@Ozymandiaswept Hi Ozzy Stick with us Some of the stuff doesn't work right now. This is how @victoryfirst taught me to do it and I have done the same ever sense. 2-3 years now and it works for me. I'm on ubuntu fwiw but everyone else on windows. Idk if you on mac will bring in ubernaut but it should work regardless. this should show you what to do pretty much. disregard the clutter https://forums.triplea-game.org/topic/4376/playbyforum-first-utrecht but you start pbem [image: 1787636478445-screenshot-from-2026-08-25-00-41-04.png] make sure both emails registered to the Dice server hit register takes you here https://dice.triplea-game.org/ Ignore all the other bullshit and fire up a game So select game do the email shit make sure both emails registered and o h yea hit "test server" only need to do it once at game start, then you good to go. Most people do a test turn in local mode then hit PBEM or Forum, they're basically interchangeable and do their final turn in pbem. [image: 1787636857771-screenshot-from-2026-08-25-00-47-19.png] It'll say "Dice Server On "bottom right. When your turn is done you hit "Turn Summary" then ctrla ctrlc [image: 1787636999343-screenshot-from-2026-08-25-00-49-01.png] Then save game ctrls post the turn sumarry and saved game to your opponent at your game thread, we create a Game Thread here https://forums.triplea-game.org/category/45/play-by-forum or you can send emails to each other Edit ask if you get stuck. I struggled hard trying to figure it out first time fwiw lol Then @victoryfirst clued me in Edit 2 As far as the above error, make sure you had a capital "O" in your name. Idk but the error has it in lower case. Maybe it doesn't matter. Idk. Triplea will @ some names with upper case and then sometimes it comes up all in lower case

@Panzerstahl-Helm-0 I Agree as well. I wanna fix Hvy Bmbrs not getting plus 2 before we start though. It will take a day or 2 [image: 1787642455135-prost.png] I can run a generic save that everyone can use so don't need to worry about accidentally missing an option. I will do multi and then fix Bmbr and then see if our house is fckd lol Edit you wanna let Captain know were gonna kick off early then ?

@beelee said: @panzerstahl-helm-0 Dammit I missed that DD in S AF lol. I woulda hit him at even terms otherwise. Well he sucked some blood out of Tommy anyway lol Yes, that pesky sucker did too much damage for to long. I will do an overview of units purchased, destroyed etc. once this game is over. This game is record breaking! br

@Ozymandiaswept Oh i missed ya . I replied to the other thread. Let us know if you still need help. We'll get you sorted [image: 1787637503119-rock-on.png]

@ubernaut Oh, sorry. Usually, I clean up the move after I'm sure where everything has moved. Seems I forgot this time.

@Cernel OK! So I think I solved the bot crashing problem on my end. It was the script function, and the fix was actually very simple. The problem was that I had this command in the Docker startup script -- and it's probably in all the bots: --env EXIT_ON_GAME_END=true \ That tells the bot to exit when the game ends. Since the container was configured with --restart always, I was expecting Docker to bring it back, but this was creating problems with the bot disappearing from the lobby. I removed that command from the startup scripts. For example, the relevant part went from: sudo docker run --network host --pull always --restart always --env BOT_PORT_NUMBER=3301 --env BOT_NAME=Bot_Revised_Ladder --env BOT_COMMENT=bit.ly/RevLad2 --env LOBBY_URI=https://prod.triplea-game.org --env EXIT_ON_GAME_END=true --env BOT_MAX_MEMORY=256m \ to: sudo docker run --network host --pull always --restart always --env BOT_PORT_NUMBER=3301 --env BOT_NAME=Bot_Revised_Ladder --env BOT_COMMENT=bit.ly/RevLad2 --env LOBBY_URI=https://prod.triplea-game.org --env BOT_MAX_MEMORY=256m \ And I did the same for the second bot on port 3302. The two bots are now running normally, so I'm going to see whether they remain in the lobby after their next games. Hopefully that's all it was! check to see if the other bots have this function..