Re: AOE2 Trade

"kim" <ntscuser@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Mark Earnest wrote:
>> "kim" <ntscuser@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>>> Mark Earnest wrote:
>>>> Is it actually possible to win a favorable diplomacy with another in
>>>> the AI game, so you can do trade?
>>>>
>>>> I only seem to be able to do it when I play on easy skill with two
>>>> opponents.
>>>>
>>>> I sure wish this would work for other games...trade is im****tant.
>>>
>>> If you change one or more AI opponents from "Team 2" to "Team 1" you
>>> can trade with them as "Allies". This also allows you to see what
>>> they see via an upgrade available at the market. To avoid killing
>>> them by mistake I suggest you choose "friend & foe colors".
>>
>> Are you talking about the modem play?
>
> No, just one player and the PC.
>
>> I only play the AI right about
>> now. It does not seem to have team 1 and team 2 that I can manage to
>> find right now, anyway.
>
> On the "Geme Settings" screen for the standard game before the game 
> begins, you can select any number of "other players". The default is 2. 
> Beside each one is listed the name of the civ and a team number in a
box. 
> This is usually "1" for your name and "2" for the "other players". You
can 
> change the team number for any of the AI opponents from "2" to "1" by 
> clicking on the number in the box.
>
> I normally select "7" other players and change three of them from Team 2

> to Team 1 so as to have a four versus four game.
>
> Hope that helps.

Thanks for telling me about that!  I have already played the random map
game 
maybe 50 times and never noticed that you could invent allies like that. 
Now to carry on trade...