old lobby
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@SilverBullet is there any real cost to leaving it open if it's not utilizing resources? maybe we turn all but 2 or 3 of the bots off?
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no big deal for me personally i just like to know so i can tell any player that asks. i dont have the power to shut it down in any case.
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@SilverBullet i think whenever we decide what the drop-dead date is we should def edit the welcome message to let any stragglers know how much time is left to wrap things up, and maybe some directions or a link on how to make direct connect games.
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might as well put a message now, might be some other saves that need finishing and the players need a reminder.
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@SilverBullet i think it only makes sense once we have a final date.
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@SilverBullet unless we want to say something vague like this lobby will be closed soon.
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@SilverBullet here's another thought maybe post a link to this thread also so anyone who needs more time can make their voices heard.
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yes, a vague reminder before we know the date would work well imo.
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@SilverBullet in general im against vagueness but there's a huge difference between weeks and months and i feel like the truth lies somewhere in between.
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the "truth" is out there?
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@ubernaut We didn't change back to 1.9 when I said we would do so. Instead we waited for 2.0/1 to become viable. So we aren't using the old lobby.
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Damn - I got loads of old game saves I didn't know things are not backwards compatible - I just thought if ya using the same map all would be good. So how would I ever finish old games if I ever found the players again to finish?
I thought if we both had old versions on our systems there would still be a way to connect up - if only there was a generic old lobby where people could float into to finish old game saves - just need to tell peeps to both be using the same version when loading an old game save.
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@bluelionman said in old lobby:
Damn - I got loads of old game saves I didn't know things are not backwards compatible - I just thought if ya using the same map all would be good. So how would I ever finish old games if I ever found the players again to finish?
I thought if we both had old versions on our systems there would still be a way to connect up - if only there was a generic old lobby where people could float into to finish old game saves - just need to tell peeps to both be using the same version when loading an old game save.
Yes, there is. You can still play by direct connection (the one hosting the game will have to communicate its address and port to the other one). I assume you can also still PBEM, but I'm not sure.
Of course, if you mean playing in automated hosts, I believe no automated hosts are hosted by TripleA for any versions previous 1.9 and the ones hosted for 1.9.0.0 are likely going to be taken out soon.
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@Cernel I've tried to host before but get hung up on the ports issue not being very confident with tech having to disable firewalls and such like when it comes up with it cant connect to my computer or its not connected to the internet always put me off as I don't really know what I am doing - I need a wizard to kind of do it all for me. Hence I always loaded up my game saves with others in a bot to finish. Hmm maybe there's a way I can get someones help to allow me to set it up so I can host on that port 3300 or whatever it is and then its done for ever and any opponent just had to connect up or do they have to configure past there own firewalls to?
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We've 1 bot connected to the 1.9 lobby. That server and the lobby server itself cost $20/month. Current intent is to probably give it roughly another 4, maybe even 6 weeks for 1.9 games to be finished up.
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@LaFayette Okay well I'm playing my brother on a 1.9 map so I'll make sure we are done before a weeks time from now.
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@bluelionman Most maps should be quite readily ported forward to 2.0, i'm not aware that there are many differences (if almost any at this point). Which map is it?
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@LaFayette Big World 1942 v3
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You can start 2.1 games on Big World 1942 v3, FWIW
It's just any saves from 1.9 do not work in 2.0 (the save-game issue is a major concern for development as it makes the code really difficult to work with; so FWIW the incompatibility problem is keenly felt by us).
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@LaFayette said in old lobby:
You can start 2.1 games on Big World 1942 v3, FWIW
It's just any saves from 1.9 do not work in 2.0 (the save-game issue is a major concern for development as it makes the code really difficult to work with; so FWIW the incompatibility problem is keenly felt by us).
Sorry what is FWIW?
Alas my version before this one and the game saved is a 1.9.
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