Race for the Prize turn tracking thread

[Method]

alright, i'm stuck. i no longer get that MWIA message, but i do get the "system error" sound and this message:

[Maniac]

I wish I could help you, but I've never got such an error in my entire "SMAC career". Do all other save files still work?

[Method]

yes. maybe it has something to do with FF's mac-ness?

[Maniac]

FlameFlash has Mac!?! Well in that case it's rather obvious there are problems. Mac isn't compatible with other PC's right? I find it odd then FlameFlash had no problems with opening the file.

I don't think we can find a solution for this problem...

[Darsnan]

Originally posted by Maniac
Well in that case it's rather obvious there are problems. Mac isn't compatible with other PC's right? I find it odd then FlameFlash had no problems with opening the file.

another SMAC(X) player, wgabrie, has a MAC as well, and I have never experienced any problems in any of our common games as far a translating the game back and forth (although I have never tried with custom factions before). If you want, send me the file, and I'll see if I can open/play the turn, and maybe that'll narrow down our problem.

D

[FlameFlash]

Originally posted by Maniac
FlameFlash has Mac!?! Well in that case it's rather obvious there are problems. Mac isn't compatible with other PC's right? I find it odd then FlameFlash had no problems with opening the file.

I don't think we can find a solution for this problem...

I've played PBEM in SMAC/SMAX for quite some time with PC users with no problems whatsoever, so it's not because of Mac-ness.

If somebody could send me the edited .txt files for the factions, I'll try playing the turn again... IMHO, that's the problem.

[FlameFlash]

Originally posted by Darsnan


another SMAC(X) player, wgabrie, has a MAC as well, and I have never experienced any problems in any of our common games as far a translating the game back and forth (although I have never tried with custom factions before). If you want, send me the file, and I'll see if I can open/play the turn, and maybe that'll narrow down our problem.

D

What's your e-mail address? I'll forward my turn with the password and TKG, if you could forward your turn to him as well, we'll see if Mac-ness has anything to do with it.

[Darsnan]

My E-Mail address was posted earlier in this thread, however it is xxxxdnandal@twcny.rr.comxxxxx minus the x's.
Also, have you considered that the file was simply corrupted in transit, and that a resend might work as well? If I could get a virgin resend, that might also help, too.

D

[Hercules]

Hope everyone remembers it's a SMAX game but with SMAC factions also

[Method]

yes, that's not the problem. i definately used SMAX

[FlameFlash]

TKG's copy, as well as my copy of the turn sent. I'm using the latest version of DropZip... are you using the latest unzipping app, TKG?

[Darsnan]

I received the turn and played a couple of rounds of the game, and had no problems with it.
Also, I have been contacted by War of Art for taking over Cyurus's faction in this game. Which faction is this, so that I send him the right password?

D

[FlameFlash]

Did you mean Cedayon's place? He's who I took over for...

Did you also try loading the turn that I sent TKG? How did it work?

[Method]

ok this was my fault. FF's .zip was called "rftp-tkg.sav.zip" so when i unzipped it, it made a folder called "rftp-tkg.sav". the game thought the folder was the save so that's why it couldn't open it. a rename was all it took

2104 to MWIA

[FlameFlash]

Okay... from now on I'll try to remember to rename the zipped files.