Is there a good way to make Aurora multiplayer?
I Have SM ed many games or Starfire, VBAM, fed and empire etc, Wondering how it is done with this? I have a bunch of players who may be interested
To SM an Aurora game, setup an SM password for yourself so the players don't have access to the SM functions. Setup the player homeworlds, tech and starting forces yourself. To do this you will have to create an 'SM Empire', which is really just a race that you use to generate systems until you find one you like. Then create a player race in that system. You can use SM Mode to modify atmospheres so you don't need a perfect planet to start with. Also, the race will have environmental tolerances based on the planet on which they are created. So if it is a cold, low gravity world then that race will prefer cold, low gravity worlds. Once this is all setup, you will have to email the Stevefire.mdb file to each player at the start for ship design, etc. and during the game when they need to setup orders etc.. The most important thing is that only you advance time. Each player will need to tell you what type of events will require them to make changes to their setup so you can send them the database as appropriate.
Steve
