zappsweden Posted January 22, 2003 Share Posted January 22, 2003 If the other player ends his turn and I am away for some minutes (leaving the window inactive) we get lost connection. Why? Is there a way to set the time limit for when it loses connection? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zappsweden Posted January 22, 2003 Author Share Posted January 22, 2003 I want to be able to eat and be away for 20-30 minutes without being forced to computer babysitting. If I have the window active I will not see enemy moves when I come back. [ January 22, 2003, 11:59 AM: Message edited by: zappsweden ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Cater Posted January 23, 2003 Share Posted January 23, 2003 Originally posted by zappsweden: If the other player ends his turn and I am away for some minutes (leaving the window inactive) we get lost connection. Why? Is there a way to set the time limit for when it loses connection? Sounds like it might be that your ISP is booting you from the connection after prolonged periods of inactivity. Not all ISP's do this but some are known to. Hope this helps, Hubert 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zappsweden Posted January 24, 2003 Author Share Posted January 24, 2003 I only lose the connection to the game, not the Internet. My opponent uses a modem and I use ADSL (in case that would have anything to do with it). [ January 23, 2003, 05:25 PM: Message edited by: zappsweden ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Cater Posted January 24, 2003 Share Posted January 24, 2003 Yeah I understand and I am not about to say that I am an expert on ISP's etc., but it could be possible that they recognize the secure socket the game is using and give it a boot during prolonged inactivity, might just be for their own security issues etc., can't say with full certainty. I originally ran tests over my LAN and never had a connection get terminated with prolonged inactivity periods (i.e. +6 hours), basically me running the game and leaving for half a day sort of thing. I recreated the situation you described above today just to make sure, for about 4 hours and when I came back and maximized the window it replayed the opponent's turn including an end turn sequence without a hitch. My guess relating to ISP's is simply due to this being the only variable as LAN and Internet type connections are virtually identical. Hope this helps, Hubert [ January 24, 2003, 10:04 AM: Message edited by: Hubert Cater ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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