The Dance of Civilizations [Diplo Game] [Organization Thread Pt1]

[Robert]

Hmmm, I thought I had fixed that for the DoC accounts......

[Arabia (DoC)]

90 Second Delay Using DoC PM's

I think PM's are a wonderful means of communicating but the 90 second delay between messages is annoying.

Great story lines btw ... really enjoying the read this morning.

[Robert]

I should make some charts based on the server performance

I do have 2 external drives attached to my server, but I do not use any of them for continueing purposes. I only place manually files on them once in a while.

The only 2 continueing processes on my server are my Domino server and the pitboss server (apart of course from all the usual windows XP stuff)
The computer is not being used for anything but hosting these servers.

Thanks for the helpfull links! I'll examine them!

[Arabia (DoC)]

This is the reason you are getting your write delay ... too many charts.


Interesting thread here http://www.experts-exchange.com/Stor..._24143770.html

http://help.wugnet.com/windows/Windows-Delayed-Write-Failed-ftopict633117.html

Do you have an external hard drive?

[Robert]

Current Gamescore - more charts

Gamescore chart.


Gamescore chart by position. (not by civ!)


Gamescore chart by position. (alternate)


Differences in game score between positions.


Score % of the #1 compared tot he #2, 6, 10, 14 and 15
(ie. The gamescore of #1 currently is about 100% on top of the #14, around 395BC the #1 had about 150% on top of the #15 (=250% of the score of #15)
This chart shows the development of the relative score gaps.
The scoregap between the first 6 civs has not grown much, the gaps between #1 and #10-15 have grown by about 25 percent points.

[Robert]

It is down. My server is acting up.
I'm working on it right now.

edit: it's up again. But I'm getting "Windows - Delayed Write Failed" errors. Maybe it's time for a new server.

[Russia (DoC)]

game seems down...

[Egypt (DoC)]

Don't forget to leave your mouse arrow in the field that you are typing in when you press enter, otherwise the enter will be done on the entire screen and you will exit the diplomacy screen, accepting whatever was on the table. That is a strange bug in civ that happens throughout the game; when you mouse away from the box you are typing in, you can sometimes no longer type, it deselects the typing box.

[Mali (DoC)]

If you don't actually see your message in the text square at the top, your message will not be seen by the other person. So once you type the message, you must hit enter to pop the message into the text box at the top.

[India (DoC)]

I think messages only come through if an actual offer is being made.
Just texting another civ will result in an empty screen.

I1m certain that you can send msg w/o an actual offer.

[India (DoC)]

What do you mean when you say: "Press enter"?
You have to press enter anyway to send the text, otherwise it won't even appear in the dialog....

I think some ppl don't press enter just write something, make an offer then 'offer trade'. It might not be the case but could explain why some thinks there is no communication at all.

[Robert]

I think messages only come through if an actual offer is being made.
Just texting another civ will result in an empty screen.

What do you mean when you say: "Press enter"?
You have to press enter anyway to send the text, otherwise it won't even appear in the dialog....

[India (DoC)]

I don't wana gossip in the techtrade thread so I bring it here:

We dont send secret meesages in PMs but do it in game. We offer fair trades with all . Unfortunalty most of the time we dont even get a no thanks., It is noted by our historians which nations are DIPLOmatic with us and as we are treated so it is written. This type of behaviour has consequences when it comes time for our king to VOTE on who gets Koreas finest.

Imho PMs are very good form of communication so please everyone check them often, but that's not why I'm writing. I've read somewhere that ingame messages won't appear unless you press an enter (in the trade panel). I havent tested this myself but could be true and if you didn't know this it could explain a few things (not that I'm against getting into a good conflict over it ).
For example Korea says that they offer fair trades and send their messages ingame. However what happened is I just got a trade offer without a word... I have contacted them and explained that we didn't need hunting and made a counter offer. A few turns later they offered us the same trade w/o a word again.. I hope they don't mind if we ignored them this time..

[Korea (DoC)]

I wonder if this next Guru is going to pee his pants when the Byzintines come to get him just like the last one.

i tohught it was decided nop posting in here with normal logins,

but whatever..

[Black Knight 427]

I wonder if this next Guru is going to pee his pants when the Byzintines come to get him just like the last one.