Shadow Empire multiplayer, less harmful way

Synchronization

Syncthing lets you synchronize your save folder so you don't have to pass the save around manually. Install, run daemon, accept folder from other player, point to a folder within your SE's "savedgames". Save to same file.

Notification

sewatcher notifies you when your turn is up. Run it like this:

sewatcher config.yml

And in config.yml:

games:
  -
    name: game
    file: /home/user/se/savedgames/shared/game.se1
    turn: 3

Turn numbers start with 2.

Planetgen settings

• Type: whatever
• Disable story modules, they are rather boring
• Tech level 4 to get more balanced and straightforward start
• Severe violence -- for more minors' pushback
• Robinson Crusoe -- majors are broken
• Spread out -- to give players more space
• Detailed generation: make sure pressure / (g * 1000) > 1 to make air forces viable
• Password & PBEM
• Slower speed -- to have time to use all technologies
• Regular difficulty: more effectively disables Foreign council
• Give AI more time to think

Gentleman agreements

• Don't use postures: they add only stupid micro and some are weirdly worded or don't work as advertised.

Secrets of Shadow Empire

• OOB list
• Deep logistics lore
• Aircraft summary
• Bombhatches penetrate 50mm at 500 kg, increasing with bombload until a cap of 100mm at a 5000 kg load. Precision bombs penetrate 50mm for 50 kg bombs, increasing with load up to 225mm for 500 kg bombs