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Enriador (1507 D)
26 Mar 18 UTC
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[Upcoming] Renaissance: 1453
Hail diplomats! I wanted to share a very small project I have been working on. Soon we will have the chance to play 'Renaissance: 1453'!
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The Real Wheat (969 D)
29 Mar 18 UTC
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Issue with South American Supremacy Map
Hey, I'm getting ready to start a game with some friends using the South American Supremacy map. It appears the map is starting with a fleet in Bogata, which is a landlocked territory. the variant homepage lists Bogata as starting with an army. Is there is a good way to correct this? Thanks!
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The Ambassador (1948 D (B))
22 Mar 18 UTC
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Forum search idea
Cam the awesome guys that know techie stuff add some functionality to the forum so you can search?
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jason4747 (1633 D)
21 Mar 18 UTC
What happened to the U.S. of Insanity?
Draw?
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Woodruff (1000 D)
22 Mar 18 UTC
Map Markings
I apologize if this is a repeat question or if it's found somewhere obvious, but I'm brand new to vDiplomacy and I can't seem to find what the difference is between the two types of what I believe are SC markings on the Bye Bye Federalism map.

Can someone help me?
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March Madness discussion
Let's have a discussion/argument about this year's tournament.
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Pretz (952 D)
20 Mar 18 UTC
Option to play a variant with fewer than the max number of players?
Hello all,

I and two of my friends love playing 3 player diplo games together. Having gone through the different 3 player maps, I'm wondering if there is a way to play on some of the larger variants, but with just 3 people? For instance, I'd love it if we could play a 3 player game on Fall of the American Empire IV.
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Enriador (1507 D)
15 Mar 18 UTC
Which variant would you like seeing on vDiplomacy?
Is there a variant that you really want to play, but isn't available here yet?

I have done work on half a dozen variants and I would like to pick something else. What's your favorite?
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G-Man (2466 D)
17 Mar 18 UTC
Policy For Site Unavailability/Glitch
What do you mods think about having some kind of policy posted to address when the site goes down or is not functional in the future? You have chosen to cancel the 1st game of Divided States over this, but the last time I was involved in a game that had this happen, the last phase was replayed. So currently, the response isn't consistent.
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WWII Tournament REPLACEMENT NEEDED
^^^

Go to the WWII Tournament thread for details. First come, first served.
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JECE (1534 D)
04 Mar 18 UTC
Join Team Iberia in the 2018 webDiplomacy World Cup
Iberia came 3rd in 2010, 2nd in 2012 and was absent from the 2016 edition. We're late to the party, but hopefully we can pull together quickly enough to register our team before sign-ups close. Are you ready?
The tournament is getting organized now:
http://webdiplomacy.net/contrib/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=298
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Enriador (1507 D)
03 Mar 18 UTC
[Poll] Balkan Gambit
If you are playing Austria and doing a Balkan Gambit, what orders do you give to Army Vienna?

https://strawpoll.com/redwyz6b
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Grahamso1 (1912 D)
01 Mar 18 UTC
“Resigning” from a game
I would never want to do this but what does it mean when I see a player “resigned” from a game
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tobi1 (1997 D Mod (S))
03 Feb 18 UTC
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Improvement suggestions?
I am looking to give some love to my main coding contributions to vdip, namely the interactive map and the TSR in Colonial Diplomacy. Do you have any wishes, improvement suggestions, issues or bug reports with these implementations?
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Enriador (1507 D)
25 Feb 18 UTC
[Classic] Tuscan Opening
Hello guys! I wrote an article on webDiplomacy.net Forum about a "Tuscan Opening" that I will transcribe here for those who aren't members of webDip. I hope you enjoy it!
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Oli (977 D Mod (P))
13 Feb 18 UTC
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New mega-variant: Divided states....
Here comes our largest variant ever: Divided States.
A variant for 50 players!! With 693 territories (270 land, 236 coast, and 187 sea territories).
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Anon (?? D)
15 Feb 18 UTC
Western World 901 Bug?
I am in a gunboat and when I try to see the past orders it tells me there is a bug.

http://vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=33658
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Argentinean Empire (1606 D)
23 Jan 18 UTC
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Prove your historical knowledge!
Since some discrepancies arose from the Winning thread, (what else is new?) here we go. We start with a question, and the person that correctly answers it posts a question of their own, and it continues.
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michael_b (952 D)
12 Aug 17 UTC
Question: Adding Variant(s)
Please see reply.
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michael_b (952 D)
12 Aug 17 UTC
Hello Everyone, how are you doing today? I would like to talk about adding variants. I personally have none now, but know this is an "experimental site" for them (I mainly play on WebDip). I was wondering what the requirements are for making variants. Is any coding experience required (even if there are no "special rules")? Can just anyone make them? Do you delete unpopular ones? How are they implemented? Is there a creator tool that lets you connect a bunch of nodes (territories) together or is it more complicated than that? I would love to discuss this thanks!
michael_b (952 D)
12 Aug 17 UTC
Ok. after viewing some 'code' for a variant. it seems like most of it is copy paste. entering parameters isnt too hard just tedious right?
Vauban (953 D)
12 Aug 17 UTC
I would really really like to know how to make these variants and learn about this coding subject
kaner406 (2181 D Mod (B))
12 Aug 17 UTC
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a good guide to creating a map for coding:

