Host Wanted!

[snoopy369]

Yeah, Keygen has it right in terms of autosaves. You only lose the most recently played player's turn, not the entire most recent turn.

Admin password is definitely NOT optional. I'm fairly sure you get an autosave on your computer when you play a turn, and that autosave could be loaded up... so the admin password for this game must be present and secure...

[astrologix]

Originally posted by Keygen
If you go to the following path you'll find that each player's (latest) turn is saved under "Recovery_(player's name) files. These files include PitBoss turns as well.

...\My Documents\My Games\Sid Meier's Civilization 4\Saves\multi\auto

OK, but when launched, those saves ask to the admin password, and if the player put it in, the game is not opened as a pitboss game but as a normal multiplayer game and waits for players to connect on the opened slots.

I'm not sure that those saves, stored on the personal computer of each player, can be loaded as pitboss games by the host, but i'll verify it ASAP

Anyway, I can't see the host waiting to have by email the player save if the pitboss does crash. I think that manual saves done on the host hard disk are more practical.

[astrologix]

Good news ! :

I've found that on each pitboss host installed folders tree, there is a ...\saves\multi\auto folder where each player recovery save is stored. I din't see it before !

The save is made at the beginning of the player turn. It means that in case of crash his moves are lost, but only for this player.

Those saves can be loaded as pitboss saves (the admin pass is asked), it means that the host admin don't need to do manual saves ! Great !

That said, I apologize, Keygen, for this mistake you are right

[emperor]

Originally posted by snoopy369
Yeah, Keygen has it right in terms of autosaves. You only lose the most recently played player's turn, not the entire most recent turn.

Admin password is definitely NOT optional. I'm fairly sure you get an autosave on your computer when you play a turn, and that autosave could be loaded up... so the admin password for this game must be present and secure...

No, this is not true. I've tested it before for security purposes, to be certain that it doesn't do this. (Anyone can make a manual save while they're logged into the Pitboss and then attempt to load it up.) If you don't have an admin password, when you load up the game it will ask for the password for the "player 1" slot. If you're not on player 1's team, you can't load the save. If you are on player 1's team, you will be able to load that save, but then not the next one afterwards where it will ask for the password for the "player 2" slot. So you see, it all works out fine.

Originally posted by astrologix
Good news ! :

I've found that on each pitboss host installed folders tree, there is a ...\saves\multi\auto folder where each player recovery save is stored. I din't see it before !

The save is made at the beginning of the player turn. It means that in case of crash his moves are lost, but only for this player.

Those saves can be loaded as pitboss saves (the admin pass is asked), it means that the host admin don't need to do manual saves ! Great !

That said, I apologize, Keygen, for this mistake you are right

Yeah, it's not an obvious thing, but handy once you find out that they're there.

[Nugog]

So do we actually have a host for this game?

[emperor]

We do. Elucidus is still able as far as I know. Keygen and I are talking to him about it at the moment.

[Nugog]

Excellent.

[Magno]

go! go!! goo!!

[snoopy369]

Originally posted by emperor

No, this is not true. I've tested it before for security purposes, to be certain that it doesn't do this. (Anyone can make a manual save while they're logged into the Pitboss and then attempt to load it up.) If you don't have an admin password, when you load up the game it will ask for the password for the "player 1" slot. If you're not on player 1's team, you can't load the save. If you are on player 1's team, you will be able to load that save, but then not the next one afterwards where it will ask for the password for the "player 2" slot. So you see, it all works out fine.


Yeah, it's not an obvious thing, but handy once you find out that they're there.

Wha? Why would there be multiple later saves?

In any event, I consider it not optional for there to be a secure administrative password. DGs have gone bad in the past, and security is necessary.

BTW, Elucidus, if you're hosting, are you not on a team any more, or are you still on a team?

[Paddy]

a game without an admin password... not good surely?

sorry Snoop, not calling your Shurley there at all

[Elucidus]

No, I am not on a team.

I hope the works out well, for the teams and the admins. I am just a bit trepidatious

[Keygen]

Just for the story.

Elucidus was originally meant to join Stratega but after our intitial host, Aro, never confirmed here that he will host, Elucidus was asked and accepted to host and moderate the game

Thanks again Elucidus