I've written to John Dailey without answer, but I've got the latest version
of global wars and want to run it as an ibbs game. Unfortunately, I can't
even start the executable, it complains about an error in line 60 of the config. The war.cfg file only shows 59 lines of info, and line 60 is all hypens. The executable says it needs to be A, N or P but not what for. Any ideas anyone?

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To: Martin Kazmaier
Re: Global Wars...
By: Martin Kazmaier to All on Mon Sep 19 2022 11:03 pm

I've written to John Dailey without answer, but I've got the latest version of global wars and want to run it as an ibbs game. Unfortunately, I can't even start the executable, it complains about an error in line 60 of the config. The war.cfg file only shows 59 lines of info, and line 60 is all hypens. The executable says it needs to be A, N or P but not what for. Any ideas anyone?

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everyone that says they wrote to john dailey with no answer ended up finding out that he DID answer them, they just didn't look in their spam folder or
they overlooked it somehow.

here is my working war.cfg from datastream with
redacted info
https://pastebin.com/raw/cgCdX4xa

Also, you ran into problems and didn't bother to read the documentation.
in 1 minute i pulled it up and did a search and found this

"LINE 59: Allow Direct Fortifications? (A/N/P) (P recommended)
Enabling Direct Fortifications allows a player to fortify armies from
one country directly to any other country, provided he occupies both
countries and all countries in between so as to form a continuous
chain of connected countries. The move is counted as 1 fortification
move regardless of the distance between the countries. With Direct
Fortifications disabled, fortifications can only occur between the
player's adjacent countries, with each fortification counting as one
move. A : All games will use Direct Fortifications N : No games will
use Direct Fortifications. Disables Direct Fortifications in all
games. P : Allows a player to choose if he wants Direct Fortifications
enabled or disabled (for that game only) when he begins a new game.
"

this paragraph explains what a/n/p stands for

so i think you're trying too hard. just relax and check for your mistakes.
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info, and line 60 is all hypens. The executable says it needs to be A,
N or P but not what for. Any ideas anyone?

Allow Direct Fortifications. The config file will explain it.
A: all games use direct fortifications
N: No games use direct fortifications
P: Allow player to choose if they want the fortifications in their game or not.

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version

of global wars and want to run it as an ibbs game. Unfortunately, I

can't

even start the executable, it complains about an error in line 60 of

the

config. The war.cfg file only shows 59 lines of info, and line 60 is

all

hypens. The executable says it needs to be A, N or P but not what for.

everyone that says they wrote to john dailey with no answer ended up
finding out that he DID answer them, they just didn't look in their spam folder or they overlooked it somehow.

I check my spam folder daily and have him sending to my gmail instead of hotmail account for that reason. Also, you listed link 59, that's fine. The error is line 60, which there is not one of. The war.cfg file only lists 59 lines.

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info, and line 60 is all hypens. The executable says it needs to be

A,

N or P but not what for. Any ideas anyone?

Allow Direct Fortifications. The config file will explain it. A: all
games use direct fortifications N: No games use direct
fortifications P: Allow player to choose if they want the
fortifications in their game or not.

Yeah, that's line 59. The error is line 60, which doesn't exist.

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everyone that says they wrote to john dailey with no answer ended up
finding out that he DID answer them, they just didn't look in their spam folder or they overlooked it somehow.

I must clarify that he did answer my original email asking if I entered my
name and key. I said I did, and that line 60 is the error, which again
doesn't exist. I emailed him my config a while back so he could test it and haven't heard from him since.

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To: Martin Kazmaier
Re: Global Wars...
By: Martin Kazmaier to Jas Hud on Mon Sep 26 2022 06:08 pm

I check my spam folder daily and have him sending to my gmail instead of hotmail account for that reason. Also, you listed link 59, that's fine.

i listed link 59? you sure about that? i posted the entire cfg, didnt i?

i think you just made a mistake on your cfg file https://i.imgur.com/HFH7v81.png
that's line 60 right there.

like i said you are trying too hard. you're making mistakes.
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To: Martin Kazmaier
Re: Re: Global Wars...
By: Martin Kazmaier to MATT MUNSON on Mon Sep 26 2022 06:09 pm

Allow Direct Fortifications. The config file will explain it. A: all games use direct fortifications N: No games use direct
fortifications P: Allow player to choose if they want the
fortifications in their game or not.

Yeah, that's line 59. The error is line 60, which doesn't exist.

you asked what that means.

we EXPLAINED it to you. it's in the documentation.
line 60 doesnt exist in YOUR cfg.


read the documentation and also correct your cfg file.
you are doing it wrong.
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To: Martin Kazmaier
Re: Global Wars...
By: Martin Kazmaier to Jas Hud on Mon Sep 26 2022 06:44 pm

everyone that says they wrote to john dailey with no answer ended up finding out that he DID answer them, they just didn't look in their spam folder or they overlooked it somehow.

