Gypsy Kings - pitboss session (closed game)

[da_Vinci]

Yes, I'm here another 36 hours yet...

No-one's played yet this turn so I can reload to the last autosave tonight (around 1am GMT), however
- the last autosave is from dV's last login; he'll have to replay his turn
- dV played with only about 35 mins left on the clock..

Munro

Do you mean 1 pm GMT? I think my last login was this am about 7 AM US EST playing for C63 (England) and forgetting to make a name change ... which was with little time left on clock. Edit: Or do you mean you will reload at 1 AM GMT? I first thought you meant the last save was from 1 AM GMT, when I think the save is from 1 PM GMT ...

For future reference ... If a player logs in a second time, immediately after logoff from their turn play, does that make an new autosave with that second login? In other words, can the need to replay a turn if there is a reload be removed with a "save only" login after the logoff of the turn play?

Or is it only a login by a different player that would generate a new save?

Not an issue for this replay, but for a heavy combat turn (or a turn with a zillion units to move, like oobs 4th), a double login to make a save of the combat (or moves) might be a good idea? If double login makes a save of the first login's moves ...

or in this case, with the clock low, I thought a reload might be coming ... perhaps me doing a double login would have made sense to lock in my moves?

dV

 

[Munro]

Apologies. I got stuck at work (much to do in preparation for being out two weeks) so it is much later than I thought, but I have now reloaded the last turn to the start of dV's (for C63's) turn, and left the game paused with about 35 minutes on the clock.

dV, tp - you each need to play; remember to leave the game paused again for the other player if you're the first to do so.

Also - yes, you're completely right dV about the autosaves. When a player logs in, the pitboss application creates an autosave for the start of that turn (using the player's login name in the filename). So logging in again immediately afterwards creates and 'end of turn' autosave. Although if you do this it's probably better to use a different player name (e.g. dV-end turn) so you don't overwrite the previous autosave just in case it's needed (e.g. dispute over double move etc).

I've also restarted the server for good measure - hopefully it (and my internet uplink) will last now all the way through until jan 5th!

Cheers,
Munro

 

[toller pretzl]

Ok, I've played. When I unpaused the game at first, my civ crashed. But then when I logged in again, the game was unpaused. I finished my turn, logged out... and then had to log in again to remember to pause the game for dV. 17 mins on the clock.. Then logged in again because the clock at civstats is still ticking. But the clock at the game is still paused with 17 mins remaining.

 

[da_Vinci]

I played again for England (C63) ... 15 min on the timer, I repaused it, waiting for hw.

dV

Edit: or is hw done? He had a log in log out, but did not end turn ??

dV

 

[hellwitch]

edited ........

 

[adrianj]

I believe civstats crashed or something. So despite what civstats says, the pitboss server is still alive.

It's up to TP now.

 

[toller pretzl]

I've played. A new turn has begun...

 

[Ronnie1]

Since civstats is down....can dv please post after he and C63 have played.

 

[da_Vinci]

I have played ... for Zulu only so far ... not sure if C63 is around or away ... anyone know for sure?

If he does not play in the next 24, I will play for him (or sooner if I hear definitive word and have the time).

dV

 

[Conquistador 63]

I'm away but should be able to play tomorrow (some 24h from this post). After I'm done, I'll post here or contact Ron/oyzar on MSN if I find them online.

 

[toller pretzl]

A new turn has begun

 

[oyzar]

Ronnie said he wouldn't be back before new year though...

 

[Ronnie1]

I've got web access...but NO game access yet...oyzar can play for me of course if he is available before i am.

 

[da_Vinci]

I have just played my turn ...

dV

 

[Ronnie1]

I have played for BOTH oyzar and myself!...waiting on tp/hw i think.

 

[toller pretzl]

A new turn has begun

 

[Munro]

I'm back! Happy New Year everyone. Hope you all had a good holidays if you were celebrating.

I'm happy (and slightly surprised) to see that the server survived while I was gone. I've restarted the civstats app and reset the turn timer to 48 hours so we can get back to normal starting with the next turn.

Now to catch up with everything else!

Cheers
Munro

 

[Munro]

Still 5 people waiting to take their turns ... after this turn the timer will be back to 48 hours but at the moment we're still stuck waiting until february...

Any chance people can get cracking on their turns so we can get this going again? C63, tp, hw... (I assume oyzar / ronnie are waiting for C63).

Cheers,
Munro

 

[Conquistador 63]

Sorry, I've been away from my game PC in the last few days. I'll play my turn tonight (+12h from this post). However, after that one, I'll be unavailable again until Jan22, so dV will have to play for me - if he can, obviously.

 

[da_Vinci]

Got you covered.

dV