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Monopoly Game Channels

Joining a Monopoly Game Channel

Creating a Monopoly Game Channel

Once in a Monopoly Game Channel

Starting a Monopoly Game

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Monopoly Game Channels

Monopoly game channels are displayed in the channel list box with an icon of

Uncle Pennybags in the lefthand column.  A Monpoly game channel allows up to 6

players to gather, choose tokens, negotiate custom game rules, and

automatically start a network Monopoly CD-ROM game.  Each user (or site) in the

channel can have 1-5 players; any player beyond the first player at a site is a

virtual player.  This means that player may or may not be another real person.

For example, the user at that site could be controlling both players or that

player may be an AI.  This site does, however, reserve space in the game for

the player.  Note that a virtual player is considered a player in the game

channel and the game channel supports a maximum of 6 players.


Joining a Monopoly Game Channel

To join a Monopoly game channel, double click on the game channel name.  If

Westwood Chat can find your copy of Monopoly CD-ROM, this will bring up

a dialog requesting the number of players you wish to have at your site.  Enter

a number between 1 to 5 and press the Join button.  If this game channel has

room for the number of players you have requested and you have requested more

than one player at your site, another dialog will appear requesting information

for each player at your site.  The first player is always required to be a

Human with your Westwood Studios Chat nickname as the player name.  Any

additional players can be either Human or AI and can have unique names.  To

make a player a Human, select this option in the player type pop-up menu, and

input a player name.  To make a player an AI, select this option in the player

type pop-up menu, input a player name, and choose the AI file you wish to use.

Once you have set this information for the player, click the Join (or next

player ) button.


Creating a Monopoly Game Channel

To create a Monopoly game channel, click on the Monpoly toolbar button (this

button has an icon of Uncle Pennybags).  If Westwood Chat can find your

copy of Monopoly CD-ROM, this will bring up a dialog requesting specific

information about the game channel you wish to create.  The game channel name is

always "<your nickname>'s_Game", where <your nickname> is your Westwood

Chat nickname.  If you would like to play a tournament game (only one player per

site allowed), click this option on.  Otherwise leave this option off and enter

the number of players at your site (between 1-5).  Next, enter the maximum

number of players you want in this game (between 2-6).  Remember that this

number must be at least one greater then the number of players at your site to

allow other sites to join.  If you wish to include a game topic, enter it in the

Game channel topic text box.  Finally, press the Create button.  If you have

requested more than one player at your site, you will then be prompted with

another dialog requesting information for each player at your site.  Refer to

Joining a Monopoly game channel above for a description of how to set up

information for each player.


Once in a Monopoly Game Channel

As soon as you have all the players set-up, the main chat dialog will update to

include a list of the currently selected game rules, a list of game tokens

available, and a display indicating the maximum delay before site timeouts

occur.  Only the game channel creator will be allowed to change any custom game

rules or timeout information.  Game rules turned on will be indicated with a

green sphere next to the rule in the lefthand column of the Monopoly Game Rules

list box.  Game rules turned off will have a red squelch icon next to the rule.

If you are the game channel creator, you can toggle any rule on or off by

double-clicking on the rule.  Before a game can begin, each player must select a

token.  To select a token for a player, first highlight only that player's name

in the Users list box, then click on any of the available tokens you desire.

Remember, you can only set a token for a player at your site.  If the token is

available the token's icon will appear next to the player's name in the lefthand

column of the Users list box, otherwise, if another player has requested the

token first, you will be informed that the token is no longer available and must

select another token.  To adjust for prolonged delays in network games due to

slow network connections, the creator of the game channel can set a maximum

delay in seconds before the Monpoly CD-ROM game actually prompts players of a

timeout situation.  If the Monopoly CD-ROM game has not heard from a player site

after this time period has expired, it will prompt the players of this delay and

allow them to terminate the connection with the offending player's site.  It is

recommended that you set this value to 30 seconds for games operating under

normal network conditions.  However, you may wish to adjust this value if you

experience serious delays with other sites.


Starting a Monopoly Game

Once all players have selected their game tokens and all the custom game rules

have been set, the game channel creator can start the game.  To do this, click

on the Start Game button in the upper righthand corner of the main chat dialog.

 The Monopoly CD-ROM game will be launched automatically.  Network connection

to each player in the Monopoly CD-ROM game will be made and the game will

begin.

Remember, once game play has begun, you will automatically be disconnected from

the Westwood chat server and will not be allowed to reconnect until the

game has completed.