I must clarify that he did answer my original email asking if I entered my name and key. I said I did, and that line 60 is the error, which again doesn't exist. I emailed him my config a while back so he could test it and haven't heard from him since.

i literally sent you a pastebin link of a working cfg file.
jd probably doesn't want to be bothered by you.

just fix it. it's not brain surgery.
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Re: Global Wars...
By: Martin Kazmaier to All on Mon Sep 19 2022 11:03 pm

...but I've got the latest
version of global wars and want to run it as an ibbs game.

The war.cfg file only shows 59 lines of info, and line 60
is all hypens.

Version 3.x (inter-BBS version) has a few additional configuration items compared to v2.7. It sounds like you have copied over an existing configuration file from a 2.7 installation. The additional lines are:

LINE 60: Allow Fixed Turn Order games? A/N/P
LINE 61: Pass turn to next player in Fixed Turn Order games if player AWOL. LINE 62: BBS identifier (only the first 17 characters are used)
LINE 63: Enable InterBBS games (Y/N)

Have a look at the comments in the example configuration file that came with 3.0. It will explain these settings in detail.
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Re: Global Wars...
By: Jas Hud to Martin Kazmaier on Tue Sep 27 2022 04:10 pm

i listed link 59? you sure about that? i posted the entire cfg, didnt i?

When I visited your pastebin link shortly after it was posted it contained a 59 line configuration file which did not contain the line(s) in question. It's now been updated to the new format.
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To: Fzf
Re: Global Wars...
By: Fzf to Jas Hud on Wed Sep 28 2022 07:15 am

Re: Global Wars...
By: Jas Hud to Martin Kazmaier on Tue Sep 27 2022 04:10 pm

i listed link 59? you sure about that? i posted the entire cfg, didnt i?

When I visited your pastebin link shortly after it was posted it contained a 59 line configuration file which did not contain the line(s) in question. It's now been updated to the new format.

no it did not.
i've even done screenshots. you are the guy with the 59 lines
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Ok, My config is different. I don't show anything past allow direct fortifications. I'll add those lines and see what happens. Thanks!

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Again, I apologize and thanks. It's starting now. My documentation doesn't show anything past line 59 and war.cfg's explanation didn't either. I may
have skipped an update and went straight to the last one which didn't update the config file. Regardless, I think it's working now.

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To: Martin Kazmaier
Re: Global Wars...
By: Martin Kazmaier to Jas Hud on Tue Sep 27 2022 09:54 pm

Ok, My config is different. I don't show anything past allow direct fortifications. I'll add those lines and see what happens. Thanks!

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you need to delete the one you are messing with and use a default one and change it.
that way there won't be any more problems.
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you need to delete the one you are messing with and use a default one and change it. that way there won't be any more problems.

I got it from the original global war archive. It is the default one. I'm
not sure where you guys found yours...

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Re: Global Wars...
By: Martin Kazmaier to All on Mon Sep 19 2022 11:03 pm

Version 3.x (inter-BBS version) has a few additional configuration items compared to v2.7. It sounds like you have copied over an existing configuration file from a 2.7 installation. The additional lines are:

LINE 60: Allow Fixed Turn Order games? A/N/P
LINE 61: Pass turn to next player in Fixed Turn Order games if player AWOL. LINE 62: BBS identifier (only the first 17 characters are used)
LINE 63: Enable InterBBS games (Y/N)

Have a look at the comments in the example configuration file that came with 3.0. It will explain these settings in detail.
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okay for some reason this msg didn't show up on my bbs. i poll vert via nntp for this fidonet echo.

so i took the default 2.7
i copied over my old old old old war.cfg

then i see your post and i go get the v3.x ibbs version

still works. https://i.imgur.com/VjovU9O.png

so martin just has an error in his config file.
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To: Martin Kazmaier
Re: Global Wars...
By: Martin Kazmaier to Jas Hud on Sat Oct 01 2022 08:41 pm

you need to delete the one you are messing with and use a default one and change it. that way there won't be any more problems.

I got it from the original global war archive. It is the default one.

I'm
not sure where you guys found yours...

so what the shit is your problem?
this back and forth stuff is exhausting
did you get it working or not?

i have v 2.7 which says maint release.

what your problem probably is, is a bad line in your config.
if there's any problems with the official release email the owner.

i downloadd the version from his website. i then used my datstream war.cfg

it has more lines than yours. it works
https://i.imgur.com/Xl6bYqw.png
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Hopefully this will be the end of it. I got the war.cfg from 2.7, then I downloaded 3.06. 3.05 has a NEW war.cfg, but 3.06 does not. That is where I went wrong. I'm working now. Thank you for your help!