http://forum.webdiplomacy.net/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=754
michael_b (952 D)
13 Aug 17 UTC
Thank you kaner!
Vauban (953 D)
13 Aug 17 UTC
Thanks! I checked the link and went a bit deeper into the variant threads and found this: http://forum.webdiplomacy.net/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=362
However I checked the links that were given and most of them cannot be found by my browser ( which is very annoying). Does anyone know if there has been an update on these tools?
Vauban (953 D)
13 Aug 17 UTC
Oh, and what is the purpose of the download button when you click on a variant?
tobi1 (1997 D Mod (S))
13 Aug 17 UTC
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The tools are unfortunately outdated, but not necessary for variant development. I am pretty sure, that most of the variants on vdip are created without their help.

The guide that kaner posted focuses on the creation of the map png files which is the biggest part of work for variants, that only change maps.
Another (outdated) guide by Oli himself goes a bit further and gives a complete overview of the creation process. It can be found here: http://forum.webdiplomacy.net/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=432. However, there is nowadays a useful tool for entering the raw data into the database. For that I recommend the lab.diplomail.ru, which acts as a replacement of the old website for developing variant, lab.diplomacy.com. If you contact the admin Flame over there with your variant files, he will probably install them for you so you can use the Edit-Tool for entering the territory data into the database.

For additional rules, things get a bit more complicated. For existing rules, it is mostly just copy and paste the code from other variants that use that rule. However, as long as there is no detailed guide on that, I recommend some basic knowledge in php so you know what you are doing and get a satisfying result.

Unfortunately we have lost detailed guides on variant creation with the disappearing of a vdip-wiki due to technical issues some time ago. I am still hoping, that the data can be recovered at some point.

For the further progress after the variant is done and tested, I cannot give much advice. In former days when Oli was very actively administrating the website and things were developed on his lab, finished variants just got ported over here when they were finished (and I am not aware of unpopular variants being removed again). Some even got installed on other webdip installations.
However, it has been a long time since the last variant got installed over here and I am not aware of the current state. But since Oli seems to be returning to website, there is probably no big deal with installing a finally finished variant on this website.
tobi1 (1997 D Mod (S))
13 Aug 17 UTC
Well, the download button is for downloading all the variant data files. Pretty useful, if you want to help the developer of a variant and want to test the variant on a different server.
If you have developer rights for a variant, you can even upload variant files (with a verification process for critical ones).
michael_b (952 D)
14 Aug 17 UTC
How big is too big? I am making a map and am willing to do as much work as I can so the work for the mods/devs are minimal. Mine would have to have a scroll in it similar to the Colonial map. Mine is 3000x~1800. Am done base map. currently adding text and will do coloring soon.
Vauban (953 D)
14 Aug 17 UTC
Thanks Tobi1! That is really helpful! Thank you so much! What do you call a finished variant? One that is completely done with coding and it doesn't have to be coded?
michael_b (952 D)
14 Aug 17 UTC
https://imgur.com/a/9gZTR

Mine is VERY detailed and entails a long game. but I think europe should be chaos in a WWII type variant. NOT DONE though
michael_b (952 D)
14 Aug 17 UTC
My map might be a little different so I was hoping you could help me.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_5fCXUge1FLSjUxdnNkcWJkVGs

For one, I have impassable land territories. (all same color)
But I also have impassable sea territories which are another color.
Hi Michael - like the maps. Nice job. Some thoughts:

1. Where do you see the SCs being for balance? Depending on how you do this and the "timing" of where in WW2 this starts, it'll be interesting to see what the Axis powers control. Likewise is the US position under estimated? Just trying to work out how to get the game balance right while also maintaining historical accuracies. Build anywhere or starting home SCs only?
2. I understand some territories would be impassable as they are true neutrals during the war, but some real life neutrals (eg Sweden, Spain) are able to be taken. Some territories that in real life are not neutral and could be easily taken (Sri Lanka, Corsica/Sardinia, Tasmania etc) are impassable? Some bits of Zaire/Congo I could imagine in "darkest Africa" would impassable but I thought the coastline would be ok. Ditto west of Nigeria. Why is UAE and that chunk of Siberia impassable? Caspian Sea? The Soviets set up their industrial centres in Siberia after Hitler stabbed and sent everything across to the front that way. What's the story with westcoast of South America? Just interested in your thinking/planning on this.
3. The compactness of Europe will be hard to read (let alone fit in units and SC dots) unless you have you really BIG map or some way of expanding the area.
4. No territory/SC for Hong Kong or Singapore?
michael_b (952 D)
14 Aug 17 UTC
Hello The Ambassador,
Im glad you like it. I am just trying to start a project and have not tested it yet. I want to test it before I publish.

