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Skipping phases - 1/19/2018 7:22:20 PM

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Bill and I started a new global war game on netplay using 2.7.4 latest patch. I am playing the Axis.

We got thru setup including the Polish setup and weather, but just following the Axis choose action phase, upon hitting the last green button, the game skips thru the Axis port, strategic bombing attacks, naval movement and goes right to the Ground strike phase.

This happened to us last week trying to start a new game using patch 2.7.1 so we waited for this current patch and tried again with the same problem.

We tried reloading the game at weather and it won't load. I'm attaching both game files.

Hopefully these load and you can advance to the Axis choose action phase, from there see what happens. For us it is skipping the phasers indicated above.

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RE: Skipping phases - 1/19/2018 7:24:12 PM

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Here is the allied weather phase for turn 1

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RE: Skipping phases - 1/19/2018 7:48:21 PM

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I want to add some more info. We did another test game this time I started as the Allies. I set the game up just as before only selected myself as Allies and Bill as Axis and everything worked properly. So right now only with me setting up the game and then playing the Allies is causing the Allied phases to skip as I indicated in the first post.

We are doing another test game with Bill setting it up with me as the Allies and see what happens.

Ok..this is really bizarre. Bill started the game with him as the Allies and me as the Axis and it loaded just fine.

Initially Port attack cap came up for me as the Axis with a subdued green button and Bill had nothing to select. We reloaded it at Choose action and the game loaded properly and following choose action went to the Axis Port attack phase and worked properly there after.

So as it turns out, the game doesn't like me setting up the game and selecting myself as the Axis, but if I set it up to play as the Allies, that is fine or if Bill sets it up with him as the Allies it also works fine.

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RE: Skipping phases - 1/21/2018 2:49:41 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Sabre21

Bill and I started a new global war game on netplay using 2.7.4 latest patch. I am playing the Axis.

We got thru setup including the Polish setup and weather, but just following the Axis choose action phase, upon hitting the last green button, the game skips thru the Axis port, strategic bombing attacks, naval movement and goes right to the Ground strike phase.

This happened to us last week trying to start a new game using patch 2.7.1 so we waited for this current patch and tried again with the same problem.

We tried reloading the game at weather and it won't load. I'm attaching both game files.

Hopefully these load and you can advance to the Axis choose action phase, from there see what happens. For us it is skipping the phasers indicated above.

[I didn't test your saved games.]

But I have seen this problem before recently and I believe I fixed it.

So, you might check the MWIF version number you were using when you started the game.

If that were the problem, it would explain the success you had later.

EDIT: As I recall, the problem was that the choice of action wasn't being set correctly on one or both computers.
8401 NetPlay F - S August 29, 2017
Port Attack. The program advances through many phases although there are naval and air units available to move. It finally stops at Ground strikes for Germany. Saved games available; use Global War: New_MTL 8401 Port Attack - CAP - Allied/Axis.
August 31, 2017 - Fixed.

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RE: Skipping phases - 1/21/2018 4:20:23 PM

Sabre21

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Shannon V. OKeets

quote:

ORIGINAL: Sabre21

Bill and I started a new global war game on netplay using 2.7.4 latest patch. I am playing the Axis.

We got thru setup including the Polish setup and weather, but just following the Axis choose action phase, upon hitting the last green button, the game skips thru the Axis port, strategic bombing attacks, naval movement and goes right to the Ground strike phase.

This happened to us last week trying to start a new game using patch 2.7.1 so we waited for this current patch and tried again with the same problem.

We tried reloading the game at weather and it won't load. I'm attaching both game files.

Hopefully these load and you can advance to the Axis choose action phase, from there see what happens. For us it is skipping the phasers indicated above.

[I didn't test your saved games.]

But I have seen this problem before recently and I believe I fixed it.

So, you might check the MWIF version number you were using when you started the game.

If that were the problem, it would explain the success you had later.

EDIT: As I recall, the problem was that the choice of action wasn't being set correctly on one or both computers.
8401 NetPlay F - S August 29, 2017
Port Attack. The program advances through many phases although there are naval and air units available to move. It finally stops at Ground strikes for Germany. Saved games available; use Global War: New_MTL 8401 Port Attack - CAP - Allied/Axis.
August 31, 2017 - Fixed.

The first time we encountered this phase skipping problem was with a new game we had started under 2.7.0, but it only happens when I create the new game and play as the Axis, not if I play as the Allies. Bill can start a new game with me as the Axis or I can start a new game as me as the Allies and it doesn't happen.

We tried it again with a new game under 2.7.4 and it still occurs as I described above.

We never encountered this problem before because I have typically always started the new game and played as the Allies up until a couple weeks ago. It was only then that we ran into this problem once we switched sides.

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