Pitboss 18 IT and Tech Issues Thread

[novice]

So, I realize we'd prefer to have it automated, but could we start playing with a simpler solution? Open a Google Spreadsheet, with a row for each team and a column for each turn, and when you play your turn, go write 'done' in the appropriate cell.

Well, once the game has started we'd need to restart from scratch if we need to make code changes to the mod.

...or could everybody* just apply a dll hotfix?








*except BGN

[spacetyrantxenu]

If the hotfix consists of a copy/paste operation to drop the new .dll over the old one, BGN can do that, at least now that the mod is only installed in one directory.

[Boldly Going Nowhere]

What's a .dll?

[Boldly Going Nowhere]

The worst part about me being so bad at fixing things is I'm the guy who fixes basic computer problems for my office, but nothing more serious than getting rid of the pile of garbage that my boss installs on her computer that prevents her getting to the internet. You should see this bunch that I work with... I do fine with the stuff that you train me to do but really struggle with anything else. That is why Xenu is here. :thumsup:

Edit: I'm going to leave that obvious mistake as a testament to my awesomeness on computers.

[Caledorn]

Unless there are massive objections, I am postponing the gamestart until we have figured out how to deal with the Civstats issue. I dread that I will have a reload request bonanza in the upcoming weeks if we start the game without something that can function as Civstats. Do note that we should also have an automated emailer built in to the application that can email every (alive) player that the turn has flipped if we end up with a custombuilt solution.

[Whosit]

While I am personally eager to begin, I think it's pretty clear that a sizable portion of the group would be extremely unhappy to play without civstats or some sort of substitute. I'm guessing this will be an indefinite hold until a solution is found?

[Catwalk]

How about something as simple as an e-mail list which you drop an e-mail to if you finish the turn? And if the player finishing fails to do so, first player who logs on after sends it instead. We won't get any way to track double moves, but we're mostly taking that on faith anyway. It'd be less work than Mardoc's solution, utilizes something people use already and doesn't require everybody to do something actively. I'm not in a hurry to get started, though.

[novice]

Without civstats, we could use a separate stickied thread, where only turn progress would be posted.

This is the best manual workaround IMO. People post when they end turn, with info on how many players are left to play and how much time is left.

If it is possible to hotfix a game in progress we could go for this workaround.

[spacetyrantxenu]

Google, why do you fail me?




That's the first time something I wrote turned up as the first Google search result for something I was searching for....

[Whosit]

That's hilarious.