I'd like to try PitBoss but I only saw 2 games started on this forum so far. If anyone has a spare machine they can start a direct-IP game on, count me in :)

That makes two of us. ;)

I'm trying to test my PB server via Direct IP. Try to join at {PM me for IP address and password}, and let me know if you're successful. It's simultaneous turns, so log in, choose a leader, and let's see if this works!

Thanks!

EDIT: Changed IP and game type to simultaneous turns.

I'm trying to test my PB server via Direct IP. Try to join at 192.168.0.100, password Myst, and let me know if you're successful. Choose Ghandi as your leader, if he's available, since he has the first turn.

Thanks!

That's not your external IP address.

Go to www.whatismyip.com to find out what your external IP is. Also, that means you're behind a NAT and will need to forward the port that PitBoss uses to your computer.

That's not your external IP address.

Go to www.whatismyip.com to find out what your external IP is. Also, that means you're behind a NAT and will need to forward the port that PitBoss uses to your computer.

Thanks! I wasn't sure how to obtain my external IP.

Does anyone know which port PB uses?

Pitboss uses the same port at Civ 4, which is 2056.

Also, I'd suggest using the simultaneous turns feature, otherwise the pitboss server is really no better than PBEM as you'll still have wait for someone in the sequence to turn in their turns.

Pitboss uses the same port at Civ 4, which is 2056.


Ok, that's what I thought. Thanks for the confirmation.

I got into the game and took the Germans.....


Joe

I got into the game and took the Germans.....


Joe

Cool! Let's see how well this plays out. I've read there's a bug with civ passwords. Make sure you don't try to set your e-mail address from within the game (ALT-D is the command, I believe), and we should be able to avoid this bug.

I'm in as Qin, this will be fun. Thanks for hosting Mysterio! :goodjob:

After my turn the game stays on "waiting for other civilizations", which I assume is normal.

I'm in as Qin, this will be fun. Thanks for hosting Mysterio! :goodjob:

No problem! This is as much of a learning process for me as it is for those who decide to join. :)

After my turn the game stays on "waiting for other civilizations", which I assume is normal.

Yup, that's normal. I'm interested in seeing what the Pitboss does after everyone's taken their first turn or the timer runs out. Did you all receive the Message of the Day from the Pitboss?

Joined as caesar. Have you guys alreadly had several turns? It only let me take one. Also, will we be ok if we put our email address under "Your details" and not ctrl-D? Also, how long is the timer? Is it a full 24 hours?

Joined as caesar. Have you guys alreadly had several turns? It only let me take one. Also, will we be ok if we put our email address under "Your details" and not ctrl-D? Also, how long is the timer? Is it a full 24 hours?

This is the first turn.

Using the menu option to set your e-mail has also been shown to cause the PW bug.

The timer is 24 hours. There are 19.5 hours remaining on the first turn. Two civ slots are still available.

Using the menu option to set your e-mail has also been shown to cause the PW bug.

Argh, this just happened to me, I knew about not setting in-game email/password but I didn't know that just opening the Alt+D window would do that. :mad: I tried the MD5 trick shown in the main PitBoss thread and it didn't work. Can you kick me out so I can re-join? Thanks for letting me know at the same time you do it so I can log back in immediately.

Thanks! :)

Great! I joined and took Montezuma. I haven't much understood about the use of Pitbull in this game, but will attempt to find out 'n stuff.

Can you kick me out so I can re-join? Thanks for letting me know at the same time you do it so I can log back in immediately.

Doh! You've been kicked. Log back in and claim your civ ASAP. :eek:

There's one civ still available (Huayna Capac) with 12 hours and 27 minutes left on the first-turn timer! As soon as someone claims that civ, we'll have a full game and be on to the second turn!

I'll take the last slot when I get home in the unlikely event no one else has taken it.

Doh! You've been kicked. Log back in and claim your civ ASAP. :eek:

I'm back, thanks!

But since we cannot set email addresses, I suppose we will not receive a notice for the second turn so we check the forum and login once in a while?