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To: Martin Kazmaier
Re: Global Wars...
By: Martin Kazmaier to Jas Hud on Mon Oct 03 2022 09:05 pm

Hopefully this will be the end of it. I got the war.cfg from 2.7, then I downloaded 3.06. 3.05 has a NEW war.cfg, but 3.06 does not. That is where I went wrong. I'm working now. Thank you for your help!

if you say so. you didnt say what version you were running from the beginning.

that's what you should do right off the bat.

what OS
what's the problem
whats the version of everything.
what bbs software
post config screenshots

if you don't do this shit it goes on for weeks.
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Re: Global Wars...
By: Jas Hud to Fzf on Wed Sep 28 2022 04:26 pm

When I visited your pastebin link shortly after it was posted it
contained a 59 line configuration file which did not contain the
line(s) in question. It's now been updated to the new format.

no it did not.
i've even done screenshots.

I would have sworn it was different. But I could have been thinking of something else or was just mistaken. So if I was wrong, please accept my apology.

you are the guy with the 59 lines

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Re: Global Wars...
By: Jas Hud to Fzf on Sun Oct 02 2022 05:22 pm

so i took the default 2.7
i copied over my old old old old war.cfg

then i see your post and i go get the v3.x ibbs version
still works. https://i.imgur.com/VjovU9O.png

Your configuration works in version 3.0 because it **IS** a version 3.0 configuration file.

The same configuration file will also work in a 2.7 installation. 3.0 did not change the existing 59 configuration lines, it merely added to them. The first 59 lines are the same between the two versions. So 2.7 will read a 3.0 configuration file and just ignore the additional lines.

so martin just has an error in his config file.

It's a 2.7 configuration file. He was complaining of only 59 lines of information in his config file and line 60 was all hyphens. Here is the end of the options in the default 2.7 WAR.CFG. Line numbers have been added and the text is chopped at column 65 so lines don't get wrapped:

57: 5 Bonus armies for occupying N. America
58: 2 Bonus armies for occupying S. America
59: P Allow direct fortifications? (A/N/P)
60: -------------------------------------------------------------
61: DO NOT INSERT OR DELETE ANY LINES ABOVE THIS HORIZONTAL LINE!
62: PLEASE BE CAREFUL WHEN EDITING THIS FILE!
63:
64: Global War expects to find the values it is looking for on s
65: lines. Your registration number MUST be on LINE 1, your BBS
66: on LINE 2, etc. You must be very careful not to insert or d
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Re: Global Wars...
By: Martin Kazmaier to Jas Hud on Mon Oct 03 2022 09:05 pm

Hopefully this will be the end of it. I got the war.cfg from 2.7, then I downloaded 3.06. 3.05 has a NEW war.cfg, but 3.06 does not. That is where I went wrong. I'm working now. Thank you for your help!

3.06 is meant to be unpacked over a 3.05 installation, not a 2.7. There are files other than WAR.EXE that are updated after 2.7 that you likely now do not have installed.
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To: Fzf
Re: Global Wars...
By: Fzf to Jas Hud on Wed Oct 05 2022 12:41 pm

no it did not.
i've even done screenshots.

I would have sworn it was different. But I could have been thinking of something else or was just mistaken. So if I was wrong, please accept my apology.

sometimes you need to rip it all out and redo it.
especially when it's operator error. everyone makes mistakes, and when you
try too hard you can lose focus.

you are the guy with the 59 lines

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so are you both having problems with it?
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To: Fzf
Re: Global Wars...
By: Fzf to Jas Hud on Wed Oct 05 2022 12:49 pm

so martin just has an error in his config file.

It's a 2.7 configuration file. He was complaining of only 59 lines of information in his config file and line 60 was all hyphens. Here is the end of the options in the default 2.7 WAR.CFG. Line numbers have been added and the text is chopped at column 65 so lines don't get wrapped:

all i know is i have 2.7 running and that's what the config was.

i dont think he even mentioned what version he was using.
it's important to do things the right way or it's going to take a month to
get a stupid doorgame working which is nuts.
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sometimes you need to rip it all out and redo it.
especially when it's operator error. everyone makes mistakes, and when you try too hard you can lose focus.

Or start over in a new directory. I have a couple of directories with some LORD false-starts or failed upgrades. I need to weed those out. :)


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3.06 is meant to be unpacked over a 3.05 installation, not a 2.7. There
are files other than WAR.EXE that are updated after 2.7 that you likely
now do not have installed.

Yes, that was not clear to me, but I did resolve that issue after realizing how many files were in the 3.05 install. I'm now ibbs capable with
league618.


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Yes, that was not clear to me, but I did resolve that issue after realizing how many files were in the 3.05 install. I'm now ibbs capable with league618.

Glad to hear you got it worked out!

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