[D'rek]

Khellendros, on 12 February 2015 - 02:33 PM, said:

Imperial Historian, on 11 February 2015 - 08:41 PM, said:

Ok ancient homeworld 271 has been shuffled into the deck. There is a text file with the hexes on the google drive folder, I'll send you all a link shortly. I like D'reks idea of doing things through orokos. There is a number at the bottom of the text file, roll a 1d(the number at the bottom of the list), count down the list to the number rolled, select that hex, delete it, reduce the number at the bottom by 1 and save the file. That way everyone should be able to update.

Ok, deep breath. Embarrassing probably-obvious question. How do we change the text file? Do we have to download it, change it, delete the old file, and upload the new one?

I *think* this is right:

You can access the google drive from a web browser and that will let you see any of the text/image files, but you won't be able to edit them. You need to download the Google Drive program in order to actually edit the files - then you get a folder on your computer with the files that occasionally syncs with the internet version. You access the files just like any files on your computer and makes your changes, and the program passes the changes up to the internet version.

[Khellendros]

Blend, on 12 February 2015 - 02:33 PM, said:

Okay, so I'm looking at the stuff on the Google Drive, and just so I'm clear, the hexes in the 200s are Tier 2 hexes, and the hexes in the 300s are Tier 3 hexes, and the 100s are Tier 1 hexes, right?

When it's our turn, we roll a dice? I really have no idea what I'm supposed to do to self-mod, I certainly can't make any changes to the map as I don't have a program capable of doing that, so can I just have someone do my modding like in Eclipse 5?

We roll a dice using the Orokos program online. All rolls can be viewed publicly. D'rek suggested we all name our rolls ME Eclipse 6 so that we know which rolls we're meant to be looking for if we want to check.

That's as many of your questions as I can answer

[Khellendros]

D, on 12 February 2015 - 02:44 PM, said:

Khellendros, on 12 February 2015 - 02:33 PM, said:

Imperial Historian, on 11 February 2015 - 08:41 PM, said:

Ok ancient homeworld 271 has been shuffled into the deck. There is a text file with the hexes on the google drive folder, I'll send you all a link shortly. I like D'reks idea of doing things through orokos. There is a number at the bottom of the text file, roll a 1d(the number at the bottom of the list), count down the list to the number rolled, select that hex, delete it, reduce the number at the bottom by 1 and save the file. That way everyone should be able to update.

Ok, deep breath. Embarrassing probably-obvious question. How do we change the text file? Do we have to download it, change it, delete the old file, and upload the new one?

I *think* this is right:

You can access the google drive from a web browser and that will let you see any of the text/image files, but you won't be able to edit them. You need to download the Google Drive program in order to actually edit the files - then you get a folder on your computer with the files that occasionally syncs with the internet version. You access the files just like any files on your computer and makes your changes, and the program passes the changes up to the internet version.

Cool, thanks. I'll try doing it on my work computer, but it often doesn't let me download programs. My laptop's currently in the shop, so it may not be till late next week that I can start using it.

[Tattersail_]

I have to explore then due to Tapper and Mr provisional CF.

I'll explore North East into Tier 2.

[Tattersail_]

If I were to invest in a laptop which type would you recommend?

[Khellendros]

Tattersail_, on 12 February 2015 - 02:51 PM, said:

If I were to invest in a laptop which type would you recommend?

Depends on what your needs and budget are really. I really liked my Toshiba Satellite, which I use for work (all the various MS Office apps mostly) and some gaming (I only play older and small indie games on it, I doubt it would manage new AAA releases in any form) until the fan stopped working last week, which apparently (reading the internet) is a very common problem for the model.

[D'rek]

Blend, on 12 February 2015 - 02:37 PM, said:

Should I basically just be figuring out what my explore is, then posting the tile on here, then providing whatever I need to provide in terms of like orientation, and then allowing someone else to add it to the map and such?

1. First you need to declare what action you want to do. If it's EXPlore, you need to decide where before you can roll. So you post here "I am exploring south of my HW" or whatever. Figure out whether the place you are exploring is Tier 1, 2 or 3.