But since we cannot set email addresses, I suppose we will not receive a notice for the second turn so we check the forum and login once in a while?

Even if we could set our e-mail addresses, I'm not sure the e-mail notification feature is working in 1.52. I read in the PB thread that it's not enabled in 1.52. I'll try to post here when a new turn's begun, but logging into the game every now and then wouldn't be a bad idea.

Looks like we have a full game, now. A new turn is available, and the server's back up. I'm trying to figure out why I got an e-mail error after the 4000BC turn was finished.

Hi,
I took the Inca. Timer was ticking at about 11 hours. Made my 4000 BC turn and timer started straight from 24 hours. So made my 3950 BC turn, too.

It's giving me incorrect password, even though I never put my email in. I did open the menu...maybe that was enough to do it? Can you kick me as caesar so I can rejoin?

Can you kick me as caesar so I can rejoin?

Done.

Even just opening the menu will lock you out.

Thanks. I'm back in. Quick question, do you always have to have the server running? And how did you get into your own game?

Quick question, do you always have to have the server running? And how did you get into your own game?

Yeah, I always leave my PC on anyway, so setting up a PB game wasn't a problem.

The PB server is separate from the actual game. I can play the game with the server running in the background. :)

How do we know when a new turn is ready? Do we get sent an email, or do we just have to go look every once in a while?


Joe

How do we know when a new turn is ready? Do we get sent an email, or do we just have to go look every once in a while?

Refer to post #19 in this thread.

The game is now telling me that my password is incorrect, even though I have NOT gone into my personal information. I have not hit ctrl-d or opened it manually. No idea what to do now.


Joe

I heard of a player who got it to work just by trying many times. Otherwise you can try the MD5 trick:

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=3544935&postcount=72

Good luck!

The game is now telling me that my password is incorrect, even though I have NOT gone into my personal information. I have not hit ctrl-d or opened it manually. No idea what to do now.


Joe

I just kicked you.

Remember, this code is beta, so there are bound to be bugs. :(

I heard of a player who got it to work just by trying many times. Otherwise you can try the MD5 trick:

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=3544935&postcount=72

Good luck!

I did some testing with this bug, and the MD5 thing doesn't work. I'm hopeful that Firaxis will release updated beta cose to at least fix the "Your Details" bug. It would be nice if the PB e-mail notification system worked. :aargh:

There are 2 hours left on the turn timer, and Solomon still hasn't taken his turn, nor has he posted in this thread. If he doesn't take his turn before the timer expires, I'll kick him. I'd expect everyone should be able to take at least one turn every 12 hours. That's reasonable, no? I'm wishing I set the timer to 12 instead of 24 hours.

Also, I'll post here when a new turn starts. However, a new turn may start while I'm sleeping (typically 05:00 - 13:00 GMT) or away from my PC. Those would be the times you'd want to log in to see if the turn's advanced.

OK. I am back in.


Thanks.

Joe

There are 2 hours left on the turn timer, and Solomon still hasn't taken his turn, nor has he posted in this thread. If he doesn't take his turn before the timer expires, I'll kick him. I'd expect everyone should be able to take at least one turn every 12 hours. That's reasonable, no? I'm wishing I set the timer to 12 instead of 24 hours.

Also, I'll post here when a new turn starts. However, a new turn may start while I'm sleeping (typically 05:00 - 13:00 GMT) or away from my PC. Those would be the times you'd want to log in to see if the turn's advanced.

If he doesn't take his turn, is it possible that I can join instead? If I can't, then maybe you can keep me in mind for next time you arrange a game?

If he doesn't take his turn, is it possible that I can join instead? If I can't, then maybe you can keep me in mind for next time you arrange a game?

Sure. I'll know his fate within the next 1 hour and 45 minutes. I'll keep you posted. :D

26 minutes remaining on the turn.

A new turn has started!

oagersnap, Solomon's been kicked, so feel free to take over his civ.

