Now I know why reading the manual is important

[Mobhack]

Originally Posted by DRG

It would be three files if you were playing a scenario as PBEM and you were including the TXT file that went along with it. In the vast majority of cases it would only be two files. You do not need to send the PBEMRegistry.dat .

I'll re-write that section of the guide

Don

The 3rd file is historical - way back in the MS-DOS days, there was a 3rd AUX file, but that is now part of the DAT file. Reference to it was deleted from the Game Guide, but obviously that bit about "3" files was missed.

CMT - is a stub file with the title of the game.
DAT - is the main save game

Nothing else need be zipped up and sent to your opponent.

Sending your PBEM registry to a third party is a really daft thing to do - it might mess up his ongoing secured PBEMs totally, and nowhere do we say to send that internal system file, or even mention it!. It is not for end users to mess with, whatsoever.

Sending it to another player is highly likely to nuke his ongoing secure PBEM games since you have sent part of your own data to overwrite his completely different data. Advise any opponents you infected this way to restart any secure PBEM games they currently have in progress (not just the ones with you).

Andy