SilentConfusion
Emperor
Good to know. I won't take the turn then unless there are only minutes left. I will assume you will be taking it.
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Good to know. I won't take the turn then unless there are only minutes left. I will assume you will be taking it.
Lord Civius
Emperor
SilentConfusion
Emperor
It looks like you just took the 1 turn, so I assume the word "turns" is a typo. I can honestly say I've never seen that problem before. I am here in case you need to pass it to me.
Lord Civius
Emperor
Yes turns was a typo and it seems my screen problem is fixed.
SilentConfusion
Emperor
Did we not end turn last turn? Did we at least move units? I didn't realize it or I would have made sure.
Lord Civius
Emperor
No SC the turn was not played, I am just now getting online. My apologies to the team please forgive me. If you can take over SC I would appreciate it RL is not leaving me much time to uphold my commitment.
SilentConfusion
Emperor
Ok, seeing as I am next on the turnplayer list, I will assume the job of turnplayer. There's nothing we can do about a missed turn, so we roll with it.
damnrunner
Deity
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Crap that sucks. Can we ask for a pause. We need to make some imp decisions and this is a critical time period.
If we missed a turn accidentally we should ask for a reload. I am generally against reloads, and I wild prefer that they were explicitly prohibited, however... ill be damned if we are going to suffer for not getting a reload, and then some other team benefits from a needed reload... if they are not being granted then let's have that decided once and for all. I will make the request to the Mods now via PM. Hopefully this can be resolved quickly.
Ok so the reload was denied, so 
for us in this situation, but I think a " no-reloads for missed turns rule " is better for us in the long-term.
for us in this situation, but I think a " no-reloads for missed turns rule " is better for us in the long-term.
SilentConfusion
Emperor
I moved our work boats and nothing else. I posted pictures in the discussion thread so we can talk about what to do with our island.
Missing that turn seems to be more of a pain than I originally thought... In retrospect, I kind of feel like it was my fault, because I left town without making absolutely sure that we had a new turnplayer ready to go... Also, 15 turns was probably too many turns to take in one stretch, because too many things changed, and people got too used to me always taking the turn... So my bad everyone
Anyway, we are a little off the rails it seems, and we need to get back on track. So here are the issues that need to be addressed:
1. Should I just take another few turns to give us time to get it really decided who is supposed to take the turn next and when (and make sure they are ACTUALLY READY to take over)?
2. If not, then who is the ACTUAL TURNPLAYER now? AND for HOW LONG?
3. Do we need to elect an Official Default Turnplayer?... ie. someone who is ALWAYS responsible to take the turn if it slips below 1 hour, or 4 hours or 8 hours, etc?
Unless there is some clear response to all these questions, I will just take the next 5 turns to give us a chance to work this out... As a matter of fact forget that, I will just go ahead and take the next 5 turns to make sure there is no confusion. That way SilCon can focus on diplo...
p pardon the pun).
There will probably be some explaining to do about the sneaky workboat thing, plus we have a tech-alliance treaty to draft, AND we need to respond to the last Sirius message soon, with something polite, innocuous and non-commital.
So in summation, I will take the next 5 turns. Whoevever is up next, please post here to indicate when you will be taking over, and how many turns you will play. In the meantime, Lord Civius, could you please post a turnlog for whatever turns you took with whatever screenies you have... just post a best guess about whatever you know dont worry about making it organized. A sloppy log for now is better than nothing... you can always edit it later. Please post a placeholder for the missed turn as well that just memorializes that the turn was missed. This (a complete turn log) is essential for constructing future test-saves.
Thanks
It used to happen to me all the time on my desktop (which uses a store-bought, modular graphics card) on my laoptop... not so much but IIRC I have seen it once or twice... The error is nothing to worry about, you just quit and restart Civ, and the error goes away.
