Unable to post link to .vlog file on dropbox. Is there another way to make it available?
The moderation system has marked your posts as spam due to being a new user and posting several links to the same domain. If you send me a private message with the Dropbox link, I’ll post it here for you.
I’m not that clever. How does one private message from here?
Click on anyone’s username. In the popup that appears, you should see a large blue “Message” button in the upper right of that popup.
I did. And i don’t. Another symptom of being tagged as a spammer I suspect. c’est la guerre.
You can’t send messages due to being a new user. Email me the link (uckelman@nomic.net) or post it in our Discord.
Here is the Dropbox link for the log:
@paveuf1
I am able to load that log and play it back to conclusion with no visible errors or problems. Nothing unusual spotted in the errorlog, either.
Everything looks completely normal from my perspective. I open it, am prompted to take an unclaimed player side (Allies), do so, advance through the log steps (seeing your comments along the way), and reach the end.
Is there anything further to do?
Might I suggest we do some more file exchanges? The problem doesn’t always manifest right away (which is doubly annoying). If I can convince any of my regular partners to restart a game would that be in any way helpful? [I thought I had posted files for that scenario but cannot remember].
Sure, if you want. For the record–now that this PTO Playtest module is available–I’m also able to open the saved game file that was linked in the very first post of the thread. Loads just fine, no errors.
So latest epiphany has me restarting a game with erstwhile LHY playtester which we will play out when/until bug manifests itself again. When/if that occurs I’ll provide the entire file exchange history and keep my fingers crossed.
Link to a log that @paveuf1’s opponent could not open:
Just to make sure we’re on the same page, the files I’m talking about are
This loads perfectly fine for me.
Yours,
Christian
Yup. He’s a smart fish. I think he’s gone under the boat. I’ve re-engaged two erstwhile LHY opponents and we’re going to restart our playtest scenarios playing the way ‘we’ always have. When (if) the issue manifests itself again I’ll provide Joel a dropbox link with so he can repost them here. Appreciate y’all having our backs. pave
One thing worth noting is that the combination of the spam trap flagging your repeated Dropbox links and being at Trust Level 0 in the forum is what’s preventing you from posting more links. It’s fairly easy to be promoted to Trust Level 1, which would avoid the link posting restrictions. You get promoted to TL1 automatically by browsing to 5 topics, reading 30 posts, and spending at least 10 minutes doing that.
Same experience. This log loads and replays without any perceptible errors.
There remain a lot of unknowns about what exactly what the user who can’t load this file is doing. I think there’s a pretty decent likelihood of some procedural or file handling misstep, but without getting a report in exhaustive detail about the process that user goes through to download and attempt to load a troublesome logfile, it’s really hard to say how things are going sideways for him while it all looks normal to us.
So far so good. Tho its been a rather slow restart. Will endeavor to capture as many details surrounding failure should it reappear. mahalo.
Relaying the next failing log:
After 8 file exchanges the error has manifested itself again in LHY
scenario with BB. Attached zip file contains all the exchanged vlog
files and screenshot of the error he received trying to run log 17.
I’m running windows 11 (25H2) and vassal 3.7.26. Have queried BB for his version info but no reply yet. Hope y’all can find something obvious.
Every single saved game and logfile in that folder loads just fine for me.