BFCElvis

Send me a PM then.

Open up a Help Desk ticket. With a ticket we can exchange information that you probably don't want for me to share on the forum. http://www.battlefront.mojohelpdesk.com One thing that may help everyone that I will say here........Reinstalling almost never cures a problem. Let alone reinstalling an operating system. There are times when reinstalling is the answer but almost all of the time all it does is waste time and frustrate. ESPECIALLY if the game had been running on a computer and looks to still be correctly installed. New installation can sometimes go wrong and need to be done again.

The blank password thing was another workaround. (I hope this isn't too much inside baseball) Initially we used scenarios to test the tournament feature. Each player would receive the first scenario and begin the battle, as you would with a regular PBEM game. But, because we needed each player to play each side we couldn't leave it up to players to pick a single side with the file. In other words, both players could receive the opening scenario and select playing Blue. Instead of playing Blue in one game and Red in the other. So the conversation became about not leaving the choosing of the sides to the player. I found that if I uploaded an email file, instead of a scenario file, that it would work. So, I would open the scenario and select Blue as the side and leave the password blank. That meant the file each player selected already had the side chosen. And when the other player got the file from them it was the opposite side from the initial file they received. Because the PBEM ++ system eliminates the ability to cheap the in game password became redundant. And that’s how we ended up leaving the passwords blank.

Unfortunately, no. The issue is that, during play, the running score is displayed. It has absolutely nothing to do with the Combat Mission in game score. It only reflects casualties. Then, when the game ends....whether it is the end of turns, ceasefire or surrender.....the display matches the in game score. Because of that, people are incentivized to not finish the battle and have their points go down to the CM score. That is why I am asking that no one finish the battles. The current idea is to have those casualty numbers being pushed out to be MUCH lower than they are now. Making them so low that the only way to get a higher score is to complete the battle and get the final CM score. Charles explained it using a basketball analogy, saying that CM isn't like basketball where a basket is made and the score grows and keeps growing. CM isn't built that way. So, pushing out those kinds of numbers is impossible.

Correct. Surrendering completes the battle. If only 1 person in each battle has seen this notification the only way the other player could mess it up is by surrendering.

Ah! That. Yes. There are provisions for that. In the settings you can award points to someone who has been left at the alter. In this Round's case it is 1,000. Which is like getting complete wins for both battles. But, because the way the scoring is happening that is a very small amount as things stand now. There are no consequences on the Matrix side for people who sign up and don't play. I looked at score for other game tournaments and see that there are always people who sign up and don't play.

That's a danger in any online tournament. It is not unheard of for players to ghost people in tournaments. Or play slowly. Right now, you are better off having them churn out turns slowly and not complete the tournament. It will yield higher scores than finishing will.

You can still end up at the top of the charts. Just don't compete the battle. No. It is not designed that way and I am able to process turns on different machines. Make sure that you're using the correct login information.

No. Not necessarily but it is part of the patch.

Here's a hint to the holdup. If you look in the Cold War forum at my most recent comments in the tournament thread you will be able to figure out the hold up.

We are advising everyone to NOT complete each battle. Play until there there is 1 turn (or as far as you can go) left in each battle. If everyone were to play their battles to completion all scores would match the end game AAR CM score. But, until then the higher scores will remain. Anyone looking to "game" the system would only need to stop playing to have a higher score than players who complete each battle. That's why we (and Matrix/Slitherine) have decided to post this advise. Matrix/Slitherine will be making a similar announcement on their forum and the Discord channel. For good or ill, only half of each pairing needs to be reached as long as 1 player stops playing toward the end. There is a tiny chance that a hot fix will be created before Round 1 is finished but I wouldn't count on it. We understand (and share) anyone's unhappiness about this. No one is happy about this. No one.

Yeah, when I finish a turn and am saving the game, whether it's for a PBEM++/Tournament turn or just regular saving of turn, it doesn't seem to be faster or slower than CM2 games have always been. If others are seeing a difference it would be worth checking out. I have been doing testing tournament on 2 computers over the past week. The transfer of files is near instant, once the save window goes away. There isn't a 3-5 minute delay. Which leads me to the post that I have been dreading making.......

It has but the patch containing the fix hasn't been released yet. There is somefink else in the patch that needs additional work.

No worries. No offense taken.

No.

@George MCis beating me badly in one battle and slaughtering me in the other. The horror.

So close to "very very" that it wouldn't be a bone.

Fixed and you will see it very soon. For both Black Sea and CMSF2.

Fixed and you will have the fix very soon.

I just played my turns without an issue.

Unfortunately, no. I've done some gentle nudging but other things keep jumping in front of it.

I have changed the web page to say "13 new Master Maps" so that no one else feels they have been ripped off/cheated.

Try disabling your firewall and antivirus software while processing the turns. One of them may be blocking the files being sent to the server.

I suppose that it's possible but my guess is that your opponent doesn't realize it. Have you sent a PM? I saw that you look at their profile a few hours ago.

It is a downside to the Matrix tournaments. If you look at other tournaments you'll see that there is always a number of players who don't show up after signing on (this is the one right next to our: https://www.matrixgames.com/tournaments/scores/857). The back end system allows for use to award points automatically if someone drops out. So, everyone should receive some points when the round is over. Not as much fun but it's somefink. Hopefully the 2nd round will get you a more accurate opponent.