ganggreene51
Skirmisher
posted 07-20-07 11:48 AM
EDT (US)
2 / 13
I also feel that they left something to be desired on the quicksearch options. This portion of the program could have been a more rich, feature filled aspect of the game. Along with Maps I would like to see the civs you are willing to play as an option. Balance would be much less of an issue if you could choose to not play Iroquois or Dutch. This would also cut down on people playing those civs if they could not find a game. Which also brings us to a negative of having more options in quicksearch: you may be waiting a long time to find a suitable match. However, if you are willing to wait you will get the game you want. If you get what you want you can't complain about it.
Oprichnik
Skirmisher
posted 07-20-07 01:20 PM
EDT (US)
7 / 13
I think this is possible already. I'm playing in a tournament where 5 pre-selected maps are to be played at random. Here are the instructions to do this.
For the more adventurous of you, here’s the procedure of making it yourself – just open a new document in standard Windows Notepad and into it’s body insert this text:
<?xml version = "1.0" encoding = "UTF-8"?>
<randomMaps displayName="WCG Random Maps" imagepath = "ui\random_map\unknown" helpText="WCG California, New England, Great Plains, Saguenay, and Yukon." cannotReplace="">
<map>California</map>
<map>New England</map>
<map>Great Plains</map>
<map>Saguenay</map>
<map>Yukon</map>
</randomMaps>
The file then save under the name for example wcg_fastrandom.set and move into the folder C:\Documents and Settings\Jan Steiner\Documents\My Games\Age of Empires 3\RM2 (the name in the italics is the name of your account in Win XP). If you have trouble finding the right folder, then head to the folder with your recorded games, from there go a step back and there you’ll find the RM2 folder. The same applies for the downloaded version.
If somebody tries this, let me know if it worked. I haven't tried it yet.
kanonkaj
Skirmisher
posted 07-20-07 01:26 PM
EDT (US)
8 / 13
if u use the notepad stuff, it will be unrated wihtout exp!?
Oprichnik
Skirmisher
posted 07-20-07 01:58 PM
EDT (US)
9 / 13
Oh will it? I didn't know that.
kanonkaj
Skirmisher
posted 07-20-07 05:16 PM
EDT (US)
12 / 13
oprich:nik well u create a new map i think..
im not sure when u dosnt make a new xs. file