Are you tough enough to be the "King of the Hill"? - Page 362

Slynky · #**3611** January 22nd, 2006, 09:04 PM

Glyn, there is some sort of problem. The turn looks the same to me.

Slynky · #**3612** January 22nd, 2006, 09:10 PM

I don't know what to do here as:

The turn I did the last time had me discovering GAS technology (not minding giving away a piece of the game since it seems to be coming to a close...)

I designed a colony ship to settle gas planets and a few other things. Submitted my turn on PBW and it sat green (meaning my turn was submitted and yours wasn't).

Just for grins, I checked PBW website and saw that the game was listed as yellow (meaning I needed to send a turn). That meant to me that you had submitted a turn closely following mine. But, when I downloaded the file labeled 48, it turned out being the same as the turn before...it told me I had discovered gas tech again.

So, I'm confused!

Anyone have any input on this sort of thing because I haven't see this sort of problem before. And, if I just do the turn over and design new GAS colony ships...what the hell is up with that since I designed them last turn?

geoschmo · #**3613** January 22nd, 2006, 09:21 PM

If you look at the turn log you guys uploaded within two seconds of one another:
Jan 22, 2006 6:21:10 PM EST
Uploaded game turn (glyn)
Jan 22, 2006 6:21:08 PM EST
Uploaded game turn (slynky)

I have heard reports of a rare glitch where you download the next turn and it somehow gives you the previous turn file. When you mouse over or click the "Get turn" button what is the file name for the turn file? It should be "kothsvg_48.zip". If you are still seeing "kothsvg_47.zip" you are getting an after-image. Try holding ctrl and hitting F5 to clear your browser cache, or logging off and back onto the PBW website.

Geoschmo

Slynky · #**3614** January 22nd, 2006, 09:42 PM

Thanks, Geo. But still comes out the same. I'll redo the turn and see what happens. I'll design and build gas colony ships again. I guess if this is the way you say it is, then I actually missed seeing a turn (though I looked at 47 and saw no "gaps").

geoschmo · #**3615** January 22nd, 2006, 10:38 PM

No, don't do that. Your turn is going to get messed up I'm afraid. Send me an email with your password and let me look at the turn.

Glyn · #**3616** January 23rd, 2006, 12:19 PM

Oh that was the problem you were talking about.

I did experience a problem where if you upload your turn then click on the game info icon after a few minutes after it finished processing that the download file icon would still be pointing to the previous turn�s file.

I found if you click on the view all games icon then select the game it pointed to the correct download file.

I think the icon panel was not updated along with the game information panel so it got out of sync.

Slynky · #**3617** January 23rd, 2006, 12:34 PM

Quote:

Glyn said:
Oh that was the problem you were talking about.

I did experience a problem where if you upload your turn then click on the game info icon after a few minutes after it finished processing that the download file icon would still be pointing to the previous turn�s file.

I found if you click on the view all games icon then select the game it pointed to the correct download file.

I think the icon panel was not updated along with the game information panel so it got out of sync.

Well, best I can figure, I must have gotten the wrong turn somehow, Glyn. Not sure how. I will say my email service has been weird lately as, on Sunday, I received your reply from my Saturday message and it was dated that you sent it on Saturday. Several other emails arrived late as well during the weekend.

So, when I was playing my turns/uploading and after it was processed, normally, the turn arrives in my email within the minute. If it didn't arrive after 3 or 4 minutes, I would just download from the site. That email glitch from my provider may have caused the problem somehow yet I never replayed a turn until I got the latest turn and it said I had just discovered gas tech. *shakes head*

Hopefully, my submittal (against Geo's advice) won't cause a problem.

Asmala · #**3618** January 25th, 2006, 12:39 PM

K.O.T.H. Mwbard vs Asmala

Mwbard surrenders at turn 39. No time for big battles, the game was settled by colonizing speed. Even though we started at opposite sides of the galaxy, I was able to corner Mwbard quite well and I had about 4/5 of systems. That big difference in planet amount would've settled the game sooner or later, and probably sooner.

Good game, thanks Mwbard. Pretty fast too, took only a little under week to finish it.

Slynky · #**3619** January 25th, 2006, 06:43 PM

Hmmm, doesn't sound like someone who is rusty

. Sounds more like somone who misses being on the throne.

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Alneyan · #**3620** January 26th, 2006, 04:50 PM

Excuse of the day for the late update: maintainer spent too much time fiddling with driver wrappers, Wifi USB adapters, and Linux. KOTH has now been updated, and I'm back on a working OS.

I've taken down Grandpakim as per his wishes (though he may be resurrected still, should he ask to be brought into the Hill). Everything else should be up-to-date; if not, feel free to yell at me.

I like your proposal Slynky, and will probably include it in the next rules revision; I was planning to make a few changes, most notably the part about "you can express a preference about who you want to play with" (I do not think it has ever been implement, and would be fairly unpractical without a host of players) and ditching everything relating to 1.49 (the Deluxe patch being the answer).

Edit: a *device* wrapper - as if. Did you know graphic cards were twice as fast if you bent them in the proper manner? A driver wrapper, now that sounds more like it.