winSPWW2 v4.0 -- 3 CORRECTED OOBs

Mobhack · #1 February 10th, 2010, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by 2ndLt_Fjun

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Originally Posted by Sgt_walrus

Sorry, I do not know which nation or year my opponent was. I am trying to find out now.
My p/w=axel
His p/w=adam

That would be Sweden vs. Anzac in 1944.

And it's interesting if it's an OOB mismatch. Never touched my OOB's except for patching to the different versions (checked and it said 4.0) and then installing the new 3 Ob's in the folder.

Did you patch the game and install OBs before you started the new game, not during the game & thus nuking the secure PBEM?

Andy

2ndLt_Fjun · #2 February 10th, 2010, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Mobhack

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Originally Posted by 2ndLt_Fjun

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Originally Posted by Sgt_walrus

Sorry, I do not know which nation or year my opponent was. I am trying to find out now.
My p/w=axel
His p/w=adam

That would be Sweden vs. Anzac in 1944.

And it's interesting if it's an OOB mismatch. Never touched my OOB's except for patching to the different versions (checked and it said 4.0) and then installing the new 3 Ob's in the folder.

Did you patch the game and install OBs before you started the new game, not during the game & thus nuking the secure PBEM?

Andy

Hi Andy. The upgrading to 4.0 and installation of the new ob's according to the instructions were made first, and after that I set up the battle. This was just a test battle that I sent to Walrus to see if we could trigger the error message, and alas, we did.

Mobhack · #3 February 10th, 2010, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by 2ndLt_Fjun

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Originally Posted by Mobhack

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Originally Posted by 2ndLt_Fjun

That would be Sweden vs. Anzac in 1944.

And it's interesting if it's an OOB mismatch. Never touched my OOB's except for patching to the different versions (checked and it said 4.0) and then installing the new 3 Ob's in the folder.

Did you patch the game and install OBs before you started the new game, not during the game & thus nuking the secure PBEM?

Andy

Hi Andy. The upgrading to 4.0 and installation of the new ob's according to the instructions were made first, and after that I set up the battle. This was just a test battle that I sent to Walrus to see if we could trigger the error message, and alas, we did.

The message is only received if an OOB is in conflict.

But neither ANZAC nor Sweden OOBS were affected by this OOB update. So I am at a loss to understand what happened.

Each of you should check that your OOB checksums for the 2 OOBS are in agreement. I knocked up a utility for this purpose (it does any .obf files). It may be handy for any future PBEM woes

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You can compare an OOB set by changing dir and pressing the generate checksums button again. Right click on the memo field and "select all" then right click and "copy" will put the memo text into the windows paste buffer and so you can drop the results into anything you need (email etc).

Cheers
Andy

2ndLt_Fjun · #4 February 10th, 2010, 06:22 PM

Thanks. I copied mine into a text file. I'll pass it over to Walrus to see how it compares.

Sgt_Walrus · #5 February 10th, 2010, 07:37 PM

Hi Andy
Thanks for your help.

I DL the checksum app...I get an error (ironically).

It says it cannot run because VCL50.BCP is missing / cannot be found.

Not sure what is up there.
I run XP Pro SP2. Firefox 3 browser.

This is annoying as I cannot order anyone else to help out with this.

Cheers
Jason