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Arima
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I would like to play too, using Gaia.
Finally a PBEM is starting.
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knowhow2
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of the World
Feb 2001
time: 06:15
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It took me almost 24 hours to play the first turn......
this is what happened:
I got the file from PuddlewatchHQ (btw do you have a shorter version of this nic?) and as usual I unzipped it and out it into the catalogue for MP games, the I started my game and I loaded it..... nothing, something is wrong the computer told me. So I thought okey... what's wrong?
Maybe some virus? At this time I had to leave home for a few hours. I got back 4 hours later and tried again... the same thing - something is wrong the program can't load the game. so what now, I email back and asked for a resent.... and waited. the next day (about 8 or so hours later) I tried again, nothing so what now, I decided to reinstall the game. So I did that. Tried again.... you guessed it nothing!!! So now I thought I have to bring in the big guns. I uninstall the hole thing and reinstall it, nothing, I unistall again and throw the entire thing out (which includes all my SP saved games and records) and I reinstal the game. Now the game doesn't even start!
What could be wrong, I thought. Of cause I have to reinstall the ENTIRE game not just SMACX.... and it suddenly comes to me!
It wasn't a SMACX game, it's a SMAC game. After reinstalling and all that I could finally (and easily I might add) play the first turn and send it forward.
turn to arima
Last edited by knowhow2 on 11-09-2001 at 05:22
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Googlie
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Commanding Officer, CRYPTEIA
Apr 1999
time: 21:15
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just a little tip from a veteran ...
most of us set up a desktop file - mine is called "firaxis saves". When a turn comes in, and you download from the e-mail attachment, download to this file (some e-mails automatically unzip it as well)
When loading the game, direct it to look for the save on your desktop (it's easier if you apply the windows-box mod from the readme file) - every time after that it'll look there for the savegame to load. (Using the windows-box mod makes for easy deletion of old turns both on loading, and on saving too)
When finished the turn, I save to the desktop file as well, completely bypassing the programs/firaxis games/sid meiers .../saves routine
Zipping is then a blast, with only one level (desktop) to search for the file, and attaching to an e-mail is easy too, as (at least for my AOL) the default for a file attachment is the desktop itself.
Can't even begin to estimate how many hours I've saved this way this past year in all my PBEMs (versus my convoluted way of saving everything in the smac directory before)
(and forgive my ramblings if this is what you do anyway)
Googlie
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