Pitboss 18 IT and Tech Issues Thread

[Hashoosh]

It sort of looks like he was having connection problems (2 logins in quick succession)? Or waiting for input from teammate?

[Krill]

Game paused with 7 hours left on the clock. How many of those yet to play are suffering from the Steam update?

Whosit
Caledorn
Boldly Going Nowhere
Bacchus
yuris125
Hashoosh
spacetyrantxenu
Cyneheard
pindicator
Jowy
Qgqqqqq
Krill + Novice
Azza

I think he has already played, so leave it running and send him an email/PM IMO.

[novice]

Good job getting this game back on track, everyone.

Regarding the scoreboard fix:

IIRC - there were two changes. One involved reducing the spacing in the scoreboard (see linked post from T-hawk). I can't see any attached code but the link below does include what needs adjusting and where (ie which file). I can put that together tonight.

Looks reasonable to me. Yes, you'll get the "different assets" warning unless both the Pitboss host and you put that in place. So I'm not sure how to test it without disrupting the live game.

As for the scoreboard itself, that's really simple. In CvMainInterface.py, change the line "iBtnHeight = 22" to a smaller number. Here's what it looks like at 14.



I'll let Krill or whoever handle the editing and packaging and distribution of that change.

Here is the code for the scoreboard change. This zip file only contains one file (the main interface python file) and is a new file for this mod. The change is ...

Code:

#iBtnHeight = 22   modified for the RB 32Civ game ... reduced so that the scoreboard doesn't scroll off the top of the page
iBtnHeight = 14

So I checked to see if those who want to can just install this fix and those who don't care can ignore it. That doesn't seem to be possible. With this python file added to my local RB Mod 2.0.6.4 folder I get this warning when logging in, with other players already logged in:


And then when the game data has been downloaded, I get this error:


So if we want this fix we need to install it on the pitboss server, and all the players need to install it too to be able to connect.

[Old Harry]

The scoreboard doesn't bother me much, I'm happy to go along with whatever the majority want. However hasn't Xenu been running a graphical mod in Pitboss for ages?

[GermanJoey]

It sort of looks like he was having connection problems (2 logins in quick succession)? Or waiting for input from teammate?

I have this problem with PB18 with my steam fix; the first time I login it will load the game, but then tell me I have to load the mod even though the mod is loaded. If I let it load the mod, it will ask me for an admin password, which I obviously don't have, and then kick me back to a lobby. However, if I then try to connect to the game again without closing anything, it will let me load just fine. Its a huge hassle but at least it works.

[Old Harry]

It sort of looks like he was having connection problems (2 logins in quick succession)? Or waiting for input from teammate?

I have this problem with PB18 with my steam fix; the first time I login it will load the game, but then tell me I have to load the mod even though the mod is loaded. If I let it load the mod, it will ask me for an admin password, which I obviously don't have, and then kick me back to a lobby. However, if I then try to connect to the game again without closing anything, it will let me load just fine. Its a huge hassle but at least it works.

Naa, I was waiting for someone else to play. However I get a similar issue with our sandbox and the live game - both claim to be using 2.0.6.4, but I need to launch the sandbox by double clicking the sandbox save and I can't then get into pitboss, while loading the mod allows me to get into the pitboss server but not load our sandbox.

[Ruff_Hi]

The scoreboard doesn't bother me much, I'm happy to go along with whatever the majority want. However hasn't Xenu been running a graphical mod in Pitboss for ages?

The 'check that everyone is running the same code' thingo doesn't care about graphical mods. Blue Marble is fine. Modified graph backgrounds (see below) are fine. I am even running America with a non-American flag ... not that the other players can see that - only I can.

[spacetyrantxenu]

Blue Marble for life, y'all. You can always tell when I play a turn on a different computer, the screenshots look terrible.

I guess I'll find out when I play the next turn whether or not editing the default game fonts will cause an error or not. I'm kind of surprised the scoreboard change triggered the file protection warning though. But I guess there are a lot of changes you could make with those .py files, some of which could be unfair I suppose.

[Ruff_Hi]

The scoreboard change is in maininterface ... and if you can edit that without triggering a 'different asset' warning, you can reveal tons of stuff (eg disable the EP check for revealing tech research).

[Krill]

Anyone know where Xenu and MYKI are? There is only 2:30:00 left on the timer...MYKI didn't play his turn yesterday, he played his on Friday, so I'm not sure if he knows we have started the game rolling again after the patch debacle?