Age of empires 2

[blackhawksniper]

I also would like to play


I can make us a map if you want.

 

[Spitfire'd]

I might have to back out. There's an admin training that starts an hour later and I just got promoted. I'll see what I can do. I will post again if I can't make it, just know that it might happen.

So mark me as tentative

 

[fcQ*eagle(+)eye]

Ok guys, I just realized Tuesday November 24th doesn't exist, it's the 25th but anyway I'm canceling the event for now because most of the persons who answered they would like to participate didn't say if they would come so I'm reporting this.
What about:

Wednesday December 3rd 2008
8PM eastern
Expansion: yes
Host: ScrappyDoo if he can
Vent channel: not decided yet
Possible participants for now:
fcQ*eagle(+)eye
Carmine
Spitfire'd
ScrappyDoo
Blackhawksniper

And btw I still want to know if you would prefer playing free for all, in teams or all of us against cpu.

P.S. You can make us a map if you want blackhawksniper, it would be nice!

The date of this event isn't official, I'll wait to see if most of you are able to make it.

 

[Spitfire'd]

if we could push it back to 9 or even 10 that would work for me, any earlier doesn't work because of volunteer responsibilities.

 

[Carmine]

I would prefer to play a free for all with open teams so that we can scheme and plot! I am definatly able to make it!

 

[Spitfire'd]

oh and yes, my vote is with Carmine to keep it free for all. no computer players either.

 

[ScrappyDoo]

I'd vote for playing later at night too. But I've got Dec 3rd circled on the calendar.

Now, I just need to see if the game will work OK on my PC. It ran fine on the ol' XP box. But now I use a PC with Vista. It can definitely host it hardware wise (Q6600). Just have to see wither AOE will run fine on it or not.

 

[fcQ*eagle(+)eye]

Ok, if I push it to 9:30PM is it still ok for everyone?
I would ask if possible to be there 15 minutes before it starts IF POSSIBLE.

P.S. ScrappyDoo, it would be nice if you could try running it before the event. Thx.

 

[Spitfire'd]

that will work great for me! Thanks.

 

[ScrappyDoo]

I'll load up AOE and try running it this wknd. I've heard there's a performance hit running XP games on Vista, but I'm not sure how much or if anything can be done to minimize the hit.

I'll also place a monitor on the line to see how much bandwidth is used. I only have a DSL line that's rated at 1.5 Mbps. But that turns out to be about 800 to 900 Kbps in practice.

 

[Spitfire'd]

I recall some minor graphical glitches when trying to play on Vista...it was too long ago that I tried it so I can't recall how to tweak it. Nothing that ruins gameplay or anything like that...just annoying.

Again, what version of the game will we be using? I run 1.0 w/ No CD patch, if I need to change that so we can play let me know.

 

[fcQ*eagle(+)eye]

Again, what version of the game will we be using? I run 1.0 w/ No CD patch, if I need to change that so we can play let me know.

Ok, I'm not sure about this, the only thing I know is that with a cd or not doesn't matter because I've played with a friend, he had a cd not me but for the patch, we both had 1.0 so I'm not sure about that I'll make some research.

 

[fcQ*eagle(+)eye]

Ok I haven't found yet if we need to have the same version of aoe2 to play together so I just want to know what version of the game you are using.

 

[ScrappyDoo]

Hm. If I'm hosting, I guess I might be driving this more than I realized. I have the original unpatched, as far as I know, version, but I'll have to dig and see what version I'm running.

 

[fcQ*eagle(+)eye]

Hm. If I'm hosting, I guess I might be driving this more than I realized. I have the original unpatched, as far as I know, version, but I'll have to dig and see what version I'm running.

If you create a multiplayer game it will show you next to your coloured number.

 

[Bas.B]

1 word


Longbowmen


They even outrange towers

QFT. lol I also prefer the AOE II the Conquerors expansion

 

[ScrappyDoo]

Hey, everyone,

I got AOE successfully loaded onto my PC, and I'm planning on trying to connect with EagleEye later tonight to test for tomorrow. I think he mentioned playing tomorrow, Wed, at 8:15 PM CST?

Probably should try to all load up on Vent first.

 

[Frankvader]

i play empire earth

 

[fcQ*eagle(+)eye]

Unfortunately, due to problems with connecting to a game I am canceling this event! Sorry. I will try to solve the problem and find a solution before scheduling a new one! We (scrappy doo and I) tried with hamachi but the whole hamachi thing had several problems last night.

 

[fcQ*eagle(+)eye]

Hey aoe2 lovers I didn't forget I'll probably try to organize a event in some weeks if I find a way to make hamashi work.