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Redleg -> (10/7/2002 4:37:58 AM)
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The incredible, disappearing retreat hexes is a tough problem for pbem.
I assume the German is side 1 and on the left side of the map. That is where SPWAW wants the German side to be.
Some things I tried in the past that seemed to help the situation.
1. Set up a "phony" scenario that matches what you intend to play by pbem and save it.
2. Exit from the SPWAW program entirely and go back in and load the map and the scenario and see if everything looks ok. Exiting the program flushes data from memory.
3. Exit SPWAW before generating your pbem battle. Be sure that player 1 is the person who generates the battle. Save and zip up the file.
4. After generating the battle and purchase, open player two's side, do not purchase anything or worry about deploy. Work through the process until you see your deploy screen and peek at the map - look to see the v-hexes, start lines, and retreat hexes. If all looks ok, send your zip to the opponent.
5. If things are messed up, start over again.
Since purchase and deploy are such time-consumers in pbem, the above will save a lot of time for both sides.
I tried and tried to come up with a bullet proof way to create pbem battles using custom maps. Didn't make it. Finally decided to play only scenarios because of this problem.
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