2. Go to the shared drive and open the text file for that tier of hexes. Let's use Tier 3 for this example. So you open the "tier 3 tiles.txt" file. Check the number at the bottom, right now it is 32.

3. Go to Orokos.com and go to the Dice Roller. Put "ME Eclipse 6" in the campaign field, put an appropriate description (ie: "Blend - explore - hex roll") and put "1d32" in the Dice to Roll field (XdY rolls X number of dice of Y sides).

4. The dice roller will give you a single number result, somewhere between 1 and 32 (or whatever your Y value was). Let's say it was 14. Going back to the Tier 3 hexes text file, we count down from the top. The 14th hex listed is # 325. That is the hex you've explored.

5. Delete that line from the text file, and decrease the number on the bottom of the file (32 to 31).

6. Go to the "Hexes png" folder on the drive and find hex 325. Take a look at it, post the image here in the forum thread if you can, perhaps, etc. Decide how you want to orient it and post that here.

7. Decide if you want to influence the hex (if you can), colonize, etc. If you get a discovery, resolve that the same way (text file, Orokos). Post the results here in the forum thread.

8. Update the SVG file.


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At a minimum, the player needs to declare their action here on the forum thread, and when they get the hex result needs to decide their orientation and whether they influence it, as soon as possible. The next player is entitled to wait until that is done.

Optimally, everyone would be able to do all the above steps, but I'm sure that won't be the case. Most of us probably won't update the SVG file, and others will do that for us. Just do the most of the above you can, and ask others to do the rest when you post your action. For example, during the daytime I'll be able to see the google drive files but not edit them, so I can do my own Orokos rolls and see the hexes I get, but will ask people to edit the text files.

[Khellendros]

As I suspected, can't download Google Drive on the work computer.

[D'rek]

I'll roll the hexes for Tapper, Tatts and CF

[Blend]

D, on 12 February 2015 - 02:58 PM, said:

Blend, on 12 February 2015 - 02:37 PM, said:

Should I basically just be figuring out what my explore is, then posting the tile on here, then providing whatever I need to provide in terms of like orientation, and then allowing someone else to add it to the map and such?

1. First you need to declare what action you want to do. If it's EXPlore, you need to decide where before you can roll. So you post here "I am exploring south of my HW" or whatever. Figure out whether the place you are exploring is Tier 1, 2 or 3.

2. Go to the shared drive and open the text file for that tier of hexes. Let's use Tier 3 for this example. So you open the "tier 3 tiles.txt" file. Check the number at the bottom, right now it is 32.

3. Go to Orokos.com and go to the Dice Roller. Put "ME Eclipse 6" in the campaign field, put an appropriate description (ie: "Blend - explore - hex roll") and put "1d32" in the Dice to Roll field (XdY rolls X number of dice of Y sides).

4. The dice roller will give you a single number result, somewhere between 1 and 32 (or whatever your Y value was). Let's say it was 14. Going back to the Tier 3 hexes text file, we count down from the top. The 14th hex listed is # 325. That is the hex you've explored.

5. Delete that line from the text file, and decrease the number on the bottom of the file (32 to 31).

6. Go to the "Hexes png" folder on the drive and find hex 325. Take a look at it, post the image here in the forum thread if you can, perhaps, etc. Decide how you want to orient it and post that here.

7. Decide if you want to influence the hex (if you can), colonize, etc. If you get a discovery, resolve that the same way (text file, Orokos). Post the results here in the forum thread.

8. Update the SVG file.


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At a minimum, the player needs to declare their action here on the forum thread, and when they get the hex result needs to decide their orientation and whether they influence it, as soon as possible. The next player is entitled to wait until that is done.

Optimally, everyone would be able to do all the above steps, but I'm sure that won't be the case. Most of us probably won't update the SVG file, and others will do that for us. Just do the most of the above you can, and ask others to do the rest when you post your action. For example, during the daytime I'll be able to see the google drive files but not edit them, so I can do my own Orokos rolls and see the hexes I get, but will ask people to edit the text files.

