PBEM replay not showing units

[jarraya]

I received my opponent's turn and when watching the playback none of the units on the map were visible. Any ideas how to fix or prevent this?
Thanks

[zakblood]

are either of you using any mods?

or on different game versions eg build numbers etc, as no information in the data base on a question or tech post in the past on the same subject to offer any insight on a answer on this question i'm sorry to say, not that i know of anyway, but all isn't lost, someone maybe able to help and offer some advice

[Lobster]

I think this has been discussed. Something about your opponent clicking on the no units displayed button before turn end.

[zakblood]

thanks Lobster, not a bug then, a user issue

[TheeWarLord]

Yeah, this was brought up earlier, your opponent is resolving the last battle rounds in unit invisibility mode. Thus you receive a non visible playback, unethical to say the least.

[jarraya]

Thanks all for the replies. I don't think this is the case, though. I'm playing with a very experienced and reliable opponent. Must be something different. But in any case, if this was the problem, it's something that should be fixed in the game engine.

[larryfulkerson]

ORIGINAL: TheeWarLord
Yeah, this was brought up earlier, your opponent is resolving the last battle rounds in unit invisibility mode. Thus you receive a non visible playback, unethical to say the least.

I've been making sure that the units are visible when I hit the end-turn button so I dare say that perhaps that might not be the problem we're having. Maybe when Jorge closed TOAW the last time the units were invisible so that the flag that determines that got written to his INI file and now when TOAW starts up the units are invislble. But surely that's not it.
I seem to remember a time in the development process that the units that get destroyed during the playback were showing as invisible for the entire playback but that got fixed I believe. This problem is over my head.

[jarraya]

ORIGINAL: larryfulkerson

ORIGINAL: TheeWarLord
Yeah, this was brought up earlier, your opponent is resolving the last battle rounds in unit invisibility mode. Thus you receive a non visible playback, unethical to say the least.

I've been making sure that the units are visible when I hit the end-turn button so I dare say that perhaps that might not be the problem we're having. Maybe when Jorge closed TOAW the last time the units were invisible so that the flag that determines that got written to his INI file and now when TOAW starts up the units are invislble. But surely that's not it.
I seem to remember a time in the development process that the units that get destroyed during the playback were showing as invisible for the entire playback but that got fixed I believe. This problem is over my head.

Will try this tonight.

[jarraya]

Thanks everyone who messaged with ideas. Turns out the issue is as Larry said above, if you close your non-PBEM games without the units showing, the PBEM game will not show units when doing the replay.
The solution is to open a single player game, make sure units are showing, and then close the game (all the way to desktop) and THEN open your PBEM game. You have to make sure to close it all the way, otherwise, it won't work.
I think it's something that should be fixed in the game.