huge e-mail file

[BjörnR]

I´m playing by e-mail and have noticed that one of the files are getting bigger, so big that i causes transfer problems (4Mb).Why is that? How do I handle it?

[IBTyrone]

It's the .rec file, which gets bigger and bigger as the scenario goes on. You don't *have* to have it to play your scenario, but if you want to see a replay of what happened during your opponents last turn, you need to have it.

In the few PBEM games I have done, in the later turns, I knew enough of where my troops were at that I did not need the .rec file. Having it may help you spot enemy troops when they shoot at you, though.

If you don't have a gmail email account, you might want to think about picking one up. Since gmail gives you nearly a 3 gig email account free, it is great for emailing those large files back and forth.

Hope this helps.

[StefanE]

You can also zip the four files of your ongoing game to your opponent. The .rec-file compresses extremely well, so the zip-file usually gets 2-300kB.

/Stefan