Dominions 4 - Pink Natajara

[Mraston]

Coincidence?

 

[Malakal]

I didnt have any issues with turn hosting in my games despite that message. Needs more testing.

 

[Caul Shivers]

Just got word from Llama,
It seems the Llamaserver somehow lost it's copy of the nationgen we're using so that might be why the turns are empty.
The game will start once he fixes it, cause Llama is an awesome guy.

 

[Dreaad]

So er, can we have the map....

 

[Caul Shivers]

I'll quote myself on this one,

The fixed version of the map's about 150 miles from me now but it's uploaded to Llamaserver.
You just need the image (tga.file(which you have)) and not the dm.file to play.

BUT! If it means so much to you people I'll do the map again and post it here.

 

[Caul Shivers]

Just heard back from Llama and I'm afraid I've bad news people.

Spoiler

Hi,

Sorry for being slow to get back to you. I'm on holiday in Cornwall now, which is a bit unfortunate as I have virtually no internet access.

Before I left, I fixed the mod. I then quickly tried starting your game, but it didn't work as it said "map not found", which was a mystery as the map file was right where it should be. Then since everyone was waiting for me I had to rush off and didn't even get a chance to email you.

So if you want to fix it from your end, you could possibly try a different map? Don't upload a new map - unfortunately there's an ongoing bug where newly uploaded maps get corrupted, which is very frustrating as I've not been able to track down the problem.

I hope you're able to get it sorted, sorry I can't help more!

llama

I think this pretty much means we won't be able to use a low population map, unless there's something else similar to this on the server. That being said I'm open to suggestion. We can try some other map available on Llamaserver or we could drop the game.

 

[Grimwulf]

I think this pretty much means we won't be able to use a low population map, unless there's something else similar to this on the server.

Actually, I'm pretty sure you got him wrong. By saying "newly uploaded maps get corrupted" he meant .tga files, not .map files. All we have to do is to choose any of the currently existing map, make some changes into the script (apply wasteland + small size to all provinces), and upload the script (not the map) to server. The image might be a bit immersun-breaking (most of the map have hand-drawn forests, lakes and other stuff), but in the end - who cares?

I sugges Merrowmoor. It looks almost like a desert, and only requires some minor fixing (mind the borders, though - we don't need no river crossings and stuff like that).

 

[KoolNoodles]

Yeah let's do that.

Or we pick any old map, bump indies to max, Lvl 2-3 thrones, money/resource/supply multiple at 50% or lower, let the crying commence. Whatever works to make it a hell scape right?

I do like the idea of a wasteland type map though. I need my immersion. Merrowmoor looks shitty enough.

 

[Caul Shivers]

Actually, I'm pretty sure you got him wrong. By saying "newly uploaded maps get corrupted" he meant .tga files, not .map files. All we have to do is to choose any of the currently existing map, make some changes into the script (apply wasteland + small size to all provinces), and upload the script (not the map) to server. The image might be a bit immersun-breaking (most of the map have hand-drawn forests, lakes and other stuff), but in the end - who cares?

I sugges Merrowmoor. It looks almost like a desert, and only requires some minor fixing (mind the borders, though - we don't need no river crossings and stuff like that).

I do hope you're right, cause it seems that last server hiccup might have been caused by me starting this game and if that happens again, well, Llama's on vacation.
I'm going to try to start the game again in a little bit.

 

[Mraston]

Hrmm, I appear to have a problem. No nations appear to select when I go to play the game. What have I dont wrong here?

 

[Dayyālu]

Hrmm, I appear to have a problem. No nations appear to select when I go to play the game. What have I dont wrong here?

Load a SP game with the mod before.

It's a similar problem to the one we had in NationGen.

 

[Caul Shivers]

Load a SP game with the mod before.

It's a similar problem to the one we had in NationGen.

Dayyālu, I'm going to fucking murder you. You could have said this before instead of letting me and Llama puzzle over this.
I'll restart the game once more with the Steppe map which works after all.

 

[Dayyālu]

Dayyālu, I'm going to fucking murder you. You could have said this before instead of letting me and Llama puzzle over this.
I'll restart the game once more with the Steppe map which works after all.

?

We solved it in NationGen with the good old method of trying stuff randomly till it worked. I think KoolNoodles was the first to do it right.

Can you post the correct map? I still don't have the thing in my HD, and other games are damaging my brain too much for complex things.

 

[Mraston]

Load a SP game with the mod before.

It's a similar problem to the one we had in NationGen.

Thanks pal, all fixed.

 

[Caul Shivers]

Jesus Christ. I'm going to murder your fat little hoburgs.

Here's the map we're using.

If you have no nation to select just start a new game with the lagoon mode or load some other SP game with the mod first then you'll be able to play the turn. Thank you sharing this in such a timely manner. Yes, I'm being sarcastic.

EDIT: Also, I hope there's no need to emphasize this but make sure you're using the turn from the latest restart since I restarted the game 3 times in about half an hour, otherwise the game will crash.

 

[Grimwulf]

TIME TO PWN DAT DESURT

 

[Malakal]

Still not working for me, tried the starting SP trick.

 

[Grimwulf]

Still not working for me, tried the starting SP trick.

Didn't work for me either at first. Try this:

1. Turn natgen mod on. All other mods off.
2. Start a differnt game in sp, random map. Choose your nation.
3. After everything is generated and the game is started, save and quit to main menu.
4. Now load the pbem.

Should work this way. Don't ask why.

 

[Malakal]

Didn't work for me either at first. Try this:

1. Turn natgen mod on. All other mods off.
2. Start a differnt game in sp, random map. Choose your nation.
3. After everything is generated and the game is started, save and quit to main menu.
4. Now load the pbem.

Should work this way. Don't ask why.

Did that, still the game doesnt show at all.

 

[Grimwulf]

Did that, still the game doesnt show at all.

Did you rename the folder in "Pink_Natajara"?

 

[KoolNoodles]

You don't have to actually load up a game all the way for the mod to load, just click "create game" and then back out. The slight pause is enough to tell that the mod is loaded. Why it doesn't do this automatically I don't know, as it's a little annoying. As for the other issues, trial and error I guess. That's how I started the other natgen game.

 

[Malakal]

Did you rename the folder in "Pink_Natajara"?

That helped. No idea why the folder name matters but made me notice its Natajara not Nataraja.

 

[Muty]

I don't think that it does, mine is named codexpenis2

 

[Dreaad]

My mechanical Spartans will rule the wastes!

 

[KoolNoodles]

I think I picked the wrong nation.