1. Its still untested - https://imgur.com/a/vEH5h this is a map I made previously but minor changes have been made since.

build anywhere most likely - again, depends on the first playtest.

kind of hard to balance by making germany strong as they have no colonies.

2. Ill take a look at al those. I mainly made siberia impassable because I love the idea of the USSR fighting a TRUE 2 front war. some of the impassabels are maybe not too accurate i agree. but this is based on WW2. part of the raeasons is to create certain "chokepoints".

3. will work on that once I get free time.

4. singapore was included with malaysia (lived in singapore for 10 yrs, I know their significance) to encourage more naval battle and to save space.

Im still on the fence wiht hong kong.
michael_b (952 D)
14 Aug 17 UTC
This is supporsed to be 1939. i included an unusual portugese empire with an inaccurate brazilian colony to give france, britain and mexico a neighbor. its all still VERY fluid and might change
michael_b (952 D)
14 Aug 17 UTC
just realized i forgot to add all the mexican SCs. (sigh)
michael_b (952 D)
14 Aug 17 UTC
I have provided all the files for download. if anyone actually wants to put some time in to improve it. thats great.
Vauban (953 D)
14 Aug 17 UTC
I really like your map michael! You did put a lot of effort in it! I would love to test it out for you. Thanks for the download, I will practice on it a bit to get the hang developing. Which software do you use?
kaner406 (2181 D Mod (B))
14 Aug 17 UTC
If you have over 256 land territories the. You will need to split up so.e of the map files. Have a look (download) the PNG map images for the WWIV maps for an example.
michael_b (952 D)
14 Aug 17 UTC
@Vauban. I used gimp. I downloaded a map and traced over the whole thing at 50% transparency.
@Kaner. Ill see once i am home thanks!
Vauban (953 D)
15 Aug 17 UTC
Just downloaded it and already working on a new map!
nopunin10did (1041 D)
15 Aug 17 UTC
@michael_b

One troublesome aspect about full-globe maps is that you tend to end up with some regions that super-tightly packed and some that are enormous. It can make the map itself somewhat frustrating to visualize.

This is a bit of a problem with Imperial, though it is at least at a high enough resolution that, zoomed-in, you can see what's going on:

-- http://www.vdiplomacy.com/variants/Imperial2/cache/sampleMapLarge.png

While as a two-player variant, it's a very different experience, I am impressed by the construction of the Cold War map in handling this same issue:

-- http://www.vdiplomacy.com/variants.php?variantID=91
Vauban (953 D)
16 Aug 17 UTC
Okay, I am working a four-player variant about the Corsican Revolution. What exactly do I need to have it ready for coding? I am working on the prototype. If I remember well, I need a smallmap example and a bigmap example, right? Is that all I need to do? Just a small map and a big map
michael_b (952 D)
26 Aug 17 UTC
Hello everyone, I am back. I decided to re-do the map with the same idea so it looked cleaner.

http://imgur.com/YOhdjmq

I took into account suggestions about less impassables, places like singapore.

107 SCs. 60 to win. Am very excited but will not proceeded until it is possible that someone would kindly help me integrate it into VDip.

Ask away!

[PS: The turquioise color (eg. panama, spain, iceland, etc.) is where idle troops wil stand meaning that they will need to be dislodged. nobody controls them and the disband when dislodged.]

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Powers:

Thailand - 3 Supply Centers
A - Bangkok
A - Chiang Mai
F - Phuket

China - 3 Supply Centers
A - Meijiang
A - West China
A - Tibet

South America - 3 Supply Centers
A - Chile
F - Peru
F - Argentina

Turkey - 4 Supply Centers
A - Cyprus
F - Istanbul
F - Ankara
F - Adana

Mexico - 4 Supply Centers
A - Mexico City
A - Chihuahua
F - Yucatan
F - Baja California

Brazil - 7 Supply Centers
A - Portugal
A - Amazon
A - Angola
A - San Paulo
F - Mozambique
F - Salvador
F - Rio De Janeiro

Italian Empire - 7 Supply Centers
A - Rome
A - Tripoli
A - Ethiopia
A - Somalia
F - Apulia


Nazi Germany - 8 Supply Centers
A - Berlin
A - Silesia
A - Munich
A - Austria
A - Rhineland
A - Cologne
F - Danzig
F - Kiel

