PBEM and updates

[z1812]

I was wondering if applying the update will interfere with current PBEM's

[CapnDarwin]

z1812, With the various changes in the engine for combat I would suggest starting a new game. I would think you can finish out an earlier game, but some of the tweaks and changes may impact the remainder of the battle.

[z1812]

Hi Capn,

Thanks for the quick reply.

[IronManBeta]

We do try very hard to preserve backwards compatibility but in this case Capn Darwin might be right. We should check this explicitly going forward just to be sure.

Thanks for mentioning and nice to see you again, cheers, Rob

[z1812]

Hi Robert,

I am very happy and quite impressed with what you and Jim and the others on the development team have done with FPRS.

Thanks for taking the time to respond.

[major.pain]

Applying the update will screw up your current PBEM games, i have had two go down the pan so finish up before you update.

[CapnDarwin]

MJR, what specifically happened?

[major.pain]

I was around 20-30 turns in on a couple of games, the game auto updated through Steam.
I logged in to PBEM++ server got played each of my turns.
Got an email from my opponent sating he cannot access the games now as the update had caused some corruption of the files ect.
To be honest i was being slaughtered so i am not too bitter they got corrupted lol.

[CapnDarwin]

There is some bug stopping the import of the turns on some systems. We are looking into it. You may be able to replay the game turn once we get this bug located and fixed.

[major.pain]

Not the end of the world just really a heads up for those who have half games in progress they want to finish.