Help with VPA 3.62e and Wormhole add on

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Hi,

Kommisar wrote:
> I haven't been able to process my latest turn files using vpa. The
> only thing different about the current turn files is that I received
> wormhole messages from Animal Tech games Worm program.

Question one: what's 'Animal Tech'?
Question two: where do I get VPA 3.62e? :-)

> Unfortunately
> the message generated by the add on does not match the message
> template in the vpa.msg file. Since my game seems to freeze upon
> attempting to read the player messages I think these wormhole messages
> are the problem.

I would have to see such a message to write a template.

However, I think VPA assumes at several places that wormholes follow
PHost's rules. Because I do not know 'Animal Tech', I cannot tell
whether VPA could out-of-the-box handle your wormholes or not.


Stefan

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Stefan Reuther <stefan.news@arcor.de> wrote in message news:<c9o39l.po.1@stefan.msgid.phost.de>...

> Question one: what's 'Animal Tech'?

I think this is the name of the company that made the wormhole
program. We are not using Phost in this game so I think the host is
using this add-on to run the wormholes

> Question two: where do I get VPA 3.62e? :-)

Doh! I believe I am using 3.62a

>
> I would have to see such a message to write a template.
>

I could send the RST file to you by email. I don't want to post the
message to the newsgroup because this is an ongoing planets game.

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A player using VPA has posted a template on the forum:

http://battlestarcommand.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=726


Ed

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Kommisar wrote:
> Stefan Reuther <stefan.news@arcor.de> wrote:
>>Question one: what's 'Animal Tech'?
>
> I think this is the name of the company that made the wormhole
> program. We are not using Phost in this game so I think the host is
> using this add-on to run the wormholes

Never heard of that one, therefore I think VPA does not include explicit
support for your add-on (unless the add-on tries to emulate PHost /
worm.exe).

>>I would have to see such a message to write a template.
>
> I could send the RST file to you by email. I don't want to post the
> message to the newsgroup because this is an ongoing planets game.

I saw you posted it at SF? Anyway, send the RST. And a link to the
wormhole program if possible, so I can take a look.

Rule #1 of talking to a programmer: the easier you make it for me, the
better your chance that your problem ends in the top-5 of my todo list :-)


Stefan