My experience with PitBoss (after 2 days).
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The Black Roses PitBoss (you've probably seen it in the lobby)
PitBoss is running on my Media PC (Athlon 2200 XP; 1GB RAM; *wireless conx).
0. Under ideal conditions, PTBS seems to run very well. In a couple test games with random players it felt just like a normal MP game (except for the 24 hour deadline which freaked out a few joiners.)
1. *The wireless conx is important as PTBS will crash if the machine loses its conx even for a minute. Unfortunately, this machine does lose connection a couple times per day (due to either DSL or Router reset, or some mysterious loss of wireless connection that requires manually "repairing connection." - any ideas here? If windows knows the connection needs to be repaired why can't it do it itself?).
PTBS needs some exception catching, so whatever process it is hanging on will not lock up the server indefinitely, even after the connection is restored.
2. Auto save DOES seem to be working. PTBS saves after every complete turn/round is finished. That means it saves after everyone has completed their turn for any given round; not after each player has submitted his orders.
In short, so far so good.