Kuokkanen
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ORIGINAL: sabre1 Matti, MegaMek is 2 person only, no AI? There is AI. In Lobby screen (where combat assets and maps are chosen, options set, etc.) look for Add Bot button (in Configure Game tab, where maps are chosen). There can be as many players as there are combat assets in the scenario. quote:
Where do I find the 3d interface? No bloody idea! I haven't bothered with it, becouse 2d works just fine to me. quote:
Mechs interest me, so I will pursue Matti's recommendation and see what that is about. It's Classic BattleTech on computer by letter. CBT rules apply, so you'd better get familiar with those. Note: MegaMek includes space combat, which includes WarShips, and atmospheric combat with fighters, but fighters and ground units don't mix properly yet, even though those can be used at the same time (by the rules, fighters should move in the ground unit scale, but right now in MM they move only in AeroSpace map scale where 1 hex equals whole ground map sheet) Classic BattleTech Introductory Rulebook (PDF) Some free BattleTech sourcematerial (PDF) Free BattleTech files - includes rulebooks, sourcebooks, scenario books, record sheets... [edit] For hotseat games, start game multiple times so there are more than 1 MegaMek game window on screen (1 for each player). One of the windows works as a host, where other game windows join as clients using localhost as address (host's IP address for network games). Game settings are exclusively Total Warfare (basic/tournament) rules by default, and Tactical Operations (advanced) rules can be activated under Game Options... button. If you have played any of the computer MechWarrior or MultiPlayer BattleTech titles before, it's bit easier to get into game. Watch for heat levels, keep your fast units on the move, and find wood/partial cover for slower ones. "In real combat speed is life. You go slow, you die." - Sergeant Unther "Dead-Eye" from MechWarrior II: Mercenaries
< Message edited by Matti Kuokkanen -- 1/7/2009 7:40:12 PM >
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