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Doubts about how PBM works.

Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2020 1:46 pm
by jonhgalt
Hi guys, I have very rare situation and I am looking for some help. I just got WITE from GoG some days ago. The main thing is that I live in the countryside of one latinoamerican country where is no WiFI just cellphone internet (social networks are free, but I have a limit on the internet I can use on my computer). Other stuff is that I am bussy nearly the hole day so i just use the game for SP for now (tryng to learn the mechanics the better I can). I have been reading about how MP works, and how PBEM works, and i am wondering ¿is possible that I could play my turn off line and send the save game or something like that to the opoponent, or just turn on the internet for sending the game when my turn is over? ¿Both parts have to be online and connected the whole time that the MP game is being played? I mean, I want to know if its possible that for example I play my turn during the day (being offline) using the time I have, and when I am done I just send the save game by email to other player or something like that.

Other additional question i have is: ¿WITE worth really just for playing in singleplayer?

RE: Doubts about how PBM works.

Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2020 4:19 pm
by tyronec
HvH you can play by e-mail instead of using the server. I have played several games that way, it works fine and you can review your previous moves which is real benefit. You just have to trust that both players will not be replaying their moves to get better results.

Game is good value vs AI in my opinion. Good scenarios to start with would be the 'Road to ...' ones and then progress to the Campaign, playing as Axis and increasing the difficulty level as you learn the game.

RE: Doubts about how PBM works.

Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2020 4:56 pm
by Telemecus
@jonhgalt Saludos y bienvenido a nuestro grupo!

Each turn save is usually just over 2MB in size. So you can just go online to send that 2+MB file, and get one similar file back from your opponent each turn. Typically you would send this file as an attachment to an email say? You do not need to spend anymore time to play online this way. So in terms of data use in PBEM games it is very efficient.