Arckons Next 24Civ Pitboss game; details and discussion here

[JMaltman]

I was getting a timeout connecting to the host just now.

 

[plattfuss]

Just tried to login and got the "waiting for leader choices" screen again ... sigh

 

[Klammi]

Hi guys! I didn't sign up for the game but saw that Germany was available. Logged in and claimed it. If this is a problem please let me know...haven't done anything with it yet.

Bernout

Sorry Bernout, but I claimed the German civ before. The Aztecs and the Korea are still left. Please remove the PW so I can log in to play my turn.

 

[g_storrow]

I am having the leaderless screen at the moment.

Over the weekend I couldnt connect either with a differenet problem. Could I have some help with this. I have played a couple of single player games using the mod. The same thing happened with practice game and proper game. I get the civ choosing screen and it lets me choose a civ but after abotu 10 seconds of loading an error pops up about it can't alter a mod file and when I click on ok warlords closes down. When I load game then mod again I get a (C+ I think) runtime error when I try and connect to the IP address. This only resolves itself when I restart my machine. I will put exact text on when I civ choosing screen is sorted.

The error I get is

"The save file you have selected is protected to ensure that the assets in your mod folder have not been changed".

I checked the file location of the mod file and it is the /MODS/earth24 can anyone think of a solution?

 

[Klammi]

The error I get is

"The save file you have selected is protected to ensure that the assets in your mod folder have not been changed".

I checked the file location of the mod file and it is the /MODS/earth24 can anyone think of a solution?

I suppose that this error is caused by a wrong installation of the mod. I got the same message after installing the mod not in the Warlords\Mods directory but directly in the Warlord directory overwriting the original Warlords\Assets\XML\Civilizations\CIV4CivilizationInfos.xml and Warlords\Assets\CvGameCoreDLL.dll with the one from the mod.

What I did was just to replace those files with the original ones from another installation. A complete new installation of the game would have fixed this problem as well.

I'm not sure if this is the same case with your installation. What you should do is to compare the original files with the one from the mod. If they are equal you might have overwritten them by mistake.

 

[Arckon]

W00t,working! You really want to practice until Saturday? That's a whole week extra waiting. Now you got it figured out, I'd say a Wednesday restart ought to be soon enough

Well, lets see...

I was getting a timeout connecting to the host just now.

Just tried to login and got the "waiting for leader choices" screen again ... sigh

Sorry Bernout, but I claimed the German civ before. The Aztecs and the Korea are still left. Please remove the PW so I can log in to play my turn.

The error I get is

"The save file you have selected is protected to ensure that the assets in your mod folder have not been changed".

I checked the file location of the mod file and it is the /MODS/earth24 can anyone think of a solution?

Off hand, I think Saturday might be pushing the envelope a little bit.

 

[Klammi]

Just tried to login and got the "waiting for leader choices" screen again ... sigh

just tried it... it works fine for me

 

[Klammi]

I was getting a timeout connecting to the host just now.

At home I only have a 64KBit connection. While running the game in the test phase I could not connect one single time due to timeout errors or canceled connection to host. The game file seems to be too big to download it in time with a small bandwith.

I fortunately have other possiblities to get a broadband connection. If you haven't I would say this games become unplayable for you.

 

[IanDC]

Just tried to login and got the "waiting for leader choices" screen again ... sigh

That's odd, I got on ok only a few minutes before you.

So just Aztecs & Korea left with Bernout1 first in line ?

 

[IanDC]

I fortunately have other possiblities to get a broadband connection. If you haven't I would say this games become unplayable for you.

I don't think that's the problem here, JMaltman & Plattfuss were both playing in the last game right to the end & the download was pretty big then
It's odd though cos looking at the times they tried an hour apart & I logged on ok between those two times

 

[classical_hero]

I have no prbolem connecting this time.

 

[Darius_Silva]

Well, I too don't think we should "practice" until saturday.

I think we should go live when the problems are solved and not a sec later.

I had the leader problem too, but I will try again when I get home. I mean if this latest fix and restard has solved it, there is no need to "practice" to saturday. If it works, we should just start playing!



my 2 cent.

 

[Johnhs]

Yessirreeee, got in fine now. Tks a heap. Arckon.

The error I get is

"The save file you have selected is protected to ensure that the assets in your mod folder have not been changed".

I checked the file location of the mod file and it is the /MODS/earth24 can anyone think of a solution?

I've had this error as well and although I am not sure, I suspect it might have to do with the following:

I have 2 versions of Warlords on my PC: one with the 2.08 patch and one without - since some games were already running when the patch came out and the majority of players did not want to risk installing the patch.

So I think I got this error when I tried to connect to a "patched" PTBS running the "un-patched" version of the game. OR. Loading a "patched" PBEM saved-game into an "un-patched" version of the game. (or vice versa).

As said, I had this error before and can't quite remember the details of how I got to it. But I do remember, when getting this error, by reverting to the other version, I did not get the error anymore.

Well, not sure that will help but maybe the patch/version avenue is a possibility to consider.

 

[Bernout1]

So just Aztecs & Korea left with Bernout1 first in line ?

I got Klammi squared away with Germany so he's good to go.

I'd like to take Korea please if those are the two choices.

Bernout

 

[JMaltman]

Seems to be all good now. Just did my turn again.

 

[Dandridge]

Hey, now I know why my score is 20 more than everyone else has. I have Palace in both of my cities!

Meaning 8 extra commerce per turn Nice to have them, but probably not quite right

 

[Darius_Silva]

Just logged in and finished my turn. It seems to work ok now after the restart.

If the leaderless problem is solved for everyone I suggest we go ahead and play live now and don't restart saturday -again-, as suggested.

 

[plattfuss]

ok, I am still getting this "no leader" screen. What puzzles me a bit is that I was able to login when this trial game started and I didnt change my settings since then, at least not that I know. Any ideas?

A fresh start on Saturday looks good to me. We can do it even earlier provided everybody is able to play. I already lost a couple of turns in the beginning of the first game and the AI just cant read your mind.

 

[Klammi]

ok, I am still getting this "no leader" screen. What puzzles me a bit is that I was able to login when this trial game started and I didnt change my settings since then, at least not that I know. Any ideas?

A fresh start on Saturday looks good to me. We can do it even earlier provided everybody is able to play. I already lost a couple of turns in the beginning of the first game and the AI just cant read your mind.

This is bad news.

What is really strange is that you once again are the first who get the "no leader" screen. I don't think this is coincidence.

Perhaps Arckon should restart the server and you should be the first one to login. Set the turn timer to one hour or less if possible and play several turns. Perhaps we can reproduce and maybe find a solution for that really exhausting bug.

 

[basmans_grob]

I like the idea of a saturday restart as well