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Rong posted 05-15-99 03:14 PM ET
Hi y'all,
Has anyone finished a PBEM game before? We had a 4-player PBEM going for a while. Just this turn I moved into Morgan Industries, clearing Morgan (a human player) off the planet. As usual, he was sent to the punishment sphere. Then the weirdest thing happened. It seemed Deirdre (I play Gaian) was sent to punishment sphere too, and the program promptly kicked me off the game, showing my final score and all that. I didn't even have chance to save the game to send to the next player.
Has anyone experienced this? This seems a serious bug that had ruined our game.
cousLee posted 05-15-99 03:43 PM ET
I have finished a 3 player hotseat game 3 times. I have not had this happen. Since the game was sent you, you should still have a copy in your email file right? you should try it again. If it happens again, you have a good bug sav to send to Firaxis. You may also want the player before you to re-send you the turn, in case the sav itself is messed up.
If you want, I will try it also, and see if it happens on my machine. just let me know in a .txt the steps you took.
Mongoose posted 05-20-99 04:07 AM ET
Rong, couslee,
What happened with this? Is it duplicable?
Maybe a corrupt file? Please update.
cousLee posted 05-20-99 11:03 AM ET
never got a sav from rong
Mongoose posted 05-20-99 07:42 PM ET
Bummer, I just e-mailed him.
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Author	Topic: Serious PBEM Bug Found
Rong	posted 05-15-99 03:14 PM ET Hi y'all, Has anyone finished a PBEM game before? We had a 4-player PBEM going for a while. Just this turn I moved into Morgan Industries, clearing Morgan (a human player) off the planet. As usual, he was sent to the punishment sphere. Then the weirdest thing happened. It seemed Deirdre (I play Gaian) was sent to punishment sphere too, and the program promptly kicked me off the game, showing my final score and all that. I didn't even have chance to save the game to send to the next player. Has anyone experienced this? This seems a serious bug that had ruined our game.
cousLee	posted 05-15-99 03:43 PM ET I have finished a 3 player hotseat game 3 times. I have not had this happen. Since the game was sent you, you should still have a copy in your email file right? you should try it again. If it happens again, you have a good bug sav to send to Firaxis. You may also want the player before you to re-send you the turn, in case the sav itself is messed up. If you want, I will try it also, and see if it happens on my machine. just let me know in a .txt the steps you took.
Mongoose	posted 05-20-99 04:07 AM ET Rong, couslee, What happened with this? Is it duplicable? Maybe a corrupt file? Please update.
cousLee	posted 05-20-99 11:03 AM ET never got a sav from rong
Mongoose	posted 05-20-99 07:42 PM ET Bummer, I just e-mailed him.