A new turn has started!

oagersnap, Solomon's been kicked, so feel free to take over his civ.

Ok, I joined, but I forgot to set a password for my civ, and it will get corrupted if I do it with alt-d, but can I set it the next time I log in?

Also, when I finish my turn, I just exit the gme, right? No need to save or anything?

Ok, I joined, but I forgot to set a password for my civ, and it will get corrupted if I do it with alt-d, but can I set it the next time I log in?

I don't think you can. I just kicked you so you can log in, now, and set your password.

Also, when I finish my turn, I just exit the gme, right? No need to save or anything?

Make sure you end your turn, and then use the menu to either exit to desktop or to the main menu. The saving is done on the PB server (my PC).

I don't think you can. I just kicked you so you can log in, now, and set your password.



Make sure you end your turn, and then use the menu to either exit to desktop or to the main menu. The saving is done on the PB server (my PC).


Ok, thanks for the help :)

Ok, folks. Since the e-mail notification code in the PB code isn't working, scree developed an app that will send e-mail notifications of new turns to all players. The server admin (which is me) only runs scree's app (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=3565173&postcount=1), but his app requires the e-mail addresses of all players. So, please send me either a PM or post here with your e-mail address. Once I receive all of them, I'll send out a test e-mail or two to make sure it's working. :)

Sweet! I just tested scree's app with my e-mail address only, and it sent me an e-mail with the subject Civ4 - New Turn: Mysterio10000's Game - 3900 BC! :goodjob: Get me your e-mail addresses ASAP! :dance:

Thanks!

So far I have e-mail addresses for:

oagersnap
Corossol
baboonfan
Dandridge

I still need e-mail addresses for:

Abdukrahman
jhauser

Once I receive those remaining e-mail addresses, I'll post here and send out a test e-mail. If you receive the test e-mail, I'd like you to reply to this thread saying so. Stay tuned!

There are 2 hours left on the turn timer, and Solomon still hasn't taken his turn, nor has he posted in this thread. If he doesn't take his turn before the timer expires, I'll kick him. I'd expect everyone should be able to take at least one turn every 12 hours. That's reasonable, no? I'm wishing I set the timer to 12 instead of 24 hours.

With 50 minutes left on the 3900BC turn, Abdukrahman is now the only person who hasn't taken his turn. To avoid stagnation of a civ, I'd like to implement the following rule: any player who hasn't taken his turn in the 24-hour period for two consecutive turns would be booted in favor of the AI.

Let me know your thoughts and any suggestions you might have.

Thanks.

To avoid stagnation of a civ, I'd like to implement the following rule: any player who hasn't taken his turn in the 24-hour period for three consecutive turns would be booted in favor of the AI.

Make that two. I mean we kind of expect PitBoss to be faster than PBEM.

(Unless the player warns the others in advance, of course.)

Make that two. I mean we kind of expect PitBoss to be faster than PBEM.

My thoughts exactly. I original stated two, but changed it to three thinking you all wouldn't like two. :lol:

Turn 3850 BC has started. I need the following people to confirm that they received an e-mail notification of a new turn:

oagersnap
Corossol
baboonfan
Dandridge

Thanks!

My thoughts exactly. I original stated two, but changed it to three thinking you all wouldn't like two. :lol:

Turn 3850 BC has started. I need the following people to confirm that they received an e-mail notification of a new turn:

oagersnap
Corossol
baboonfan
Dandridge

Thanks!

Yes, I recieved an email notification.

With 50 minutes left on the 3900BC turn, Abdukrahman is now the only person who hasn't taken his turn. To avoid stagnation of a civ, I'd like to implement the following rule: any player who hasn't taken his turn in the 24-hour period for two consecutive turns would be booted in favor of the AI.

Let me know your thoughts and any suggestions you might have.

Thanks.

Don't worry, I'm active. I just figured in the early turns it wouldn't hurt to take a couple turns at a time, seeing as nobody is going to be attacking right away anyhow. I'll take the turns more often now though.