... In retrospect, I kind of feel like it was my fault, because I left town without making absolutely sure that we had a new turnplayer ready to go... Also, 15 turns was probably too many turns to take in one stretch, because too many things changed, and people got too used to me always taking the turn... So my bad everyoneAnyway, we are a little off the rails it seems, and we need to get back on track. So here are the issues that need to be addressed:
1. Should I just take another few turns to give us time to get it really decided who is supposed to take the turn next and when (and make sure they are ACTUALLY READY to take over)?
2. If not, then who is the ACTUAL TURNPLAYER now? AND for HOW LONG?
3. Do we need to elect an Official Default Turnplayer?... ie. someone who is ALWAYS responsible to take the turn if it slips below 1 hour, or 4 hours or 8 hours, etc?
Unless there is some clear response to all these questions, I will just take the next 5 turns to give us a chance to work this out... As a matter of fact forget that, I will just go ahead and take the next 5 turns to make sure there is no confusion. That way SilCon can focus on diplo...
p pardon the pun).There will probably be some explaining to do about the sneaky workboat thing, plus we have a tech-alliance treaty to draft, AND we need to respond to the last Sirius message soon, with something polite, innocuous and non-commital.
So in summation, I will take the next 5 turns. Whoevever is up next, please post here to indicate when you will be taking over, and how many turns you will play. In the meantime, Lord Civius, could you please post a turnlog for whatever turns you took with whatever screenies you have... just post a best guess about whatever you know dont worry about making it organized. A sloppy log for now is better than nothing... you can always edit it later. Please post a placeholder for the missed turn as well that just memorializes that the turn was missed. This (a complete turn log) is essential for constructing future test-saves.
Thanks
FYI, I have seen this kind of error before. It is caused by a glitch in the graphics card, ususally when the game is left on in fullscreen mode and allowed to sit long enough to go into hibernation or screensaver mode while the game is running. All the text turns to blocks, and sometimes all the units turn black.
It used to happen to me all the time on my desktop (which uses a store-bought, modular graphics card) on my laoptop... not so much but IIRC I have seen it once or twice... The error is nothing to worry about, you just quit and restart Civ, and the error goes away.
SilentConfusion
Emperor
We've made all our moves a while ago and now everyone's moved with about 2 hours left. Rather than run the turn over not having hit end turn. I'm going to hit end turn. Don't want people to think that we just let the turn roll.
OK. I posted in the turn-log that I wanted to let the turn roll to maximize diplo time. But I guess I should have posted that here too.
No biggie Only 2 hours. Hopefully deciding when the turn rolls means we make first contact with Merlot.
No biggie Only 2 hours. Hopefully deciding when the turn rolls means we make first contact with Merlot.
It is turn 51. I will keep playing the turn unless somebody wants it.
We should let this turn run all the way to the end to maximize diplo time. We probably need to give Sirius and possibly Quatronia some sort of ultimatum before Merlot enters the picture. We probably want to send Merlot the ETTT too if they reply favorably to our intro letter.
We should let this turn run all the way to the end to maximize diplo time. We probably need to give Sirius and possibly Quatronia some sort of ultimatum before Merlot enters the picture. We probably want to send Merlot the ETTT too if they reply favorably to our intro letter.
Loev
Warlord
Can anyone post a picture of the new land? I am curious about the land surrounding the horse.
SilentConfusion
Emperor
I am not the current turn-player and Sommerswerd probably has more pictures than I do, but while I was in game I did take a screenshot of the explored land, which I will post right away in the Turn Discussion thread.
I will be out of town Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Not sure yet what my internet access will be. I will be able to keep up with the forum via my PDA, but if I dont have net access I wont be able to take the turns. I will definitely post to let you know well in advance if I cant take the turns.
We need to get Alpha and pottery from Sirius this turn, but the game is currently down
I will try to start up the new Pitboss before then and just give my civ some pre-set orders.
We need to get Alpha and pottery from Sirius this turn, but the game is currently down
I will try to start up the new Pitboss before then and just give my civ some pre-set orders.
SilentConfusion
Emperor
Just to let people know the game is back up now with a full timer on T52.
