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Grahamso1 (1912 D)
26 Nov 17 UTC
Extending the pre game time
Is it possible to extend the time while waiting for players in a game I created? If so how? Thanks
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Enriador (1507 D)
19 Nov 17 UTC
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It's time to talk about Scoring
Hello all!

Let's talk about scoring? More specifically, about whether the dreaded Points Per Supply Center (PPSC) scoring should remain an option?
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Major Problems (1364 D)
23 Nov 17 UTC
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1 v 1 games on variant maps
I am not a coder (sic) so I was wondering how hard is/was it to code 1 v 1 games? Is it reasonable to think that variant maps (Modern, Ancient Med, etc) could be set up to create 1 v 1 games? The idea of having a larger group of countries to play against each other is intriguing. I just don't know if it possible, or doable.
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Grahamso1 (1912 D)
22 Nov 17 UTC
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How old school are you?
I am not very tech savvy so forgive me. I think I started dip on some RSS pages using Netscape at work in maybe 1996(?) does that make sense? All email based through Judges. What were they called? USDJ or something. I remember FROG but they all spoke French. Haha. I used to stand outside my office in the snow smoking a cig with a hand drawn map with about 100 crossing out for each phase using coloured pens. Ah web based interactive maps?!?! Luxury!!!
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Jamie_T (895 D)
20 Nov 17 UTC
Notices
The notices on my front page are all jumbled up in a random order. PMs from weeks ago are at the top, and some of my game messages from the past day or two are lower down. Is anyone else noticing this?
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Enriador (1507 D)
09 Oct 17 UTC
Napoleonic Variant, and the lack of neutral centers
I had the honor to play 'Napoleonic' back in the lab (an awful game as Spain by the way). I had a question back then which I ask here and now:

Why there are no neutral supply centers?
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The Ambassador (1948 D (B))
20 Mar 17 UTC
Fixing the Pirates variant
With the new Lab up and running, as discussed in the DiplomacyGames podcast I'm keen to iron out the bugs in Pirates that people hate...
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jason4747 (1633 D)
20 Nov 17 UTC
"Biggest Game of All Time Completed"- worth a look
http://webdiplomacy.net/board.php?gameID=205586
By the nice people at WebDip.
Pot: 31,500  - Spring, 1918, Finished - Germany dominates at 17
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The Real Wheat (969 D)
16 Nov 17 UTC
New Maps
I'm super new to the site and I was curious how new maps were made and/or submitted. I noticed a lot of the maps look a bit old and it got me thinking about what it would take to create a higher resolution version of a game map. Are there certain file formats a map must be in or is this all a responsibility for site admins only? Thanks!
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Major Problems (1364 D)
17 Nov 17 UTC
Imperium Diplomacy
Under the variants, I noticed one called Imperium Diplomacy, but was not able to create a game using this variant. Is it a discontinued variant, or under a different name? It looks like an interesting one, especially the beginning turns.
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DemonOverlord (910 D)
07 Oct 17 UTC
Vdip colour scheme
Hi, I think vdip would be more successful with a different colour scheme. Also less painful to look at.
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rebecca02 (1000 D X)
15 Nov 17 UTC
locks of hair
Beautiful.
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JECE (1534 D)
10 Nov 17 UTC
Custom phase bug
This might be better in the Mods section, but I thouht I'd post here first to see if other users have any input.

I'm trying to create a new game with a custom phase length. When I select "Custom" from the drop-down menu, nothing happens. However, when I select "2 days, 2 hours", I've given the option to input a phase length. Hopefully this is an easy fix.
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KingCyrus (1258 D)
01 Nov 17 UTC
WWII Update Errors
Hello, I am currently in a game of WWII and I was just informed that it has been updated, "fixing" problems with dual coasts. This supposedly means that Palestine now has two coasts. However, I have a fleet in the Red Sea and it can no longer move to Palestine! Please fix?
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RUFFHAUS 8 (2490 D)
20 Oct 17 UTC
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Replacement Player(s) Needed
I need replacement players game sitters for several games:
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peterlund (1080 D)
30 Sep 17 UTC
I have reported 2 Issues for vdiplomacy to kestasjk/webDiplomacy
Bug 1: "Turn limited vDip games should end after possible retreats" (Issue 261)

Bug/Questions 2; "How does vDip decide who the winner is?" (Issue 262)
peterlund (1080 D)
30 Sep 17 UTC
I thought that kestasjk/webDiplomacy was the place to report also vDip bugs since the project Sleepcap/vDiplomacy does not have an "Issues" tab.

