NEW file?

[Wdll]

PBEM game, saved gamed fails to load (save game failed to load), I try again, again nothing, I redownload the zip, cut and paste the 2 files and I noticed there is another file with the extension new. The redownloaded files still refuse to load. What is this file?

[Mobhack]

Why not ask your opponent what he did, since it was he that sent you the files?. The only files that should be in the zip are the 2 for the game, spemlXXX.cmt and .dat. I have never herd of a ".new" file, so that is his as well.

Cheers
Andy

[Wdll]

I would agree with you, only that in the zip file there are the 2 files, no sign of the .new file. So, it looks like it was created sometime after I received it, but I have no idea how or why.

the .cmt file is 1KB
the .dat is about 1.8MB
the .new is 364KB.


I moved the 3 files from the game's directory to another and re copied the zip files there and game loaded fine with no .new file.
Oh well.


Thanks for replying.

[Mobhack]

Digging round in the code - that is actually a temporary scratch file created in the PBEM tournament game code. So we do have .new files, but the end user usually does not see them. (been a while since I coded that so had forgotten)

- Were you (or your opponent) trying to play a PBEM tournament

- Did you try to load a regular PBEM game on the tournament page (perhaps you unzipped to the \tournaments folder and not the \PBEM games one)


Cheers
Andy

[Wdll]

No tournament, regular battle.

I have a shortcut for the PBEM folder so no mistakes done copying the files either. (and yes I also checked )

Oh, I have the latest CD version if that matters.


EDIT:lastest...pff

[DRG]

Was this "regular battle" perhaps created from a scenario ( or custom map ) or was it a normal generated PBEM battle ?

Don