Timothy Hessians Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 A pbem opponent of mine upgraded to 1.02 and sent me the turn he processed with the new version from a game we started in 1.01. I upgraded to 1.02. The turn runs normally. However, after issuing my orders, when I click GO, instead of the filename screen, I get the opponents password screen . I've ran this three times, always with the same result on this file. This might be a fatal bug for PBEM players. Can someone else test to see if they get the same problem? Timothy Hessians Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 Hmm. Sounds like Hotseat play. You sure you chose PBEM not Hotseat (I know this is a dumb question, but just to be sure...)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Hessians Posted November 17, 2004 Author Share Posted November 17, 2004 Yes. I opened it as a pbem file which was sent to me by my opponent. I suppose it's possible he could have saved the game after opening it in hotseat mode and sent me the file. Let me check with him and I'll follow up here. Thanks, Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 If it's a .txt file and you get to choose the play mode, then it's not a save file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Hessians Posted November 17, 2004 Author Share Posted November 17, 2004 Yes, it's a .txt file. Not a .cmg. I load the game by following the Join Multiplayer->Load Email path from the startup menu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 Ok, I just checked this (set up a PBEM game in CMAK v1.02) and can confirm that it happens as described above, i.e. like a hotmail game. Beta testers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REVS Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 Problem confirmed for me, too. I'm on a G4 Mac on OS 9.2. Prompted by this thread, I carefully set up a PBEM game. The first turn is just like PBEM play. ie, you get to give the file a name when the "play by email" dialogue box pops up.. Thereafter, it plays like hotseat. ie, you aren't given the chance to save each turn with a new name, a la PBEM. Instead, as described above, the opponent's password window comes up, as if it were hotseat play. What's that distant sound I hear? Surely it's not Patch 1.03 thundering across the desert? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 Originally posted by REVS: What's that distant sound I hear? Surely it's not Patch 1.03 thundering across the desert? Maybe they can just delete 1.02; who would have thought 9 months of testing would lead to a premature release... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Thorne Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 Same thing happened to me and my opponent...I did as instructed and sure as **ll didn´t choose the hotseat mode...my opponent had the same problem. He could watch the action phase and make his moves. After clicking GO the axis password thingy appears :confused: :eek: :mad: luckily we weren´t too far at the battle if there is no way to fix this problem than to start over...if anyone has a solution I would be happy to know. Other than this "minor" problem here thanks for the new patch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmatt Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 We are looking into this right now. Madmatt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenfedoroff Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 I have just experienced the same problem as described above.... I get a prompt for opponents password rather than a chance to save as PBEM. Sincerely, Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenfedoroff Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 I thought if I saved CMAK as "CMAK_101.exe" before I did the patch to (v1.02), I could still open CMAK as v1.01 and still play opponents who didn't care to upgrade.... But when I click on the .exe file I created, it asks me what I want to open the program with. Anybody else have this happen? Sincerely, "Confused" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quinxi Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 Tried to do a turn on a pbem game after upgrading to 1.02 and did my move portion of a pbem game but then the game launched into the action phase without allowing a save and after that took me to my opponents turn. Definitely broken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMik1 Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 I am having the same issues with my opponents. They think I sent them a hotseat file and I know I didn't. Houston, we have a bug!!! BigMik1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim crowley Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 Ditto. Oh well, at least I know its not down to my PC. Cheers Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nidan1 Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 Same here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TunnelRat Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 Ok something isnt right here. Played a tcp/ip A/D against Zemke and 3 FO's worth of 120mm arty didnt even hurt his guys in patch 1.02. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobu88 Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 I'm no engineer, but how on earth do you miss that bug???? Man that is quality control 101. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt_T_Morel Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 Same probem even for pbem files created under 1.02!!!!!!! Id est: pbem functions no more !!!!!!! :mad: :mad: :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmatt Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 Guys, We have recently become aware of an issue with the v1.02 patch which disrupts Play By Email games. We are currently working on a new patch (v1.03) which will resolve this issue. Until this updated patch is ready, we have decided to remove the older 1.02 patch files and requested the various file mirror sites to do the same. The new v1.03 patch will be made available shortly. We apologize for this issue and appreciate you patience while we get it fixed. Battlefront.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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