Network Hosting Problem - Cannot Creat File

[Ironhawk]

This is a bug in dominions. I thought it was going to be corrected in 2.12, but sadly it was not.

Both the server process and your client process both use this temp file "dom16882/tmp_fl" and when either of them exits, it deletes that file. So, what is happening to you is this:

You start your server up and it makes the tmp_fl. You start your client up and it actually deletes and immediately recreates the tmp_fl so you dont notice any interruptions. Then when you exit your client cause your turn is done, the client erases the file. SO, when the server gets around to processing the turn after all players are in, it looks for the file and - uh oh - no file there anymore! CRASH.

Which is also why it will turn properly if your client is connected. In that case the file will not have been deleted, you see?

Anyway, I wrote a little program to get around this and I just run it alongside my server process. My server has been up for like 2-3 weeks now straight. I could possibly tailor the program for you if you like. Or alternately, you could just create the tmp_fl manually every time you exit your client