PBEM Issues

RVPERTVS · #1 March 21st, 2007, 06:07 PM

Don and/or Andy:

Attached is a turn file from a PBEM I just finished, I experienced the following issues:

1.- The file can be played in diferent machines (I believe it�s not supposed to)
2.- The game marks a lot of "fails" but I didn�t cheat in any way.
3.- No blast radius shown during arty replays, I can see the replays but not the BR, I can versus the AI but not in pbems.

The password is "constanti" and I have the complete game files in case you need another one for debugging purposes.

Regards
Robert

DRG · #2 March 21st, 2007, 09:02 PM

What kind of security did you set it up for ?

We really have no way to test why it would fail repeatedly at your end but you do mention it working in other machines. Perhaps that's why ?

Don

RVPERTVS · #3 March 21st, 2007, 09:21 PM

Don:

The game was a full secure (v3.0 CD) PBEM.
I didn�t cheat in any way during the actual game but it kept marking fails on my part; once finished I made some tests in other machine of mine, the files worked all right.

Something I�ve been wanting to ask regarding this topic: how does the game tends to prevent multiple-machine loading, I mean, how does the game knows if a file has been prevously loaded in a diferent system? If one (cheater) recieves the files into his email and copy them in some machine, how does the game prevents the loading of the same email files into a diferent system? is that even possible to prevent?

Regards
Robert

DRG · #4 March 22nd, 2007, 04:46 PM

What i think is your game files were corrupted somehow in the early stages. This isn't common or we'd have dozens of reports per week about this. When you load it what are the stats for Load / Save / Fails that you see for P1 and P2 ?

I'm not prepared to discuss the hows and whys of how the game knows what system it's loaded into.

Don

RVPERTVS · #5 March 22nd, 2007, 06:47 PM

Don:

I�m attaching a screenshot showing the requested info from the turn attached to my first post. If you need further info and/or files please let me now.Regarding the multiple loading issue, did the files worked on your system?

I completly understand you can�t discuss that kind of info.

Regards
Robert

DRG · #6 March 22nd, 2007, 07:44 PM

What turn does the game say it's playing ?

Something has been seriously corrupted. According to that screen shot you've opened the game 23 times and exited 22 which would put you at the start of the 23rd turn but player 2 has only played 9 turns which is "impossible"

The bottom line is this is not normal at all and I've never seen anything quite like it.

Don

RVPERTVS · #7 November 8th, 2007, 12:06 AM

Don:

Attached are turns 0 and 1 of an ongoing PBEM,in turn 1 the game didn�t gave me the chance to deploy my units, it started with a bombardment from my opponent and all my units are at the starting position, this is the second time it has happened in about 5 games. I�ve asked my opponent to start again from the same turn 0 files. I cant pm you my password, seems you are not allowing those.

Robert