My email is rjharder@gmail.com

Er, can you pm me the ip again? I had been coming here before each turn to find it. =/

I just figured in the early turns it wouldn't hurt to take a couple turns at a time, seeing as nobody is going to be attacking right away anyhow.

How do you take a couple turns at a time?

Do you mean you queue unit and build orders, and then feel you don't need to log in to end your next and subsequent turns because of the queues? If so, then you not logging in to simply end your turn is forcing the 24-hour timer to count down to zero. That makes the pace of this PB game akin to a PBEM game, which isn't what we want. When their able, everyone needs to log in when a new turn is announced, even if all they need to do is end their turn.

Edit: Thanks for the e-mail address. I've added it to the notification app.

All the e-mail addresses are in the notification app, so you each should receive next-turn notifications as they happen! I'm going to force send a dummy notification now. If you don't receive it, let me know.

Thanks!

Yeah, I got the e-mail. Or two. ;)

Hopefully we can move to 12 hours/turn pace at some point... :king:

Hopefully we can move to 12 hours/turn pace at some point... :king:

Yeah, I wish I could change the timer to 12 hours, but I haven't figured out a way to do it. :(

Yeah, I wish I could change the timer to 12 hours, but I haven't figured out a way to do it. :(

Oh, ok. Let us see. :king:

Well, this e-mail notification system should help a lot what comes to the pace.

After messing with my port settings on my router, and was no longer able to connect to the PB server. So, I had to shut it down and reboot my PC. However, I had the e-mail notification app enabled when I shut down the PB server, so it thought a turn had been taken. But since the Turn field in the e-mail is blank, it's a bogus e-mail. Ignore the e-mail you just received and any future ones with a blank Turn field. :)

How do you take a couple turns at a time?

Do you mean you queue unit and build orders, and then feel you don't need to log in to end your next and subsequent turns because of the queues? If so, then you not logging in to simply end your turn is forcing the 24-hour timer to count down to zero. That makes the pace of this PB game akin to a PBEM game, which isn't what we want. When their able, everyone needs to log in when a new turn is announced, even if all they need to do is end their turn.

Edit: Thanks for the e-mail address. I've added it to the notification app.

Oh. I didn't realize that the timer reset if everyone had taken their turn. I thought that turns were generated every 24 hours regardless of how many people take turns. My bad.

I still don't have the ip though. Could you pm that to me?

And I got the turn emails.

I still don't have the ip though. Could you pm that to me?

PM sent.....

It might be a good idea, since the email is configurable, to include that in all of the notification emails. This would be especially useful for those in multiple games. Then we could just copy and paste it instead of having to type it each time.


Joe

It might be a good idea, since the email is configurable, to include that in all of the notification emails. This would be especially useful for those in multiple games. Then we could just copy and paste it instead of having to type it each time.


Joe

Please edit your post to remove the IP address. I don't want it visible for all to see.

I added the IP address and password to all future turn notifications. Good suggestion, Joe!

you're gonna have to edit the reply also

Putting it in the emails would be a great help.

you're gonna have to edit the reply also

What replies? scree's app uses my SMTP to send e-mails to the addresses I've inputed into his app. It monitors the turn field and triggers when it changes.

What replies? scree's app uses my SMTP to send e-mails to the addresses I've inputed into his app. It monitors the turn field and triggers when it changes.



The reply in here where you quoted me and have the ip listed. (If you do not want the ip there).


Joe

The reply in here where you quoted me and have the ip listed. (If you do not want the ip there).


Joe

haha I feel like an idiot. Thanks for the heads-up.

oagersnap,

I'm not sure if you realize it, but we're waiting on you to take your turn. You said you received the notification, but you still haven't taken your turn. Just a friendly reminder in case you overlooked it.

got the email notifications.

oagersnap,

I'm not sure if you realize it, but we're waiting on you to take your turn. You said you received the notification, but you still haven't taken your turn. Just a friendly reminder in case you overlooked it.

