Teach me!

[Beta]

Originally posted by vondrack
Have you tried the trick I described earlier for Beta? If the progress meter runs three times full length and the text doesn't change to "Connecting to the host", click "Go Back" (lower left) and retry immediately. It helps me log in faster than if always waiting for the time out - I am seldom able to log in without retrying at least once.

Yep - works well. I am generally able to get in on the first, second or third try.

Yesterday, Gyannther (sp) was logged in, I connected to the host on the first try, and then it tried connecting to peer Gyannther. That timed out, so I backed out, and by that time he had left the game, no one else was in, and I could connect and play.

[Gyathaar]

Originally posted by Beta


Yep - works well. I am generally able to get in on the first, second or third try.

Yesterday, Gyannther (sp) was logged in, I connected to the host on the first try, and then it tried connecting to peer Gyannther. That timed out, so I backed out, and by that time he had left the game, no one else was in, and I could connect and play.

I am guessing that you tried to log in at same time as I logged out and that caused problems.. because I saw no messages about you trying to join

[Beta]

Yup, that must have been what happened. Coincidental timing.

Sorry about mispelling your nick, Gyathaar.

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by vondrack
Have you tried the trick I described earlier for Beta? If the progress meter runs three times full length and the text doesn't change to "Connecting to the host", click "Go Back" (lower left) and retry immediately. It helps me log in faster than if always waiting for the time out - I am seldom able to log in without retrying at least once.

You, sir, are a wonderful person.

[vondrack]

Anyone else missing the game? It was there in the morning... but it's not listed in the lobby anymore.

[Solver]

Yeah, me too...

[Beta]

Missing for me too. Guess Alex wants to make sure he wins.

[alexman]

Sorry about that. Maybe someone messed with the server. Luckily I'm back at the office tomorrow to fix it.

[Beta]

So just out of curiosity - in a situation like this, does the game pause until back on the server, or do we all 'miss' a turn, so to speak?

And secondly, how and why does a game get "dropped" from the server, or at least the play list?

[snoopy369]

If the PTBS server itself shuts down (crash/system shut down/etc.), then we revert to the last autosave. Presumably you do so every turn alex?

If Gamespy somehow 'lost' it, or something, then it's possible it could pass turns without us, but I presume that a) you all have at least one turn in advance prequeued in and b) the autosave is still available for use

[Solver]

When I hear of a server, any server, going down like that, I somehow always imagine an elderly charwoman (cleaner for Yanks ) who unplugs the server's power supply so she can plug the vacuum cleaner in .

[Beta]

Originally posted by snoopy369
but I presume that a) you all have at least one turn in advance prequeued in

Yes, my chariots must be in your capitol by now.

[alexman]

OK, the game is up again. Andydog, Sir Ralph, Tassadar, you need to play your turn.

[Beta]

Originally posted by alexman
Game launching now on Gamespy!
Game name: Teach Alexman
Password: password

Player 1: Snoopy369 - Mansa Musa - Mali
Player 2: Andydog - Augustus - Rome
Player 3: Alexman - Shaka Zulu - Zulus
Player 4: Sir Ralph - Hannibal - Carthage
Player 5: Tassadar - Victoria - England
Player 6: Gyathaar - Random - Random (Kublai)
Player 7: Solver - Random - Random (Tokugawa)
Player 8: Kirkenix - Ragnar - Vikings
Player 9: Blake - Random - Random (Brennus)
Player 10: vondrack - Random- Random (Hatshepsut)
Player 11: Beta - Random- Random (Peter)

Come claim your spot by setting a password, etc

Don't forget to set your e-mail address in-game so you get notifications.

Alex, snoop, or von, or Solver - can one of you folks explain how you set this up. I was in trying to do this today - hit new game - set the password - you go to the staging room - and all it will allow me to do is set the leader/civ for team one. How do you set it up for the others?

And how do you set the turn timer - er - scratch that - just figured that out.

[Beta]

And a related question - and probably very noobish given my limited tech knowledge:

Could Apolyton not host pitboss games, or would they need a new capability above and beyond that needed to run the site? I suspect that is the case.