Battling Ancient Rabid Kahunas (BARK) - JURRI WINS

[PashaDawg]

Yes. I will upgrade with this turn.

If there are horrible problems, I have back ups of turns, and a copy of the game in 3.06 still, and we can revert.

[Cainehill]

Unfortunately, if you install 3.08 after simply backing up the executable, as with previous patches, it isn't so easy to revert to 3.06, since the patch overwrites multiple files.

And on the Windows platform, we didn't get a zip file that would let us _know_ multiple files were getting changed.

So people - hope you backed up the entire dominions3 directory, or like me, you'll have to dig up the original CD and manual to reinstall for other games.

Thanks IW - you're the best!

[WraithLord]

Is the message from host about Lanka "could be cheating" something to be taken seriously or is it just a bug?

EDIT, seeing as Boron is leading Lanka, I think the message can be ignored.

[Jurri]

I would hazard that it's some change in the patch with regards to Lanka causing flags to go up.

Cainehill: lighten up I think the files are changed mostly to include the new units and flags and such. Indeed, if you just switch the old .exe back, the game starts up properly and displays the old version number, and doesn't show the new nations. This has been the case with earlier patches, too, despite them changing multiple files, I believe. So, at least on the surface it is enough to just back up the executable. So, I at least would be surprised if it didn't let you play older version turns by just changing the executable.

[PashaDawg]

Turn 5 went out last night.

Deadline is tonight (Friday) at 9:00 pm Boston time.

Pasha

[PashaDawg]

I am certain that the warning of Lanka Cheating is a false alarm. Boron is a sneaky Bavarian, but he's not a cheater.

[Boron]

Wow weird. My uneducated guess would be that the message displayed because some lanka units got more expensive in 3.08, so maybe this triggered the cheat detection. I have some Palankashas who costed 45 gold in 3.06 and now cost 55 gold.
Still bizarre though.
Thanks for all the trust Pasha, Jurri and Wraithlord .

[Meglobob]

WraithLord said:
Is the message from host about Lanka "could be cheating" something to be taken seriously or is it just a bug?

Boron said:
Wow weird. My uneducated guess would be that the message displayed because some lanka units got more expensive in 3.08, so maybe this triggered the cheat detection. I have some Palankashas who costed 45 gold in 3.06 and now cost 55 gold.
Still bizarre though.

This exact same cheat detection got triggered in another MP I was in when we patched from 3.04 to 3.06. I think Boron's point about the units gold change or something similar triggers it.

I am 100% sure there was no cheating on Borons part. He is a sneaky german thou...

[Meglobob]

Turin said:
A warning:
3.08 pretty much broke the mod, because suddenly the itemslot numbers I used are incorrect and now pretty much every hero has two heads. In addition some old age issue showed up, but a fix is on the way.

From the worthy heros mod creator. Just pointing it out as we are using the mod!

Personally, I have nothing against heros with 2 heads...

[PashaDawg]

Turn 6 is out.

It would be great to host tonight (Saturday), but some players have let me know that they will most likely need a bit of extra time today due to real life.

Pasha