I've finished the turn (and started the next turn) now.
When I recieved the email notification yesterday, I couldn't play.

I've finished the turn (and started the next turn) now.
When I recieved the email notification yesterday, I couldn't play.

No problem. I just wanted to make sure everyone knew to press the End Turn button every turn, even if they didn't have any new moves to input.

An idea:scan: : may be we could try to find a moment when everybody is online at the same time. Then try to make a few turns (maybe for an hour)simultanously like in a normal multiplayer game. Then again continue the game in a normal pitboss timing. Propably we're all on a different time zone but maybe it would be possible to find an hour that we could all agree upon.

An idea:scan: : may be we could try to find a moment when everybody is online at the same time. Then try to make a few turns (maybe for an hour)simultanously like in a normal multiplayer game. Then again continue the game in a normal pitboss timing. Propably we're all on a different time zone but maybe it would be possible to find an hour that we could all agree upon.

Yeah, that's the best way to play a PB game, but it may be difficult given the time zone differences. I'm on GMT-7 time. For this weekend, I'm free the following times:

Friday, 22:00-07:00 GMT
Sunday, 01:00-07:00 GMT

Not sure what GMT zone you're in? Check www.timeanddate.com.

GMT+2 here. During weekdays could arrange some time between 15:00 - 22:00 GMT and weekends between 7:00 - 22:00 GMT. Unfortunately, doesn't seem to match at all to your available times:sad: .

GMT -5. I usually play between 23.00 - 03:00 GMT on weekdays, more on weekends (from 15.00 GMT or so).

GMT+2 here. During weekdays could arrange some time between 15:00 - 22:00 GMT and weekends between 7:00 - 22:00 GMT. Unfortunately, doesn't seem to match at all to your available times:sad: .

Mistäpäin? ;)

We have the same time zone. This week is quite busy, but I'm available 19:00-3:00 due to my wacked sleeping rhythm. Starting from monday, I can play almost 24/7.

Yeah, that's the best way to play a PB game, but it may be difficult given the time zone differences. I'm on GMT-7 time. For this weekend, I'm free the following times:

Friday, 22:00-07:00 GMT
Sunday, 01:00-07:00 GMT

Not sure what GMT zone you're in? Check www.timeanddate.com.

I'm in GMT+1, but I can't play at any of your times either.

Since our time zones differ by many hours, having everyone online at the same time isn't feasible. We'll just have to do our best to take our turns as soon as we receive notification.

Today is my 41st birthday, and the present I want most is for our PB game to move at a quicker pace.

Oh, and if each of you could gift to me whatever units you currently have in play, it would be a most wonderful birthday! :lol:

Today is my 41st birthday, and the present I want most is for our PB game to move at a quicker pace.

Oh, and if each of you could gift to me whatever units you currently have in play, it would be a most wonderful birthday! :lol:

I'd like to, but this early in the game, it's not possible to trade anything.

Anyway, happy birthday![party]

I have had trouble connecting to the game server since yesterday. Is it down?


Joe

Mysterio I think you canceled the game and forgot to mention it on the original thread...

Game canceled:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=154082

New game for GMT -5 to -8:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=154088

Mysterio I think you canceled the game and forgot to mention it on the original thread...

Game canceled:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=154082

New game for GMT -5 to -8:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=154088

That's strange. I could have sworn I replied to this post. There would have been no reason for me to start a new thread, which wouldn't make much sense. Very odd.

Sorry, jhauser--I pulled the plug on the PB game, since it was taking too long (some people wouldn't take their turn until 2-3 hours were left on the 24-hour turn timer). I just started a new game on a 12-hour timer, but all the slots arre taken. :(

I had taken 3 turns in one day, and it seemed that the turns were popping up as fast as possible. Never waited more than 20 hours. Ah well.

I had taken 3 turns in one day, and it seemed that the turns were popping up as fast as possible. Never waited more than 20 hours. Ah well.

20 hours is a long time to wait to take a turn. That approaches the time it takes for a PBEM turn to get back to you.