Simultaneous game issue

Beams · #1 May 5th, 2003, 05:50 PM

Hi. I'm new here .. just into my first PBW game and I've come across a quirk that I wanted to pass by you guys:

I download my .gam file, play my turn and submit the .plr file. That's fine.

If I later decide to review the orders, I open the game again only to find all my orders are missing (aka, I'm opening the .gam file without loading the .plr changes). Is this expected? I like to review my plans and mull over my options. Am I SOL?

Thanks for your comments,

Beams

MegaTrain · #2 May 5th, 2003, 05:54 PM

Yes. Its been a feature request since about Version 0.0.1, to allow you to save a simultaneous turn game, then open it later and finish your turn. It is a constant frustration.

oleg · #3 May 5th, 2003, 07:39 PM

Well, you can always copy the file to some temporaly backup before processing the turn and if you make a mistake restore and review your actions. And NO, it is not a cheating since you do it during your turn and it does not involve the actual turn processing.

[ May 05, 2003, 18:41: Message edited by: oleg ]

Ruatha · #4 May 5th, 2003, 08:23 PM

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Originally posted by oleg:
Well, you can always copy the file to some temporaly backup before processing the turn and if you make a mistake restore and review your actions. And NO, it is not a cheating since you do it during your turn and it does not involve the actual turn processing.

I don't get it, what do you mean??
You can always replay your turn, it's always reseted. And if you'r uplaoded turn has mistakes you can undo it and uplaod a new one, why save some file? Do you mean the GAM file to review the previous turn?

geoschmo · #5 May 5th, 2003, 08:48 PM

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Originally posted by oleg:
Well, you can always copy the file to some temporaly backup before processing the turn and if you make a mistake restore and review your actions. And NO, it is not a cheating since you do it during your turn and it does not involve the actual turn processing.

You can't do this in a PBW game.

Geoschmo

Beams · #6 May 5th, 2003, 08:49 PM

Wow, I really expected that I was just missing something. I'm only on turn 6 and I find it annoying.

If, at least, when you pressed 'end turn' the game didn't immediately close, I could submit the .plr and keep the game up for later changes if I noticed anything.

Ah well. Thanks for the quick responses.

oleg · #7 May 5th, 2003, 09:27 PM

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Originally posted by Ruatha:

quote:
Originally posted by oleg:
Well, you can always copy the file to some temporaly backup before processing the turn and if you make a mistake restore and review your actions. And NO, it is not a cheating since you do it during your turn and it does not involve the actual turn processing.

I don't get it, what do you mean??
You can always replay your turn, it's always reseted. And if you'r uplaoded turn has mistakes you can undo it and uplaod a new one, why save some file? Do you mean the GAM file to review the previous turn?

Aah, I mean once you end your turn and exit SE all files are overwright. gam and sav. Right ?

Pocus · #8 May 5th, 2003, 09:32 PM

Damn didnt knew that too.

My first big disappointement in SE IV.

Fyron · #9 May 5th, 2003, 09:49 PM

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Aah, I mean once you end your turn and exit SE all files are overwright. gam and sav. Right ?

Only if you are the host processing the turn. But if you are the player in a PBEM game, all that is overwritten is the .plr file.

Q · #10 May 6th, 2003, 11:15 AM

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Originally posted by Pocus:
Damn didnt knew that too.

My first big disappointement in SE IV.

The inability to save your turn in a simultaneous game without actually ending it made me completely stop playing simultaneous games, altough I find this type of games much more interesting and fairer if you play against AI empires. In late games sometimes a turn takes me more than an hour to complete, so I desperately need the possibility to interrupt and continue later where I left. For me it is disappointing too that MM never introduced this possibility.