108 replies to this topic

[Cyttorak]

You need to make sure the bot's team is set correctly...either different from you for an enemy, or the same team number as you if you want it as an ally.

[Vincent Vascaul]

I had never heard of this before, I would love to try in out! Anyone willing to take a megamech newb on board for a game?

[Damion Wolf]

I would love to play this game online with some actual players but I haven't a clue how to connect with people.

[Sean Zylos]

Nevermind

Edited by Sean Zylos, 09 January 2012 - 03:35 PM.

[RyannVonDoom]

NaglfarCommando they knew me as.. I'm sure there are whispers on the level 1 and 2/3 servers about me still along with my drunken tirades! Haven't played in years because of the terrible RNG that would screw people hardcore.

[Cik]

if any of you know how to use IRC, you may be able to find games on the sup/tg/ IRC, channel #battletech. at least, i will be there regularly, and am almost always up for a game. i have extensive knowledge and can teach newcomers. post here or PM me.
sup/tg/ irc server:
irc.thisisnotatrueending.com:6667and also, there is a /tg/ megamek channel on rizon(?) but i have no idea what it is. if someone knows, post it here.

Edited by Cik, 10 January 2012 - 12:32 AM.

[Orcinus]

I started playing MegaMek recently (started about 2-3 days before this post, in fact)
Still learning the ropes, but I have some grasp of it... i think

I hope to see some (if not all) of you on the battlefield!

[Cik]

Orcinus, on 10 January 2012 - 01:12 AM, said:

I started playing MegaMek recently (started about 2-3 days before this post, in fact)
Still learning the ropes, but I have some grasp of it... i think

I hope to see some (if not all) of you on the battlefield!

ah good. would you like to play a game sometime in the american tomorrow? i have to go to sleep now, but i'll be up in ~7 hours, if you would like.

[Phelan Kerensky]

Hey all,
First off, I would love to state that I am an avid megamek player. I am up for gaming almost anytime. Keep in mind I am in middle of a house move atm and am also running a Campaign with some friends atm of the Clan Invasion as a sibko of Wolves... I will be more available like I said above after the moving stuff and this campaign are over. I usually do campaigns and sometimes single matches and, for me anyway, the campaigns usually have something to do with the clans. However, I got a few friends that have me do succession wars once in a while. Got to say, this game is really great fun...

[Unclecid]

http://banshee.mekwars.net/mwtracker

the above is a link to tracker for all publicly known mekwars servers.

mekwars is a wrap-a-round program that works with megamek to create a persistent universe with personal hangars, factions, universe map, etc.

cliking on the server name will take you to the servers homepage where you can get their client, how-to instructions and learn what settings that server is using for their universe.

[flessar]

How do you set up a MekWars server your self? I cant find a readme or help guide any where for it.

[Unclecid]

flessar, on 10 January 2012 - 10:28 AM, said:

How do you set up a MekWars server your self? I cant find a readme or help guide any where for it.

http://sourceforge.n...ojects/mekwars/

it helps to know some java.
it can be a bit time consuming i am not sure how much more automated it has gotten since the last time i was involved in the project was a few years ago.
you can contact of of the active devs in the project, their names are at top of page at that link.

[Waffles]

MegaMek Readme said:

To start a dedicated server, use the -dedicated command line switch. A
dedicated server just runs the server, in the console, without a "host" player
in the game. People, including yourself, can join it like a game with a host.
The dedicated server reads the password and port options from the
clientsettings.xml file, or uses the default (no password and port 2346.) If you
want the dedicated server to load a saved game, supply the filename after the
-dedicated switch, like this: "-dedicated savedgame.sav". To stop the server,
you will need to tell the Java machine to halt execution, which is CTRL + C on
most platforms.

I know its not a MekWars server, but it might be easier to start up and maintain.

All you really need to know is how to use the terminal on your OS. You'll need to cd to the main folder of megamek and type "java -jar MegaMek.jar -dedicated" it all goes well, you'll see "Redirecting output to megameklog.txt" and thats pretty much it. The IP and port info will be in that text file. A friend of mine has a server running all the time and anyone can reset the server back to default so you don't have to monitor it nonstop. Hope that helps you getting playing sooner.

Edited by Waffles, 28 January 2012 - 10:34 AM.

[Exploding Boy]

Love megamek.

Never tried MekWars.

[Waylandx]

Love this game. Thanks for posting about it!

[Fiachdubh]

Been trying to use The Shack client for two days now but it just keeps hanging during the update so will have to look at others, shame because it looks great.
Would be great if there was an MWO MegaMek group so all us TT noobs can learn together.

[Elizander]

I'd love an Android version of it.

[Sean Lang]

A small group of the A.C.E.S. has been running a campaign. It is very enjoyable when you have a good game master running things!

[Kami Shinigami]

Elizander, on 29 January 2012 - 05:37 AM, said:

I'd love an Android version of it.

Probably not going to happen... far to much screen space is needed between the main screen, the minimap, and the unit detail window. I barely have enough room on my 15" laptop screen.

[Shaka808]

Theres also Netbattletech Classic which is running a 3085 league, its quite different than mekwars as it runs the strategy portion through a web interface to track your economy/units/etc.

Come check it out at

http://www.netbattle...sic4/index.html

The hpk uplink tab links to the forums, send me a message here or there if you want any info or help getting started