Re: Players wanted for PBEM Pollux .

From: "Birger Mortensen" <bsm@image.dk>

Date: Sun, 17 Aug 1997 00:00:00 +0000

Damian Walker <damian@walley.demon.co.uk>  writes

> In article <01bca439$b9893780$0100a8c0@birger>, Birger Mortensen
> <bsm@image.dk> writes
>Hardware : PC  386/40  4 MB ram, Vga monitor, mouse
>
> I'd just like to point out that the game worked fine on a 386DX/20 as
> well.  It's slow as you'd expect, but playable in the test game I set
> up.

Well - it works on a 286 with about 3 MB ram in the very first turns - but
VERRY slow.

> A question for Birger Mortensen: ISTR the host part of the game can be
> run in batch mode.

Easy: "Pollux.exe /HOST Game1" will host the game in subdir  Game1
And batch mode is text mode only - no need for VGA /mouse.

> Will the host mode when run like this work in less  than 4MB?

No - you CAN use QEMM,WIN 95,WINNT ,OS2 to create some virtual Ram ( DPMI
MEM ) but even host of the verry first turns may take 1-2 hours in that
way.
The first turn uses about 1 MB ram for data - a full working game ( turn
130, 3500+Ships , 1024 Planets ) takes about 3 MB ram and 8 MB HD space for
the game.

> I use an old 2MB machine to host games of AstroWar and VGA
> Planets on Fidonet, and wondered if I could use it to host (but not
> play) Pollux games as well?

No - the host part need more than the client since it has to store ALL
planetes, Ships etc there the client
only has to store the ships and planets it can see.
As a hit look at the size of the PlayerXX.hst file for the client and look
at the Pollux.gam file for the host.

check out pollux at http://users.cybercity.dk/~dko1339/home.html

--
Birger Mortensen
bsm@image.dk
Fido 2:236/156

References

Players wanted for PBEM Pollux .
"Birger Mortensen" <bsm@image.dk>
Fri, 08 Aug 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Players wanted for PBEM Pollux .
Damian Walker <damian@walley.demon.co.uk>
Tue, 12 Aug 1997 00:00:00 +0000