Arckons Next 24Civ Pitboss game; details and discussion here

[crazyjoe0813]

Um... So I tried to load the game and it got past my civ selection and I put in a password and I get the following error and then Warlords shut down... "The save file you have selected is protected to ensure that the assets in your mod folder have not been changed" I downloaded the most recent version of the mod before I fired it up... Any ideas on what would cause this?

 

[Arckon]

I am setting the unclaimed civs to AI control as I had stated I would after 12+ hours on the first day.

This is so that unclaimed civs wonts simply sit there like lumps on a log for multiple turns till people can claim them.

So turn two should be starting in a few minutes.

 

[crazyjoe0813]

Any idea why this error is happening now? I was able to log in and play every other turn once we got the blank leaders problem fixed... I would really love to play this game but don't have any idea why I am getting this error now and am unable to play...

 

[Johnhs]

@Crazyjoe: Besides the latest mod, did you install the latest map? See post #225 of this thread.

And when you install it, it should come up with the process of the file already exist and do you wish to over-write it. That way, since you could play the previous turns, you'll know it's installed in the right place.

 

[Johnhs]

With Yaotlatoani moving from Spanish to Aztecs, I take it that
Spain
Vikings
are still unclaimed? Any others?

Not sure if it was done before but could/may we advertise these at other sites?

 

[richm]

Klammii and Churchill could you please explain to me why you would claim your civ and then not bother to end your turn. The game is now running for 24 hrs when it is not nessesary

 

[Klammi]

Sure. There is a quit simple explanation for that. My internet bandwith at home is too small and I could set up my password but loading the game didn't finished due to timeout error. Will go to university now (on Sunday) to make my turn. Next week I finally get a huge bandwith at home so this problem will not return... hopefully

Sorry for slowing down the start... will do my turn in the next two hours.

 

[IanDC]

@Crazyjoe: Besides the latest mod, did you install the latest map? See post #225 of this thread.

The map shouldn't matter, that's held on the hosts machine & downloaded when you play, I can't say I've seen that error though since the process shouldn't be trying to load a save anyway.

 

[Arckon]

Um... So I tried to load the game and it got past my civ selection and I put in a password and I get the following error and then Warlords shut down... "The save file you have selected is protected to ensure that the assets in your mod folder have not been changed" I downloaded the most recent version of the mod before I fired it up... Any ideas on what would cause this?

I googled the problem and got these threads, the forst one looks to address it quite specifically though the other threads might help as well.

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=152832&highlight=PBEM

We have been researching this problem, and we believe that a lot of the problems are due to the way files are returned from the operating system - under NTFS, files are generally returned in alphabetical order (the order that Civ4 expects); under FAT/FAT32, they're returned in order of creation date. To check whether your hard-drive is FAT/32, open "My Computer" and right-click on the icon for your hard-drive. From the menu, choose 'Properties'. From the picture that comes up, look at what it says the file system is - if its 'FAT32' and you have WinXP, you should be able to fix this.

<read the whole thread>


http://forums.civfanatics.com/archive/index.php/t-151830.html

http://forums.civfanatics.com/archive/index.php/t-173629.html

http://forums.civfanatics.com/archive/index.php/t-151332.html

 

[g_storrow]

Tried Egypt yet?

taxi........

 

[g_storrow]

I googled the problem and got these threads, the forst one looks to address it quite specifically though the other threads might help as well.

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=152832&highlight=PBEM

We have been researching this problem, and we believe that a lot of the problems are due to the way files are returned from the operating system - under NTFS, files are generally returned in alphabetical order (the order that Civ4 expects); under FAT/FAT32, they're returned in order of creation date. To check whether your hard-drive is FAT/32, open "My Computer" and right-click on the icon for your hard-drive. From the menu, choose 'Properties'. From the picture that comes up, look at what it says the file system is - if its 'FAT32' and you have WinXP, you should be able to fix this.

<read the whole thread>


http://forums.civfanatics.com/archive/index.php/t-151830.html

http://forums.civfanatics.com/archive/index.php/t-173629.html

http://forums.civfanatics.com/archive/index.php/t-151332.html

Make sure you put the mod file in at \firaxas\civi....\warlords\mods not in \My Documents\My Games\Warlords\MODS

 

[crazyjoe0813]

Klammii and Churchill could you please explain to me why you would claim your civ and then not bother to end your turn. The game is now running for 24 hrs when it is not nessesary

Well I am Churchill and my post earlier told why I was unable to connect... I figured it out as the Mod was doing the double install and installing the game inside the Earth 24 directory instead of just the Warlords/Mods directory... Corrected, connected and played my turn... The new turn has started...

 

[Johnhs]

First, the dreaded blank leaderscreen again. When I tried again, get connection attempt timing out.

 

[JMaltman]

I was just trying to get things going on my laptop, so that I can do my turns while away on business, and for the first time got the blank leaderhead screen. And then tried on my desktop where I did my turn a few hours ago - and the same thing.

 

[Klammi]

blank screen .. and again plattfuss was the last who logged in...

 

[Arckon]

I dont know what to do about the blank leader screen problem.

We tested this last week and people logged in and out sevral times.

Has anyone else been able to log in since plattfuss did?

 

[amh52]

Same thing here... blak screen

 

[Arckon]

Can ANYONE log in at all?

I see lots of people logging into the game, but no one saying that they can do their turns.

Whats going on?

 

[Arckon]

I just logged in and did my turn with no problem.

I cant see the problems that you guys are seeing.

Dont know what to do, maybe I should just drop this whole thing.

Its taking up a lot of my time and I dont have too much with a full time job, a family and a business on the side.

Whatever is happening, if it doesnt get fixed soon by someone, I'll just have to drop the game and simplify my life quite a bit, sorry.

 

[classical_hero]

I am having the same problem.