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Any news, Tesco? Could you identify the problem, is it database corruption or something more difficult?

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civol did you get the error message. it looks like the pool is not starting which is causing the crap out.

if anyone has some good experience with tomcat fire me an email at simon.baxendale at eds.com

I will send the error message.

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Geo, I just got a nag email for a PBW game... did you disable auto turn processing?

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Yes, turns are not going to process. You might get an occasional nag email whenever we start the server up again to test something out. It's not anything to worry about though.

Geoschmo

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Oh good, I was geting worried about that too.

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Site appears to be up right now...but only in Text mode. This might just be a test...

Kana

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Ok, site is back up, but as Kana noticed it's only in text mode. It's not a test though. You can use it. You just can't use the Graphic UI, and the forums are down. That's what was apparently taking everything down, so I have turned them off for now.

Auto processing is still off, but turns will run if all .plr files are uploaded or if the game owner forces the turn.

We'll limp along for now until we can fix the forums.

Geoschmo

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An FYI, I do not know if it is the reason or not, in one of my games (Highliner) I have Emailed turns in and the Last 2 I have had to up-load them to make the turn.
Thanks

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Actually the email turns function is not working either, but that has been going on for several days and is a separate problem from the recent down time.

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This may seem kind of silly, but I can't find where to upload a turn in this text mode. I see where to download, and just about everything else.
This is not an immediate problem for me because I completed my uploads before the crash. I was just wondering if anyone else has not uploaded because, like me, they haven't figured out how yet. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/rolleyes.gif

[ May 20, 2004, 17:02: Message edited by: Cipher7071 ]

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Well for at least uploading of turns...it works just like the GUI interface. Good job on getting something back up guys...

Kana

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Go to the page of the game in question, and look at the left of your screen. There should be a link called "Send Turn" if you haven't uploaded your turn yet, which will allow you to do so.

It should be as in the graphics Version afterwards. (I cannot say for sure though, as I have always used the text-based Version)

Edit: It seems like I didn't quite understand your post (or you altered it quite a bit with your edit, but the former seems more likely). The option to "send your turn" isn't available if you have already uploaded your file.

[ May 20, 2004, 17:03: Message edited by: Alneyan ]

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There is no such link as I view it. Does the "get turn" button change into a "send turn" button when the time comes?

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Now that we've finished overlapping responses, I understand.

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I'm trying to join a game, but I am not receiving an email from PBW with the empire password. help would be appreciated.

Thanks http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon8.gif

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Have you been approved to join the game or have you merely applied for the position in this game? You can check by going to the game page and see if your name is given as player for one of the Empires.

You will only receive the mail with the password once the game owner approves you, and not before. If you have already been approved, it may be due to a technical problem, but you should check if your mail works as well. A player has just been approved to join another game, so it shouldn't be linked with any technical problem. (The key work being "shouldn't" here)

[ May 20, 2004, 18:23: Message edited by: Alneyan ]

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I've checked the game status and it shows "awaiting turn". The game host has been notified and he said that he got a garbled message. I got nothing so far. I can download the turn, but I can load the game because I don't have the password.

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/confused.gif

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please list the game , empire and your player name.

email is turned off.

i will find the info and send it to you

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Well, not entirely turned off...I've done a few turns today and received all of them via email (though I downloaded them manually from the site).

So, other than saying I am getting email, I don't know what it means.

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Yeah, outgoing email is working. It's the inbound email that is off.

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So... does the admin@pbw.cc email address work?

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Id love to get some spec stats on pbw.cc and see about getting a dominions Version working

email of gandalf at dom2minions.com will work if interested

[ May 21, 2004, 16:09: Message edited by: Gandalf Parker ]

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How is the repair going on? I really liked that graphic Version... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Yes.

Has somebody sent you the files you asked for yet?

capnq
PBW admin

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i've executed a turn on PBW without problems. is there a problem to activate automatic turns?

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Does anyone else have problems adding new players to a game? When I try to add a player to a Koth game I get a error message:

Error: 500
Location: /GameAdmin
Internal Servlet Error:
-crop-

Player will be still added to the game, though. But the Empire Shipset is "null", nothing shows in log and the players I added yesterday disappeared during the night.

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There are still database problems that need to be resolved.

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Yes, everyone is having that problem. I suspect it's a side effect of the forum database foul up. When you add a player to a game, one of the things it normally does is give them access to the game forum. I think it's tripping up on that.

We are working on the forum problem. Once that's fixed the other should be as well.

Geoschmo

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I'm a little nervous about doing this as we haven't really fixed anything yet, just worked around our current problems. And the email turn feature is broke, making it much harder for some people to keep up with their turn deadlines. But we are thinking about it. In the mean time the game owner can force turns manually.

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I've also just recently accepted anew player to the 001 Ultimate game, but he never received the "join accepted" email, hence he doens't have the empire password. Is there any way to get it to him, or do I need to run the turn manually and reset it?

thanks,

Alarik

Ps: I would have posted this in the PBW admin request forum, but they seem to be down as well.

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">We need to know the game, player, and empire. Send the info to admin@pbw.cc , or post it here.

capnq
PBW admin

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Anyone else having problems connecting to PBW?

Edit - Post 666, pretty appropiate. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon6.gif

[ May 27, 2004, 22:52: Message edited by: Baron Grazic ]

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Just tried on your message and I can't get there, either.

(666, huh... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif )

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I can't get there either. Worked this morning though.

PvK

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Had a bit of a storm blow through there for a bit. About 2 inches of rain in 20 min. Power went out for a few seconds and I thought it was best to leave it off till the storm was over. Everything should be ok now though.

Geoschmo

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Working now, Thanks Geo.

So it wasn't the "Day after Tommorow" type of storm? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Oooo I wanna see that movie!! Comes out tomorrow! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon6.gif

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Ah, my number! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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Is everything ok with PBW? I can't connect to the server lately.

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it must have just gone down a few minutes ago... i was able to download my turn, but not to upload it when i finished playing it. does anyone know what's up with the frequent outages? this isn't the first time that this has happened in the Last couple weeks. is there any way the players can help?

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Everything seems ok on this end, except for the ongoing database problems we already know about. Can you still not get to it? Might have been just a temporary glitch.

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yeah, its back now... must have been a temporary glitch

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Looks like the server is not available, can't access it even with the IP number.

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It's not working for me.

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down for me as well

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8:03 PM EDT and still no access.

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Still down. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif Well these things happen when your a Qwest customer. Or is it AT&T?

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Jeez, I try to go and spend the day at the park with my kids and ... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Should be back up now.

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It was jealus that you left it behind. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif You need to spend more quality time with the pbw server as its needs are great.

I know, you can give it a baby brother server. Link them together and they will never be lonely. Oh wait that is a bad idea, they might form a sentient AI and then plot to kill you in your sleep. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

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Heh ya,

Is something wrong with PBW game set up? I am trying to set up a rated game and assign the players yet I get server errors and other wierd stuff?

Am I doing something wrong (highly likely) or is it PBW?