There are people playing Invade Earth. Multiple simultaneous games today.
Well it's good that some people are still interested... because I randomly decided to work on the Godstorm rules today. I added the last 3 miracle cards, including the rather challenging Aegis, so aside from tie breakers (Pantheon uses the 2210 tie breakers---faith, units---instead of temples, gods) the rules are complete.
Other things I changed are:
-- AI doesn't like plagues any more
-- Changed the RSS namespace on the server list to "http://www.smileygames.net/invade/serverlist/"
-- Added some features to support the new cards.
-- Adjusted AI variables to be slightly more aggressive about continents
-- Fixed a lot of random annoying things, like
* the text not wrapping in private message dialogs
* two Game Starts when you are in a network game
* now the Lobby box automatically refreshes when you connect
-- Fast loading of new games over a network. If you are using a default map (which pretty much everyone does) then instead of sending the whole map file, Invade Earth will just send the name of the map so the other clients can load it locally. It should noticably improve game start times on the internet.
you should probably update it... i might break it ;)
* Version 2.9 is here *
Yay. Also, you don't need Java 1.5 now (instead of 1.6)... higher versions work too.
is the server down?
cause we were trying to get a game going
thanks
ps
great programming
wow that last post seems like im being an ass
what i meant to say was it was a great program so therfore great programming
Temporarily, until Smiley makes a quick change to the serverlist PHP. This afternoon I've been uploading a new version of Invade Earth.
But you can still play if you know the people you are trying to play with. If your server is running, they can connect to your IP address even when the list is down.
not too sure how to direct connect that way....and advice??
The person who is hosting the server should look at the IP address displayed in the server window (4 numbers separated by periods). Then tell (through IM or whatever) the other people what the IP address is and they can copy it into the box in their connection windows. (The box initially says "localhost"---just replace that text.)
ps. the new version isn't backwards compatible--- make sure everyone has 2.9 (Help>About). The good news is games *should* load faster over the internet. Let me know if you can notice it.
still having problems....ggrrr
do you know when the server will be back up :)
whenever Smiley sees this post :)
Sorry you're having trouble.... you should be able to type the IP addres right into the connection dialog.
That's why we have the list most of the time, I guess ;)
OK I fixed it myself... I just changed that script string at the beginning to "/invade/serverlist/" and it seems to work.
hey harvy
tried the direct connect but couldnt figure that out
we are prob going to play today if you would like to put the server back up since we are only smart enough to use that.......thanks for your help and this kick ass program!!1
Kj, it's up now. I just used it.
gotcha
ya there were people playing and i jumped in and they told me that they used firefox for a browser and it seemed to work or just good timing when you put it back up.....but i just tried again on IE and it works......thanks for your help
You fixed it. I'm glad I made that a variable instead of hard-coding it. :)
me too, since I don't know ** about php :)
still having major problems playing
i have no idea what it is but ever since you made the changes we havent been able to play
please help or just put back the old one....or advise because we really enjoyed playing thanks....kj
First of all, make sure everyone playing has Invade Earth version 2.9 --- check the menu under Help > About. The latest version is working, and I've seen other people playing it, but it is not network compatible with earlier clients.
If you all have the same version, please post exactly what is happening and what version of Java you are running (also on the About screen) and operating system. Can you start Invade Earth? Is it only the network connection failing, or something else?
my friend is the one that runs the server....
he has v2.9 as i do to
we both went and installed i think v5.0 of java when the sever wasnt working before
both are using xp
we can both start the game and he opens the sever program and we both can see the room but fail to connect
hope this helps
my aim sn is kj1424
if that helps
Re: Still alive
Sounds great! That reminds me, I still need to make a custom header for the Invade Earth pages. Why do I always finish 90% of a project and then just *stop*...
Do I need to update the server list PHP, or have you done that already?