs2.
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