05-04-2005 03:51									#1861
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	05-04-2005 04:21									#1862
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In Hattusas King Straybow, the Vizier, and the Chief Royal Astrologer consult the augury.

"The next new moon is auspicious, your Majesty."
"Send word at once to the Royal Lancers to attack at the new moon!"
"At once, your Majesty!"

The augury told true. The Lancers set upon Assyrian Skirmishers hiding in the hills near Delos. In the chill weather the undisciplined invaders lit fires to warm themselves on a moonless night, revealing their positions. In the fog of the dawn they were hunted like vermin.

The Lancers moved out into the broad valley to the East. They travel light, trusting the favor of the gods. A week out they come upon local herders who report foreigners encamped nearby. Assyrian charioteers are encamped in the open plain where the power of their charge is unhindered!

After the quarter moon sets the Lancers quietly move near the camp. In the twilight of dawn they strike while the enemy's horses are still tethered and the chariots unhitched. The charioteers fight fiercely on foot with bow and spear but their blood is trampled under the chargers' hooves.

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	05-04-2005 17:15									#1863
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quote: Originally posted by Peaster ST - Thank you for your efforts to keep in touch while away. I was thinking of who could sub for you... for example, I bet Germanos would come out of retirement for that.

I wouldn't bet on it.

	09-04-2005 04:41									#1864
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I am home, but I am tired and will play tomorrow. Sorry.

	09-04-2005 11:57									#1865
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Sleep well, ST
As we say in French: "la nuit porte conseil".

	10-04-2005 02:42									#1866
	Put an end to popups!

I almost finished my turn, but I noticed something like a possible bug on the Minoan map, so I posted a message to LF...

	10-04-2005 17:33									#1867
	Got spare money?

Possible conflict still not resolved... stay tuned...

	11-04-2005 01:06									#1868
	Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

The problem is that the Minoan save is different from the save I play with (the Hittite save).
It is because LF sent different saves to the thread and to Straybow by e-mail (which was used for further play). It looks one of them was a partial save (?).

quote: Originally posted by La Fayette in e-mail My only excuse is that I had problems in RL. ... There is nothing to replay. The whole affair is my mistake. Please pardon me.

	11-04-2005 08:19									#1869
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Oh, I was afraid I'd have to do a replay.

	11-04-2005 09:41									#1870
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Thanks for keeping us informed. If I understand correctly, ST will finish his turn from Straybow's save, and we should disregard LaF's posted save.

	11-04-2005 11:01									#1871
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My friends, the mistake is mine and I beg your pardon.
I always post my savegame on the thread and I completely forgot that I had already posted a savegame to straybow by e-mail on march 29th.
The differences between the two saves are slight but could be very important since we are at war. Thank you to SlowThinker for noticing it.
The savegame I sent to straybow is the only valid one of course, and nothing has to be replayed.
Once more please, pardon me !

	11-04-2005 20:25									#1872
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Our scouts report they encountered no Assyrian soldiers. Let us see if Zedanu is more dareful than Didanu...
In the meantime Babylonian boats with landing forces are lining up...

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	11-04-2005 20:26									#1873
	Inflate your Upload Space

Peaster, yes, the Minoan save is invalid.

	13-04-2005 18:05									#1874
	Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

I have the save and should be able to play tonight, I havn't had any civ time the past couple days so plese be patient with me.

	14-04-2005 10:53									#1875
	Got spare money?

That's OK, real life has its distractions. Clearly we're all upset about this whole Brad and Jen thing.
Damn that Angelina Jolie!

	15-04-2005 17:08									#1876
	Help yourself to an AD-FREE life

I am having trouble opening the sav file, I saved it to a floppy and took it home. When trying to open the file I get a "read at "x000000(etc)" error. The other files on the disk are working fine.

Anyway the one I have on the floppy was emailed by ST so I am DL ing the posted save and will try that, the only thing I can think of is the Firewall settigs at work may have Jinxed the Email.

Sorry about the increased delays...I will post ASAP.

	19-04-2005 17:05									#1877
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Nothing of consequence to report.

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	21-04-2005 04:39									#1878
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If you want to open a game in a SP mode and you decide not to open it when you are in the choose-a-civ window and you press Esc then the game still opens - but with a map of a leader that saved the map.

