MP: NewbsWithLowSelfEsteem - Year 8: A Dance with Illithids

[Soyweiser]

And you both are sure you connected to the server using the network command right, not the play an existing game button.

[iRFNA]

Oh, and as a somewhat unrelated hint, you can connect to the server, download a turn, play it offline, then upload it. After the turn downloads, just exit, then "play existing game" like an offline game. Finish your turn, then connect to the server, and it uploads it. I have an irrational fear of accidentally hitting the e key mid-turn and finding out I was the last person to the submit the turn...

[Silence0]

i´m pretty sure i used the network command...But looking at the turn it seems the same thing as the others happened...By the turn number i never played turn 4...So of course i received no messages..My orders were for the turn that i skipped...

[Finalgenesis]

Yes everything was done kosher, the X dissappeared over my flag connecting to the server, I played in two previous Mp games using Gandalf's server (I always take my turn offline, then connect to server and watch the X dissappear). As for why I know I staled without getting a "you staled" message:

1. I accumulated 2 turns of gold.
2. I accumulated 2 turns of gems (I kept track).
3. I kept track of the turns and it jumped from 3 -> 5
4. I bid on elephant merc. And when I checked, elephants was won by someone else, with 2 turns remaining only (rather then 3 turns).
5. and so on...

In fact as previous players mentioned, I received 0 messages, but i'm unsure whether I should have any (no battles, no events that I can see...etc).

For mods I have cbm 1.82, one age, and the standards, turn 1-3 went perfectly fine.

It seems a portion of the players in this game suffered this anomaly, probably some server anomaly derecognising the turns we handed in for some reason (no problems with trn file in 1-3 though hmmm). Ah well, the rest of you punks who had your turn without issues need all the help you can get I suppose. Probably something that should be raised to Gandalf to look into.

[Admiral_Aorta]

Well, I don't seem to have had any turn problems. Hopefully it gets sorted out quickly for the affected people though.

[Hylobius]

It looks like my last turn did not process properly either.

[DarkAvenger211]

Heh, So I made a few stupid moves so far :P. I think I've met somebody else nearby. Sorry if my dominions messes you up ;D

[DarkAvenger211]

Also for some reason it didn't take my last turn...

[Finalgenesis]

I've sent a pm to Gandalf, hopefully we can prevent this little monster from rearing it's head again here.

"
Greetings Gandalf,

Referring to the game "noobswithlowselfesteem".

On turn 4 the following players have been confirmed to be the subject of an unidentified time/space anomaly:

NaivePhilosopher - MA Ermor
Torgon - EA Niefelheim
Finalgenesis - MA R'lyeh
Silence0 - EA Tir na n'Og
Hylobius - MA Vanheim
Darkavenger211 - LA Ermor

For all of us, we submitted the turn to server (the X dissappeared over our flag), but our orders were not carried out and we all staled. on turn 5, all of us affected by this anomaly never received any messages at all (you staled..., luck events ... etc) resulting in an empty turn event box, for some of us there were observable events that did occur and should've been shown in the event box. We'd be grateful if you could look into it or tell us how to look into it. To my knowledge as confirm by players affected we all had the right mods enabled and had no problems from turn 1-3.

Let me know if there are any other information we can provide to you to help!

For the games setting: http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showthread.php?t=47017

Allow us to reiterate our thanks again for your time and effort in maintaining the server for our enjoyment!
"

Let me know if certain assumptions above is inaccurate, and if there are any other observations you have, or if you're also affected but not included in the above list. From the number of us affected, the timing and the message box phenomenon I'd say it's probably not originated from the user-side.

[iRFNA]

Don't worry, I've been in communication with him about this all day.