The Makeo reliables ONLY game - starts 9pm USA this Friday night

[deity]

So far we have:
Trev
deity
Makeo

Invited reliables who are normally free at this time:
Ljube
Dylan
Zylka

Only known reliables need apply!

Which game we play depends on who commits.

[trev]

I have talked to lungchild and he will play, so that now makes 4 confirmed players for Friday night, let another 1 or 2 commit to playing as well please.

[Makeo]

giddy up. 9 eastern usa is good.

[Makeo]

i'll be here in an hour

[deity]

Well, at least the B Game of TWIF started before the A Game

We got to 1800BC I think...

[trev]

Unfortunately it did not continue long enough because my computer proved very unreliable, switching itself off frequently. My best guess for the problem is it is hardware related, maybe due to static discharges. What I know is that I have more problems with the computer when it has been turned on for a longer period of time, which is why I only come online just as game time approaches. But it also appears that during hot weather it is at its worst, as today and yesterday the problems were chronic, and both days the temperature here was above 37C, this being 100F. I am posting this later at night after it has cooled and computer is behaving a lot better.

I am not sure how to go about fixing this problem, so suggestions would be welcome, I do not wish to mess up too many more sessions, and I am most sorry for the problems today

[Zylka]

post a save

[deity]

Originally posted by trev
Unfortunately it did not continue long enough because my computer proved very unreliable, switching itself off frequently. My best guess for the problem is it is hardware related, maybe due to static discharges. What I know is that I have more problems with the computer when it has been turned on for a longer period of time, which is why I only come online just as game time approaches. But it also appears that during hot weather it is at its worst, as today and yesterday the problems were chronic, and both days the temperature here was above 37C, this being 100F. I am posting this later at night after it has cooled and computer is behaving a lot better.

I am not sure how to go about fixing this problem, so suggestions would be welcome, I do not wish to mess up too many more sessions, and I am most sorry for the problems today

Trev, this really sounds like a worm. I had the same problem a while back (blaster worm) and I prided myself on keeping up with all my updates/virus defs.spyware etc. When I spoke to Biigpond satellite support they said it was definitely a worm and I went to their website to download the appropriate worm removal tool.

If it's not a worm and you can't air condition your PC room, then you need to get extra cooling fans added to your PC. I added several to mine as an insurance but I've never actually had my PC crash due to overheating (unless I was playing with over clocking). Also make sure that the CPU clock speed is set at the default and use 'safe' or default (not optimum) bios settings.

[deity]

BTW, ozzy subbed for a few of your turns Trev. I'll post a save soon so you can check it out and make sure you're happy to continue from 1800BC. Thanx to ozzy BTW.

[trev]

No save yet to check the current state out deity, is it coming soon?

[trev]

The room can be airconditioned where my pc is, in fact it normally is on warm days, however last Saturday noone was home to switch the airconditioner on until just before game start time, this week will be cooler, but I will also make sure the airconditioner is on beforehand as well, so hopefully the computer will be more reliable.

[deity]

1800BC save

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[deity]

Well, all our crashes last week were not to do with our connections/hosting etc. It was the city.txt file! Zylka posted a new one in the A Game thread... we lost a few hours because of this. Basically there were not enough city names and if you bult a city after the number of city names ran out, the game crashes...

Also, another point of clarification. Can GL be built? It was built in the A Game but our sub last week, Dylan, saiod no GL...??

Also, Trev said the settings for Oracle are wrong as per the posted settings. I'll look in to this and make up a B Game rules.txt.

Then we try with Makeo hosting this week.

[deity]

OK, I fixed Oracle to Industrialisation...

Post in a sec.

Note these in the rules for future:

Patrol Destr.,nil, 2, 10.,0, 6a,6d, 3h,2f, 7,0, 2, Cmp, 100000000000001
MLRS, nil, 0, 1.,0, 14a,2d, 3h,2f, 12,0, 5, U2, 000000001000000
U-Boat, NP, 2, 4.,0, 8a,2d, 3h,2f, 6,0, 2, Cmb, 000000000001001
Mil. Police, nil, 0, 1.,0, 3a,5d, 2h,1f, 3,0, 1, Aut, 000000000000000
Mech. SAM, nil, 0, 3.,0, 0a,3d, 2h,2f, 8,0, 5, Roc, 010000000000000
Modern Inf., nil, 0, 1.,0, 6a,7d, 3h,1f, 6,0, 1, Pla, 000000000000000
Jet Bomber, nil, 1, 10.,2, 13a,4d, 2h,2f, 12,0, 0, U1, 000000000000001
Jet Fighter, nil, 1, 12.,0, 6a,4d, 2h,2f, 7,0, 3, U1, 000000000010001
Dreadnought, Aut, 2, 7.,0, 7a,7d, 3h,2f, 10,0, 2, Ref, 000000000000001

[deity]

Original twif pak rules with Oracle extended to Ind.

They never really agreed on limiting power of GL, Marcos etc in the A Game so I reckon we just go with the normal situation. Marcos has been built in our game but I'm happy if you all want to ban GL?