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Gnorrath posted 02-18-99 04:37 PM ET
when me and my friend plays over an ipx network, everything runs fine, except for
this:
when one player is moving his units, one can
chat with other fractions (computers), while
doing this, my friend end his turn, and the
little window popped up to tell me this during
me chatting with the peacekeepers.
when closing the little window, the chatwindow
became all black, and i couldn�t get out of
the chat-state. to continue our game we pressed
CTRL+ALT+DEL and ended AC, and when restarting
it the game simply won�t begin a mulitplayer
game. After restarting the computer it does.
in short, the bug is that while chatting
(ev. only to the peacekeepers) in a multi-game
and the other player ends his turn to let
one move ones units, the chatwindow turns
black and you can�t hit any buttons to continue.
the other one is after this, you have to restart
the computer to restart a multigame, but
that, i can live with.
thanks.
/ Gnorrath (i haven�t got the patch yet)
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS posted 02-18-99 06:41 PM ET
Try the patch. We've been killing this instances as we find them (many were found and fixed in 2.0). If you can mechanically repeat one, let me know. So far, it seems like the only ones left are really flaky timing ones.
jkm
firaxis games
Fielding posted 02-18-99 07:23 PM ET
I'm getting this situation as well. Two of us are in a game, TCP over a local LAN, 2.0 Patches installed on both machines. Whenever the Diplomacy (chatting with another faction) screen is open and control passes to that player, The message saying it's their turn comes up, then when it's closed the diplomacy screen is all black and nothing will get control back. You can still click on some of the interface, most notably the buttons to switch between map views, etc., but other than that the game is dead. Killing the task leaves the machine in the DirectX video mode, and only a reboot will allow the game to function properly. This occurred with the human player being the Peacekeepers, as well as the host. Haven't tried it with other factions yet cuz it's such a pain to recover from, but it has happened repeatedly in our current game.
Other than that things have been flawless (just an occasional hiccup).
Systems involved:
Host: Pent II 450 MHz 128MB RAM WIN98 Matrox G200 w/ 8 MB
Other: PII 266 MHz 224MB RAM WIN98 Active (WinNT and Linux on separate partitions) ATI Rage Pro w/ 4 MB
Most up to date video/net drivers on each
Connection is 100base/TX Ethernet running on EtherExpress Pro/100B cards
Fielding posted 02-18-99 07:25 PM ET
To clarify, when I say that the diplomacy screen is all black, there are at least some of the lines drawn around where text would be, but no text, no leader pics, etc.
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS posted 02-18-99 09:49 PM ET
Okay. I think I getting the angle. Are you playing non-simultaneous?
jkm
firaxis games
Fielding posted 02-19-99 06:45 PM ET
Yes, it is a non-simultaneous turn game
Komodo posted 02-21-99 12:32 PM ET
Same thing happened to me several times. Same as above posts. Thanks for looking into this.
LeeCassidy posted 02-21-99 04:03 PM ET
This EXACT same scenario just locked up my multiplyer game as well. This problem doesn't seem to be limited to just a few people.
Futzy posted 02-21-99 04:06 PM ET
I also have this same problem. Playing 2 people over a LAN, IPX. Completely reproducable. If the diplomacy screen is open, talking to a computer faction when the screen comes up telling me it is my turn, the diplomacy screen goes black, no way out other than ctrl-alt-del.
Gnorrath posted 02-21-99 04:32 PM ET
Well, this is kinda off-topic for this
message, but is there a way to play
simulataneous ??? how ?
Smoke posted 02-22-99 02:09 PM ET
Look at your game options a little closer next time. Top left I belive....
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Author	Topic: Multiplayer Bug
Gnorrath	posted 02-18-99 04:37 PM ET when me and my friend plays over an ipx network, everything runs fine, except for this: when one player is moving his units, one can chat with other fractions (computers), while doing this, my friend end his turn, and the little window popped up to tell me this during me chatting with the peacekeepers. when closing the little window, the chatwindow became all black, and i couldn�t get out of the chat-state. to continue our game we pressed CTRL+ALT+DEL and ended AC, and when restarting it the game simply won�t begin a mulitplayer game. After restarting the computer it does. in short, the bug is that while chatting (ev. only to the peacekeepers) in a multi-game and the other player ends his turn to let one move ones units, the chatwindow turns black and you can�t hit any buttons to continue. the other one is after this, you have to restart the computer to restart a multigame, but that, i can live with. thanks. / Gnorrath (i haven�t got the patch yet)
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS	posted 02-18-99 06:41 PM ET Try the patch. We've been killing this instances as we find them (many were found and fixed in 2.0). If you can mechanically repeat one, let me know. So far, it seems like the only ones left are really flaky timing ones. jkm firaxis games
Fielding	posted 02-18-99 07:23 PM ET I'm getting this situation as well. Two of us are in a game, TCP over a local LAN, 2.0 Patches installed on both machines. Whenever the Diplomacy (chatting with another faction) screen is open and control passes to that player, The message saying it's their turn comes up, then when it's closed the diplomacy screen is all black and nothing will get control back. You can still click on some of the interface, most notably the buttons to switch between map views, etc., but other than that the game is dead. Killing the task leaves the machine in the DirectX video mode, and only a reboot will allow the game to function properly. This occurred with the human player being the Peacekeepers, as well as the host. Haven't tried it with other factions yet cuz it's such a pain to recover from, but it has happened repeatedly in our current game. Other than that things have been flawless (just an occasional hiccup). Systems involved: Host: Pent II 450 MHz 128MB RAM WIN98 Matrox G200 w/ 8 MB Other: PII 266 MHz 224MB RAM WIN98 Active (WinNT and Linux on separate partitions) ATI Rage Pro w/ 4 MB Most up to date video/net drivers on each Connection is 100base/TX Ethernet running on EtherExpress Pro/100B cards
Fielding	posted 02-18-99 07:25 PM ET To clarify, when I say that the diplomacy screen is all black, there are at least some of the lines drawn around where text would be, but no text, no leader pics, etc.
Jeffrey Morris FIRAXIS	posted 02-18-99 09:49 PM ET Okay. I think I getting the angle. Are you playing non-simultaneous? jkm firaxis games
Fielding	posted 02-19-99 06:45 PM ET Yes, it is a non-simultaneous turn game
Komodo	posted 02-21-99 12:32 PM ET Same thing happened to me several times. Same as above posts. Thanks for looking into this.
LeeCassidy	posted 02-21-99 04:03 PM ET This EXACT same scenario just locked up my multiplyer game as well. This problem doesn't seem to be limited to just a few people.
Futzy	posted 02-21-99 04:06 PM ET I also have this same problem. Playing 2 people over a LAN, IPX. Completely reproducable. If the diplomacy screen is open, talking to a computer faction when the screen comes up telling me it is my turn, the diplomacy screen goes black, no way out other than ctrl-alt-del.
Gnorrath	posted 02-21-99 04:32 PM ET Well, this is kinda off-topic for this message, but is there a way to play simulataneous ??? how ?
Smoke	posted 02-22-99 02:09 PM ET Look at your game options a little closer next time. Top left I belive....