Face to Face?

[Toby42]

What's the difference between choosing a Solitaire Game over a Face to Face Game. If you choose Face to Face and play both sides, isn't that the same as a Solitaire Game?

Also, is being unable to load a saved game an isolated problem, or wide spread?

Thanks

[Centuur]

You mean a hot seat game?
Hot seat states clearly who has to sit behind the machine (and the other player better not look over my shoulder to see my neutrality pact or US entry markers, which should stay hidden to the other side! No Sir! I'm the US and I decide when I will DoW you and you don't know how long it will take to do so Mr. Hitler...).

[bo]

ORIGINAL: Treale

What's the difference between choosing a Solitaire Game over a Face to Face Game. If you choose Face to Face and play both sides, isn't that the same as a Solitaire Game?

Also, is being unable to load a saved game an isolated problem, or wide spread?

Thanks

Good question but my feelings are face to face is another word for hotseat, two players sitting face to face playing the game in turns, but what do I know. [&:]

Bo

[Toby42]

ORIGINAL: bo

ORIGINAL: Treale

What's the difference between choosing a Solitaire Game over a Face to Face Game. If you choose Face to Face and play both sides, isn't that the same as a Solitaire Game?

Also, is being unable to load a saved game an isolated problem, or wide spread?

Thanks

Good question but my feelings are face to face is another word for hotseat, two players sitting face to face playing the game in turns, but what do I know. [&:]

Bo

So what's different between hot seat and solitaire? You still could play both sides if you wanted?

[bo]

ORIGINAL: Treale

ORIGINAL: bo

ORIGINAL: Treale

What's the difference between choosing a Solitaire Game over a Face to Face Game. If you choose Face to Face and play both sides, isn't that the same as a Solitaire Game?

Also, is being unable to load a saved game an isolated problem, or wide spread?

Thanks

Good question but my feelings are face to face is another word for hotseat, two players sitting face to face playing the game in turns, but what do I know. [&:]

Bo

So what's different between hot seat and solitaire? You still could play both sides if you wanted?

Tony I believe it is the wording, solitaire means exactly what it says, or you could substitute the word solo for solitaire, hot seat has always meant to me that two players are sitting at one computer playing each other. No biggie just wording.

Bo

[Toby42]

ORIGINAL: bo

ORIGINAL: Treale

ORIGINAL: bo


Good question but my feelings are face to face is another word for hotseat, two players sitting face to face playing the game in turns, but what do I know. [&:]

Bo

So what's different between hot seat and solitaire? You still could play both sides if you wanted?

Tony I believe it is the wording, solitaire means exactly what it says, or you could substitute the word solo for solitaire, hot seat has always meant to me that two players are sitting at one computer playing each other. No biggie just wording.

Bo

So the rules are the same either way?

[Centuur]

Apart from the fact that in solitair you know US entry and the neutrality markers of the enemy side and in hot seat you don't, the rules are the same...

[paulderynck]

ORIGINAL: Treale

Also, is being unable to load a saved game an isolated problem, or wide spread?

Thanks

The only gauge we have for that is how many posts (here or in Technical Support where they belong) have mentioned it and were not solved by FREX checking if the extension 'GAM' is "owned" by another application.

So far, I think there's one.

[Toby42]

ORIGINAL: Centuur

Apart from the fact that in solitair you know US entry and the neutrality markers of the enemy side and in hot seat you don't, the rules are the same...

So it would be more challenging to play solitaire in a "Hot Seat" set-up?

[Shannon V. OKeets]

ORIGINAL: Treale

What's the difference between choosing a Solitaire Game over a Face to Face Game. If you choose Face to Face and play both sides, isn't that the same as a Solitaire Game?

Also, is being unable to load a saved game an isolated problem, or wide spread?

Thanks

About being unable to load a saved game, can you provide more details? For example:
1 - the name of the saved game,
2 - whether you just started the program and immediately tried to load the saved game,
3 - whether you were running a game and then tried to restore a saved game,
4 - what error message you saw.

The better place to post this is in the Tech Support forum. If you've done that, then that would be a better place to answer my 4 questions above.

[Toby42]

ORIGINAL: paulderynck

ORIGINAL: Treale

Also, is being unable to load a saved game an isolated problem, or wide spread?

Thanks

The only gauge we have for that is how many posts (here or in Technical Support where they belong) have mentioned it and were not solved by FREX checking if the extension 'GAM' is "owned" by another application.

So far, I think there's one.

One is not a biggie, except to the "One" who has the problem....

[paulderynck]

ORIGINAL: Treale

ORIGINAL: Centuur

Apart from the fact that in solitair you know US entry and the neutrality markers of the enemy side and in hot seat you don't, the rules are the same...

So it would be more challenging to play solitaire in a "Hot Seat" set-up?

No. Equal. Because you'd see the stuff only your opponent is supposed to see. Hot Seat is there to prevent the other guy from seeing the few items that would qualify under "fog of war" in the game.

[paulderynck]

ORIGINAL: Treale

ORIGINAL: paulderynck

ORIGINAL: Treale

Also, is being unable to load a saved game an isolated problem, or wide spread?

Thanks

The only gauge we have for that is how many posts (here or in Technical Support where they belong) have mentioned it and were not solved by FREX checking if the extension 'GAM' is "owned" by another application.

So far, I think there's one.

One is not a biggie, except to the "One" who has the problem....

Agreed. But that wasn't what you asked about. There was no intention to minimize that poster's issue.

[Toby42]

Thanks for all the good answers. You all have just cost me a hundred dollars!

[Toby42]

ORIGINAL: paulderynck

ORIGINAL: Treale

ORIGINAL: paulderynck



The only gauge we have for that is how many posts (here or in Technical Support where they belong) have mentioned it and were not solved by FREX checking if the extension 'GAM' is "owned" by another application.

So far, I think there's one.

One is not a biggie, except to the "One" who has the problem....

Agreed. But that wasn't what you asked about. There was no intention to minimize that poster's issue.

I don't think that you were minimizing his issue. My fault for asking a two part question. I should have placed the second part in the Technical Support Forum...I was just concerned about not being able to load a saved game...

Thanks for your help. I appreciate Steve and all of the Beta testers spending their time on the game and now on the forum helping out[&o]