I was surprised when there was an Assyrian Chariot II (not sure about the unit type?) in the fort of Kurigalzu in the centre of my sight. Usually the fort is empty on my map. Fortunately I noticed nothing else since I turned my head out and closed the game with Alt-F4.
I think this is not a big problem ... I supposed there would be some Chariot II inside the fort...

	21-04-2005 16:42									#1879
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Didn't know about that one, thanks for the heads-up.

I don't see a problem with it either....Play on friend.

	21-04-2005 19:58									#1880
	Avatar Enlargement: We've got the solution

Play on friend, but I take the game seriously. I would be really pissed if I spotted something that you prepared as a surprise for me.
I like suprises.

	22-04-2005 10:45									#1881
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Bear with me....just got back from a trip and need to review emails and other communications. Will play shortly!

	23-04-2005 12:04									#1882
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"All quiet on the Eastern Front"

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	23-04-2005 17:51									#1883
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It is interesting: 8 downloads of the Assyrian save. I believe all 6 civs are interested, but 2 downloads remain.
One of them might be Didanu in his retirement ... germanos, is it you?

	23-04-2005 17:53									#1884
	Inflate your Upload Space

Kull reports an equal problem like I had here:
http://apolyton.net/forums/showthre...070#post3592070
I was afraid this problem might repeat and therefore I suggested to allow to 'prolong' validity of the unfreezing barter by its hexediting...

	23-04-2005 19:52									#1885
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(Original Post deleted)

Now I understand! This is the first time I've EVER received a unit using CivDip, and was totally unaware of the need to run the "unfreeze" barter file before my turn. Now the barter file has expired, and if I do the "dual-barter" solution with Babylon (I give to him, he gives it back), that will impose an additional one turn delay.

I don't propose to replay my turn (that's a bit much to ask in the middle of a war), but would like a thumb up/down on the following proposition:

"Can Slowthinker hex-edit the date on my unfreeze barter file so that it will work next turn?"

(Since we are at war with Assyria, Zedd's thumb takes precedence)

Last edited by Kull on 23-04-2005 at 20:09

	23-04-2005 21:02									#1886
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I do not object to letting ST do his magic. But suppose a player secretly gets a unit from Assyria instead, and forgets to unfreeze? My point is that if ST is our only hex-magician, he and his allies have an advantage with this system. But if it doesn't happen very often, I probably won't veto.

Zedd probably cannot answer until Monday, and I REALLY want to get the game moving. So, I will try to play today or tomorrow, hoping we can work this out.

	24-04-2005 00:21									#1887
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Peaster, you are right with the example with secret unit giving ... but ...

I may be a magician in hex-editing of the .net file, but hexediting of the .dat file is very easy- you just change one concrete byte (byte 88 decimaly = 58 hexadecimaly). This byte represents the game turn and it must be upped by +1 (this way a validity of the .dat file shifts by +1 turn).

You can use any hexeditor, I use a hexeditor that is built-in in Volkov Commander (an old DOS filemanager, freeware). It is very easy. I can post Volkov Commander here.

But if Kull won't replay then Peaster can play his turn without waiting. The hexedited unfreeze barter would be applied next turn.

	24-04-2005 04:30									#1888
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quote: Originally posted by Peaster ...My point is that if ST is our only hex-magician, he and his allies have an advantage with this system.

Extremely good point. If we're going to allow this, it has to be simple enough that ANYONE can do it themselves.

And since ST has assured us that it IS very easy, here's a look at the file, as it appears in "Hex". If ST can circle the number that has to be changed, any of us can make the change using a freeware Hex Editor (I use Cygnus).

	24-04-2005 04:44									#1889
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It is at address hex 58 ... so look at the row 50, it is divided in two halfs by a dash. Right after the dash there is 45 - this is the number that must be upped by +1 to 46.

(A note: Don't forget that 9+1=A with the hex system. )

You can hardly mix it up, since next turns it will be numbers 45, 46, 47 etc.

	24-04-2005 08:22									#1890
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Hmmm... hex-editing doesn't sound too bad.

In 2820BC, Persian spearmen entrenched in a swamp near Lake Urmia fought off an attack by a band of Assyrian skirmishers. The Royal Barracks was completed, and our Generals continue to prepare for war.

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