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PBEM
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 9:30 pm
by Boores
How works the cooperative PBEM? How many Players?
I understand that two players of the same alliance, for example two axis player. But only two players or if possible more?
Thanks

Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 9:45 pm
by doomtrader
Two players at the same time
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 10:23 pm
by Boores
Thanks Doomtrader.

Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 11:12 pm
by gwgardner
This brings up something I hadn't considered: it would be possible to have one player be Germany, another Italy, both playing cooperatively against the AI handling everything else. Or Western Allies for human1, USSR for human2, all others AI. Cool idea.
Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 10:54 am
by IainMcNeil
Yes - coop allows 2 players to split the nations any way they like and battle the AI. It's a gret way to teach peopel teh game. You take the Western Allies and they take the Soviets etc. Or you give them some of the minor western allies like Blegium & Holland so they are involved early on on the west front.
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 4:33 pm
by Grimnirsson
But there's no possibility to have more than 2 players in a scenario, say one playing Wallies, second USSR and the third Germany? Why wouldn't that work?
Are there any other differences between playing the game in single player vs the AI or PbEM? I seem to remember that someone mentioned, that certain things are not active, like options etc. but can't find it anymore.
Thanks,
Grim
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 7:37 pm
by doomtrader
Hi Grimnirsson,
Indeed you are right, the options (called as events), are disabled for players in multiplayer and are handled automatically by the AI.
We have decided to set the game this way to save you sending the game back and forth many times during one turn. However we are going to check the possibility to turn it on for players in future updates.
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 8:19 pm
by Grimnirsson
And what about multiplayer? Would it be possible to change the game so that more than two players could play together (vs and coop)? I don't see the reason to limit this possibility to only two human players.
Grim
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 8:23 pm
by doomtrader
I'm not sure about the limit, but this is how does the PBEM++ server works.