Fiftteent game on the multiplayer slow game server

[Geoff the Medio]

Geoff, I see in logs you tried to login. I registered you as "Geoff" as I don't like to deal with space symbols in logins. Logins is case-insensitive although.

That helps, but I also need a password. I didn't get a reply to my forum PM about it, and haven't received any emails.

Edit: got an email, but the password doesn't work.

[Oberlus]

Edit: got an email, but the password doesn't work.

Sometimes the One-Time-Password emails take too long, you try to connect again and server sends a second OTP, you get the first, delayed OTP and write it to get a wrong password error (because it was expecting the second one, that shortly arrives to your email). Not sure if that's your problem.

[Geoff the Medio]

Sometimes the One-Time-Password emails take too long, you try to connect again and server sends a second OTP, you get the first, delayed OTP and write it to get a wrong password error (because it was expecting the second one, that shortly arrives to your email). Not sure if that's your problem.

Plausible. I guess I'll have to wait about 3 days for a few emails to work their way through the system, since I tried and failed logging in repeatedly...?

[Oberlus]

Sometimes the One-Time-Password emails take too long, you try to connect again and server sends a second OTP, you get the first, delayed OTP and write it to get a wrong password error (because it was expecting the second one, that shortly arrives to your email). Not sure if that's your problem.

Plausible. I guess I'll have to wait about 3 days for a few emails to work their way through the system, since I tried and failed logging in repeatedly...?

For me it was a matter of 30 o 60 seconds, and only sometimes. Never got an email of those later than that. Some players reports problems getting the emails from protonmail.

[Oberlus]

At some 1.1 turns per day, this game will take minimum 3 months to finish, maybe reach 6 months.

Since we are going to restart game after Tuesday for LienRag, I strongly recommend changing cost factors for faster game development: building/hulls/parts 0.5, techs 1.0
And reduce number of systems if no one is against that, 20 or 25 per player.
Maybe that way we could finish in around 2 months.

[LienRag]

I'm going to start the game soon but now miss drkosy and LienRag.

I thought you agreed to wait until Tuesday when I'll have reliable Internet access ?

Technically I would be able to play once a day earlier, but I think that you prefer when players are able to play more than once a day ?

I read it and thought it is fine if you can make turn once a day so when you could go full-speed we will play some turn already.

I'm fine with resetting the game to add you but first we need to make you login here.

Indeed. I won't have time to manage that before tomorrow evening though.
And yes I tried to connect to the dedyn server.
Do the log I published help ? I don't understand them.

[LienRag]

And reduce number of systems if no one is against that, 20 or 25 per player.
Maybe that way we could finish in around 2 months.

I don't want to bother others, but I'd rather play with a big galaxy.
I'll be fine with your decision though.

[o01eg]

Indeed. I won't have time to manage that before tomorrow evening though.
And yes I tried to connect to the dedyn server.
Do the log I published help ? I don't understand them.

As I understand your DNS couldn't resolve game server address so I posted IP you could try to connect.

Also it looks like we forgot to catch and handle DNS resolve errors in the client.

[o01eg]

At some 1.1 turns per day, this game will take minimum 3 months to finish, maybe reach 6 months.

Since we are going to restart game after Tuesday for LienRag, I strongly recommend changing cost factors for faster game development: building/hulls/parts 0.5, techs 1.0
And reduce number of systems if no one is against that, 20 or 25 per player.
Maybe that way we could finish in around 2 months.

I'm fine with longer game but have no issues with make it faster.

[Oberlus]

I'd rather play with a big galaxy.

What's big for you? Do you measure it in systems per player or total galaxy size?
Last game was 7 players and 350 systems.
If we gonna be 6 players (with you), how small a galaxy can be for your standards?

[LienRag]

Indeed. I won't have time to manage that before tomorrow evening though.
And yes I tried to connect to the dedyn server.
Do the log I published help ? I don't understand them.

As I understand your DNS couldn't resolve game server address so I posted IP you could try to connect.

Also it looks like we forgot to catch and handle DNS resolve errors in the client.

Oh, OK. I tried with the IP address you provided and so far it hasn't crashed.
I'm in the "connect to server" screen but I didn't get any password though ?

Edit : I got three passwords and the last one worked.
I'm at a screen which tells me that the game cannot accept any new players since a game is being played.

[LienRag]

I'd rather play with a big galaxy.

What's big for you? Do you measure it in systems per player or total galaxy size?
Last game was 7 players and 350 systems.
If we gonna be 6 players (with you), how small a galaxy can be for your standards?

The bigger the better for me but I don't really know what would be practical for other players and for the server.
I was mostly reacting to your proposal to reduce the number of systems per player - if needed I will cope with it but if everyone is OK with the planned size I don't personally would like it to be reduced.
For now, I should be able (once I'm logged in !) to play several turns a day, so if others do the same we may finish earlier than you were calculating for ?

[drkosy]

And reduce number of systems if no one is against that, 20 or 25 per player.
Maybe that way we could finish in around 2 months.

As the game will start again soon, I think it's not to much to spoiler that I recently meet a scout of orphanous in turn 8. That's with 50 systems per player. I think 20 or 25 are to low, ending up very close to other players. I would like to have a minimum of 30 systems per player. That's what I take for games against the AI.

I guess that change in scaling will fasten the game more than a smaller galaxy.

[Oberlus]

For now, I should be able (once I'm logged in !) to play several turns a day, so if others do the same we may finish earlier than you were calculating for ?

We are doing better than the first two days, now over 2 turns per day. With you I bet it won't get slower. That's 2 or 3 months.

I would like to have a minimum of 30 systems per player. That's what I take for games against the AI.

OK, instead of 25 systems per player, I suggest 40, for a galaxy with 240 systems and 6 players.
With that, the scouts will begin to bump into each other around turn 7 instead of 8. Not that much of a change.

Anyone against that?

[Oberlus]

I'm at a screen which tells me that the game cannot accept any new players since a game is being played.

Great, you're in.