It took me and some good friends a long time to get this to work. It stays current within about 10 minutes I believe.
I'm not sure I can ever replicate this with the V2 software. Will have to wait and see.

I see the point, but question how I can enforce this.
I'm not going to be sitting at the computer monitoring new players for 8 days till the game closes.
Suggestions anyone?

Pre registration. You've given 3weeks notice

My experience has been that teams show up at the last minute. I don't want to discourage this as I'd like as many teams participating as possible.

I could perhaps, if someone wanted to write it as I'm not even close to enough of a scripter to attempt this, run a sweeper that looks at the players about once an hour or two, and deletes those players not associated with a team. This could be an inconvenience to a player who logs in just before the script fires and runs, but they could in turn re-enter again and join the corp they desired, or be deleted again in an hour.

Yes, pre-registration and close the game from the beginning. You'll have a dbase of all registered teams, their logon's and in-game names and passwords.

And since the player base is so small why not just adopt team aliases? So you get to decide who's who to set it up.

Example - Team Kraaken:
Player 1 - K1
Player 2 - K2
Player 3 - K3...

Example - Team Silver Wings
Player 1 - SW1
Player 2 - SW2
Player 2 - SW3...

etc...Then the players are responsible to tell you which login is theirs and what their pass word is. Super top secret stuff!

Then, rather than close the game in 8 days, it will be closed to begin with, then you can delete the players who never showed up after 8 days.

May be easier to write a script to create players and passwords.

I'm going to rebang the practice game today (pretty much as soon as this is posted) so any teams or players wanting to check out the game, and the edits are welcome to enter the game and play.
The game is subject to rebang at any time however as we work out details for the final edit, not that any changes are currently in the works.

runawayproton.dyndns.org:23 Game B

Attempting to connect to: runawayproton.dyndns.org:23

Connection accepted

Connection lost.

Attempting to connect to: runawayproton.dyndns.org:23

Connection accepted

Connection lost.

Attempting to connect to: runawayproton.dyndns.org:23

Connection accepted

Connection lost.

Attempting to connect to: runawayproton.dyndns.org:23

Connection accepted

Connection lost.

Try again Cruncher,.. I was banging the games I expect. It's up now

OK found the test game, but delays are on.

Ship Delay=Normal (1 s/t) <- Renenber you need to use constant (opton 5) and set to 250ms
Planet Delay=None
Other Attacks Delay=None
EProbe Delay=Constant (333 ms)
Crime Delay=None
Photon Launch Delay=None
Photon Wave Delay=None
Genesis Launch Delay=None
IC Powerup Delay=None
PIG Powerup Delay=None
Planet Landing/Takeoff Delay=None
Port Dock/Depart Delay=None
Ship Transporter Delay=None
Planet Transporter Delay=None
Take/Drop Fighters Delay=None
Drop/Take Mines Delay=None

For those interested. I've opened the BOTE edit on the V2 server as Game B
runawayproton.dyndns.org:223

This is the same edit with the exception of turning tournament settings and death limits off.

I stress this is NOT the tournament game, simply the edit we are using for it running on the Version 2.13 software if you care to check it out.

What you found was the edit on V2, not the v1.03 practice game lol. I'm still turning off delays in that edit.

I'm puzzled that nobody seems to have a problem that a gameop made a private arrangement with a Corp to bang a Tourney of long standing with settings according to their dictates.


Now we have the gameop even further pandering to that corp, asking what additional settings they would like.

This is ludicrous.

Particularly since said corp have publicly boasted that the version that they have inveigled the gameop to use has bugs that they know and use, which most of the rest of us do not (either know or use, even if we knew them)

Am I missing something here?

I will do as usual and vote with my feet.

Ugh.

I did finally connect to your 1.03 server, and game B was not an option, so I tried the v2 server and found "a" Bote practice game.

SD is locked down, running ZTM now. Hehe..

On the day the game locks all solo players get deleted?