Pitboss 41 IT and Tech Issues Thread

[Ramkhamhaeng]

I appreciate the concern but, for future reference, please, DO NOT pause for me unless I specifically asked to. I have moved to Mac with no pause button; to unpause I need to run it in window mode and use a virtual keyboard which is an additional chore.
I am going to take the turn in about thirty min, if anyone unpauses for me before that I will be grateful.

Hello Gavagai,

I've unpaused the game.

The new mod version should also contain a solution for your 'missing pause key' problem:
If you click on the 'F1'-Advisor button you will find a label to unpause the game.
Note that this solution also works if you are trapped into an diplo screen.

[Gavagai]

I appreciate the concern but, for future reference, please, DO NOT pause for me unless I specifically asked to. I have moved to Mac with no pause button; to unpause I need to run it in window mode and use a virtual keyboard which is an additional chore.
I am going to take the turn in about thirty min, if anyone unpauses for me before that I will be grateful.

Hello Gavagai,

I've unpaused the game.

The new mod version should also contain a solution for your 'missing pause key' problem:
If you click on the 'F1'-Advisor button you will find a label to unpause the game.
Note that this solution also works if you trapped into an diplo screen.

Thanks. A question: why do I see only four people in the right bottom corner? Is there a way to see everyone?

[Ramkhamhaeng]

Thanks. A question: why do I see only four people in the right bottom corner? Is there a way to see everyone?

Not ingame, sorry. The score board now is rendered like in single player games and showing only met civilizations.
You're not the first person who mentioned this, but unfortunately I've ignored Old Harrys comment about this changed behaviour and now the mod archive is already distributed.
If nobody insists on the old style I will not touch the code again.

[Old Harry]

Because you've met three neighbors (good to know!) You can see the full player list on pbspy.

[Boldly Going Nowhere]

I didn't notice the change because we've met everyone. 

[Mardoc]

The new mod version should also contain a solution for your 'missing pause key' problem:
If you click on the 'F1'-Advisor button you will find a label to unpause the game.
Note that this solution also works if you trapped into an diplo screen.

Oooh, are there any other neat quality of life improvements?

[Ramkhamhaeng]

This might be interesting:
    • Infoscreen (F9) fixes:
            - Reduce number of displayed graphs by selecting subset of all players in legend.
            - The screen doesn't reset the selected graph on several user actions.
    • Foreignscreen (F4) fixes:
            - The screen was nearly unusable for the player has more as 30 contacts.
                Now, its possible to select a subset of all contacts and masking the rest.
    • Add extra nation/player colour combinations.
    • Webinterface:  Add option to change the colorset of players on running PB session. This
        is useful if two neighbours has the same culture border color.
    • Webinterface: Add option to change timer of current round.
    • Webinterface: Player password could be changed.
    • Better description for "Leave" option in main menu. Now,
       it's more difficult to set a player accidental on AI.


The best change might be the fast loading of save games… but this requires changes on the Civ4:BTS executable itself.
I will explain it in a few days. Currently, this feature is not well documented in English, but German.

[Krill]

Player password can now be changed by the admin?

That has to be the best change.

[Old Harry]

Yours is now "Darryl is great"

[Krill]

Of course he is. Never met anyone who was easier to mock who wasn't a politician.