Both bugs are related to this test game. http://www.vdiplomacy.com/board.php?gameID=32471

Bug 1: "Turn limited vDip games should end after possible retreats"
https://github.com/kestasjk/webDiplomacy/issues/261

Bug/Questions 2: "How does vDip decide who the winner is?"
https://github.com/kestasjk/webDiplomacy/issues/262

Can someone please explain to me how I can forward these issues to the vDip design team.

It was also very hard for me to make this post here since the interface was complaining about posting links to github.

Regards
Peter
peterlund (1080 D)
30 Sep 17 UTC
The interface was complaining about me posting those links in the first title message (it was possible to post them in the second message in the thread).
Oli (977 D Mod (P))
01 Oct 17 UTC
Hi PerterLund,
sorry for answering late, I was away for the weekend.
You can send bug-reports using the "Mods"-forum. It's on the top-menue of the site.
1.) This looks like a bug. I will check (and fix) this.
2.) From the game-creation-page: The winning player is decided by who has the most SCs after that turn's diplomacy phase. If 2 or more player have the same SCs at the end of the game, the game checks for the turn before, and so on. If player's SC counts are the same throughout the whole game the winner is decided at random.

It does not end in a draw because the webDip-code can only handle all active-players in a draw. There can't be a 2-player-draw with more active players not involved in a draw.
peterlund (1080 D)
01 Oct 17 UTC
Thanks for the answers! Interesting to know that the system forces a winner to be selected. Good to know where to report bugs for vDip. But I rather have bug report as issues open to read for everyone like on gitub, while I can understand that issues with other player should be kept secret....

Thanks, Peter
Oli (977 D Mod (P))
01 Oct 17 UTC
You can report here on the forum too... No problem...
CAPT Brad (962 D)
02 Oct 17 UTC
It is an outrage! I shall report it to the andriff!
mouse (1825 D)
02 Oct 17 UTC
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To note an addition to the first bug - non-timed games also have the same issue with supplies being tallied (and game end potentially being triggered) between autumn and autumn retreat phases.
Oli (977 D Mod (P))
02 Oct 17 UTC
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It's already fixed on my dev-server.
Will upload the code this evening.
Oli (977 D Mod (P))
02 Oct 17 UTC
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It's on the server now. Let's hope nothing important breaks.. :-)
peterlund (1080 D)
02 Oct 17 UTC
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Have you solved Issue 261 / "bug 1" already?
Great!
Oli (977 D Mod (P))
02 Oct 17 UTC
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Ups, looks like I broke something...
Will need to fix this tonight..
peterlund (1080 D)
26 Oct 17 UTC
I have noticed that

Bug 1: "Turn limited vDip games should end after possible retreats" (Issue 261)

... has been fixed!

Great job!!! (Oli I guess...)
kaner406 (2181 D Mod (B))
26 Oct 17 UTC
Yup, indeed hats off to Oli's fine work ;)
vixol (1774 D)
26 Oct 17 UTC
Great to hear, I just saw a game where it worked.

The other problem peterlund wrote is interesting, because in the game where it happened there were actually only two players. So if it can handle all survivors in a draw it could at least check that if the tie includes all survivors it should be split? It is possible in any game if [total sc] / [n survivors] is a non decimal number. For example in standard dip it is possible with 2 survivors, whereas in South America for 5 players there are 24 sc and 24/3=8, 24/4=6 so there could also be equal 3 or 4 player draws with no other survivor. If you take into account that not all neutral centers are taken ever in a game then it could happen in many variants.

