Attention my PBW games...

Ragnarok · #1 September 1st, 2003, 05:01 AM

Hey, my ISP is switching DSL stuff this weekend so my internet has been out since Saturday morning. I didn't know they were going to do it till Saturday morning so that's why I have not turned in my turns. But I probably won't be back up until Tuesday sometime; possibly even Wednesday sometime. So if the games that will for sure run then hold off until I can get my turn in I'd appreciate it.

I'm at my grandparents house now using their slow 56K so I can't get turns in from here either as they don't have SEIV on computer yet.

Phoenix-D · #2 September 1st, 2003, 06:43 AM

Can you at least kick Return to Hell, so the rest of us can get the next turn?

You should be able to get on PBW and log in even on 56k..though downloading the actual turn would be a non-option.

Pablo · #3 September 1st, 2003, 07:15 AM

I have experience doing that on a 28.8k modem (also was an emergency). You have to wait of course

but the turn eventually gets downloaded. The uploading is a bit faster

Phoenix-D · #4 September 1st, 2003, 08:45 AM

Keep in mind that the return to hell game files are so big, PBW won't send them by email any more. Actually, we're having problems with the processing because they're so large.

The Last one was something like two megs, zipped..

deccan · #5 September 1st, 2003, 02:41 PM

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Originally posted by Phoenix-D:
Keep in mind that the return to hell game files are so big, PBW won't send them by email any more. Actually, we're having problems with the processing because they're so large.

The Last one was something like two megs, zipped..

Wow, how long does it take to actually load one of those things in game?

Phoenix-D · #6 September 1st, 2003, 08:28 PM

A long time. And I'm on a 1.4 GHz.

Don't even THINK about opening the ships window unless you really, really need to. Something about having over 3000 entries slows it down..

Ragnarok · #7 September 3rd, 2003, 04:32 AM

Sorry... I wasn't able to kick the turn. I was going to but I cannot kick it myself. We ran into this problem with the Last turn. Geo had to do something Last turn to make the turn finally run.

If the problem persists we may have to call a winner.

Ragnarok · #8 September 5th, 2003, 05:13 AM

My ISP is going up and down the past couple days so internet access is limited. So I may be close to deadline on most of my turns for awhile.

Chronon · #9 September 11th, 2003, 03:47 AM

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Originally posted by Ragnarok:
If the problem persists we may have to call a winner.

It seems this isn't just an intermittent problem; something about the game is causing the PBW server to "time out." Perhaps the game is just too big for it to handle? In any case, we can't ask Geo to keep restarting the game for us every turn. So, I think we should call a winner and end the game.

Fyron · #10 September 11th, 2003, 04:17 AM

Rags could do the processing manually each turn.