Arckons Next 24Civ Pitboss game; details and discussion here

[Dandridge]

Connection still works fine for me. Connects and loads fast, too.

 

[plattfuss]

Platfuss, you're a good guy, but please get a faster setup, connection, computer, etc, before trying again, please, very much. I think you said you were in the process of doing this; how long do we have to wait for you to acquire this upgrade

The PC I am using now should be no problem in terms of speed. It's a Pentium 4 CPU with 3 GHz and 1.5 GB RAM and a Radeon 9800 Pro graphics card. If it is hardware related it must be either the powerline connection from the PC to the router or the router itself. It's like Ian said, I was able to play the last game til the end with this machine.

My laptop is being repaired but they are waiting for a spare part. It was promised to be delivered this week ...

I guess it is best if you guys get going without me. As soon as I have my laptop I will try to connect with that one. I dont want to connect with my PC anymore because it is just to risky to cause this waiting for leader screen again.

 

[Johnhs]

OK, I was able to log in and do a turn.

@Bernout: I think that's a good idea. If you post an IP, I am sure lots of ppl will be more than willing to help with the testing, i.e. to log on and play turns. Set the timer short...something like 4 hrs.
Since we're not sure what the problem is, who can say it won't recur. I'd hate for us to play 20-30 turns and then get the blankleader again

Couple of questions:
Are we still in a testing phase to see if we can isolate the problem? Or has the game restarted in earnest?

I don't see the game on Civstats. Was it de-registered?

 

[Arckon]

OK, I am thinking we have enough data here to believe that this situation is somehow due to a bad connection somewhere.

I will back up the game just in case each day.

Shall we restart it Friday morning?

 

[JMaltman]

OK, I am thinking we have enough data here to believe that this situation is somehow due to a bad connection somewhere.

I will back up the game just in case each day.

Shall we restart it Friday morning?

As long as there's time for me to get back in late Friday night Eastern, after I fly back.

 

[Arckon]

As long as there's time for me to get back in late Friday night Eastern, after I fly back.

OK, we can accomodate people liek this; we will start Saturday morning.

This game is going to run for months, so there is no reason to hurry things along and make someone start in a bad way and endure that for that whole time.

 

[JMaltman]

Again - if you start with a 24 hour timer anytime during the day Friday (Eastern time), then I'm still good to go later that evening.

 

[Arckon]

Again - if you start with a 24 hour timer anytime during the day Friday (Eastern time), then I'm still good to go later that evening.

I'll just do it Saturday morning. It's a good time to launch things rather than just before going to work. No rush.

The first page has been edited again to reflect this.

 

[chivas]

i just tried logging on and as it connected to the server it crashed...

i've succeeded in logging on before multiple times before the game went down last week

now i can't even get the leaders screen...

windows message
"Microsoft Visual C ++ Runtime Library
Program ...\Civilization4\Warlords\Civ4Warlords.exe
This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.
Please contact the application's support team for more information."

AND i had reinstalled Vanilla and Warlords and updates...

 

[Arckon]

i just tried logging on and as it connected to the server it crashed...

i've succeeded in logging on before multiple times before the game went down last week

now i can't even get the leaders screen...

windows message
"Microsoft Visual C ++ Runtime Library
Program ...\Civilization4\Warlords\Civ4Warlords.exe
This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.
Please contact the application's support team for more information."

AND i had reinstalled Vanilla and Warlords and updates...

lol, that is the message you get when you forget to load the mod first.

Try it again.

 

[chivas]

d'oh! hmmmm

 

[basmans_grob]

I moved fine

 

[plattfuss]

The good news is: my laptop arrived as promised. The bad news is: I receive exactly the same error.

Wishing you all good luck and a lot of fun.

 

[chivas]

i've logged in no probs - good to go

 

[g_storrow]

I logged in fine this morning.

 

[plattfuss]

just fyi: Klammi offered me some testing and we were able to reproduce the Leader-less screen. However, this happened only when the Earth24 mod was loaded. Without mod I was able to connect to his pb-game. This also corresponds to the experience with the second game I am playing since that game is also not mod-based.

Many thx for your help, Klammi!

 

[Arckon]

OK, new game started from a completely fresh staart.

I hope we are all ready.

Set the turn to 25 hours to give everyone plenty of time.

 

[Darius_Silva]

OK, new game started from a completely fresh staart.

I hope we are all ready.

Set the turn to 25 hours to give everyone plenty of time.

Tried loggin in. Got the leaderless screen again.....


I bet it's the mod that is bugged somehow.

 

[Johnhs]

Yes, me too. Leaderless screen.

Who designed the mod? Maybe he can help?

 

[Arckon]

Yes, me too. Leaderless screen.

Who designed the mod? Maybe he can help?

Tried loggin in. Got the leaderless screen again.....


I bet it's the mod that is bugged somehow.

This is bizzare.

We went over all this during the week. IanDC, g_storrow and Klammi all logged in earlier successfully.

The only thing different is that I was playing Civ4 Warlords in a different single palyer game while the pitboss ran.

Could my playing a single player game using the mod have caused the pitboss to go wacky?

I'll restart with the game and not log on with the single player version and see if that is what the problem is. I just wont play single player on my pitboss server machine anymore.