Fools Lament II - Ended - Mictlan wins!!!

[Nappa]

I can't seem to get the shortcut working either. This is the latest variation I've tried:

"C:\Program Files\dominions2\dom2.exe --tcpclient --ipadr soapyfrog.no-ip.info --port 2345"

can someone point out the error of my ways?

[Gandalf Parker]

Nappa said:
I can't seem to get the shortcut working either. This is the latest variation I've tried:

"C:\Program Files\dominions2\dom2.exe --tcpclient --ipadr soapyfrog.no-ip.info --port 2345"

can someone point out the error of my ways?

Is that an exact quote? If so then you need tomove that " after 2345 to be after dom2.exe

short explanation
I know it doesnt seem logical but its true. You are only quoting up to the exe

longer explanation
The only reason Win wants the quotes at all is because the blanks in the path to the exe mess it up. So it only wants the to clarify the exe call, after that its back to business as usual. Another way to do it without the confusing quotes would be...
C:\Progra~1\domini~1\dom2.exe --tcpclient --ipadr soapyfrog.no-ip.info --port 2345
which isnt bad to say in instructions since it works for both new Wins and old Wins. Its the old Win98 way of saying "6 letters of a directory name that is too long so the ~1 or ~2 is saying grab the first (or second one) that matches it"

[Bluebird]

Spaces in filenames are a really stupid idea - and I think naming a major application directory with a space is even worse. I would write a really ugly letter to the person who decided this if I just

• would know his address.
• would use Microsoft Windows.

[Gandalf Parker]

Bluebird said:
Spaces in filenames are a really stupid idea - and I think naming a major application directory with a space is even worse.

Agreed. I think its a fairly standard convention to use an underscore like_this instead.
But thats Microsoft for you. Ignore the conventions and invent a "new one" for everyone to use.

[Soapyfrog]

Sorry guys I have to bring the server down again for a few hours today as the electrics here get some love.

Will be back up in the evening.

[rex_havok]

oops did i expand too quick?
i was just viewing the sites on succesful mp games and noticed that fast expantion means almost sure death.
and everyone else is following a very slow expansion.
the idea to stay under the radar and avoid aggression and wasted resources?

[Huzurdaddi]

Rex,

it looks to me like you are kicking ***. If I were you I would keep on doing what you have been doing so far!

[Nappa]

Thanks Gandalf, that did it. Also, thanks for the explanation on the quotes. They made no sense to me.