10-04-2005 05:02									#241
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Yeah, I've PMed Nuky... I could do it, if people are OK with that and *really* want to get going.

	10-04-2005 05:09									#242
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cant we all juust get along


I say do it...give 1 hour to appeal

	10-04-2005 05:12									#243
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Actually, it occurs to me that only the players in LA1 should care whether I see the passwords... so, if Kloreep, BigDork, maxfin, and MotownD, are OK with it, I'll go ahead.

Last edited by Theseus on 10-04-2005 at 06:21

	10-04-2005 05:52									#244
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Can't speak for anyone else, but I'm okay with it.

Though if we all need to approve, it will probably be faster to wait for LN.

	10-04-2005 09:56									#245
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Or... not...

"Tomorrow" is about to end for me, and will for LN 2 hours later. Has something gone wrong?

	10-04-2005 10:52									#246
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I got India...

I think T is mocking my GoWness

	10-04-2005 15:21									#247
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Test, to see whether I am allowed to post again...

	10-04-2005 19:06									#248
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If you need to input our passwords, my username will be fine. I trust it will not be abused.

	10-04-2005 21:58									#249
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Sigh... I am having trouble PM'ing people. It's taking minutes just to send the PM, and sometimes the user names are wrong, so that makes it even harder. Either we let Theseus do it, or everyone send me their e-mail, and what nation they are playing.

	10-04-2005 22:06									#250
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I have distributed all of the passwords.

Let's play!!

	10-04-2005 22:20									#251
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Great job - but it looks like i m the only 1 in LA5 interested to play - I think if its so hard to get people make their 1. turn - it could possibly mean they need ages for later turns - or am I wrong?

	10-04-2005 22:35									#252
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quote: Originally posted by tommynt Great job - but it looks like i m the only 1 in LA5 interested to play - I think if its so hard to get people make their 1. turn - it could possibly mean they need ages for later turns - or am I wrong?

tommy, just hang on a bit... it's been tough just getting this game together (finally ), so don't draw any conclusions yet. AFAIK, you are matched against good, reliable players.

	11-04-2005 00:48									#253
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vulture made up the passwords... not me.

	11-04-2005 00:50									#254
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IBlameVulture

	11-04-2005 04:19									#255
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Suggested by grahamiam:

also, let's agree on a naming convention for the save. right now, its AU602-LA4-yearXXy.SAV

wear XX = BC or AD
and y = a, b, c, d, e, f first person is a, second is b, etc.

however, i'm open for other naming conventions, as that's a bit long.

	11-04-2005 04:23									#256
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The naming convention does not matter, so long as the same convention is kept for the whole length of the game.

With one exception. Between the years 975 BC and 990 AD, place a "0" (zero) infront of the year, so that the date becomes 0975 BC. This keeps the saves in chronlogical order.

	11-04-2005 04:41									#257
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quote: Originally posted by Krill The naming convention does not matter, so long as the same convention is kept for the whole length of the game. With one exception. Between the years 975 BC and 990 AD, place a "0" (zero) infront of the year, so that the date becomes 0975 BC. This keeps the saves in chronlogical order.

If you use windowsFileBox=1, it does that for you anyway.

	11-04-2005 04:54									#258
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Putting the ad/bc in front of the date keeps things more organized too.

	11-04-2005 05:12									#259
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quote: Originally posted by Inverse Icarus If you use windowsFileBox=1, it does that for you anyway.

Bleh, the Firaxis default filebox is more convenient for finding and editing file savenames...

I don't think the letter code on the end of the file name would be much help. I put "ToXYZ" on all of mine, where XYZ is an abbreviation of the player I'm sending to, so this keeps track of if the save is coming or going too...

	11-04-2005 06:34									#260
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quote: Originally posted by Rommel2D Bleh, the Firaxis default filebox is more convenient for finding and editing file savenames...

How the hell do you figure that? It sorts them out of order, is tiny, only shows a small number of files at once, and I don't see how it can be any easier to rename a file with it.

