SEIV: Play by Web

[Dracus]

Jason You are more then welcome to play.

[zap_c]

wowsy! count me in if there's still room available!!
antioch@gmx.net

[Admiral]

I uploaded some new updates. Unfortunately, while uploading them, I accidentally wiped the database. I restored a backup from Friday... I made it very difficult for this to happen again. Sorry.

The updates:

• April 16, 2001: Ability to change number of players (before game starts). Thus, administrators have the ability to start games before all players join.
  
• April 16, 2001: User option to keep private or publish e-mail addresses to other players in a game
  
• April 16, 2001: User can change password
  
• April 16, 2001: User can change e-mail address
  
• April 16, 2001: Begun work on nicer user interface (Eric Snyder II)
  
• April 16, 2001: Bug: Fixed update description submit button
  
• April 16, 2001: Fix: Check the uploaded file for first turn against the name the user says it should be
  
• April 16, 2001: Bug: Check the entered base game filename does NOT end in .gam, and if so, remove it
  
• April 16, 2001: Bug: Empire password not being pre-populated when uploading
  
• April 16, 2001: Bug: Tell the user what the login name can be in registration screen[/list]
  Enjoy,
  
  Doug
  
  [This message has been edited by Admiral (edited 17 April 2001).]

[Aussie Gamer]

I hope that you all have the same data and race files otherwise it will not work!

Sounds great though!

Lets get a couple of leagues going-
one which has original files <as per MM> and one that has altered files.

How does that sound???

[LazarusLong42]

quote:

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Originally posted by Aussie Gamer:
I hope that you all have the same data and race files otherwise it will not work!

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That's a good point. Anyone using the TDM ModPack shouldn't have any trouble because the important data is all the same (unless someone really wants to have AI's in a multiplayer game). But anyone with modified data for their own use will have to change their path.

I think that eventually the PBW system will have support for multiple game types.

LL

[Admiral]

I personally play the game with the TDM ModPack, but the PBW is set up "clean" right now.

As LL says, it will (eventually) support a variety of mods by dynamically rewriting the path.txt file prior to executing a turn. That's not the difficult part; the difficult parts are:

1) Making sure the uploaded zip file is set up properly to extract as a new mod directory.

2) Making sure that the se4.exe never pops up any UI windows under any circumstances (which is not the case today) when run from the command line.

Cheers,

Admiral

[Lupusman]

I signed up to play a game, and now I don't have the link/site anymore (actually it's on another computer, which I can't get to right now). Could someone send it to me again, or post it here please. I need to upload my race. Thanks.

[Jason2]

I would like to play by PBEM - where do I go to sign up? Um, I'm a novice to this so any and all info is mucho appreciated Thanx.

Jason2

[raynor]

The email address of this cool system's author is down at the beginning of this topic. I'd post it in this message but I want you to read all the Posts in between. This guy is a programming machine. He's already enhanced the system so much. Look for the Posts by: Admiral.

[This message has been edited by raynor (edited 18 April 2001).]

[Dracus]

I have a second game set up.
The first one is under way.