Weird PBW problem

Ed Kolis · #1 July 25th, 2005, 02:53 PM

OK, I'm hosting this game "Ecliptic Plane" using the Eclipse Mod at PBW, and the last turn wouldn't prcess. So I went and downloaded the latest .plr files and tried to process it myself... well lo and behold, I get a strategic combat window! I suspect I may just have forgot to set an option such as "players on different computers", but if I did, doesn't that mean I'd have to start the game over? Or is there anything I can do to rectify the situation?

Kana · #2 July 25th, 2005, 09:56 PM

Great sounds like 8 turns in we are fubar'd....

Kana

Ed Kolis · #3 July 25th, 2005, 10:12 PM

Sorry...

geoschmo · #4 July 25th, 2005, 10:18 PM

Yeah, restart. It sounds like you changed the "Simultaneous Games Show Strategic Combat" line in settings.txt. If you had forgot to set the game up as players on different computers you wouldn't have gotten as far as turn 8.

Ed Kolis · #5 July 25th, 2005, 10:27 PM

I didn't touch the settings.txt... Kevin???

But thanks for letting me know what it is...

edit: wait, I fixed it just by fixing the settings.txt locally and re-running the turn on my machine! I guess that particular field isn't checked for savegame compatibility... We're back in business, if you could just toggle that field for me on the PBW server, Geo? Thanks!

geoschmo · #6 July 25th, 2005, 11:06 PM

Ok, mod is fixed on the server. You should make sure that future versions of the mod have that setting turned off.

Kevin Arisa · #7 July 25th, 2005, 11:32 PM

I am SO sorry. I changed that setting a long time ago and forgot to set it back. I should have known it was my fault somehow. I'll make sure to fix up the mod download files as soon as I have time. So very sorry.

Ed Kolis · #8 July 26th, 2005, 12:40 AM

No problem, it all worked out fairly quickly

RCCCL · #9 July 26th, 2005, 10:14 AM

Het Ed, the nag e-mails are unecesary. Your sending them while I'm either asleep or at work. So there is no way for me to hurry up and send my turn in.

I work nights, and sleep in the middle of the day. I always check my e-mail when I get home in the morning, and when I get up in the evening.

I know your wanting to get turns in, and I'm sorry that my hours are off, but please cut a little slack.

Randallw · #10 July 26th, 2005, 10:25 AM

If you are refering to PBW emails like "you are one of the last players to upload, hurry up" or "you are the last player" those aren't from him exactly. They are a built in part of PBW that just happens to use the email address of the game manager.