New & raw web based Dominion II game server

[Esben Mose Hansen]

archaeolept said:
...by implementing a "force to anonymous" option or some other sort of force kick. Too often someone joins but doesn't register in the thread, and so ignores a game's special rules. I've almost needed to have this option before, and the only way at the moment is to nuke the whole game and recreate it...

Just drop me an email or PM when you need to do this. At some point I'll get annoyed enough to implement it

[archaeolept]

lol heh thanks esben



though really, what would be great now that zen is coming out w/ these very interesting "conceptual balance" mods, is integrating a mod dropdown menu in game creation...

;-)

[Esben Mose Hansen]

archaeolept said:
lol heh thanks esben



though really, what would be great now that zen is coming out w/ these very interesting "conceptual balance" mods, is integrating a mod dropdown menu in game creation...

;-)

That I will make, as soon as I find the time to do so. That should shut up 95% of the "I hate [clams/VQ/False Horror/...] threads until they are backed up by testing :-D

Besides, the code is essentially the same as for maps, so it shouldn't be that hard to do.

[jimbo]

Several people (all?) cannot get past the waiting for game data screen on on the Musical Chairs game...I know this problem happens once in a while and the workaround is to just keep trying and eventually you get past it but that doesn't seem to be working now...I am wondering if the new patch has made this intermittent problem harder to get past...

Any other games/players having this problem?

[archaeolept]

no, the fix is almost always to have the owner of the game stop and restart the game.

[Esben Mose Hansen]

archaeolept said:
no, the fix is almost always to have the owner of the game stop and restart the game.

As an extra bonus, this should bring the game to 2.14, where another network bug should have been squashed... so maybe the problem will disappear all together

[jimbo]

archaeolept said:
no, the fix is almost always to have the owner of the game stop and restart the game.

Well, if you aren't having players persistently try to get past the Waiting for Game data screen by killing the process and trying to reconnect for at least 5 or 6 times in a row then you are missing a solution that works for many of us most of the time.

But the more important question I suppose is was it really necessary for you to come across as a know it all *** in your reply? If you have alternate information there are better, more polite ways to communicate it than the terse slap down approach you chose to use - which this community is largely devoid of and most of us would like to keep that way.

[Cainehill]

jimbo said:

Well, if you aren't having players persistently try to get past the Waiting for Game data screen by killing the process and trying to reconnect for at least 5 or 6 times in a row then you are missing a solution that works for many of us most of the time.

That's a workaround, a kludge, not a solution.

But the more important question I suppose is was it really necessary for you to come across as a know it all *** in your reply? If you have alternate information there are better, more polite ways to communicate it than the terse slap down approach you chose to use - which this community is largely devoid of and most of us would like to keep that way.

He gave the information. He didn't use any bad words. He didn't insult anyone. What's your problem? That he didn't say "Golly gee, did you know that there might be another way of doing things" and go on and on at saccharine length?

jimbo said:
Well, if you aren't having players persistently try to get past the Waiting for Game data screen by killing the process and trying to reconnect for at least 5 or 6 times in a row then you are missing a solution that works for many of us most of the time.

But the more important question I suppose is was it really necessary for you to come across as a know it all *** in your reply? If you have alternate information there are better, more polite ways to communicate it than the terse slap down approach you chose to use - which this community is largely devoid of and most of us would like to keep that way.

Take a deep breath. I think you've misinterpreted the meaning of archaeolept's reply, and I'm sure you've misinterpreted the tone.

He meant that the game owner - the person who set up the game on the mosehansen server - has the option to stop and restart the game process that's running on the server. The "waiting for game" data problem is one that many of us have run into at some time. Restarting the game on mosehansen generally fixes it.

Mark

[Beorne]

Problem: I can't connect to a game.

Until yesterday evening there haven't ever been any problems but this evening my Dom 2 can't connect.
My game, ar dom2.mosehansen.dk is at port 230l. Dom 2 hangs on "waiting game info".

Any clues?
Thanks