Sheap-Hosted Games (benatar.snurgle.org)

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I regret my incredible slowness in fixing my server. A combination of Internet failures and real-life things conspired to delay me for two whole days.

BUT!

Things are alive now. The following games will be up in the almost-immediate future (i.e. I am doing them now and will post the information in this thread).

(taking these games over for Graeme)
KaranGame
Modded

(taking these games over for Norfleet)
Cradle_Of_Zen
Clueless_Newbs

I don't know much more than what is posted here.

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OK. Here we go.

All games are hosted on benatar.snurgle.org. Mind the spelling. In the event of another DNS related outage, the IP is 24.8.118.21. But that IP may change. The hostname, however, will always be correct.

Norfleet's Games:
Clueless_Newbs: This game is over already. Move along, nothing to see here.
Cradle of Zen: 5 players, plus 2 AI. Port 2004. 24h quickhost.

Graeme's Games:
KaranGame: Nine players, plus one AI. Port 2001. Untimed quickhost. (This might be wrong - I can't find the thread for the game).
Modded: 5 players, no AI. Port 2003. This game is on 48h quickhost.

I have the original game data as sent by Norfleet and Graeme. So if any problems crop up, and you let me know first turn, I can potentially roll back the game to the original state. The most likely problem would be some sort of map related fiasco.

[Graeme Dice]

OK. Here we go.
I have the original game data as sent by Norfleet and Graeme. So if any problems crop up, and you let me know first turn, I can potentially roll back the game to the original state. The most likely problem would be some sort of map related fiasco.

Make sure that you've installed the fixed Version of hoburg_S.dm that is available at Fixed Hoburg Alliance

If you don't, then Ashikaga's troops on the server will be armed with only fists, and there will be severe inconsistencies in the battle replays.

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Make sure that you've installed the fixed Version of hoburg_S.dm that is available at Fixed Hoburg Alliance

All the mods I have are the ones you sent me. I'll double check and make sure it's the same mod.

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OK, I checked.

The mod appears to be the same content, but the one you sent me had been converted to RTF text format. So I downloaded the new one and reset the server.

I'm surprised it loaded the game at all. A little worried too.

This is my first time hosting a modded game. Do I have to enable the mods using commandline switches? Shouldn't it just use the mods automatically? And as a result shouldn't it have puked on the invalid .dm file? Or would that happen only when it was time to generate the turn? No turns have been generated yet.

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Now that the patch is out, I should say that I am not planning to upgrade to 2.13 right away. Largely because, Last I heard, the Linux patch is not working, and I host on Linux.

Once the patch is working, I can leave the decision up to the players in the games. It will be possible for me to run 2.12 and 2.13 games simultaneously.

This policy applies to the benatar.snurgle.org games on these ports:
Return of the Rejects (2000)
KaranGame (2001, formerly Graeme hosted)
Modded (2003, formerly Graeme hosted)
Cradle_of_Zen (2004, formerly Norfleet hosted)
CasualCarnage (2005)
Pantheons (2006)

as well as any future games that I might host.

[Cohen]

Who's subbed me in Karan Game?