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PBEM
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 7:41 pm
by Ballan
Hi!
I played Panzer General when i was younger. And no me and my two sons are intrested in bying Panzer Corps. I have never played PBEM. I tryed to read about it but i dint understand how it works.
Do i need to send a mail to whom i play against? Ahh, simply. How does this work, i know there is a server, but dont understand.
Sorry if asked before, but i couldnt find it.
Re: PBEM
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 8:06 pm
by VPaulus
Welcome Ballan.
Yes, usually PBEM games are like you described. But Panzer Corps use a Slitherine's exclusive PBEM system called PBEM++ which is more user friendly.
Let me quote the words of one of our developers explaining how the system works.
PBEM++ is a server based automatic Play By E-Mail system.
So your multiplayer turn games are saved and send through a central server. You can issue or accept MP challenges and in the game your turns are automatically saved and send through the server and your online opponent gets an automatic ingame message, together with a traditional email, it is his turn to play.
All this is done for you by the server, so you don’t have to save the game, send an email, download your opponent’s save game and install it by hand, as is normal with traditional PBEM games, the server and game do it for you.
Turn based strategy games are ideal being played with this new PBEM++ system. On top we are adding more features to it, by all measures the PBEM++ matchmaking service introduced with Field of Glory is a huge success with already more than one million game-turns being played through it.