v1.78 bug?

[geoschmo]

I have done it myself DL. I have had instances where i had a copy of the .gam file in the default and in the mod savegame folder and was clicking on the wrong one.

I know it's not a problem with 1.78. Otherwise I would be having the problem all the time, and I do exactly what you describe with no problems for all my games.

The only thing I could suggest then is to delete the "Launcher.ini" file from your space Empires IV directory. Mod launcher will recreate it the next time you open it up. Perhaps something in that file has gotten scrambled or something. Be warned though this will remove all the passwords and player numbers you have stored for your games, so you will need to put them in the first time you play each game after you do this.

Geoschmo

[geoschmo]

So, did that work DL?

Geo

[dumbluck]

Nope. *sigh* But I did learn something from the experience, even if it's unrelated to this bug.....

EDIT: I think it is specific to the situation of an updated mod. The part I don't get is that receiving the error message is dependant on whether or not the game is started using the command prompts. (the modpicker utilizes the command prompts, right?)

[ August 28, 2002, 10:31: Message edited by: dumbluck ]

[dumbluck]

What I need to do is try to re-create the error with a new game. But to do that, I need to find a copy of P&Nv3.1 (I overwrote mine with v3.1b). I'll ask SJ about it...

EDIT: On the other hand, It might not be dependant on those specific mods; maybe ANY mod change will be missed. THAT I can test right now....

[ August 28, 2002, 11:15: Message edited by: dumbluck ]

[dumbluck]

Ah-HA!!!

This is definately a bug. I was able to recreate the error with a simple mod (I deleted MinMiners 1 and 2).

• Started game in testmod.
• hit End Turn 4 times.
• Saved game as test.gam.
  

Then I...

• restored to default data files.
• attempted to open test.gam with the modpicker.
• game spit out "Data Files don't Match" error, as well it should.
  

However...

• Started unmodded SE4.
• Chose Load Game from the main menu.
• Chose test.gam.
• test.gam ran "normally".
  

Test.gam ran, but it used the modded facility numbers applied to the default facility list.
In the modded game, I simply had Research Centers instead of MinMiners on my homeworld. In the "illegal" unmodded game, I had the following facilities (med tech start):

• 1 x MinStorage 1
• 1 x SY 3
• 1 x MinStorage 2
• 5 x MinMiner 3
• 1 x RadExtracter 3
• 1 x OrgFarm 3
• 5 x ResCenter 3
  

So this is definately a bug. Isn't it?

[ August 28, 2002, 11:18: Message edited by: dumbluck ]

[dumbluck]

Originally posted by Krsqk:
I've had the same problem since I joined the PBW Junkyard game (Classic SEIV), and since the first Proportions upgrade. I can load the game from within SEIV, but I can't load it from the launcher.

From what I can tell, you definately have the wrong data files. I remember in one of my PBW games (I'm in the junkyard with ya), there was a shipset with a modded culture file. We all had to mod our culture.txt data file. But I can't remember if it was for JYW2 or not. Have you noticed any erratic actions? Any possible AI run turns?

EDIT: Hmmmm. The player stats for JYW2 say that you have only had 1 AI run turn, and that was quite a while ago... But I don't think that JYW2 was the game with the modded culture file. At least, I couldn't find mention of it in the game forum (and I know it's mentioned in the forum for the game it affected...)

[ August 28, 2002, 12:59: Message edited by: dumbluck ]

[geoschmo]

Ok, forgive me if this is a stupid question, is this a simultaneous move, or turn based move game? The data file checks were designed for simultaneous move games and actually shouldn't be functioning at all in a turn based move game IIRC.

It sounds like a bug, but if its a turn based move game it's not the bug you are thinking. It shouldn't be giveing you the error when you launch into your turn or when you manually load.

Geoschmo