Re: Fog of War --- Server Problems

**da_Vinci** · 09-21-2009, 08:52 PM

Originally Posted by Dreylin

Well it looks like I've finally been eliminated. Thanks all for a fun game!

I'll be around for future games, and you can keep me in mind if you need subs or anything like that.

Dreylin.

Well played and well fought! It took a gang-up to take you out ... so typical of pitboss.

dV

**Bernout** · 09-21-2009, 10:19 PM

Originally Posted by Dreylin

Well it looks like I've finally been eliminated. Thanks all for a fun game!

I'll be around for future games, and you can keep me in mind if you need subs or anything like that.

Dreylin.

Thanks for playing Dreylin!

Bernout

**Munro** · 09-26-2009, 12:01 PM

I'm trying to help Ricardo connect to the game, as Morgan is away on vacation and he's meant to be subbing for the next 2 weeks...

However, he's not able to connect. He gets past the 'choose leader' screen but then the game aborts the connection with error:

"The save file you have selected is protected to ensure that the assets in your mod folder have not been changed."

I've verified the Ricardo is running V3.19 with the NoScore mod correctly installed, and we've even verified that he is able to connect to another pitboss game running V3.19 and the same NoScore mod. So the problem only seems to happen when trying to connect to the FoW host.

Bernout - any ideas? Could you maybe try restarting the pitboss app / pitboss server to see if that helps? Anyone got any ideas?

Thanks
Munro

**Bernout** · 09-26-2009, 12:30 PM

Originally Posted by Munro

Bernout - any ideas? Could you maybe try restarting the pitboss app / pitboss server to see if that helps? Anyone got any ideas?

Hmm...I see that his auto-save file on the server got created successfully. I deleted it just in case that makes any difference.

I can also try restarting the server although I see you are logged into it right now.

Bernout

**Munro** · 09-26-2009, 02:10 PM

Thanks Bernout.

Actually, don't worry about restarting the server. I'm working with Ricardo on this right now and we've managed to reproduce the problem on my pitboss server, using a new game that was started with the 'lock modified assets' option. (My first test with Ricardo didn't have this option checked).

Looks like it might be something to do with the BlueMarble and / or BUG mod that he has installed.. trying to reproduce it on my machine now.

Edit: we've figured it out. Ricardo had an extra subdirectory, i.e. Mods\NoScore\NoScore\ ... Removing the extra level of subfolder fixed the problem.

**Ebenezer** · 09-26-2009, 02:32 PM

I'd also suggest having him clear his customassets folder (under ~mydocs\mygames\bts)

Shouldn't matter, since the other game worked, but worth a try.

**da_Vinci** · 09-27-2009, 11:49 PM

Originally Posted by Munro

Edit: we've figured it out. Ricardo had an extra subdirectory, i.e. Mods\NoScore\NoScore\ ... Removing the extra level of subfolder fixed the problem.

Seems odd ... if this was the problem, how did he successfully connect to another game running the no score mod? Double subdirectory would mean that the mod was not loading (mod list in "load a mod" points to a folder only containing the extra subdirectory, which won't load the mod ...) as a source of the error, right?

Unless he had a a shortcut pointing at the correct subdirectory, and so sometimes using shortcut it worked, and sometimes loading in menu (or maybe a second, wrong shortcut?) did not ???

dV

**Bernout** · 09-28-2009, 12:06 AM

Originally Posted by da_Vinci

Seems odd ... if this was the problem, how did he successfully connect to another game running the no score mod? Double subdirectory would mean that the mod was not loading (mod list in "load a mod" points to a folder only containing the extra subdirectory, which won't load the mod ...) as a source of the error, right?

Unless he had a a shortcut pointing at the correct subdirectory, and so sometimes using shortcut it worked, and sometimes loading in menu (or maybe a second, wrong shortcut?) did not ???

That's a good question. Perhaps the other server didn't have an admin password? As Niklas and I found out in our original testing you really need to have that.

Bernout

**Niklas** · 09-28-2009, 07:09 AM

Server appears down, I get timeouts when trying to connect.

**Bernout** · 09-28-2009, 09:57 AM

Originally Posted by Niklas

Server appears down, I get timeouts when trying to connect.

Well, looks like my IP address changed during the night without actually bringing down my Internet connection. That may be a first.

DNS entry adjusted and server is back up. I restored it to the very start of 1520 AD.

Bernout

**da_Vinci** · 10-03-2009, 09:07 AM

Looks like the server tanked ... got booted out of game, timing out on trying to get back in, and civstats is not updating that I got kicked out ...

dV

**Bernout** · 10-03-2009, 11:40 AM

Originally Posted by da_Vinci

Looks like the server tanked ... got booted out of game, timing out on trying to get back in, and civstats is not updating that I got kicked out ...

Yep, something went wonky. Server is back up now with a little under 8 hours on the timer.

Bernout

**Snarlin** · 10-04-2009, 12:12 AM

Game locked up three times tonight so you may see multiple log-ins. Fair chance the problem was on my end. Smells like a video card problem on my end. We'll see.

Snarlin

**Dandridge** · 10-21-2009, 01:52 PM

Lost connection when I was logged in the game (1625 AD). Server probably down?

**Niklas** · 10-21-2009, 02:45 PM

Server seems down yes, civstats is too.

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