Or, just change to allow shared wins not including all survivors. I think some of the ken lowe email judges allowed setting a specific draw even one not including yourself. I'm no programmer so I have no clue abouth whether this is an easy fix or not.
Oli (977 D Mod (P))
26 Oct 17 UTC
The software has only 2 options:
1.) Won, Survived, Defeated
2.) Draw, Defeated

It's not possible to have some players Draw, and the rest Survived. Also it's not possible to have more than 1 player Won. Also a Draw always split the Points even between all remaining players. If there is a Winner (remember, only 1), the points are split by the pot-type (PPCS or WTA).
vixol (1774 D)
26 Oct 17 UTC
That's the problem ;)
Oli (977 D Mod (P))
26 Oct 17 UTC
Yeah, and it's nothing that can't be solved easily.
I usually try to implement all changes with minimal changes to the original webdip-code, so I can patch improvements easily in the vdip-code.
I have seen a lot of abandoned code-forks that dies because it was impossible to integrate the base-code back in the fork and want to avoid this at all costs.


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BenjaminHester (1035 D)
25 Oct 17 UTC
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not quite ready, but... SE Asia 800
going to refine Balkans 1860 and Sengoku: Nagashino as needed before trying to implement this one. Thought I would just give y'all a peek behind the curtain. Thoughts welcome! (it has a few known imbalances to address, but it's close.)

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2CiokzfWGBhTlU0QTZZNzNrUEU
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Jamie_T (895 D)
04 Oct 17 UTC
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MAFIA 1 - GAME THREAD
This is the game thread for vDip Mafia, Episode 1

Please DO NOT post in this thread if you are not playing in the Mafia game.
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Flame (1073 D)
23 Oct 17 UTC
Austrian question once again!
Please help with testing a map "War of Austrian Succession"
http://lab.diplomail.ru/board.php?gameID=51

Fast gunboat.
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Flame (1073 D)
05 Oct 17 UTC
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Classic 1898 Variant adaptation
I do the adaptation for 1898 variant. Who knows the author of the variant to mention him in the description. Or it's Hasbro itself?

http://lab.diplomail.ru/board.php?gameID=43
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Tactics
In year one when you just meeting everyone, maybe there anonymous but for sure you don't know any of them. How do you know who to trust?
They can be lying through their teeth and text doesn't show tone of voice or eye contact so you have no idea. If you believe them they may stab you. If you don't you venture into a DMZ and piss them off. Ask around to others and you get rumors or nothing. This game seems so much better suited to face to face.
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Enriador (1507 D)
17 Oct 17 UTC
Classic Mini-Tourney - Is there interest?
I thought about making a mini-tourney - comprising a single game - using a similar scheme to most Face-to-Face scoring systems.

Basically it'll be a Classic game, running until Fall 1907 and a PPSC structure. The bet would be 100 points - for a ultimate pot worth 700 points.
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Grahamso1 (1912 D)
13 Oct 17 UTC
Unable to enter certain orders. How to contact GM
Can someone help. I am playing one of the odder variants. New for me. I’ve read the variant page repeatedly and seems I ought to be able to enter a certain order. But it’s not available as an option. (Maybe I’m missing something. Or maybe a bug). Emailed the mods. But how do I contact GameMaster min a gunboat game?
Thanks
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The Ambassador (1948 D (B))
09 Oct 17 UTC
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I love vDip
Enjoying this new golden age of variant development.

Hat tip to Oli and those building variants and supporting their development in the background.
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FafevPlinskv (1039 D)
10 Oct 17 UTC
Taking over
Need help with a gunboat game, good position but sadly don't have time for it for a moment. PM for more details
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The Ambassador (1948 D (B))
08 Oct 17 UTC
Napoleonic
Hey, where are the neutrals?

;-)
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Jamie_T (895 D)
10 Sep 17 UTC
vDiplomacy Forum Mafia
Would anyone be interested in playing forum based Mafia / Werewolf here, on the vDip forum?
154 replies
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Enriador (1507 D)
04 Oct 17 UTC
Reliability system
I looked over Google but couldn't find any topic explaining the reliability system - can anyone hand out an example, and explain how noobs are handled? Thanks a lot in advance!
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nopunin10did (1041 D)
19 Sep 17 UTC
Win Conditions less than majority
Some of you with a bit more experience at vDip can clue me in here.

How does vDip currently adjudicate when more than one player meets the SC requirement for victory simultaneously? More details below.
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brainbomb (662 D)
01 Oct 17 UTC
Variance
Varients my style Skippin paddy wagon rattle dash colum mile Flyin off the handle and I dial Clone pile vna for my DNA Rabid as a rattler in a CNA gettin paid like the Destin Pa Handle this festive kudza On a fish. Get you lil bliss Gimme smooch. Im a wish.
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