Santiago graphics doesn't load properly in MP

[Kirov]

For a long time I thought it's Iniswap's fault, but now I discovered it is triggered also without it. Whenever I load an MP save as the Spartans (i.e. with the Spartan graphics), their flags stop being white-against-black and become black-and-black. I can't see a base population if it's not empty (and if it is, the base flag is translucent), and I see only orders on units which are already the given turn. Any idea what gives? It's really annoying, mainly for those invisible unit orders.

[Buster's Uncle]

Hmm.  The Spartans are special - the only faction with white-on-black flags.  They're the only faction that CAN do that - to get the same effect with a custom faction, you have to tell the game it's the Spartans, i.e., name the files Spartan.txt, Spartan.pcx, etc.  It's something hardwired into the code, and that's surely informing your problem.

[Yitzi]

Have you tested if this happens in non-scenario MP games?  Since they don't have the other graphics bug, they might not have this one either, and if so that would help eventually track down what's going on.

[Kirov]

What do you mean by 'non-scenario MP games'? Every PBEM game is created like a scenario, I'm not sure if I follow you here.

[Yitzi]

What do you mean by 'non-scenario MP games'? Every PBEM game is created like a scenario, I'm not sure if I follow you here.

I don't think that's true; practically, people play PBEM games as scenarios in order to avoid a difficulty-related bug (which I intend to fix, though it's near the end of the short list), but it is entirely possible to create a non-scenario PBEM game just like it is for a non-scenario single-player game, and I'm wondering if the same thing happens there.