Map Editor or Game bug: When I designate homeworlds for all the races in my custom maps, the races never start in those locations, and those worlds start off with no ownership and with a negative/unhappy morale icon. Any way to fix this? Or is this a beta bug and just be patient for next patch?

Ok, i tested my theory about the custom rules and found that even with NONE on the custom rules selected, my game still wont submit because it says its a scenario.

I also found that an alliance win was unsubmittable.

In addition, although the campaign saves now showed up in save/load menu, they could not be deleted using the del button even though the del button would delete normal games. I had to exit game and manually delete the campaign saves from the campaign save folder.

yeah, probably has to do with them being in a different directories, it would be nice if the load feature only used the path for the specific game you were playing (i.e. a normal game would look only for normal saved game files in there set folder, while campaign game would allow you to only load campaign game saves.)

In the latest beta, I completed a normal game (not a mission), but I was not allowed to submit the score to the metaverse. The error message was that the metaverse for missions was not enabled yet.

Ok, I was not able to submit an standard random game with an alliance victory. So today I played a tiny universe and won with a military conquest victory. However, unlike some others, I got the same error message about not being able to submit senario games that are in beta. (This is after the patch on 3-27).

I too just found that an alliance win is not submittable. Where is CariElf when you need her?

Confirm Alliance Win unsubmittable.

Yep. Complains that it is a scenario when it isn't.

Indeed!
Games with activated alliance vic, even if won by military can not be submitted

CariElf does not usually visit the forums or chat rooms, or answer her e-mail on her weekends because the weekends are the only time she has to get anything personal done. 

 

Those of you who are getting the message about not being able to submit with scenarios when you are not playing with scenarios, are you playing with Custom Maps? We disabled being able to submit games using either custom maps or scenarios for the time being, but I apparently forgot to update the message.  If you're not using a custom map, open your prefs.ini before starting a new game and remove the key CustomMap.  You'll have to hang on to the end game saves that have None for the custom map until we can get a build up that fixes the logic error causing them to fail to submit.

AIL.ST, I've e-mailed a clean copy of the data folder to the e-mail in your records.

Nexworks, I suspect it's something that you're not doing, since all of our maps were created with the map editors. Are you checking both the race name and homeworld?

 

@Carielf: Really? I did not see a mail from you...
However, does not matter since after I deleted all Files in the Mods/Data folder the menu works in a new game.

Ok, thanks CariElf! I'll be sure to remember for the next game.

No, custom map was a "blank".

Thanks for the temp fix.

And here it was that I thought you were just a sophisticated AI!
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Request for clarification:

By removing CustomMap key , does this do anything else, besides removing custom map from preferences screen?

I removed key and played a medium maso winning by alliance victory. This game gave same message about "scenarios not being submittable" Was it supposed to be allowed to be submitted by above action or did I misinterpret you?

Ok just downloaded AP and wanted to try out the campaign. Clicked the campaign button, clicked continue on the caimpaign selection screen and then the mission description screen comes up but nothing is written on it. Boxes for objective, teams and mission are blank. Any help?

@Cari: The mail has arrived but since Opera does not show the edit button, I can not edit my other post to reflect that.
Is it possible that your mail-server does not send mails instanly? I remember having to wait for the AP-preorder-confirmation-mail aswell. I am a bit used to mails that instanly arraive after klicking a triggering button somewhere on the net.

Plephart, it sounds to me like you are maybe missing some files? Just a complete guess on my part.

Crash To Desktop in AP - I just had Stardock Central install AP. I loaded the game, clicked on Campaign. Then I went to the race picks screen. I chose the Defence that costs 3 pts. Everytime I click on it, it CTDs. I can reproduce it everytime.

No. That's why I said to save your end save games that won't submit until we put up the next update. It will, however, ensure that you won't have trouble with your next games.

Is Altarian Prophecy and the summary and all that listed on the select campaign screen? In your data campaign files, are your files named .gcmap and .gcsenario and gccampaign, or are they .gcm, .gcs and .gcc?

I'll have to look into that.

I just finished playing a stand-alone game of Altarian Prophecy. The Drengin empire gave up (...we cannot sustain ourselves ....etc.) however it still existed for 1 turn after it gave up and right before the computer figured out that I won by alliance victory. I was able to trade it for Ranger tech even though it had no planets left in the diplomatic window. I have the save game if you are interested.

~SDC~

Attrib1... I think that is by design. You can give them worlds, if you wanted. Then they are back in the game. Only, they won't get listed anymore in the diplo/races stat screen currently. So you have to click on their worlds or ships if you want to have a diplomatic chat with them, if you save them by giving them a world before the end of turn.

Using 1.49K[b].002 on a Matrox Dual-Head card (G550, I think) running at 2560x1024. After playing a campaign, though I assume any play will do, the launcher appears to have moved itself above and to the left of the main display. No wait, it appears to have simply disappeared as I cannot move it back onscreen. I can move around an invisible window, though, and close the launcher with a right click on my task bar.

~SDC~

Where is the changelog for the update posted?