Soviet Russia - 9 Supply Centers
A - Moscow
A - Leningrad
A - Kazakhstan
A - Stalingrad
A - Siberia
A - Yakutsk
F - Kanchatka
F - Vladivostok
F - Ukraine

Imperial Japan - 9 Supply Centers
A - Pecking
A - Manchuria
A - Shanghai
A - Hokkaido
A - Okinawa
A - Sakhalin
F - Taiwan
F - Japan
F - South-Korea

French Republic - 9 Supply Centers
A - Paris
A - Mauritiana
A - Indochina
A - Western Sahara
F - Tunisia
F - Bordeaux
F - Marseilles
F - Madagascar
F - French Guiana

United States - 9 Supply Centers
A - Washington
A - Michigan
A - Texas
A - California
A - Philippines
F - Hawaii
F - New-York
F - Florida
F - Alaska

British Empire - 12 Supple Centers

A - British Columbia
A - North West Territories
A - Ontario
A - South Africa
A - Bengal
A - South India
A - East Australia
F - Cairo
F - Ivory Coast
F - London
F - Yorkshire
F - Quebec
F - Singapore
michael_b (952 D)
26 Aug 17 UTC
Edit - There are 108 SCs and England has 13 centers. (I forgot about singapore)
michael_b (952 D)
26 Aug 17 UTC
again stupid me:

Italy also has:
A - Benghazi
A - Albania
michael_b (952 D)
26 Aug 17 UTC
As mentioned above, this is a "build anywhere" variant.

Land bridges include:

Tokyo-Kyushu
Gibraltar-Morocco
Panama
Cairo
Denmark-Sweden
Enriador (1507 D)
26 Aug 17 UTC
Did you consider a lower required number of centers to get a solo? Otherwise you'll have either extremely long games or tons of draws.

Very nice map, it has a cool 'personality' by itself and looks well balanced.
michael_b (952 D)
26 Aug 17 UTC
Thanks! I looked at 50 and started coloring nearby SCs for some nations so see how much expansion was necessary. I loaded Europe so 60 is better. Europe alone is like 40.

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Halt (2077 D)
10 Feb 18 UTC
Can't send press during build phase?
Hi, during one of my games, I seem to not be able to send press during build phase? I have been away from the site for a few years, so is this a new feature/rule I'm unaware of or is there something wrong with the game I'm in?

gameID=33649
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nopunin10did (1041 D)
22 Jan 18 UTC
Email notifications?
Does vDiplomacy not have an option to send email notifications upon important game events?

I just recently set up a game, then came back to check on it a couple days later only to find that I'd NMR'd it without even knowing. I couldn't find anything in my email, even in Spam or Trash.
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Enriador (1507 D)
07 Feb 18 UTC
WTA vs Draw-Disvaluated Scoring
What about adding Draw-Disvaluated Scoring to vDip?

It's a mix of Calhamer Scoring (aka Winner-Takes-All) with Draw-Zero Scoring, and has the fortunate effect of pushing players towards a solo unless a draw is absolutely necessary. Solos work like in WTA, but draws are different.
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Grahamso1 (1912 D)
05 Feb 18 UTC
PPSC vs SoS
I couldn’t find the answer in Help.
I know PPSC means in a solo the points are allocated based on supply centre count while in a draw it reverts to an equal split of points like DSS/WTA
For SoS over on WebDip, in a draw the points are allocated on a sum of Squares principle. But Help section doesn’t say what happens in a solo. Same method or reverts to winner takes all? I’m assuming SoS whether draw or solo but checking
Thanks
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Technostar (1302 D)
03 Sep 17 UTC
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"Divided States" - New variant in progress
"Divided States" is a variant where every US state is a country. I am looking for advice about it. See reply for details.
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Greatdjenkins (927 D)
30 Jan 18 UTC
you hippies whats in da hood
come at me bro, when people see u they be like FATYYYYYYYY
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Just a heads up...
I'm headed to our cabin for a week tomorrow. I'll still get internet on the phone when we head into town for dinner each night, but my communication may be lacking in game on any press games.
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GOD (1850 D Mod (B))
27 Jan 18 UTC
Looking for Callifornians
I'm currently travelling through California for a good month and wondered if there's any players out here who'd like to meet or maybe even host me?
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Greatdjenkins (927 D)
22 Jan 18 UTC
Ambassidor is a crybaby
ambassidor, and argentinaian empire looooooooooove fluttershy and dora, although i think argentianian empire might like boots ( doras pet monkey, hes a boy )
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Brenden (898 D)
25 Jan 18 UTC
call me
hey girl
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kaner406 (2181 D Mod (B))
19 Jan 18 UTC
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Mod announcement
Please join us in welcoming gopher to our mod-team. We promise not to let him use his newfound powers to win the "winning" thread.
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