Unable to play by email

[Jafele]

After reading several times the game manual (page 160) I can´t play by email with my friends. We have the latest patch and no mods. Is this some kind of bug or something is wrong in the game manual? Could anybody explain step by step the process?

Thanks

[falco148]

Actually there is a step-by-step explanation here Jafele....

tm.asp?m=1772118

Its the one I was actually following when we started (or tried to!) our current game. I remember having exactly the same problems when I first started playing PC Kharkov back in the day.

The Panzer Command series must hold the record for most complicated PBEM system of any game anywhere!

[falco148]

Jafele and myself still failing to try and start a PBEM game after repeated and numerous attempts. Cant figure out whats goin on at all. We keep getting the 'MD5-hash-keys out-of-sync' message popping up. However we have the same patch, same scenario and everything installed correctly. Anybody enlighten us on what could be happening?

[Mobius]

What OS are you guys running?

[Jafele]

Windows 7

[falco148]

Me too.

[junk2drive]

Out of sync messages at the beginning means that one of you has different files than the other. Either the game version, scenario, or modded units files.

[Jafele]

However we have the same version and scenarios (tested several times) and no mods. Even we have sent the xml files to each other and put it in the data/scenarios folder. I have reinstalled the game and the problem remains the same. I´m trying to make it work with two new rivals, I will tell how it goes. Another possibility is a bug included in the latest patch...

[Mobius]

It is possible to set the game up and play an email game against yourself. I don't remember exactly how I did it though. That may be a way to test if there is some program error as opposed to a data error.

[Jafele]

Yes, also we have tried that. When I do it in my own computer works fine but not when I sent it to another player. Another thing I have noticed is that the "load game" button sometimes doesn´t light up when you select the file, instead you must press enter to start your turn.

[Mobius]

So you are running on same html data files? At least htmls in guns, tables, infantry and armorunits.

[Jafele]

Absolutely. New installation+update with no mods.

[Mobius]

How are you passing turns, email or dropbox?

[Jafele]

Dropbox

[Mobius]

One last thing that I can think of. Play against yourself and drop the file to dropbox, then pick it up again.

[Jafele]

It works fine.

[rickier65]

ORIGINAL: Jafele

It works fine.

If you want to try and invite me to play the same scenario, send me a pm and we can see if we can play it.

Thanks
rick

[falco148]

Possibly maybe some bug or something my end. I'm going to reinstall and see what happens.

[rickier65]

I've gotten the setup and sent my first turn orders to Jefele for the tutorial scenario.

Thanks
rick

[Jafele]

Your turn is ready in dropbox. I guess XML files are not neccesary for this scenario.