Re: New & raw web based Dominion II game server
 

Phew! A full page of questions. I've answered most of them below; write me if I missed yours!

* ( ... Do you mean that there is no possibility of turning them off in games run by your server? )
--> Possibly. As I've said, I havn't experimented a lot with this. My server can do exactly the things archievable from the command line.

* Can this be added as default so that renaming will always be enabled?
--> It is now an option, default on.

* It's a shame our game had to die.
--> It's name slot was taken, sorry.

* [The All_The_Nations game] It looks like the game will be stalled until Mose gets a chance to look at it.
--> I confused myself with it's near-name brother AllTheNations, so I'm not really aware of what went wrong. It should work now, including Vanheim, which did not correctly register moved/not moved before.

* the use of https instead of http seems to confuse my browser (Mozilla/Linux): I can't make it accept the certificate once and for all. Minor annoyance.
--> I screwed up my self-signed certificate somehow. I'll redo it sometime. It's annoying, I know, but harmless otherwise. IMHO, the part of the "security" it is complaining about is useless in any case. BTW, I need the 's to avoid sending your password cleartext the first time. As people reuse passwords, that would be unacceptable. Using the https protocol for the rest of the session is just for avoiding hijacking your usename on this server, which is probably unneccessary.

* It would be nice to have the page mention somewhere which Version of the game is run by the server...
--> That information will be present at least on the front page, when I get around to creating one. I'll even try to extract it automatically from the game executable.

* You are doing great work with the server, but I really miss being able to glance at a single webpage to check which of my games I need to take a turn in.
--> Me, too. I'll do something about this. My original idea was to have this information on the "My Games" page by letting people register the games they were participating in. I still think that is the right way to do it, but it needs a bit of work.

* Hmm, I don't seem to be able to connect to *any* of my running games. Ones that other people are apparently connecting to, based on the turn progress report. Ones that I had no problem connecting to when they were up on the old page.
--> Strange. Please make sure that you're using the correct port&ip address. Note that some games have shifted the port number 100 in downwards. Also, try connecting to a game still in the 23xx range. Perhaps it is some firewall software?

* i'm having the same problem with the new 'toolsfools' game I started. perhaps it should just be deleted. and I did try the suggestions you posted toward me earlier.
--> OK, I've spotted the problem. Two problems, actually. I'll add them to my todo list. Oh, the game works again now, and should do so in the future. A matter of the database getting out of sync with real life due to a missing die handler...

* While I can log into the game server just fine, it no longer seems to recognize my games as, well, mine.
--> If the games were migrated, I did not track ownership in the original implementation. So when migrated, I took ownership of all games. Please email me if a game belongs to you, and I will gladly make it so. Remember your username!

* At least 2 games cannot be contacted (see earlier in this thread) and the server is full.
--> I did write I was on holyday, didn't I? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif Anyway, the server shouldn't be full, and I can create new games without any trouble. Please post again if you're having problems with this.

Thanks for all your comments&support! Now for some garden work :-D

Re: New & raw web based Dominion II game server
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I looked at the new game screen, and "allow leader renames" was not checked by default. Is the sense switch on this reversed, so checking it will actually disable renaming, or is it simply not default, and has to be enabled?

Re: New & raw web based Dominion II game server
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I looked at the new game screen, and "allow leader renames" was not checked by default. Is the sense switch on this reversed, so checking it will actually disable renaming, or is it simply not default, and has to be enabled? </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Fixed. Actually, the checkbox didn't work at all. I swear I tested... I must have dreamed it :-(

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">My migrated game (TentoTangoDeux) I knew I wouldn't have control over but there's two I've started fresh on the new page (Sweetback and HeyHo) which I no longer have control over. I had it for a few days but since then, it no longer recognizes them as mine. Which is bad as there's one (HeyHo) which I'd like to stop and have deleted.

I'm user JaydedOne, btw. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Re: New & raw web based Dominion II game server
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">My migrated game (TentoTangoDeux) I knew I wouldn't have control over but there's two I've started fresh on the new page (Sweetback and HeyHo) which I no longer have control over. I had it for a few days but since then, it no longer recognizes them as mine. Which is bad as there's one (HeyHo) which I'd like to stop and have deleted.

I'm user JaydedOne, btw. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Well, there seems to be a logical explanation of everything. Here's the one I could come up with here: The match on username on log in is case insenstitive, but the "do this player own this game" is case sensitive. And your games were actually created with the login Jaydedone. With a lowercase o. In other words, you have found another bug in my pages. I've updated the relavant table definition, and updated the owning_player in the 2 games. No one else have done that little "test", so Iguess it should be cured now.

Thanks for the report, and for insisting :-D

Re: New & raw web based Dominion II game server
 

thanks for getting 'toolsfools' up and running. it doesn't show the nations but that's no big deal

Re: New & raw web based Dominion II game server
 

Mosehansen, please kill the Destiny game. We have had too many people drop out and set their nation to AI. That really messes up the geopolitical situation.

Anyway, the remaining players have talked about this on the Dominions X thread for this game, and have decided to end this one.

Thanks as always for your service.

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Mose - please delete the game All_The_Nations (note the underscores). This game has been replaced by a new one - Crowded_Land.

[ April 13, 2004, 07:22: Message edited by: Zapmeister ]

Re: New & raw web based Dominion II game server
 

Destiny has been stopped.
All_The_Nations was already stopped.
toolsfools now has the nations updated correctly.

I guess I need another status: Stopped and will not be restarted. Or something.

Have fun :-D

Re: New & raw web based Dominion II game server
 

hmm, I'm wondering whether the victory conditions are bugged - Sweetback just ended on turn 8, and I figured that Miguel must have messed up, but Cohen just started another game, w/ Victory conditions "standard" and VP unchecked, and yet the conditions look identical to sweetbacks...