Guest Mike Posted August 29, 2002 Share Posted August 29, 2002 In a PBEM at the moment my files do not get password protection - I never got the option - but my opponent's ones do. (using 1.03) Is this a bug? I can't see it being a feature!! lol 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porkbrain Posted August 29, 2002 Share Posted August 29, 2002 First tried pbem against myself just to see how it worked in practice. If you don't enter a password when first asked for one then it will never ask for a password again. May be the same situation that you have? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike Posted August 29, 2002 Share Posted August 29, 2002 It never asked me for a password that I can remember - I'm in another game and have a password OK there....... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iolo Posted August 30, 2002 Share Posted August 30, 2002 I was the one that started the game. It asked me for my starting Axis password, I input it, I finished the turn, saved and zipped it, and that's it. Kinda weird... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike Posted August 30, 2002 Share Posted August 30, 2002 Which makes me wonder about my otehr game, which I started as teh allies & did the same. Norse - are you reading this - do you ahve password protection on yor game files - maybe I'll pop home for lunch and check!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike Posted August 31, 2002 Share Posted August 31, 2002 Bump - anyone got an answer for us??!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iolo Posted August 31, 2002 Share Posted August 31, 2002 Hubert, if you're reading, is there a line that can be hand-coded into the .save file to add a password? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norse Posted August 31, 2002 Share Posted August 31, 2002 Originally posted by Mike: Which makes me wonder about my otehr game, which I started as teh allies & did the same. Norse - are you reading this - do you ahve password protection on yor game files - maybe I'll pop home for lunch and check!! Yey I didn't add a password for the axis, but there is a password for the allies there. My wrong, first PBEM etc., btw, where is the gamefile?? I want it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Cater Posted August 31, 2002 Share Posted August 31, 2002 If you don't enter a password on your first turn, it won't ask again, if you've encountered something other than that, let me know how I can repeat the problem and I'll take a look. Hope that helps, Hubert 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike Posted September 2, 2002 Share Posted September 2, 2002 Hmm....maybe it's just finger trouble - I did a wee test and had no problems with entering passwords for both sides, and it asked for them at hte right time too...oh well Norse - where's my turn??! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Dave Posted September 2, 2002 Share Posted September 2, 2002 Hubert, perhaps this belongs in the Tech section, but since the topic is PBEM passwords... What happens is this: when the pop-up box for entering your password comes up, I cannot type in the password -- when I work the keys, nothing happens, nothing appears on the sign-line. So, I cancel the box, and try again, and NOW it accepts my password -- but, ALWAYS refuses the first time, and ALWAYS works the second time. :confused: Used to be, I could not get the pop-up box announcing -- "use your alt-tab to close..." to work, I had to hit the "escape" key. Now, this seems to mostly work, but the other problem persists. I am inclined to think first of gremlins, but that is hardly empirical and accepted as a post-modern rationale -- any ideas? (... this is not critical, the games go on without interruption, just wanted to let you know about a minor quirk on my system -- 1 year old computer with ME op sys, with all the up to date components, etc, but I have had no other difficulties thus far... ) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Cater Posted September 2, 2002 Share Posted September 2, 2002 Yeah I'll move this one to the tech forums as that would be more appropriate, but I'll try and address this before I do. I'll have to double check the password input box, but I think that some of this may be as a result of some of the memory issues I was having previously. Hubert 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Dave Posted September 2, 2002 Share Posted September 2, 2002 As originally posted by Hubert Cater: I'll have to double check the password input box, but I think that some of this may be as a result of some of the memory issues I was having previously. Thanks. :cool: I played two more PBEM turns today, and the first time I COULD successfully type in the password, but -- the next time, once again I could not. And now, the alt-tab sequence does not function. The only way to work it, is to cancel the password box, and try again. BTW, sometimes I will delete old PBEM game files before I try to load the incoming file, and sometimes not -- I haven't yet noticed if this action has some relation to the other problems? [ September 02, 2002, 02:57 PM: Message edited by: Immer Etwas ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Dave Posted September 3, 2002 Share Posted September 3, 2002 Update: Last two pbem turns, I DID NOT delete any files first, and -- I WAS able to type in the password on the first try, so somehow (... small sample size -- I'll keep checking) these two are related in H.A.L.'s -- impeccable mind... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Cater Posted September 3, 2002 Share Posted September 3, 2002 OK i'll see if I can repeat that. Hubert 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Dave Posted September 10, 2002 Share Posted September 10, 2002 Well, patch v 1.04 did NOT solve the problem of being unable to delete saved pbem games AND enter the password. I don't think this is a major hang-up, but is this unique to my system? In general, the pbem plays smoothly except for this quirky issue. Sometimes I cannot get the pbem box to close, and the "drum-beat" still plays when I minimize (have to use ESC about half the time). No hurry on this, it's not critical. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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