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Game crashes when I try to take my turn. Says it "cannot find map image worldofgeometry2.tga

I downloaded the World of Geometry map and have a map file, though it is called worldofgeometry.tga (doesn't have the "2")

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See 5 posts above.

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!!
Thanks.

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Err I sent in my 2h for Abysia yesterday evening, but it still says I haven't on the llamaserver site. I just responded to the message containing the first .trn file, and attached my .2h file. Was that right?

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It should be right; However, we need to restart this game, like I've said. I've sent a private message for Llamabeast, but I haven't got a reply yet.

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Map got somehow corrupted and there are more VP than 1. It sometimes happens on games hosted on llamaserver for unknown reason.

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So we definitely don't need to worry about turns until the game is restarted?

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Yes.

And then comes Christmas break so I think game will go faster after new year.

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Okay, I have restarted again and hopefully fixed the map issue. Hope it's okay now.

It is unbelievable how much goes wrong as soon as you go away on holiday! My friends are all sitting around waiting and staring at me. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/redface.gif

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Many thanks Llamabeast. Enjoy the holiday.

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The map actually was not corrupted; the server settings set the Victory Provinces. The map itself has 1 Victory Province set, so the first will be there; the rest will be set randomly, I guess. But now there should be only 1 VP Province.

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Mr. Falcon is correct. By default Dominions seems to add a few VPs. But I've now found the switch to set the number of added VPs, so this time I set it to zero.

It was quite lucky actually that the mistake was visible, since I completely forgot to set the VP settings the first/second time. Now it is correctly set to accumulate VPs each summer, with 3 VPs being needed for victory. Of course most probably the VPs will be acquired by more than one member of a team, so the victory will have to be determined manually by the players.

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I've sent another .2h and it still says it is waiting. :!

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It called mine a resend...

You should get some sort of acknowledgement message.

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Well I didn't! How is it to know who I am anyway? Does it know me by e-mail address or does it actually look into the file? The thingy said it doesn't matter what you put in the subject or body of your message, so it can't be that. And the file name only appears to indicate nation, so it can't be that.

Oh what is wrong!

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Hmm it is starting to appear that there is something wrong with that e-mail address. Can I maybe switch to another address? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

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The 2h file this is.

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I suspect you need to send from the email account llamaserver sends the turn to (as per above, the turn *must* be run in a folder called 'epikbattel' - note spelling. If it isn't, you may get problems similar to those you describe).

If all else fails, you can switch to another email address - FrozenFalcon or Llamabeast can help there, as it's in the admin options.

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Err I called mine "EpikBattel". But anyhow the e-mail problem is subsuming any trouble that will arise from the name. I know this because I just got my e-mail to llamaserver bounced back, and also because I can't get a test message to be sent from my address to another address I have. So I think I will switch to gmail or something, I think I can depend on their servers. I will send a PM to FrozenFalcon, since he is actually playing with us and llamabeast sounds busy. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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I'm having trouble with the admin password, I've sent llamabeast a private message about it, if he could check the password and resend it.

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This seems like a good time to ask what happens when somebody misses a turn--are they treated as if they just chose not to do anything? That wouldn't be so bad for me, since I'm not exactly in a tight military situation just yet.

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You're dead on the money as to what happens. Missing your first turn's purchase orders can be fairly serious, though.

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Password is fixed now and Bananadine's email is changed, hope it works now (and he has time to post his turn).

One more thing. A player cannot post a turn in 2 days next week, so I'll turn the 24h hosting off. Same will be done in christmas break. I do not like to pause the game, but the start-game can be important. If anyone of you is going to a trip and cannot post turn in many days, PM me. But don't use this too much, or else the 24h limit will lose it's purpose (to keep the game in decent length).

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Okay, I sent my mail and it worked!

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Out of interest, what happens if we send another 2h file to Llamaserver?

Will it reject the new file or will it overwrite the old turn?

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It'll overwrite. So if you suddenly have a cunning plan and want to change your orders, you can.

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I need to quit this game, so I have found someone to take my place. His name is JZ. I will send him the pretender and this turn, but the e-mails will need to be sent to him now. Sorry for the inconvenience.

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PM me his email.

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I will, as soon as he sends it to me.

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I am at home and I will be able to play today evening [gmt +1], then I can play normally.

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Server has all but BigandScary's turn, has there been any progress on getting the address of your substitute?

Also, the hosting will be in few hours, it may be so that his substitute must skip this turn, because I am not eager to postpone the server more.

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If your substitute takes this long to get you his email, it may not be a good sign for timeliness in getting turns in. Anyway, I'll be leaving country Dec 21-29 but hope to find a way to get turns in.

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Maybe llamabeast can change something so teammates can play for others? From what I know now you cannot submit turns for 2 nations from the same e-mail.

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Had busy start of week, so I replied only now.
I don't think there will be troubles with getting my turns in.

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You can submit turns for 2 nations from the same e-mail from a server point of view - but not from a Dominions point of view, since it will throw up a CD-key error. So unless you have two copies of Dominions you can't play for your teammate.

Incidentally I now have five. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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NEWS FLASH TO SELF: GMT is not what you thought it was. I have missed a turn for a silly reason. Sorry, teammate!

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JZ, send me your email so I can change it for server. Then you can request turn resending.

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I will be away for the next 3 days. I hope to be able to make the turns during this time but I am not positive I will have access. I would really appreciate it if we could have a longer turn duration for the next turn or two.

If, for whatever reason, this can't be done, llamabeast, please send my turns to Niarg, my teammate.

Thanks!

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All,
I will be leaving for the Dominican Republic Dec 21-29. I am hoping to have internet access to take turns but not confirmed.

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I will turn the 24h limit off now, and I will resume it 30. December. This is because mayn have christmas holidays in this time. Still, post your turns if you can.

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MartialDoctor: Just so you know, I often don't read all the threads for all the games on the LlamaServer, so if you want me to do something it's best to PM me. Having said that, almost everything can be done by your game admin (the kind FrozenFalcon), so even better, PM him.

Also your teammate can't take your turn for you unless he has two copies of Dominions. If he does try, one of the nations will stale because of a CD key clash.

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Hey FrozenFalcon, would you mind updating the first post to show JZ as the Oceania player rather than BigandScary? Confused me there for a minute, and also it would be helpful for players wanting to contact him for diplomacy.

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I also missed a turn, partially due to Vista (curse you!) and partially to GMT. What is the conversion to EST?

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EST is GMT - 5.

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If you're not sure just take a look at the website, and it says "Current time" at the bottom of the game page. You can then compare that to what you think the current time is (being as it's given in GMT).

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People are uninstalling vista nowadays.

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I am waiting for new patch for Enemy Territory: Quake Wars so I can install kubuntu and do not open Vista http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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Any chance we could put the quickhost timing to 30 hours? At the moment the timing seems to edge towards 1400 or so, which is a little awkward for me and possibly other UK players.

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I can postpone hosting by x hours, to time the hosting on midnight for Europe, but then it would be at middle of the day for Americans. And theoretically, the time of hosting should not matter unless the time you are able to spend on your computer is exactly the same time the game will be hosted.

Anyways, the game hosting interwall is now 30 hours. Now, everyone should be able to post their turns.

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Did a turn get skipped? I had submitted my turn 6 on Monday and, this morning, I had a message saying that the turn is due... I checked on llamaserver and now we are on turn 8...

I never received turn 7 at any point.