PBW supports v1.20

[geoschmo]

Something is funky with both yor empires in this game. There's another SE5 kth game between exolis and parabolize that is processing turns ok using 1.20 and balance mod 1.01.

When I try to load your game I don't see empire logos in the list for either of you. In the other koth game I do.

When I try to create a new game usign your empires I don't see an empire logo. Using the empire files from the other game I do.

When I modify Se5a's empire, I don't know the password for the grazic empire, it appears on my machine as if it was created without a shipset, flag or race pic. If I edit and try to save without doing anything it won't let me save it because these selections are missing.

I repeat, I'm confused.

Geoschmo

[geoschmo]

Grazic gave me his empire password and it has a similer problem. In his case there is a shipset and race pic selected, but no logo. I hit edit and change nothing and it won't let me save it.

All I can guess is there must be something setup differently on your pc's than mine. I don't know that that would be though.

[Baron Grazic]

I've PMed my password.
I just confirmed by empire setup and I'm using the Drushocka ship set, AyersRock flags & Terran Race pictures.
Sorry for the trouble.
I wonder if Parabolize had any problem setting the game up?
Baron Grazic

[Baron Grazic]

Crossed posts.
Would it be possible to download the flags onto the PBW server and see if that makes a difference?
http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/thr...b=5&o=&fpart=1
If it does that would mean PBW would need all shipsets and flags, which SE IV didn't. At least I didn't think it did.

[geoschmo]

Ok, I didn't have the error exactly right, here's what it said:

Could not load file: C:\Program Files\Strategy First\Malfador Machinations\SE5\pictures\flags\phong\phong_flag_t exture.bmp

I added a phong folder under pictures/flags and copied the phong flag bitmaps to it. The turn runs fine on PBW now.

So obviously this is how you've got things setup on your machines? But what I don't understand is why.

[Baron Grazic]

Thanks Geo.
Its not setup on my system that way, tripple checked now.
se5a?

[se5a]

if you're having problems with my empire it's probibly because the ngrath empire is not installed on PBW.

where did baron grazic install the flag mod? I think he may have installed it into the pictures/flags directory which is why we are having problems with his empire, the flag mod should have been installed into the empires directory in the se5 root.
I'm guessing it's looking for a flag picked from the flags mod, which it cannot find, then it looks *in the same directory* for an alternate shipset flag to use, since there are no shipset flags suposed to be in the flag directory it cant find *pictures/flags/random stock empire/flag.bmp*

that's my guess on it.

[se5a]

geo may be able to fix the problem on PBW by installing the flag mod into the flags dir, but... it kind of makes things messy from the server point of view, if geo wants us to restart then I'm ok with that.


Note that this turn it failed to run as well, so it's probibly decided to use a different stock flag to use this time, since you've only goten the phong dir installed into the flags dir it cant find whatever random empire it's deciding to use this time?

[geoschmo]

What flags mod? You guys are using balance mod 1.01 right? What is flags mod? Nobody ever told me anything about a flags mod. If you guys are using a different mod on your machines than on the PBW server that would definetly explain it.

The odd thing Se5 is that both of your empires are missing flags when I look at them on my pc. Yours is missing in addition the race pic and shipset pic. Grazics at least have those.

se5a said:
if you're having problems with my empire it's probibly because the ngrath empire is not installed on PBW.

That was an issue with 1.17, but it was supposed to be fixed by 1.20. And at least for the games I tested it seemed to work.

Geoschmo