I've written to John Dailey without answer, but I've got the latest version of global wars and want to run it as an ibbs game. Unfortunately, I can't even start the executable, it complains about an error in line 60 of the config. The war.cfg file only shows 59 lines of info, and line 60 is all hypens. The executable says it needs to be A, N or P but not what for. Any ideas anyone?
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info, and line 60 is all hypens. The executable says it needs to be A,
N or P but not what for. Any ideas anyone?
version
of global wars and want to run it as an ibbs game. Unfortunately, Ican't
even start the executable, it complains about an error in line 60 ofthe
config. The war.cfg file only shows 59 lines of info, and line 60 isall
hypens. The executable says it needs to be A, N or P but not what for.everyone that says they wrote to john dailey with no answer ended up
finding out that he DID answer them, they just didn't look in their spam folder or they overlooked it somehow.
info, and line 60 is all hypens. The executable says it needs to beA,
N or P but not what for. Any ideas anyone?
Allow Direct Fortifications. The config file will explain it. A: all
games use direct fortifications N: No games use direct
fortifications P: Allow player to choose if they want the
fortifications in their game or not.
everyone that says they wrote to john dailey with no answer ended up
finding out that he DID answer them, they just didn't look in their spam folder or they overlooked it somehow.
I check my spam folder daily and have him sending to my gmail instead of hotmail account for that reason. Also, you listed link 59, that's fine.
Allow Direct Fortifications. The config file will explain it. A: all games use direct fortifications N: No games use direct
fortifications P: Allow player to choose if they want the
fortifications in their game or not.
Yeah, that's line 59. The error is line 60, which doesn't exist.
everyone that says they wrote to john dailey with no answer ended up finding out that he DID answer them, they just didn't look in their spam folder or they overlooked it somehow.
I must clarify that he did answer my original email asking if I entered my name and key. I said I did, and that line 60 is the error, which again doesn't exist. I emailed him my config a while back so he could test it and haven't heard from him since.
...but I've got the latest
version of global wars and want to run it as an ibbs game.
The war.cfg file only shows 59 lines of info, and line 60
is all hypens.
i listed link 59? you sure about that? i posted the entire cfg, didnt i?
Re: Global Wars...
By: Jas Hud to Martin Kazmaier on Tue Sep 27 2022 04:10 pm
i listed link 59? you sure about that? i posted the entire cfg, didnt i?
When I visited your pastebin link shortly after it was posted it contained a 59 line configuration file which did not contain the line(s) in question. It's now been updated to the new format.
Ok, My config is different. I don't show anything past allow direct fortifications. I'll add those lines and see what happens. Thanks!
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you need to delete the one you are messing with and use a default one and change it. that way there won't be any more problems.
Re: Global Wars...
By: Martin Kazmaier to All on Mon Sep 19 2022 11:03 pm
Version 3.x (inter-BBS version) has a few additional configuration items compared to v2.7. It sounds like you have copied over an existing configuration file from a 2.7 installation. The additional lines are:
LINE 60: Allow Fixed Turn Order games? A/N/P
LINE 61: Pass turn to next player in Fixed Turn Order games if player AWOL. LINE 62: BBS identifier (only the first 17 characters are used)
LINE 63: Enable InterBBS games (Y/N)
Have a look at the comments in the example configuration file that came with 3.0. It will explain these settings in detail.
--- SBBSecho 3.14-Win32
* Origin: The Fool's Quarter, fqbbs.synchro.net (1:105/500)
okay for some reason this msg didn't show up on my bbs. i poll vert via nntp for this fidonet echo.
you need to delete the one you are messing with and use a default one and change it. that way there won't be any more problems.
I got it from the original global war archive. It is the default one.
I'm
not sure where you guys found yours...
Hopefully this will be the end of it. I got the war.cfg from 2.7, then I downloaded 3.06. 3.05 has a NEW war.cfg, but 3.06 does not. That is where I went wrong. I'm working now. Thank you for your help!
When I visited your pastebin link shortly after it was posted it
contained a 59 line configuration file which did not contain the
line(s) in question. It's now been updated to the new format.
no it did not.
i've even done screenshots.
you are the guy with the 59 lines
so i took the default 2.7
i copied over my old old old old war.cfg
then i see your post and i go get the v3.x ibbs version
still works. https://i.imgur.com/VjovU9O.png
so martin just has an error in his config file.
Hopefully this will be the end of it. I got the war.cfg from 2.7, then I downloaded 3.06. 3.05 has a NEW war.cfg, but 3.06 does not. That is where I went wrong. I'm working now. Thank you for your help!
no it did not.
i've even done screenshots.
I would have sworn it was different. But I could have been thinking of something else or was just mistaken. So if I was wrong, please accept my apology.
you are the guy with the 59 lines
No, we are definately two separate individuals. Of that I can be 100% certain. --- SBBSecho 3.14-Win32
so martin just has an error in his config file.
It's a 2.7 configuration file. He was complaining of only 59 lines of information in his config file and line 60 was all hyphens. Here is the end of the options in the default 2.7 WAR.CFG. Line numbers have been added and the text is chopped at column 65 so lines don't get wrapped:
sometimes you need to rip it all out and redo it.
especially when it's operator error. everyone makes mistakes, and when you try too hard you can lose focus.
3.06 is meant to be unpacked over a 3.05 installation, not a 2.7. There
are files other than WAR.EXE that are updated after 2.7 that you likely
now do not have installed.
Yes, that was not clear to me, but I did resolve that issue after realizing how many files were in the 3.05 install. I'm now ibbs capable with league618.
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