KLilly Posted September 25, 2000 Share Posted September 25, 2000 Here's a non-glamorous upgrade I'd appreciate. Could the program "remember" my password in PBEM games like most ISP's do? Every time I play a turn I am presented with the password screen and have to reenter my password. A "remember password" feature would save me this repetitive task. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daveman Posted September 25, 2000 Share Posted September 25, 2000 I don't mean this to be a flame... but entering a password is a repetitive task? I know I'm a pretty modest player compared to some, but entering the password for the 3-4 email turns I look at each day isn't much of a hassle. ------------------ “Out in front every one is holding out. Every one. My grenadiers and my engineers and my tank crews – they’re all holding their ground. Not a single man is leaving his post. They are lying silent in their foxholes for they are dead.” – Gen. Fritz Bayerlein on an order to hold his position Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntelWeenie Posted September 25, 2000 Share Posted September 25, 2000 What if you had several PBEMs and they all had different passwords? That might be a problem... ------------------ Canada: Where men were men, unless they were horses. -Dudley Do-right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMan Posted September 25, 2000 Share Posted September 25, 2000 I think BTS could answer many of these requests simply by allowing command line parameters for input file, password, and output file. So "cm2.exe input.txt pw output.txt" would zip through all the menus, execute the turn, and pop out the saved file. This would allow the active mod community to add nifty cool front ends and back ends which would knock off some of the administrative items on the wishlist for CM2 (remember password, separate PBEM directories, etc.) without impacting CM2 release date (too much). -Kyle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Heidman Posted September 25, 2000 Share Posted September 25, 2000 What would be really nice is if BTS figured out how to use file association. I would love to double click on my "xxxx.sce" file and have my OS know that it was a CM PBEM turn, fire up the executable, load the file, insert my password, and present me with a screen... Probably would not even be that difficult to accomplish. Jeff Heidman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KLilly Posted September 26, 2000 Author Share Posted September 26, 2000 No flame taken Daveman. Sure it doesn't take long, but if you do it 14 times a day (if you're lucky) it gets a little old. Those who use different passwords (just why would you do that?) could of course input away. I love the suggestion that there be some "automatic" way to load the turns, but given that no other game has such a feature, it probably isn't as easy as it sounds (I'm no expert). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banshee Posted September 26, 2000 Share Posted September 26, 2000 people use different passwords so they can tell their opponent their password after the battle is over so the opponent can see how the other sides movie files looked. ------------------ Veni, vidi, panzerschrecki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus Posted September 26, 2000 Share Posted September 26, 2000 The Enter key works fine for a password. Besides, for a PBEM game, you're the only one that is going to see that particular file anyway. [This message has been edited by Maximus (edited 09-25-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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