Observations, Question and Ruminations

Matryx · #1 May 2nd, 2002, 02:27 PM

Heh, glad I have so many people to answer questions about my mod launcher.
Finals for me are only a few weeks away so I'm still finding it hard to get time to check the forums too frequently.

PDF · #2 May 2nd, 2002, 03:59 PM

Matryx,
Your Launcher utility rocks, but there's one thing that I cannot make work : loading a save directly from the launcher...
On a "normal" game when I hit the button I just have the "hourglass" for some seconds then it stops, and does not launch the game... And with a Pbem/PBW game I just can't enter my "player number", the field does not allow any input !
So ? Does the prog only works with "normal" c:\program files\... path ? I've put my SE4 on a d:\strategy folder...

Master Belisarius · #3 May 2nd, 2002, 04:15 PM

I gave an advice... but I learned something new today! Thanks Phoenix-D!

And PDF, I have the same problem than you loading the save files.

Phoenix-D · #4 May 2nd, 2002, 08:14 PM

"So ? Does the prog only works with "normal" c:\program files\... path ? I've put my SE4 on a d:\strategy folder..."

It works with mine fine.. C:\games\Space Empires IV (Gold)
Maybe it doesn't like being on the D drive?

Phoenix-D

capnq · #5 May 2nd, 2002, 11:03 PM

quote:
there's one thing that I cannot make work : loading a save directly from the launcher...

We discussed this in another thread somewhere. The Launcher doesn't know how to handle a game without a password. (BTW, Matryx, your suggestion to try entering a single space as the password didn't work, either.)

Also, when you enter your player number, you have to highlight and replace the space in the box.

Suggestion for the next Version: have the player number default to '1' instead of that space.

Matryx · #6 May 4th, 2002, 01:50 AM

Hmm, not sure what the problem with loading savegames is.
Is it for the gold Version or not?
if not, send me the savegame and details on the mod requirements/passwords etc and I'll test it myself.
If it is, er... well... send me a gold Version and the savegame and I can test it

Could you e-mail me the details in specific for the game and empires and I'll create a game with the same setup and try to get the launcher to work.

In a few days I'll post a new Version of the launcher with the ability to handle no-password empires and numerical-spinner box for the player number instead.

Greg@Matryx.org.uk for all e-mails please.

One thing to note. If you see the hourglass and no response it means either the player number was incorrect or the password for that player number was incorrect.

If you are playing singleplayer your playernumber should most likely be 1.
If you have no password, several people (including myself) have reported that using a single space character for the password works.

Fyron · #7 May 4th, 2002, 07:52 AM

quote:
If you have no password, several people (including myself) have reported that using a single space character for the password works.

And I can confirm that. It works for both Gold and non-Gold. Also, it doesn't matter whether you enter your player number as "01" or "1".