	11-04-2005 06:42									#261
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quote: save. right now, its AU602-LA4-yearXXy.SAV

I feel that that is acceptable to me, although I shall leave it up to the concensus of the community. I am simply eager to get the game going, and never stopped to think of this, so I am grateful that you all know what your doing.

	11-04-2005 06:45									#262
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quote: Originally posted by Krill The naming convention does not matter, so long as the same convention is kept for the whole length of the game.

Yep.

quote: Originally posted by Krill With one exception. Between the years 975 BC and 990 AD, place a "0" (zero) infront of the year, so that the date becomes 0975 BC. This keeps the saves in chronlogical order.

Agreed. I do this myself and edit it in for any saves that don't come to me that way; things get unorganized real fast without it.

quote: Originally posted by Aeson Putting the ad/bc in front of the date keeps things more organized too.

I've recently begun adding this to my naming format for any new PBEMs.

	11-04-2005 06:59									#263
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quote: How the hell do you figure that? It sorts them out of order, is tiny, only shows a small number of files at once, and I don't see how it can be any easier to rename a file with it.

I don't know if you've ever noticed, but the cursor selection algorithm highlights a whole digit without needing a click-and-drag. By going to a previous save (4 or 8 turns ago), a single click and a single keystroke is all that's needed to rename the file. I even find in some of my games that the filebox pops up with with the correct older save selected each turn (although it doesn't do it for some others ).

When I'm busy and find 4 or 5 saves waiting for me, I sure appreciate how smooth the default window works- just as long as the sending player uses the same format each turn.

Sub-folders for games are a big help in general. I also delete old saves once or twice a month. Only takes a minute and saves HD space...

	11-04-2005 07:11									#264
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quote: Originally posted by Krill With one exception. Between the years 975 BC and 990 AD, place a "0" (zero) infront of the year, so that the date becomes 0975 BC. This keeps the saves in chronlogical order.

Y2K is back! I hope all those twinkies in my bunker are still good...

	11-04-2005 07:54									#265
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the name of the game file was only a suggestion, just to help keep things organized. i really don't care how it's named (and putting AD/BC 1st is an excellant idea ), as long as the other 5 people in my game can agree on a format and we stick to it. the reason it came up was because the file i got was named as follows:
"Xerxes de Persians, 3950 a[1].C.SAV"
If I downloaded that to the wrong file folder, I would have a hard time finding it

quote: Sub-folders for games is a big help in general. I also delete old saves once or twice a month. Only takes a minute and saves HD space...

oh, definitely agree, though I hold on to my pbem saves till the end of the game.

	11-04-2005 08:22									#266
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quote: Originally posted by Rommel2D I don't know if you've ever noticed, but the cursor selection algorithm highlights a whole digit without needing a click-and-drag. By going to a previous save (4 or 8 turns ago), a single click and a single keystroke is all that's needed to rename the file.

I've noticed that too, though I never gave it too much thought except to think that it was pretty convenient

quote: I also delete old saves once or twice a month. Only takes a minute and saves HD space...

I went through my save folder yesterday as it happens, and deleted some 4,000 save files, all of which were from PBEM games! Won myself back 500Mb in the process

	11-04-2005 08:26									#267
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quote: Originally posted by Rommel2D I hope all those twinkies in my bunker are still good...

Would you like to rephrase that?

	11-04-2005 09:46									#268
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quote: Originally posted by Aqualung71 I've noticed that too, though I never gave it too much thought except to think that it was pretty convenient

Especially convenient considering how, if you click-n-drag the wrong characters in a Windows filebox, the next click highlights the current word and the next after that highlights the whole filename, at which point I usually get up and walk around the house telling myself how little it would help to stick an optical mouse up Gates's expansion slot to see if it gets a reading...

[and Aqua deserves to be inflicted with such imagery for dragging down the conversation in the first place. ]

	11-04-2005 10:00									#269
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quote: Originally posted by Rommel2D ...stick an optical mouse up Gates's expansion slot...

The evidence continues to mount

	11-04-2005 16:49									#270
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BigDork:

It appears you are right before me in the turn rotation for our game. I've PM'd you my e-mail addy thru the Poly site.

Good luck all!