PBEM how to include multiple emails in CC

[Panther]

@Ozymandiaswept
One of the downsides of the new dice server was the reduction to only one mail-address in "To:" and one in "CC:".
So in case of more than two active players you need to choose two of you to receive the mails from the dice server.

[Ozymandiaswept]

Ahh i get it now.

I managed to find another thread under PBEM that mirrors what you just said.

Can I ask you a really dumb question - where do we assign nations to players?

I didn't see anything in game setup nor after the game load.

Much appreciated!

Ozy

[beelee]

@Panther said:

One of the downsides of the new dice server was the reduction to only one mail-address in "To:" and one in "CC:".

yea

no game topic/name id either

Edit
and the in game dice roller results aren't sent to your email anymore either

And it doesn't say what was fighting what. Just dice results instead of 2 Infantry attack 1 Artillery

Definitely a Downgrade

[Panther]

@Ozymandiaswept said:

Can I ask you a really dumb question - where do we assign nations to players?

I didn't see anything in game setup nor after the game load.

This is nothing to be done within the software. You agree who plays which power. And when it is for example Japan's turn the player who chose Japan does the turn for Japan.

[beelee]

@Ozymandiaswept said:

where do we assign nations to players?

Hi Ozzy

you only need to do that when playing in the lobby

[Ozymandiaswept]

Ahh gotchya - so it really is more like playing on a boardgame that everyone is sitting around except the only difference is PBEM. Guess old habits on 42 online AA where you each get a turn set in. Appreciate the timely clarification.

[Ozymandiaswept]

Did i get that right?

[Ozymandiaswept]

Example - if I play Russia and end the turn & not it's my friend, i'm not blocked from doing stuff as Germany but won't naturally as it's his turn versus AA online 1942 where it's restricted. Except in lobby where you have to assign a nation. While i'm at it and I swear i'll stop asking questions - any way to get full screen versus windowed view?

[beelee]

@Ozymandiaswept

Yea so with play by forum you set up the 2 emails, register to dice server and game on.

At end of turn hit turn summary ctrla ctrlc and then save game. Post to your game thread or send a private email.

I'll dig up a example in a bit by Victory with detailed instructions

Edit
Some of this is outdated https://forums.triplea-game.org/topic/4076/1-trout-axis-vs-victoryfirst-allies-g40-house-rules-expansion-by-the-captain?page=1

Edit 2
here's a Game Thread from our Multi showing how it works

https://forums.triplea-game.org/topic/4269/multi-game-2-barnee-trout-vs-alex-panzer?page=1

[beelee]

@Ozymandiaswept said:

I swear i'll stop asking questions

heh heh ask away Recruit your buddies to play on triplea

It Rocks

Edit
I think some of the Lobby Guys starting up a new ladder for Revised i think it is. Idk

@ubernaut do you know of any of the ladder stuff ?

[ubernaut]

@beelee no sorry i dont i think @eyeswideshut seems to be running it now but not sure

[beelee]

@ubernaut

ahh yea that's who I was thinking of. Thanks for the reply. Always like to see new Players here

[ubernaut]

@beelee 🫡

[Ozymandiaswept]

thank you both - i guess i have been trying to setup play by email. Is that harder to do versus by forum? I guess i'm still a bit unclear with PBEM. I don't assign a nation but we agree to it informally. So if I say I'm Russia I play my turn, hit done then Germany is up. So my friend plays but I can still move stuff around - is that working as designed or somehow I set it up incorrectly? Maybe I should try the forum route. Appreciate the openness. We started playing Axis and Allies in 1986 so that kinda dates me a bit.

[Ozymandiaswept]

Just tried to go with the forum option and created a new post under play by forum (4402).

but when I try to Test post i received the following:

An unexpected error occurred! IllegalStateException: Couldn't find an account with the username ozymandiaswept in the selected forum. Please double-check: 1) The selected forum 2) The spelling of your username 3) If your account is correctly registered at the selected forum

[beelee]

@Ozymandiaswept

Hi Ozzy

Stick with us

Some of the stuff doesn't work right now. This is how @victoryfirst taught me to do it and I have done the same ever sense. 2-3 years now and it works for me. I'm on ubuntu fwiw but everyone else on windows. Idk if you on mac will bring in ubernaut but it should work regardless.

this should show you what to do pretty much. disregard the clutter

https://forums.triplea-game.org/topic/4376/playbyforum-first-utrecht

but you start pbem

make sure both emails registered to the Dice server hit register takes you here https://dice.triplea-game.org/

Ignore all the other bullshit and fire up a game

So select game do the email shit make sure both emails registered and o h yea hit "test server" only need to do it once at game start, then you good to go.

Most people do a test turn in local mode then hit PBEM or Forum, they're basically interchangeable and do their final turn in pbem.

It'll say "Dice Server On "bottom right. When your turn is done you hit "Turn Summary" then ctrla ctrlc

Then save game ctrls

post the turn sumarry and saved game to your opponent at your game thread, we create a Game Thread here https://forums.triplea-game.org/category/45/play-by-forum

or you can send emails to each other

Edit
ask if you get stuck. I struggled hard trying to figure it out first time fwiw lol

Then @victoryfirst clued me in

Edit 2
As far as the above error, make sure you had a capital "O" in your name. Idk but the error has it in lower case. Maybe it doesn't matter. Idk. Triplea will @ some names with upper case and then sometimes it comes up all in lower case

[VictoryFirst]

@Ozymandiaswept said:

An unexpected error occurred! IllegalStateException: Couldn't find an account with the username ozymandiaswept in the selected forum. Please double-check: 1) The selected forum 2) The spelling of your username 3) If your account is correctly registered at the selected forum

Lol I added that error message to the game. It is supposed to be more clear for users how to fix the problem. Did you check option 2?

Either way, it does not matter as PBF on the TripleA server does not work at the moment. You either have to choose PBEM and manually post the turn summary as pointed out by @beelee above, or you'd have to move to the Axis and Allies forum where you can use PBF.