Thanks D'rek! This is very helpful / will give me something to refer to as a step by step each time it's my turn.

[D'rek]

Tapper, on 12 February 2015 - 11:24 AM, said:

Explore North (sorry Tatts).

Tier 2 hexes before

Spoiler

209
203
202
208
295
205
211
271
207
210
201
206
281
213

14

1d14: 2 [1d14=2]

Tapper explores 203

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Tattersail_, on 12 February 2015 - 02:50 PM, said:

I have to explore then due to Tapper and Mr provisional CF.

I'll explore North East into Tier 2.

Spoiler

209
202
208
295
205
211
271
207
210
201
206
281
213

13

1d13: 3 [1d13=3]

Tatts explores 208

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cerveza_fiesta, on 12 February 2015 - 02:20 PM, said:

Had a look there, nothing earth shattering that I need to research right away.

EXPLORE to the south east -- into tier 2.


Actually...just take that as my move (ie don't worry about confirming provisional). I can't see anything better to do atm.

Spoiler

209
202
295
205
211
271
207
210
201
206
281
213

12

1d12: 8 [1d12=8]

CF explores hex 210



The Tier 2 text file should now read:

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209
202
295
205
211
271
207
201
206
281
213

11
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[Blend]

D, on 12 February 2015 - 03:05 PM, said:

I'll roll the hexes for Tapper, Tatts and CF

I'll wait until you've done that then I'll do my turn (I think I'll be able to update the txt file for you if you need, too!)

[Blend]

I've managed to update the tier2 tiles document, I think.

[Blend]

I was trying to post the hexes that Tapper, CF and Tatts drew, but we apparently can't post PNGs on this board.

[D'rek]

Blend, on 12 February 2015 - 03:21 PM, said:

I was trying to post the hexes that Tapper, CF and Tatts drew, but we apparently can't post PNGs on this board.

Yeah... sometimes you can and sometimes you can't. I'm not really sure what or why determines that.

There should be a way we can link the images from the google drive directly... but I don't know what that method is.


Tier 2 text file looks good Blend, thanks!

[Blend]

D, on 12 February 2015 - 03:23 PM, said:

Blend, on 12 February 2015 - 03:21 PM, said:

I was trying to post the hexes that Tapper, CF and Tatts drew, but we apparently can't post PNGs on this board.

Yeah... sometimes you can and sometimes you can't. I'm not really sure what or why determines that.

There should be a way we can link the images from the google drive directly... but I don't know what that method is.


Tier 2 text file looks good Blend, thanks!

I'm gonna see if I can just create a bunch of JPG files to see if that makes a difference.

[D'rek]

For Tapper/Tatts/CF if you can't just look at the hexes on the drive:

203 - Double Ancients. 1 of each non-advanced cube slot. Discovery. 1VP. X X X _ X _ wormhole pattern.

 203.png (259.81K)
Number of downloads: 3

208 - Discovery. 1VP. X X _ X X _

 208.png (240.26K)
Number of downloads: 1

210 - 1 money, 1 material. 1 VP. X _ X X _ _

 210.png (266.04K)
Number of downloads: 1

This post has been edited by Galactic Council: 12 February 2015 - 03:35 PM

[Tattersail_]

Iota Persei after much research. It wasn't on game 3 map but was on game 2.

I have 4 tabs open on my phone. Does it have an ancient?

I know it has 1 of each planet and 5 out of 6 wormholes.

[Tattersail_]

D, on 12 February 2015 - 03:26 PM, said:

For Tapper/Tatts/CF if you can't just look at the hexes on the drive:

203 - Double Ancients. 1 of each non-advanced cube slot. Discovery. 1VP. X X X _ X _ wormhole pattern.

208 - Discovery. 1VP. X X _ X X _

210 - 1 money, 1 material. 1 VP. X _ X X _ _

Thanks drek. I looked at the wrong hex haha

I'll take it and influence it. Just going to look at worm hole placement

[Blend]

If I make them into JPGs, we would lose the transparency on them.