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Old May 5th, 2003, 05:50 PM

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Hi. I'm new here .. just into my first PBW game and I've come across a quirk that I wanted to pass by you guys:

I download my .gam file, play my turn and submit the .plr file. That's fine.

If I later decide to review the orders, I open the game again only to find all my orders are missing (aka, I'm opening the .gam file without loading the .plr changes). Is this expected? I like to review my plans and mull over my options. Am I SOL?

Thanks for your comments,

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Old May 5th, 2003, 05:54 PM
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Yes. Its been a feature request since about Version 0.0.1, to allow you to save a simultaneous turn game, then open it later and finish your turn. It is a constant frustration.
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Well, you can always copy the file to some temporaly backup before processing the turn and if you make a mistake restore and review your actions. And NO, it is not a cheating since you do it during your turn and it does not involve the actual turn processing.

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Default Re: Simultaneous game issue

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Well, you can always copy the file to some temporaly backup before processing the turn and if you make a mistake restore and review your actions. And NO, it is not a cheating since you do it during your turn and it does not involve the actual turn processing.
I don't get it, what do you mean??
You can always replay your turn, it's always reseted. And if you'r uplaoded turn has mistakes you can undo it and uplaod a new one, why save some file? Do you mean the GAM file to review the previous turn?
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Well, you can always copy the file to some temporaly backup before processing the turn and if you make a mistake restore and review your actions. And NO, it is not a cheating since you do it during your turn and it does not involve the actual turn processing.
You can't do this in a PBW game.

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Wow, I really expected that I was just missing something. I'm only on turn 6 and I find it annoying.

If, at least, when you pressed 'end turn' the game didn't immediately close, I could submit the .plr and keep the game up for later changes if I noticed anything.

Ah well. Thanks for the quick responses.
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