TribeNet: Error downloading map from website

From: Patrick Travers <ptravers@flash.net>

Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 00:00:00 +0000

RWULMAN wrote:
>
> Gentlemen, I have visited your website and tried to download you hexmap,
> was unable to get into the mapping section.  I hope that the game does not
> have bugs as that would have a chilling effect on my interest.  Could you
> maybe send me a sample turn as I'm sure that would be the best way for me
> to make an informed choice.    Thank you,    Ray Ulman    Rwulman@AOL
> rwulman@AOL.com

Greetings, Ray!

> Gentlemen, I have visited your website and tried to download you hexmap,
> was unable to get into the mapping section.

What happened when you tried to get into the mapping section?  If you
got an error downloading the EmptyMap.zip file, it may be because you
are using Internet Explorer.  There is a difference between Netscape and
IE that I didn't know about at first.  I have corrected this problem on
the mapping page, so you should be able to get the file without errors
now.  Please try it again and let me know if you still have problems
(more information about the error you are experiencing would help
greatly).

If you still get an error downloading the file, send me another email
and I will attach the file to my reply.

Please note that this is simply an empty map; just a hex grid to be used
in Paintbrush (or whatever application you like).  As your tribe
explores the world, you will be able to fill in areas, but there is no
'map' persay of the entire world, or even the continent.  I've been
playing for a month now (two turns) and I've only filled in about 50
hexes...

> I hope that the game does not have bugs as that would have a chilling
> effect on my interest.

I wouldn't want that either!  Let me stress that this is a human
moderated play by Email game.  The turns are every two weeks.  My
website is a personal thing - I do not manage any of the continents and
I do not get any money.  I simply have a great deal of respect for the
realism and detail of TribeNet.

> Could you maybe send me a sample turn as I'm sure that would be the best
> way for me to make an informed choice.

Sure!  Here is a sample set of orders (in fact, these are MY orders for
the current turn, due tomorrow).  You send an order sheet, like this
one, to your Game Master (GM) every other Wednesday.  Then, once they
have processed all of the players orders, you get an email back from
them that tells you what transpired.

Here are my orders for the current turn (somewhat edited to avoid giving
away information to my opponents):

===============================================================================

Clan number: 0267	Clan name: Green Horde	Turn: 1/914

Tribe Movement:	N, NW, NW, SW

Citizens:	4,939

Activities:

Curing     	40 Skins 		20 people
� -40 skins, -100 guts, +40 leather

Defense		remaining warriors (approx. 247)

Herding	goats/ cattle/horses/elephants	252 people
� (4,798 goats - 180 being skinned - 218 being slaughtered) / 20 = 220
herders
� 100 cattle / 10 = 10 herders
� 80 horses / 10 = 8 herders
� (80 elephants - 10 sold) / 5 = 14 herders

Hunting					2400 people
					460 slings, 86 spears

Leatherwork	100 slings		200 people
� +100 slings, -100 leather

Scouting				60 warriors

Slaughter	818 goats
� 4 provs per goat, +3272 provs

Skinning	180 goats		60 people
� +720 provs, +180 skins

Tanning		160 skins		40 people
� -160 skins, -400 bark, +160 leather

Scouting:
6 groups of 10 warriors	60 warriors, 60 horses

Party #	direction		orders
1.	NE to limit		Search
2.	N to limit		Search
3.	NW to limit		Search
4.	SW to limit		Search
5.	Sto limit		Search
6.	SE to limit		Search

Skill Attempts:
	primary		archery
	secondary	engineering

================================================================================

Let me know if you are interested in getting two free turns to evaluate
the game, or if you have any other questions.  There is another
continent on which the orders are due >next< Wednesday.  I would refer
you to the GM that runs that continent.

Thanks for your interest,
Patrick

References

Play-by-Email : TribeNet accepting new players
Patrick Travers <ptravers@flash.net>
Sun, 25 May 1997 00:00:00 +0000